Champions League football resumes this week with Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen facing huge uphill tasks while Benfica and Lyon will be looking to protect slender leads. After allowing the international calendar to take centre stage for a week, the UEFA Champions League returns on Tuesday. AC Milan and FC Barcelona look odds-on to reach the […]
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The Andre Villas-Boas era at Chelsea is over after he sacked today. Chelsea also announced assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo would take charge of the team until the end of the season. Chelsea said in a statement on their official website, www.chelseafc.com: “Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today. “The board would […]
Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to pick up their 14th successive home victory of the season. Roberto Mancini’s side went ahead through a Gretar Steinsson own goal and Mario Balotelli doubled City’s lead with 20 minutes remaining, courtesy of an excellent backheeled […]
While most of the numbers were leaked last week, Arsenal‘s financial results make interesting reading. Here are some of the highliights: Group profit before tax was £49.5 million (2010 – loss of £6.1 million) Profit on sale of player registrations amounted to £63.0 million (2010 – £4.0 million) £74.7 million of investment in new players and […]
Arsenal fought back from 2-0 down to win a pulsating north London derby 5-2 against Tottenham Hotspur, while Ryan Giggs struck late on to seal victory for Manchester United at Norwich. Arsenal are back up to fourth place on goals scored after completing a remarkable comeback to overwhelm Spurs. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp stated before […]
Liverpool lifted the League Cup for the eighth time in their history after overcoming championship side Cardiff City following extra time and penalties in a dramatic final at Wembley. Liverpool began well and were unfortunate not to take the lead in the second minute when Glen Johnson cut in from the right and sent a […]
Manchester City maintained their 100% home record in the Premier League this season with a comfortable 3-0 victory against struggling Blackburn Rovers. Mario Balotelli made a sustained period of pressure tell for Roberto Mancini’s team, who are five points clear of Manchester United ahead of their trip to Norwich on Sunday, when he turned in […]
Reading all these stories coming out the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust meeting last night that Arsene Wenger has a £50millon transfer kitty. That is not really true. Yes Arsenal made around £50millon profit, but not qualifying for the Champions League will cost the club £45millon, wiping out the cash balance. So how did Arsenal make such a […]