According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal will offer Robin van Persie a club record £7million-per-season. Arsene Wenger, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and Van Persie are set to meet today where Arsenal will present RVP with a three-year deal worth around £130,000-per-week plus a £5million signing-on fee if he signs a new deal with the club. […]
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Over 100,000 people turned out for Manchester City’s open-top bus title celebrations today and you just knew that Carlos Tevez or Mario Balotelli would do something to put the attention and focus of everyone on themselves and not the team. With Balotelli back in Italy for medical checks after being named in his country’s provisional […]
Alex McLeish has been sacked as Aston Villa manager after just one season in charge of the Premier League club. A vocal minority of Villa fans did not want McLeish, who used to manage bitter rivals Birmingham City, in the first place and they got their wish as today he was terminated “with immediate effect” […]
Series of interviews with Manchester City players on the pitch after today’s dramatic final last minute title win Roberto Mancini Mancini told Sky Sports 1: “It was incredible – they deserved this. To win it like this is incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a finale like this. “We didn’t deserve to lose, we […]
In the most dramatic five minutes in Premier League history, Manchester City scored twice in added time to beat QPR 3-2 today and win their first league title in 44 years. Going into today, Man City and United were tied atop the Premier League. City had a vastly superior goal difference so they knew that […]
It has been an unbelievable season in the Premier League with twists and turns seemingly every week. So it is not a surprise that as we enter the final weekend of games, that the title, Champions League places and the relegation battle are all up for grabs. Title Race The two Manchester clubs are level […]
Blackpool sealed a showdown with West Ham in the Championship play-off final after a thrilling semi-final second leg with Birmingham at St Andrew’s. Buy Blackpool v West Ham Tickets Leading 1-0 from Friday night’s first leg, Blackpool seemed to have the tie sewn up when they scored two goals minutes either side of half-time from […]
A big blow for Spain heading into this summer’s European Championship as Barcelona announced today that Carlos Puyol has a knee injury that requires arthroscopic surgery. “After tests were conducted it was decided the player would have arthroscopic surgery next Saturday, May 12,” Barcelona said in a statement on their website. “The estimated time he […]
Chelsea’s ambitions of a top-four finish were ended in emphatic style after they lost 4-1 to Liverpool at Anfield tonight. The convincing win and performance by Liverpool had to have Kenny Dalglish and the Liverpool fand wondering why they had not played like that on Saturday in the FA Cup Final when Chelsea beat them […]