Manchester City ended the final transfer week of the summer by adding several players to the club as it prepares for Premiership and European action. Argentinean defender Pablo Zabaleta from Espanyol, Brazilian defender Glauber from FC Nuremburg, and former City star Shaun Wright-Phillips via Chelsea joined the club this week. Zabaleta recently competed for the Argentine side […]
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Sir Alex started seven men who took home the UEFA Champions League trophy last May but still came up short against the determined Russian side in Super Cup action this weekend. Zenit also played seven from last May’s starting XI that dispatched Rangers 2-0 in the UEFA Cup. Zenit St. Petersburg did have the advantage […]
The odds were pretty good that Celtic would get drawn against an English team in the Champions League group stages and they ended up with Manchester United. They last met in the group stages in 2006/07, with Celtic winning 1-0 at home but Manchester United edging the return fixture 3-2 at Old Trafford. “It was […]
The Champions League draw takes place at noon today EST. The English clubs are all in pot one, featuring the competition’s top seeds, and cannot play each other in this round. The posts are: POT ONE Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid POT TWO Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven, Villarreal, Roma, […]
Week three marks the end of the first part of the Premier League race with no more games until mid-September because of International matches. Because of the UEFA SuperCup game this coming weekend, Manchester United’s game with Fulham has been postponed. As a result, Liverpool and Chelsea will be 5 points ahead of United after […]
After unsuccessfully trying to get Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United, Real Madrid have moved closer to home with the news that they have offered over 45 million euros for Valencia striker David Villa, the top scorer at Euro 2008 which was won by Spain. The amount which the club, which is looking for a possible […]
A nine-man Real Madrid rallied to beat Valencia 4-2 and lift the Spanish Supercup 6-5 on aggregate on Sunday. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Sergio Ramos, Ruben De La Red and Gonzalo Higuain scored for Madrid, which had midfielder Rafael van der Vaart ejected in the 39th minute and striker Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 73rd. Valencia’s […]
The second leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round will conclude this week and several small clubs from throughout Europe are in position to qualify for the group stage. A closer look follows. Anorthosis Famagusta FC: The Cypriot squad defeated Greek power Olympiacos CFP by a score of 3-0 in the first leg. […]