British newspaper reports say that Chelsea are closing in on a deal for Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid which could be worth £50million. The deal would make the Argentina striker the highest-paid player in the Barclays Premier League at more than £170,000-a-week. Over the summer Chelsea had a £31m bid for Aguero turned down last […]
When AC Milan sold Kaka to Real Madrid, they not only lost their best player, but about 16,000 season ticket holders failed to to renew their tickets. Adriano Galliani, the AC Milan managing director announced: “The thing that really gets me is that we have 16,000 less season tickets than last year. We will launch […]
The four European World Cup Play-offs games are delicately posed heading into the second leg on Wednesday. Here is a look at each game, plus the big winner take all game in Africa. Republic of Ireland 0-1 France France were the one European team to win away from home on Saturday, putting them in the […]
Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has suffered “potentially life-changing injuries” in a motorbike accident in east London, police said. He was taken to hospital after his BMW bike was involved in a collision with a car this morning. Cudicini is reported to have fractured his wrists and injured his pelvis. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “A […]
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has received a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley’s fitness. The Football Association handed the 67-year-old a four-game ban, with two of those suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season. Ferguson has also been fined £20,000 and warned about his future conduct. After seeing Man […]
Los Angeles Galaxy’s Bruce Arena was named the 2008 Major League Soccer coach of the year Wednesday, after guiding the club to its first playoff berth since 2005. That line does not do justice to the job that Arena did for the Galaxy this year. Last season the Galaxy finished bottom of the Western Conference […]
So how bad was the Juande Ramos and Damien Comolli regime at Spurs? Well it took almost £150m on new players in the 16 months to undo the damage down by Ramos and Comolli. Spurs spent £119.3m in the year ending June 2009, with another £29.4m invested since on the likes of Peter Crouch, Sebastien […]
United States striker Charlie Davies has left hospital nearly a month after being involved in a fatal car accident. Davies, who plays for French side Sochaux, broke bones in his right leg and suffered a lacerated bladder and is almost certainly sure to miss next summers World Cup Finals in Sputh Africa as his injuries […]
Real Madrid were jeered off by their own fans after being dumped out of the Copa del Rey by minnows Alcorcon after only managing a 1-0 fourth round second leg win at an expectant Bernabeu. Madrid suffered one of the biggest humiliations in their history after losing the first leg 4-0, and the Spanish giants […]