David Moyes is dreaming if he thinks this Manchester United team can still win the Premier League this season. At the moment, qualifying for the Champions League seems beyond this squad, never mind catching Arsenal. After losing to Everton and Newcastle, United are 12 points behind leaders Arsenal, who play Everton on Sunday. “I stand […]
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Manchester United’s poor domestic form hit another low on Wednesday after they lost 1-0 at home to Everton. With all the other title contenders winning, David Moyes’s side find themselves 12 points behind leaders Arsenal, a lead that I don’t think they can overcome. More worrying for Moyes has to be that United are five […]
Manchester United could earn an extra £17m a year if they sold naming rights to Old Trafford, according to a new report into sponsorship rights. The study from valuation experts American Appraisal has revealed just how much money each Premier League club could expect to bring in if they were to follow the examples of […]
There were wins for the league leaders in England, France, Germany and Italy this weekend. The title race in Spain tightened as Iker Muniain scored the only goal to give Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win over Barcelona, to send Gerardo Martino to their first domestic defeat of the season. Bundesliga Bayern Munich continue to play […]
Not a surprise to hear on Sunday that Fulham had sacked manager Martin Jol. In his press conference after Saturday’s defeat at West Ham United, their sixth consecutive defeat in all games, Jol had the body language of someone who was expecting to be fired shortly. Fulham replaced Jol with former Manchester United coach Rene […]
Chelsea have put last season’s Champions League group stage elimination behind them as they became the fifth side to make the round of 16 despite losing 1-0 at Basel. Elsewhere an injury riddled Barcelona suffered a rare European defeat while Arsenal and Dortmund picked up big victories. Qualified for last 16: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern […]
As we head towards the last weekend of November, the top of the Premier League is starting to have a familiar look and feel to it. The top six looks like this: Arsenal 28 pts Liverpool 24 Chelsea 24 Man City 22 Southampton 22 Man Utd 21 Except for Southampton, the top of the table contains almost all the preseason title […]
That is a question I have been thinking about since research some stats on Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic earlier this week. The most common measurements used to compare goalkeepers are number of clean sheets and number of goal conceded. If you look at the top four leagues in Europe combined (Serie A, La Liga, […]
Manchester United have a potential £1B kit deal deal with Nike on the table, but there seems to be some debate at the club whether United can do better than that. There are two issues that are hampering the negotiations. One is that United’s current deal 13-year deal with Nike, worth £303m, gives Nike control […]