Reports in the English press suggest that the Premier League is once again considering playing a round of matches in the USA in late November or early December, a scenario that Toronto FC president Tim Leiweke is not impressed with. The Premier League is looking to expand its brand, and bring in more money, and […]
Premier League
I cannot recall former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson calling his hand-picked successor David Moyes “brilliant”, but that is what he thinks of Louis van Gaal’s reign at United so far. Ferguson has been an interested onlooker as Van Gaal has gone about the task of rebuilding the squad he inherited from David Moyes […]
Arsenal’s under-fire star Mesut Ozil has been ruled out for 10-12 weeks after picking up a serious knee injury in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at the weekend. Ozil reported to the German national team during midweek complaining about his left knee. After undergoing an MRI, the German Football Association released the following statement. “The […]
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has committed his future to the club by signing a new five-year contract that will reportedly pay him up to £150,000-a-week. Sturridge still had four years left on the terms that were agreed after his £12 million arrival from Chelsea, but Liverpool have decided to reward his progress, he has scored […]
Manchester United have reportedly already agreed personal terms of a proposed summer transfer for loan signing Radamel Falcao, who the club signed on loan from Monaco on the last day of the summer transfer window. Having paid a loan fee of £6million to the French club for the 28-year-old, United have also agreed to a […]
Clinical Welbeck blasted the Gunners into a 2-0 lead and once Alexis Sanchez had stretched the advantage further, the £16 million signing from Manchester United added his third as the Turkish club were swept aside at the Emirates Stadium. The only blot on an otherwise fine night was the red card shown to goalkeeper Wojciech […]
Brendan Rodgers lamented Liverpool’s “poor” defending after the Reds crashed to a 1-0 Champions League defeat against Basel, to fall behind the Swiss side in their group standings. Liverpool manager Rodgers felt his side played well enough to get something from the game but let themselves down by failing to deal with Basel’s set pieces. […]
Real Madrid narrowly avoided what would have been the biggest upset in the Champions League in recent memory as they have to come from behind to beat Ludogorets 2-1. The defending European champions went one down n Razgrad thanks to Marcelinho’s early effort, but Cristiano Ronaldo responded to missing one penalty by scoring another, before […]