In another interesting weekend of soccer, a draw between Spain’s leading duo played into Real Madrid’s hands, while Paris Saint-Germain stretched their lead in France, Juventus won again and Manchester City moved to top of the Premier League. Spain In a defensive masterpiece Atlético Madrid and Barcelona played out a 0-0 draw in the Estádio […]
Premier League
David Moyes continues to rewrite the record books at Manchester United, and not in a good way, as United lost for the third consecutive time, 2-1 at Sunderland in their League Cup semi-final, first leg. The defeat meant that United have lost three in a row for the first time since 2001. Ryan Giggs, who […]
Well disregard those earlier reports that said that Arsenal’s Theo Walcott would be out for only a month recovering from his knee injury picked up against Spurs at the weekend. Walcott went for a scan on Monday and the results we not good if you are an Arsenal or England fan. An Arsenal statement read: […]
According to The Mirror, the release clause in striker Luis Suarez’s new contract is £70m, not the £100m that was first reported. And there is no separate fee for Premier League sides either. The buyout clause was part of Suarez’s new £200,000-a-week deal that he signed just before Christmas. According to the Mirror, the new […]
I am not surprise to hear that Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been charged by the Football Association for allegedly questioning the integrity of referee Lee Mason. In his post-match comments following the Boxing Day defeat at Manchester City, the Liverpool boss appeared to question whether it was correct to have an official from Greater […]
I have to say that I am surprised that former Manchester United forward Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has picked Cardiff City as his first destination as a manager in the Premier League. Cardiff owner Vincent Tan appears to be a very unstable manager, who like many of the foreign owners in the Premier League doesn’t fully […]
The phone must be ringing off the hook tonight of Juan Mata’s agent after Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho told the World Cup winner that he can leave Chelsea after his furious reaction to today’s 53rd minute substitution at St Mary’s. Mata ignored Mourinho when he walked off the pitch at Southampton and then slammed a […]
Chelsea have announced that for the financial year ending June 30, 2013, that the Europa League champions made a loss of £49.4 million, but despite that they managed to satisfy UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations. Despite not progressing out of the Champions League group stages, Chelsea announced a record turnover of £255.8 million. Chelsea revenue […]