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Portsmouth and Newcastle United summer takeovers could be disasters
With the credit crunch and the ever increasing debt in football, this summer looks set to be filled with a lot of high profile club buyouts. West Ham have recently been taken over by CB Holdings and Portsmouth and Newcastle look set to be the next clubs to be taken over in the English game. [...]
Continue reading...Football “Franchises” – Right or Wrong?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In a summer bereft of football, the release of fixture lists this week provide some form of respite for fans starved of action. Away trips are plotted, long weekends at some of the more far-flung fixtures are planned, and best mates are pleaded with not to hold their wedding on a certain date as it [...]
Continue reading...Transfer Rumors (15 June 09): Man United after Valencia stars Villa and Silva, Aston Villa close on Tottenham duo, Berbatov and Pavlyuchenko linked with Bundesliga moves, and more
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We’re already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven’t been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn’t mean that there’s a shortage of action thus far in the summer transfer window. In this morning’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got tidbits from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Greece, [...]
Continue reading...Got £100m to spend? Why Not Buy Newcastle?
Monday, June 8, 2009
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley today issued an official statement setting a price for Newcastle, as Keith Harris, chairman of investment bankers Seymour Pierce, continued his search for buyers. The statement reads: “The board of Newcastle United can today confirm that the club is for sale at the price of £100million.”Interested parties should contact Newcastle United at admin@nufc.co.uk [...]
Continue reading...Shearer confident ahead of Newcastle´s last gasp
Friday, May 22, 2009
Alan Shearer expects Newcastle to avoid relegation with a victory in the biggest match in the club’s history at Aston Villa on Sunday. Shearer’s side will drop out of the Premier League for the first time in 16 years if they lose at Villa or if Hull and Sunderland win their fixtures against Manchester United and [...]
Continue reading...The team for Rome?
Friday, May 22, 2009
Normally teams are announced an hour before kick-off, but not if you’re the Sun. They have the inside scoop on the United team to face Barcelona in the Champions League final and it’s… well… pretty unsurprising. Carlos Tevez is out, Dimitar Berbatov is out, Park Ji-Sung and Ryan Giggs are in. The paper claims it’s a [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Brede Hangeland to Arsenal?
Friday, May 22, 2009
Today’s tittle-tattle is off to live in a floating duck house – because we deserve to be safe from foxes too Forget Manchester United v Barcelona, The New Harry Potter Movie v The New Terminator Movie or Peter Andre and Katie Price v The Possibility That Newspapers Might Stop Writing About Them Soon, the real heavyweight [...]
Continue reading...Soccerlens Podcast – Survival Sunday, Manchester United’s banner season, Wenger’s future at Arsenal and more
Friday, May 22, 2009
On episode twelve of the footballlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by the founder of EPL Talk, Chris Harris to discuss the final day of the Premier League and of course that intriguing relegation scrap. The show will be looking specifically at Manchester United and their unprecedented success, Newcastle’s woeful season, the future for Wenger and Arsenal, the remarkable work [...]
Continue reading...Top of the flops: The five worst Premier League signings of the season!
Friday, May 22, 2009
There’s nothing quite like the buzz and thrill of expectancy when your club announces a new signing. Let’s face it, it doesn’t matter if you follow a team in the lowest echelons of the Conference South or one of the European superpowers at completely the other end of the spectrum, you just can’t beat that [...]
Continue reading...Newcastle’s Best Hope Is In Weakened United Team
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sunday will see a truly bizarre sight. If tradition is followed, Hull will come out onto the field and form a guard of honour for Manchester United. Milking the applause, in amongst, will be Zoran Tosic, Corry Evans and Lee Martin. However, I’m frankly amazed at the backlash Fergie is getting this week for suggesting he’d field a [...]
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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