Frank Lampard might be good enough for Roy Hodgson and England but the midfielder is not good enough for Jose Mourinho and Chelsea. The 35-year-old midfielder heads to Brazil as a free agent, although he could negotiate a new deal at the Stamford Bridge club giving fans hope they might not have seen the last […]
Premier League
Ten-man Queens Park Rangers clinched promotion to the Premier League in dramatic fashion as Bobby Zamora’s stoppage-time strike secured a 1-0 win over Derby County in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday. Harry Redknapp’s side were forced reduced to ten men for the final 30 minutes after Gary O’Neil’s was given a straight […]
Whether it was a result of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play penalties that restricted them to one major signing this summer, or whether they just really love him as a player, but at £50m, PSG massively over paid for the Brazilian defender. Luiz isn’t even the best Brazilian defender in the PSG line-up, that tag belongs […]
What is it with former Manchester United midfielders hammering current players in the press? For years former United captain Roy Keane has taken potshots at United players, while today’s newspapers all carry some hard hitting comments from Paul Scholes about striker Wayne Rooney and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. What makes Scholes comments so interesting is that […]
The Daily Express and ESPN are reporting that Manchester United and Bayern Munich have agreed on a deal for midfielder Toni Kroos. The breakthrough appears to have been United’s agreement to pay the transfer fee in full to Bayern. The Luke Shaw deal is also completed and we are just waiting on the official announcement […]
Uefa has updated its club coefficients, which gives an early indication about how the teams will be seeded for next season’s Champions League draw. Based on these rankings, it looks like we could once again see a couple of group of death scenarios. Pot I Real Madrid FC Barcelona Bayern Munich Chelsea Benfica Atletico Madrid […]
As expected Manchester United have named Dutch national team coach Louis van Gaal at the club’s new manager. United legend Ryan Giggs has been named as van Gaal’s assistant. The Dutchman, who has won titles with Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and AZ Alkmaar, will take charge at Old Trafford after leading the Netherlands at this […]
On a conference call with investors on Thursday, Manchester United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward put the cost of the missing out on Champions League football at around £30m. Add in the payoff to former manager David Moyes of “single digit millions” and the true cost of the failed Moyes era will be close to […]
To paraphrase Brittany Spears, Oops Daniel Levy has done it again as he fired Tim Sherwood on Tuesday, the ninth manager he has fired since taking over at White Hart Lane in February 2001. Sherwood took over from Andre Villas-Boas in December but in letting Sherwood go, Levy explained “We agreed an 18-month contract with […]