A very young and inexperienced Arsenal team beat FC Twente in Holland 2-0 in their Champions League third round qualifier on Wednesday. Second half goals from captain William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor have Arsenal well positioned for the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on August 27th. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was without Cesc Fábregas, […]
Premier League
Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has already gone on record as saying that he wants to target the quadruple this season. The quadruple being the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup. Manchester united coach Alex Ferguson has not been as brash, but with seven potential trophies this year, Fergie could well do […]
Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov appears keen to remain in London which could force Sir Alex to mount a bid for Ajax star Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Spurs were ready to accept United’s beefed up bid which was reported at £28m; however, the 27-year-old Bulgarian made it known that he wanted to wait to move till manager Juande […]
Premiership side Blackburn Rovers have agreed to terms with Roque Santa Cruz’s little brother Julio. The 18-year-old forward comes to Rovers via Paraguay and upon international clearance will sign a three-year contract with the club. Julio enjoyed two trials with Blackburn before agreeing to terms. The move further shores up Blackburn’s chances to retain last […]
Christano Ronaldo finally broke his media silence on Wednesday and said that he was staying at Old Trafford for at least one more season. Ronaldo was quoted in the Spanish paper Publico as saying: “Sir Alex Ferguson heard my arguments, I heard his and, in fact, it was settled that the best for both parties […]
The La Liga outfit now sports four Dutch internationals after today’s official announcement concerning the acquisition of midfielder Rafael van der Vaart. The 25-year-old has penned a five-year contract. Along with winger Arjen Robben, forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, midfielder Wesley Sneijder, and youngster Royston Drenthe, Real Madrid looks prepared to field an Oranje-centric squad. Sneijder, […]
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez thinks that the signing of Robbie Keane for £20million is the final piece in the puzzle. In the Keane press conference Benitez said: “I think all the defences will be worried about stopping them. Other managers and defenders will be trying to sign players but with Robbie, Fernando, Steven Gerrard, Dirk […]