The Daily Mail is reporting that Arsenal have been quoted £16 million for Barcelona striker David Villa. I wrote earlier in the week about Arsene Wenger’s interest in the 31-year-old striker. Arsenal need a top quality striker, but while Wenger is said to prefer a short-term loan for Spain’s record goalscorer, who is also a target for Chelsea, he is reportedly willing […]
Premier League
Priceless comment by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson today about Alan Pardew and Newcastle United. After the boxing day match between the two sides at Old Trafford, Pardew had criticized Fergie for confronting referee Mike Dean at half-time and as the two sides came out for the second half. Ferguson was furious that Dean […]
It looks like Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Real Madrid this summer, creating an opening in their line-up for a left footed player. And if today’s Marca is any indication, the courting of Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale to replace Ronaldo has begun. The Daily Mail is reporting that Real are putting together a £33m offer (€40m) […]
Really surprised to hear that Brad Friedel has extended his contract with Tottenham Hotspur until 2014. The 41-year-old Friedel started the season as the first-choice goalkeeper at White Hart Lane but has since lost his place in the side to close-season signing Hugo Lloris, the France international. Fridel was playing brilliant before he was replaced […]
It was only 18 months ago that Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder was linked with a £25m move to Manchester United. That move fell apart reportedly due to Sneijder’s high wage demands and it looks like Spurs are about to capitalize. Sneijder, who has not played since September, has been involved in a pay dispute […]
I feel that I am living in some alternate universe these days. How else can you explain Arsenal agreeing to new deals with the likes of Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain? As if that was not crazy enough I see this quote from Arsene Wenger: “We have gone through a period where we had restricted […]
How bad are things between Manchester City and their striker Mario Balotelli? So bad that Balotelli has taken the highly unusual move of taking the club to a Premier League tribunal this week. It seems that last season City fined Balotelli £340,000 for what they believe was been persistently poor discipline on the pitch.Balotelli missed eight matches […]