Reports in Brazil say that Manchester United have had a €38 million bid for Sao Paulo starlet Lucas Moura rejected. This is the second bid that United have had turned down for Lucas, as they earlier had made a €32 million bid for the attacking midfielder. Globo Esporte quote a source close to the club […]
Premier League
It would be one of the most sensational moves in Premier League history, but various media outlets in England are reporting that Newcastle United have approached Liverpool about bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside on a season-long loan, with an option to buy the England striker next summer. Liverpool have initially refused to consider Newcastle’s initial […]
Scottish Football League clubs did the right thing today and voted against Rangers entering the Scottish First Division next season. At a meeting at Hampden Park, 25 out of 30 SFL chairmen dismissed a plan to accept Rangers in the Scottish game’s second tier, placing them into Division Three where any new club in Scotland […]
Chelsea captain John Terry has been found not guilty of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand today. Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle delivered the verdict to a packed courtroom at the end of the week-long trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Terry was accused of calling the QPR centre-half a “fucking black cunt” during a Premier League match […]
The rivalry between Chelsea and Tottenham just heated up a little as former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas called Roman Abramovich a promise-breaking “quitter” during his introductory press conference as Chelsea manager. Here are some of AVB’s comments: “It was the owner who dismissed me and the owner who decided to cut short the project. “Chelsea […]
Manchester City killed off Russian interest in Roberto Mancini on Monday night by making him the highest-paid manager in the country after agreeing a £37.5million five-year deal. The 47-year-old, who guided City to last season’s Barclays Premier League title, signed a contract extension worth £7.5m a year. He overtakes Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is on £6m a […]
Reports in Tuesday’s newspapers say that Chelsea have signed Brazilian wonderkid Oscar for £25million, who is regarded as one of the most exciting talents to emerge from Brazil in years. To make the purchase even sweeter, Chelsea reportedly outbid Spurs and Andre Villas-Boas for the 20-year-old. Reports surfaced last week that Tottenham had made an initial offer of around £18m for […]
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has left the future of Andy Carroll up in the air amid reports that AC Milan are preparing a loan bid for the England striker. Carroll endured a testing first year at Anfield, often struggling to hold down a first-team spot as he failed to live up to his hefty price tag. A brief […]
Big win for Andre-Villas Boas and Tottenham Hotspur today as they have signed Gylfi Sigurdsson from Hoffenheim for £8m. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder impressed so much during the second half of last season on loan at Swansea where he scored seven times in 19 appearances for the Welsh side and picked up March’s Player of the Month award. Sigurdsson […]