A difference over two legs between possible Champions League glory and heartache was a deflected Gareth Bale cross. Bale’s first half goal was too much for Manchester City to overcome and it sent Real Madrid through to face city rivals Atletico in the final. City midfielder Fernando inadvertently diverted Bale’s 20th-minute strike into his own […]
Premier League
According to the Daily Mirror, incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is confident of signing Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain for £45m (€57m) this summer. Higuain has been brilliant for Napoli this season, scoring 34 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions, and almost single handily taking Napoli to a top three finish this season. At first […]
Any lingering doubt that Louis van Gaal was not the right man for the Manchester United job should be ended after his comments at the United awards ceremony that expectations are too high at Old Trafford and that the remains one of the world’s great managers! ‘We have to meet the expectations of the biggest […]
When Claudio Ranieri was named Leicester manager last summer it was not a hiring that was met with widespread applause. In fact many pundits criticized the hiring of Ranieri over Martin O’Neill and Guus Hiddink. One former Leicester legend not impressed with the hire was Gary Lineker who had this to say on Twitter: Former […]
A brilliant Eden Hazard goal at Stamford Bridge ended Tottenham Hotspur’s title dreams, completing one of the greatest fairytales in sporting history. Leicester City have won the 2015-16 Premier League title. Leicester City will be playing in the Champions League next season! At the start of the season they were 5000-1 outsiders to win the […]
Welcome back to the Premier League Burnley! Sam Vokes’ goal on Monday against QPR secured an immediate return for the Clarets to the Premier League Few could argue that Burnley don’t deserve promotion, and the record-breaking riches that will follow next season, having stretched their unbeaten run to 22 matches dating back to Boxing Day. […]
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy’s cinderella season rolls on as he has been voted Footballer of the Year for the 2015-16 season by the Football Writers’ Association. The 290year-old Vardy topped the poll of 290 journalists with 36 percent of the vote, a clear winner ahead of teammates Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante. Mahrez was […]
Stunning comments from Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at his weekly press conference in which he blamed the home fans for his sides failure to win the title. Arsenal supporter groups are planning protests during Saturday’s game against Norwich, and those protests will reach a new level after Wenger urged them to be more likeLiverpool fans! […]
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure must really hate incoming manager Pep Guardiola because he is willing to pay City as much as £10m to not have to play for the former Barcelona manager. Toure was famously sold by Guardiola when the two of them were in Spain and Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk has repeatedly knocked […]