A year ago, Chelsea legend Frank Lampard was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea and speculation was rampant about whether Chelsea would sign him to a new deal. Eventually Lamps and Chelsea agreed on a one-year deal that will keep the club at Stamford Bridge until the end of the current season. […]
Premier League
Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward is excited by BT Sport’s deal to win Champions League television rights, claiming it will lead to further increases in the club’s revenue. Woodward was speaking after United’s revenues rose in the first quarter of the financial year by 29.1 percent to £98 million thanks to new sponsorship deals […]
Lionel Messi could move to the Premier League if he gets “bored” of La Liga, Manchester City‘s Alvaro Negredo claims. Just 26 years-old, Messi has been named the best player in the world four years in a row, is Barcelona’s record goalscorer with 327 goals in just 394 games and has already won six Liga […]
It was a very good Sunday for David Moyes. First title challengers Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur both lost. Then he saw Robin van Persie scored against his old club for the third consecutive game as Manchester United beat Arsenal 1-0. In a game of few chances at Old Trafford, Robin van Perise proved the […]
Next time I complain about the refereeing in Major League Soccer remind me of the horrendous decision by referee Andre Marriner today in the 96th minute that cost West Brom two points at Stamford Bridge. Somehow Marriner thought that Steven Reid had fouled Ramires, a tackle that none of the Chelsea players even questioned. Eden […]
AS Roma’s perfect start in Serie A was finally ended by Torino on a weekend when Arsenal surged five points ahead in England and Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead in France. Italy Roma’s record breaking start to the season finally ended as the Giallorossi were held 1-1 by Torino, dropping their first points of the […]
Arsenal are five points clear at the Premier League summit after a convincing 2-0 win over second place Liverpool, while third-placed Chelsea surprisingly lost 2-0 at Newcastle. At the Emirates Santi Cazorla put the Gunners ahead when he followed up his own header which has rebounded off the post, to fore past Simon Mignolet. Then […]
One of the things that Ed Woodward said about Manchester United’s poor summer transfer window was that new United boss David Moyes wanted to “spend time with the squad” to understand what he had before deciding on what he needed to add via the transfer market. Well four months later and Moyes should have a pretty good […]