Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner sat back and watched some horrendous performances from his club this season, but this weekend’s capitulation at Hull was the last straw. The defeat sent Villa into the bottom three, and they looked a sure bet to get relegated. That would be a financial nightmare for Lerner, so on Wednesday […]
Premier League
In a rare midweek set of Premier League matches, an 89th minute goal from Willian kept Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League at seven points. With Manchester City winning at Stoke 4-1, this was one of those results that wins a club the title. Without the suspended Diego Costa, Chelsea struggled to […]
On the back of Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United, whoscored.com tdid an in-depth look at the performance of tUnited’s current attacking stars from the last 6 seasons in Europe’s top 5 leagues. It does not make for pretty reading. In terms of minutes between goals and assists, all of their United’s stars, […]
Mario Balotelli was the hero as Liverpool beat Tottenham 3-2 in a pulsating Premier League game at Anfield. Balotelli scored for the first time in the Premier League since scoring for Manchester City against Wigan in November 2012 but it guaranteed him centre stage on a night when England strikers Daniel Sturridge and Harry Kane […]
According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal are considering selling England international Jack Wilshere in the summer, with Liverpool and West Ham a potential destination for the midfielder. Wilshere appeared to have the world at his feet when he broke into the Arsenal team as a teenager, and he was memorably the best player on the […]
REally interesting article in Get West London about how Roman Abramovich told the Chelsea boss that he the days of freely spending on players was over and that ht would have to balance the books at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho, who has sold even better than he has bought as Chelsea, made it clear that the […]
In what might be one of the worst putdowns every for the 20 time Premier League Champions, West Ham boss Sam Allardyce called Manchester United a “long ball” side after seeing his side throw away three points against United on Sunday. Allardyce, who is notorious for a long-ball style of football, admitted that the Hammers […]
Fascinating interview with former Liverpool director of football, Damien Comolli in the Daily Mail, in which he said that Liverpool owners believed that the signing of Jordan Henderson was a ‘massive mistake”. Henderson, who signed for Liverpool for a deal worth £20 million pounds took a long time to settle at Anfield and his signing […]
Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell face tax evasion charges in Spain following accusations that the club defrauded the Spanish government to the tune of €2.8m in the deal to take Neymar to the Camp Nou two years ago. The charge is related to a €5m payment that Barca agreed to […]