On the day that Portsmouth became the first Premier League club to go into administration, there was good financial news from Arsenal. Arsenal announced that they have reduced the clubs debt by almost 40% to £203.6 million by selling more of the apartments it built at Highbury. The sale of some 261 units meant that […]
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Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan won the first leg as they beat Carlos Ancelotti’s Chelsea team 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League tie. Milito set the San Siro alight with a third-minute goal but Chelsea responded strongly and, after Didier Drogba had been denied by the crossbar, Salomon Kalou levelled six minutes […]
Portsmouth are set to become the first Premier League club to go into administration after owner Balram Chainrai served notice of his intention to put the club into the hands of insolvency experts on Friday. Chainrai said it was now unlikely that a takeover deal would be done before the end of the week and […]
When the draw was made back in December, everyone looked at this matchup as the glamour tie of the round of 16. Back then Chelsea were riding high and Inter were struggling as little, and nobody gave Inter much of a chance against probably the second best team in Europe. But luckily for Inter the […]
The off the field mind games between Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti might be more enjoyable than the actual games between the two teams. The two managers are quite open in their dislike for each other. When Ancelotti was at AC Milan the two managers clashed often and Ancelotti took […]
Robert Mancini was brought in to manage Manchester City for one reason. To get them into the Champions League this season. After a hot start under Mancini, Manchester City has reverted back to what they were under Mark Hughes. City is an above average team, but they are not a good team. Man City are […]
Portsmouth are in such dire financial straits that they have asked the Premier League if they can sell players outside the transfer window. However, the move will depend on their request being sanctioned by the Football Association and FIFA as well as the Premier League. A spokesman for Pompey said: “I can confirm we have […]