The pro Michael Owen crowd will say that Man United got him for a song on basically a pay and play deal. That he is a proven goalscorer and that playing in a team like Man United that he will regain his goalscoring touch.
Maybe he will prove us all wrong and return to his former level. But I seriously doubt that Owen will have a measureable impact on United’s upcoming season.
It is a summer where the center of European soccer has switched from the Premier League to La Liga. Benzema, Ribery, Villa, Kaka and Ronaldo have all spurned offers from Premier League teams to play in Spain, or to stay in Spain.
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I think everyone who has ever watched a match of soccer would agree: the sport could use a little more goal scoring. Don’t get me – the STO Commish – wrong, I appreciate soccer for what it is. Soccer is a sport of strategy, precision, and patience. Unfortunately, I am not a very patient person. I love good defense, but I yearn for goals.
To be a fan of some lower tier teams, you would have to be an extremely patient person. Like abnormally patient. For example, Middlesbrough fans just sat through a season which saw their team score a mere 28 goals all year. In Serie A, Reggina scored only 30 goals – in 38 games. God forbid either team ever scored 2 or 3 goals in one game…
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First of all, let me say I am swearing off DVR for sports. I (once again) relied on it to record the match for me, and it has (once again) left me crying in a heap on the floor. I had to work late last night. Really late. I set the DVR to record the 11:30 pm ESPN2 showing of the game (I knew the score, I couldn’t resist looking, the game started at 8:00 am).
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Well UEFA finally ruled on Chelsea’s behavior after the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona and I am surprised at how lenient the bans are.
The media is portraying UEFA’s ruling to hand lengthy European bans to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa as harsh. I disagree.
Drogba was given a six-match ban, but since the last two games are suspended for two years making this a four game ban for his foul-mouthed confrontation with referee Tom Henning Ovrebo at the end of their Champions League semi-final defeat by Barcelona in May.
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The English Premier League released is 2009-2010 schedule this morning and champions Manchester United will begin the defence of their Premier League title at home to newly promoted Birmingham.
Carlo Ancelotti’s first game in charge at Chelsea will be against Hull at Stamford Bridge as the campaign gets under way on the weekend of August 15.
Liverpool open at Tottenham while Arsenal face Everton at Goodison Park.
Wolves play West Ham at Molineux and Burnley visit Stoke on their return to the top flight before facing Manchester United at Turf Moor 18 August.
Big-spending Manchester City make the journey to Blackburn on the opening day before hosting Everton at Eastlands on 19 August.
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Well it has finally happened. Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. At Cristiano’s request — who has again expressed his desire to leave — and after discussion with the player’s representatives, United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player. Matters are expected to be concluded by June 30. The club will not comment until further notice.”
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Yesterday we looked at the match day revenues of clubs in the Premier League and the huge gap between the big clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal and the smaller clubs like West Brom and Fulham.
Clubs with the highest gate and match day revenue should be able to afford the best players and they can afford their huge salaries.
As you can see, some what we would call in the U.S., small market teams, are seeing their wage bill cover chew up a dangerously high percentage of their income (turnover).
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There has been a lot of press in recently about the £3.1 billion worth of debts that the 20 Premier League teams have amassed. The Guardian had a great club by club breakdown last week of match day revenues and the wage bills of each Premier League team.
Today we will look at the match day revenues and the huge gap between the big clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal and the smaller clubs like West Brom and Fulham.
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Carlo Ancelotti will become manager of Chelsea on July 1st after signing a three-year contract with the English club.
The 49-year-old ended an eight-year spell at AC Milan yesterday, a 2-0 victory at ACF Fiorentina clinching third spot in Serie A and a berth in next season’s UEFA Champions League. Ancelotti replaces temporary coach Guus Hiddink, who has returned to take charge of the Russian national team after a 15-week stay at Stamford Bridge which concluded with Saturday’s FA Cup final victory against Everton FC. The London club sacked previous incumbent Luiz Felipe Scolari in February.
A Chelsea statement said:
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Back in early August I fired up the crystal ball and took a look at how I expected teams to finish this season in the Premier League. Now it is time to take a trip back through time and see how well/poorly I did.
The title contenders were the easiest to predict. I had Chelsea 1st, Liverpool 2nd, Manchester United 3rd and Arsenal 4th. So I batted 50% here getting Liverpool and Arsenal’s positions correct.
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