Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been linked with a move to Paris St-Germain for the better part of a year. The stories will not go away, and with PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti expected to move to Real Madrid this summer, and sporting director Leonardo also expected to leave at the end of the season also, […]
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Interesting article by Grant Wahl of SI on the future of the 2nd franchise in New York. According to Wahl, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is the odds-on favorite to be the owner of the second New York MLS team, which would be called New York City FC. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said last week […]
Juventus are now only a point away from retaining their Serie A title after a weekend of games in which Paris Saint-Germain maintained their nine-point lead in France. The finish line remains in sight for FC Barcelona as well despite a draw on Saturday, while German champions Bayern Munich set a new points record in […]
Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale became only the third player to be named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. Andy Gray in 1976-77 and Cristiano Ronaldo six years ago were the other two. Bale has been brilliant for Spurs this season, playing with a lot more freedom under […]
What is it about Liverpool manager and their tone deaf support for Luis Suarez? Kenny Dalglish failed the understand the public’s opinion of Suarez racially abusing Patrice Evra. Now it is Brendan Rodgers turn to fail to understand the public sentiment. A day after Luis Suarez was given a 10-match suspension for biting Chelsea defender […]
According to the German newspaper Bild, Jose Mourinho has agreed in principle to take charge at Chelsea next season, and that one of his players will be current Atlético Madrid hitman Radamel Falcao. The newspaper says that Real Madrid have agreed to let Mourinho out of his contract, which runs to 2016, and that the […]
The FA have thrown the book at Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, banning him for 10 games for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend. An FA statement read: “A three-person independent regulatory commission today upheld the FA’s claim that a suspension of three matches was clearly insufficient and the player will serve a further seven […]
After slashing their wage bill over the summer, and going with a younger (cheaper) side this season, AC Milan have seen the benefit of that move on their bottom line. On Monday, AC Milan announced an operating loss of €6.9m for the calendar year of 2012. That is a huge improvement over the losses in […]
Robin van Persie hit a first-half hat-trick as Manchester United strolled to an unprecedented 20th English league title with a 3-0 victory at home to Aston Villa tonight. Manchester City’s 3-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday had handed the Red Devils a chance to regain the crown, and Alex Ferguson’s men needed no second […]