The 23-year-old defender Thomas Vermaelen is leaving Ajax for Arsenal. Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, believes this signing may be the solution to the defensive problem that Arsenal had during the season. “This is a good acquisitions. He will be a great asset to Arsenal with his defensive skills” says Wenger. Vermaelen is a Belgian national team regular, has [...]
Continue reading...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...Friday, May 22, 2009
Arsene Wenger has moved to silence speculation over his future after the Arsenal manager was linked with a move to Real Madrid. Wenger triggered reports that he could be prepared to leave the Gunners when he admitted that working at Real, if Florentino Perez wins the Spanish club’s upcoming presidental election, would be an “interesting project”. It [...]
Continue reading...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...Monday, May 18, 2009
Being in the shadows of rivals Barcelona, Manchester United and Inter is not good enough for mega clubs Real Madrid, Chelsea and Milan. Within the next couple of weeks don’t be surprised if these clubs have signed a new coach to lead them on the hunt for revenge. Real Madrid Situation: Real Madrid have a habit of kicking [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 18, 2009
Plenty of Tevez talk doing the rounds on Sunday, but we’ll get round to that! The more interesting story concerns Arsenal, with the News of the World claiming that the Gunners are considering cashing in on their niggle-friendly forward. He’s yet to sign a new £70,000-a-week contract at the Emirates and Monsieur Wenger could use that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday morning, another title gone up north and Arsenal fans wake up to the news that manager Arsene Wenger finds Real Madrid ‘interesting.’ Now this would be fine if it was the type of ‘interesting’ usually reserved for that person on the bus with tin foil on his head, but quotes attributed to the Frenchman in [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 16, 2009
It’s one of those transfer sagas that seems certain to run and run, no matter how much you want it to end. Yes, it’s Mr Carlos Tevez. There’s quite a few stories doing the rounds on Saturday, including The Sun’s story. The paper has quotes via Argentina coach Diego Maradona which suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 16, 2009
Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal Stadium: Old Trafford, England Competition: English Premier League Date: 16 May 2009 Kickoff: 11:45 GMT, 7:45 EST Manchester United clinched their third-consecutive Premiership title, and 18th league title overall, by securing a 0-0 draw against Arsenal! footballlens brought you the action live! Click below for the live-blog and feel free to leave comments below! Match [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Today’s rumours think play-off defeats plus 1664 do not a happy Mill make The Mill is usually a snout, a grass, a squealer, reporting the tittle-tattle of others and rarely breaks sweat, never mind stories. But we have one exclusive this morning, straight from the mouth of Jermaine Beckford, lamenting his lame Berbatov-esque penalty in Leeds’ [...]
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