Brazilian club Santos on Friday turned down an €8 million bid from Portuguese club FC Porto for their midfield wizard Paulo Henrique Ganso. However, what seems to be rubbing people the wrong way is club president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro’s comments where he labelled Porto’s bid as comical and that it should have at least contained an extra zero for Santos to consider it.
So is Ganso really talented or is it just the media hype and the fact that he is Brazilian that are playing to his advantage? Watch the video below and make your own judgement.
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by David on January 30, 2012
There is a real possibility that we will see Jose Mourinho pacing the touchline in the Premier League next season.
Despite being 7 points clear at the top of La Liga, and into the Champions League knockout stages, Mourinho is growing tired of the snipping in Madrid and said on Tuesday that “I don’t know if I will be here next season.”
The Special One has 18 months left on his current Madrid contract, so this is the time we should be hearing about a contract extension and not him leaving. Read more... (787 words, 1 image, estimated 3:09 mins reading time)
by David on January 30, 2012
The Jay Heaps era got off to a winning start as the New England Revolution beat FC Tucson (Premier Development League) 2-0 in their 2012 preseason opener. Sainey Nyassi and Kenny Mansally were the Revs goalscorers.
Instead of the traditional two 45-minute periods, the match featured two 35-minute periods followed by an additional 45-minute period.
FIRST PERIOD (35 Minutes)
Colombian signing John Lozano earned the start alongside A.J. Soares in central defense, while the midfield featured third overall pick Kelyn Rowe (left) and Jeremiah White (right) on the wings. Nyassi partnered Supplemental Draft selection Michael Roach up top. Read more... (515 words, 1 image, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)
The race for the Bundesliga title is getting very interesting with each passing week as Bayern Muinch, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke all notched up wins to ensure that there was no let up in the league standings.
All three teams are level on 40 points with fourth place Borussia Mochengladabch only a point behind. Though Bayern remain top on goal difference, the pressure on Jupp Heynckes is not about to die out soon.
With such competition, it is no wonder that the Bundesliga is the most watched league in the world. That said, Bayern’s 2-0 home win Wolfsburg was thanks in part to top scorer Mario Gomez who scored in the 17 minute to ease tense nerves in the stadium. Read more... (392 words, 1 image, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)
AC Milan continued where they left off last Wednesday by beating Cagliari 3-0 at the San Siro yesterday to take them to within a point of leaders Juventus. Juve on the other hand were 2-1 winners over Udinese on Saturday.
Both wins see them pull clear of there nearest challengers Udinese and Lazio to set up a rather interesting conclusion to the league this season. Meanwhile, Inter Milan suffered a shock defeat to relegation threatened Lecce.
Despite not leading the league the Rossoneri seem to be in cruise control and are favourites to defend their title. However, it will be interesting to see how the cope in their upcoming fixtures with their injuries piling up. Read more... (383 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
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by David on January 29, 2012
League One Stevenage have been drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup fifth round as a reward for reaching the last 16 for the first time.
Brighton will meet Liverpool at Anfield after beating Premier League Newcastle in the previous round. Chelsea host Birmingham, with League Two Crawley Town handed a tough home game against Stoke. Norwich take on Leicester, while Everton welcome Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday to Goodison Park. Bolton will fancy their chances of making the sixth round as they travel to Millwall or Southampton. Read more... (292 words, 1 image, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)
More shocks and surprises are on the cards with match day 3 of AFCON set to begin later on today. As things stand, co-hosts Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Tunisia have all sealed their places in the next round.
Friday’s thriller between Gabon and Morocco that saw the Co-hosts win the game with the last kick of the ball probably has to be the most entertaining match of the competition thus far.
That said, there have also been disappointments that cannot go unmentioned. Senegal who i considered one of the hot favourites and who i was looking forward to watching, will be heading home despite the result from their final game against Libya tonight. Read more... (437 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)
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It is looking more and more likely that Real Madrid will walk away with the La Liga title this season. A 3-1 win over Real Zaragoza at the Santiago Bernabeu yesterday coupled with Barcelona‘s barren draw with relegation threatened Villarreal pushed them 7 points clear at the top of the table.
Goals from Kaka, Ronaldo and Ozil were enough to quell recent jeers and unrest that have taunted Mourinho for the past week and led to disharmony in the squad while also helping to erase memories of their humiliating home loss to Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey a fortnight ago. Read more... (440 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)
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by David on January 28, 2012
Goals from Daniel Agger and Dirk Kuyt saw Liverpool get revenge for last season’s FA Cup at Old Trafford as they beat Manchester United 2-1 at Anfield. Elsewhere Chelsea beat QPR and Newcastle were shocked by Brighton.
While the clash at Anfield got all the headlines this week, the biggest story took place on the coast as Brighton boss Gus Poyet once again haunted Newcastle in the FA Cup.
Puyot cored two goals for Chelsea in the 2000 semi-final against Toon as the Blues went on to lift the trophy and today he saw his side stun the Premier League high-fliers to reach the last 16 for the second year running. Read more... (370 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
by David on January 27, 2012
Carlos Tevez’s advisor, Kia Joorabchian is quoted in the English newspapers as saying that Tevez will not be sold in the January transfer window:
“We’ve been in negotiations with three big clubs but I don’t think they have reached the figures Manchester City want. Carlos will remain at Man City until the summer. They [City] would like to move him on but only at a certain price.”
Joorabchian was interviewed earlier today on TalkSport and said that Roberto Mancini’s handling of the situation is what caused the at situation to deteriorate the way it did: Read more... (441 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)
