The clean out an Anfield continues as Kenny Dalglish has fired as Liverpool manager. A statement released by the club read:
Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as Manager after having his contract terminated.
After a careful and deliberative review of the season, the Club came to the decision that a change was appropriate. It is not a decision that was reached lightly or hastily.
The search for a new Manager will begin immediately. Read more... (570 words, 1 image, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)
England boss Roy Hodgson has announced is England squad for this summer’s European Championship and there is no place for Manchester United‘s Rio Ferdinand, while Chelsea‘s John Terry has been included.
There are some new faces in Hodgson’s squad including uncapped Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and some surprises.
Up front Hodgson has went with Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe, who has not played a competitive match for England since September 2010.
There is no place for Manchester United’s Michael Carrick as Gareth Barry, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Scott Parker took the central midfield berths. Read more... (271 words, 1 image, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)
According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal will offer Robin van Persie a club record £7million-per-season.
Arsene Wenger, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and Van Persie are set to meet today where Arsenal will present RVP with a three-year deal worth around £130,000-per-week plus a £5million signing-on fee if he signs a new deal with the club.
RVP so said to currently be on around £70,000-per-week at the moment, so all told, this deal will double his wages.
The big question is whether £130,000-per-week for three years and a £5million bonus is enough to persuade Van Persie to sign with the Gunners. Read more... (232 words, 1 image, estimated 56 secs reading time)
The Sounders lost their grip on the top spot because they slipped up at home, pure and simple. That was more than enough for Real Salt Lake to slide into the top spot, with the Quakes trailing close behind.
What do you think of the rankings from MLS?
1: Real Salt lake
Is RSL playing the joyful, free-flowing intricate soccer that we’ve grown to love them for over the past four years? Nope, not even close. But they’re grinding out results every time they take the pitch. Can’t argue with that — especially when they come on the road. Read more... (1366 words, 1 image, estimated 5:28 mins reading time)
Some Manchester City fans are no doubt still celebrating winning their first title in over 40 years, but the comments from Yaya Toure’s agent could end the party atmosphere.
Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk’s was interviewed on Spanish radio on Tuesday and this is what he had to say:
“Toure has done all he can do at City and needs new motivations. He would like a new challenge. He would not cost much.
“He could sign for many big clubs, like Chelsea or Bayern Munich. We would like to see Barcelona join the race.” Read more... (250 words, 1 image, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)
Over 100,000 people turned out for Manchester City‘s open-top bus title celebrations today and you just knew that Carlos Tevez or Mario Balotelli would do something to put the attention and focus of everyone on themselves and not the team.
With Balotelli back in Italy for medical checks after being named in his country’s provisional squad for Euro 2012 that left Tevez to turn the focus on himself and he did not disappoint, holding up a cardboard tombstone which read ‘RIP Fergie’.
Man City were forced once again to apologise for Tevez’s behavior saying: Read more... (194 words, 1 image, estimated 47 secs reading time)
On Friday Brazil announced its squad for its games against Denmark and United States in May and Mexico and arch-rivals Argentina in June.
While Pato made coach Mano Menezes’s 23-man squad, which is made up largely of under-23 players as Brazil look to try and win the Olympic gold medal for the first time, missing was former World footballer of the year Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho who played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Brazil, was expected to be among the over-age players again for London but his form for Flamengo this year has been up and down and that cost him a place in the squad. Read more... (355 words, 1 image, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
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Alex McLeish has been sacked as Aston Villa manager after just one season in charge of the Premier League club.
A vocal minority of Villa fans did not want McLeish, who used to manage bitter rivals Birmingham City, in the first place and they got their wish as today he was terminated “with immediate effect” because “the club has been disappointed with this season’s results, performances and the general message these have sent to our fans.”
Disappointing is putting it mildly. Villa one just seven games all season and finished just two points clear of the bottom three. Read more... (379 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)
Lee Nguyen haunted his former team with two goals and one assist in an inspired performance as the New England Revolution rolled to a 4-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
Nguyen – waived by Vancouver in March – notched his first two MLS goals, including a spectacular long-distance rocket to round out the scoring, sandwiched around first-half strikes from Saer Sène and Shalrie Joseph. It was the Revolution’s best offensive output since scoring four times in a 4-4 draw with the Philadelphia Union last September. Read more... (521 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)
Real Madrid reached a record-breaking 100 La Liga points after an emphatic 4-1 win against Mallorca, while big spending Málaga secured a UEFA Champions League place thanks to a 1-0 win against Sporting Gijón.
Manuel Pellegrini’s Malaga went into today’s final round of games knowing that they simply needed a point to finish fourth and qualify for the Champions League next season. But they went two better than that when José Rondón’s 11th goal of the season secured all three and ended a run of two consecutive defeats. Read more... (338 words, 1 image, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)
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The clean out an Anfield continues as Kenny Dalglish has fired as Liverpool manager. A statement released by the club read:
