Real Madrid showed their mettle as they twice came from behind to win at Real Valladolid, while Málaga moved up to fourth in the Liga after beating Granada 4-0. Eight points behind the Liga leaders, Real Madrid are still clinging to Barcelona’s coat-tails, but twice needed to battle back from behind to snatch a 3-2 […]

Fernando Torres scored twice at Sunderland as Rafa Benitez his first Premier League win in charge of Chelsea. It’s been a good week for Torres who has scored a brace in back to back games this week. Torres got on the end of a clever cross from Eden Hazard to volley Chelsea ahead and then […]

It was expected that Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente would be joining Juventus in the January transfer window. The striker has been the source of transfer speculation since last summer when he confirmed to Athletic that he would not be renewing his contract, and Juve were rumoured to have had a bid for the player […]

That is not a misquote. Those are the words of Arsenal chief commercial officer Tom Fox who feels that the brand is more important than the team. Fox was interviewed about Arsenal’s new shirt sponsorship deal with the Emirates and his comments are sure to infuriate Arsenal fans, especially with the team anguishing in 10th […]

Jose Mourinho refused to add to the media speculation surrounding his future as Real Madrid coach on Monday, but failed to nip it in the bud when questioned in the run up to the Champions League visit of Ajax. I wrote on Monday howe reports from Spain said that Mourinho was planning to leave the […]

Interesting comments from Sir Alex Ferguson that he believes that Jose Mourinho would be capable of stepping into his shoes at Manchester United, but he stopped short of saying he is the man who should replace him. I have long believed that Mourinho is the only manager with the ability, and ego, to replace a […]

There were newspaper reports over the weekend suggesting that Arsenal are preparing a January bid for Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is a long-term admirer of the Spanish goalkeeper and had a £20 million offer for Reina rejected in 2010. But now it is said that Arsenal can get Reina for half […]

Arsenal’s miserable start to the season continued today as they were outplayed at home by Swansea and lost 2-0 thanks to a late Michu brace. The Gunners had been lucky to hold on with Wojciech Szczesny pulling off a superb double save to deny Angel Rangel, then a crucial interception from Thomas Vermaelen denied a […]