Week two of the English Premier League was full of surprises from Fulham’s victory over Arsenal to Hull being in the top four. Here are winners and losers from an exciting weekend of football. Winners Liverpool and Chelsea Both have six points after two weeks and with Arsenal losing and Manchester United’s game against Fulham […]
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Determined to remain in the Premiership, West Bromwich Albion signed Real Mallorca midfielder Borja Valero for a club record £4.7million. The 23-year-old signed a four-year contract at The Hawthorns. Valero now is the Baggies’ ninth addition this summer and takes the club spending-spree total to around £20million. The Spaniard advanced through the ranks of Real […]
A.C. Milan’s director Silvano Ramaccioni has stated that the much-maligned striker is on the brink of returning to his former club. Since leaving A.C. Milan for Premiership side Chelsea in 2006, Andriy Shevchenko has been a major disappointment. His £30million transfer fee could have been spent elsewhere to bolster The Special One’s squad. Speaking of […]
The British newspapers today are all noting that Ukranian club Shaktar Donetsk have reported Manchester City to FIFA over the £475,000 (600,000 euros) still owed to them over the transfer last summer of Brazilian Elano. According to the Daily Mail: “The money is a ‘solidarity payment’ on European transfers. It usually equates to five per […]
Reports have surfaced alluding to Sir Alex’s upcoming decision to rush Anderson back from the Olympics. United is dealing with a rash of injuries and the 20-year-old midfielder could be called upon. The club now enters Monday’s Premiership showdown with Portsmouth sans Ronaldo and Owen Hargreaves as well as potentially Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs. […]
A look at who were the winners and losers in the first week of the English Premier League. Winners Chelsea Chelsea set down an early marker with a 4-0 demolition of Portsmouth. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea looked really good with Deco pulling the strings behind Anelka. The ease of the victory will cause some sleepless […]
A look at the second round of matches in the English Premier League this coming week. Last week we went 6-4 and are hoping to do better this week. Blackburn v Hull City Both teams got great victories last weekend with Blackburn winning at Everton and Hull winning at home to Fulham. While last week’s […]
Samir Nasri did not disappoint in his first match against Premiership neophytes West Bromwich Albion. Beset by key injuries, Arsenal faded in the second half of the 2007-2008 campaign. Several new additions this summer will hopefully allow supporters to forget about the likes of Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva as the Gunners make […]
Liverpool’s Champions League ambitions were dented Wednesday with a far from impressive 0-0 draw in Belgium against Standard Liege. If it wasn’t for a penalty save by Jose Reina and a missed goal by the Norwegian ref Tom Henning Ovrebo, Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez would be telling his U.S. owners that the £20m that they […]