Premier League
Perfect Christmas present for Barcelona fans as the club has announced that it has reached agreements with Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernández and Lionel Messi for the renewal of their respective contracts. Messi’s current deal with Barcelona ran until June 30, 2016, and the new deal extends that until 2018, when Messi will be 31. By […]
There have been rumours for it for a while now, that Cristiano Ronaldo and José Mourinho would be heading to Paris Saint Germanin this summer. And in an interview in Marca, Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Paris Saint Germain owner Sheikh Nasser Al Khelaifi’s right-hand man, confirmed the French club’s interest in signing the Portuguese duo. […]
You knew that Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez could not let Jose Mourinho’s surrender of its La Liga title go unchallenged. So no surprise to hear Perez respond on Monday at a charity event saying: “One of Madrid’s sporting principles is to never give up, no matter how difficult the challenge. One should never give […]
How bad are things between Manchester City and their striker Mario Balotelli? So bad that Balotelli has taken the highly unusual move of taking the club to a Premier League tribunal this week. It seems that last season City fined Balotelli £340,000 for what they believe was been persistently poor discipline on the pitch.Balotelli missed eight matches […]
Santi Cazorla helped himself to a hat-trick as Arsenal closed up on the top four of the Premier League with a 5-2 win at bottom club Reading. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had called for a response following last week’s shock League Cup penalty shoot-out defeat at Bradford, and got it tonight as the visitors surged […]
Jack Wilshere as given Arsenal fans the perfect Christmas present by saying that he will sign a new deal with the club within weeks. Wilshere still has two-and-a-half years of his £50,000-a-week deal left but the new contract could see him tied to the club until 2017. “I’m talking to the club and I probably […]
Jan Vertonghen’s second-half goal helped Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea City 1-0 today, while West Brom and West Ham played out a drab scoreless tie. Michael Laudrup’s Swansea long looked set for a point in north London as their meticulous rearguard display starved Tottenham of any joy in the final third. However, Vertonghen finally ended their […]
FC Barcelona stretched their lead at the top of Liga to a commanding nine points after overcoming an early scare to defeat second-placed Atlético Madrid 4-1 at the Camp Nou. As the league’s two top scorers came head to head in the shape of Lionel Messi and Falcao, it was Atlético’s Columbian marksman who upstaged […]