The club’s first American goalkeeper named Brad (Friedel) officially signed with Aston Villa yesterday penning a three-year deal with the club. The 37-year-old spent eight years with Blackburn. He proved to be more than capable at the club guiding Blackburn to successful Premiership and UEFA Cup runs during his time with the outfit. Speculation persisted that […]
Premier League
With the Premier League transfer season inching toward the final month of player movement, clubs have begun to make final adjustments heading into the 2008-2009 campaign. Saturday saw former Tottenham Hotspur defender Pascal Chimbonda move to Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. Chimbonda, who can play any of the back four positions, will more than likely […]
The English Premier League is riding high as the top football league in the world. Last season saw two Premier League teams playing in the Champions League Final for the first time and the League continues to attract new investors from overseas, while enjoying a massive television contract. This summer English teams seem more interested […]
Real Madrid star Wesley Sneijder is not impressed by his teams pursuit of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. Real are the current La Liga champions and Sneijder doesn’t think that they need Ronaldo. “To me this Madrid side doesn’t need to make signings. We’ve been very solid and the team has improved. This squad is […]
Two months after winning the Champions League final in Moscow it has been anything but a quiet summer at Old Trafford. With the long-running Ronaldo soap-opera plus assistant coach Carlos Queiroz leaving to take over at Portugal Sir Alex Ferguson has seen his pres-season plans thrown into turmoil. With United returning almost everyone from last […]
Beleaguered ex-Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras has made a permanent move to SPL side Celtic. The 23-year-old Greek international joined City for £6million in January 2006 yet failed to find his niche with the Premiership club. Also from the Manchester City front, boss Mark Hughes will move his attention toward acquiring several more players to […]
U.S. national goalkeeper Tim Howard and his Everton teammates head to the Rockies to play the MLS’s Colorado Rapids in a pre-season game on August 3rd. In addition to Tim Howard Everton is lead by midfielders Mikel Arteta and Tim Cahill. Up front Yakubu Ayegbeni had a great season last year with 21 goals and […]
Aston Villa have agreed a fee with Chivas USA for goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Guzan gas been a long term target of Villa who have been searching for a goalkeeper since Scott Carson returned to Liverpool after a season-long loan at the club. Guzan thanked the MLS club and its fans for their support during his […]
It has been another interesting pre-season at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea’s seemingly pursuit of almost every big name start in the world making daily headlines. Chelsea came so close to winning the treble last year that you would think that they only need to slightly tweak the existing team. But that is not the Abramovich […]