Luis who? A lot of the talk this summer has been how Liverpool can replace the 30+ goals that Luis Suarez scored last season. What has been lost in the conversation is that the other half of the SaS partnership, Daniel Sturridge is still a Liverpool player. On Sunday Sturridge shouldered the responsibility as Liverpool’s […]
Premier League
Last season Manchester United unveiled a new manager in David Moyes and in his first Premier League match in charge of the Red Devils he say his side thump Swansea 4-1 i South Wales. Fast forward 12 months United unveil another new manager and once again Swansea were his first opponents as Swansea travelled to […]
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has defended his decision to have no English or UK players in his starting line-up for the Community Shield defeat by Arsenal. Four English players made the City bench at Wembley on Sunday but an all-foreign starting XI reflected Pellegrini’s recent transfer deals. The only British signing that Pellegrini made […]
Uefa has announced its three contenders for its UEFA’s Best Player in Europe Award and they are Bayern Munich and Germany World Cup winning goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Holland and Bayern winger Arjen Robben and Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo. The winner will be announced on 28 August in Monaco, where the draw for […]
Bayern Munich midfielder Javi Martinez has been ruled out until 2015 after suffering cruciate knee ligament damage during Wednesday’s German Supercup defeat to Borussia Dortmund. The Spain international was carried off on a stretcher half an hour into the match at Signal Iduna Park after staying down following an aerial challenge and tests have revealed […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport have upheld Luis Suarez’s four-month ban for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during this summer’s World Cup. Suarez’s lawyers argued that Fifa’s decision to suspend him from all “football-related activity” for biting Chiellini was excessive. While the Cas did not reduce Suarez’s ban, they have ruled that the Uruguay striker […]
Major League Soccer and the Seattle Sounders have sold USA right-back DeAndre Yedlin to Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League for a reported $4 million. Yedlin will remain with the Sounders before joining up with his new team-mates in time for the 2015/16 Premier League campaign. A statement on Tottenham’s website read: “We are […]
When Bayern Munich lost to the MLS All-Stars early this month, supporters shrugged it off as just a preseason friendly. But after today’s 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup, will some of Pep Guardiola’s critics be sounding the alarm? The challenge for Guardiola this season is that most of his side were […]