Rio and Anton Ferdinand have criticised the Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association over the John Terry race row. A statement issued by Anton and Rio today said: It has been a year since the incident at Loftus Road. During that time, some of the deep divisions that exist in football have been exposed. […]
Premier League
Interesting piece in today’s Daily Mail about Manchester United’s kit deal with Nike, which is coming up for renewal in 2015. Back in 2002, United signed a 13-year deal with Nike worth £303 million, plus a profit share on retail sales. Even without any profits, that translates to around £23 million a season. The deal […]
Lionel Messi made headlines once again as he scored a club record 15th Liga hat-trick for Barcelona in a thrilling 5-4 win against Deportivo La Coruña. Meanwhile, Chelsea shone in England, Paris Saint-Germain went top in France and Bayern Munich set a Bundesliga record. Spain Lionel Messi is almost a one-man team as his 21st […]
On Saturday morning, Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and chief executive Ron Gourlay sat down for an interview with TalkSport in the club’s first step to rebuild an image tarnished by the John Terry racial abuse case. Buck issued an apology on behalf of the club to Anton Ferdinand and his family saying: “The press mentioned […]
Chelsea remain four points clear at the top the Premier League after an impressive come-from-behind win against Tottenham Hotspur, while Arsenal are 10 points behind the leaders after losing 1-0 at Norwich. In the early game at White Hart Lane, Chelsea dominated the first half and went into half-time deservedly leading 1-0 thanks to an […]
Jack Wilshere has got his wish. After telling Arsene Wenger that he was ready to play against Norwich this weekend, the Arsenal boss has included the midfielder in the squad for the trip to Carrow Road. There is no way that Wenger will start Wilshere against Norwich, he only completed his first 90 minute match […]
High praise from Glen Driscoll, who is head of performance at Liverpool, who says that Brendan Rodgers is a better manager than Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti. And Driscoll knows a little about Mourinho and Ancelotti having worked with them both at Chelsea. Driscoll says that Rodgers uses the best of the pair while adding […]
Really strange press conference with Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo today. As expected Di Matteo was asked about Chelsea captain John Terry receiving a four-game ban for racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand. Terry will miss the Blues’ next four domestic games but the centre-back is eligible to play in Tuesday’s Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk and […]