Last January saw the three Italian giants battling over Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez. This January will see the same three sides fight over anther Man City striker: Mario Balotelli. According to the Italian newspapers, the gulf between Balotelli and Roberto Mancini has widened again, and all three Serie A sides want to bring SuperMario back […]
Premier League
Real Madrid showed their mettle as they twice came from behind to win at Real Valladolid, while Málaga moved up to fourth in the Liga after beating Granada 4-0. Eight points behind the Liga leaders, Real Madrid are still clinging to Barcelona’s coat-tails, but twice needed to battle back from behind to snatch a 3-2 […]
It was expected that Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente would be joining Juventus in the January transfer window. The striker has been the source of transfer speculation since last summer when he confirmed to Athletic that he would not be renewing his contract, and Juve were rumoured to have had a bid for the player […]
You could hear a pin drop in the Nou Camp when Lionel Messu went down grabbing his knee late in Wednesday’s Champions League match with Benfica. When he was carried off on a stretcher Barcelona fans feared the worst. But tests today revealed nothing worse than bruising and he was able to train in the […]
Chelsea became the first defending champions to crash out at the group stage of the Champions League, despite beating Nordsjaelland 6-1 last night. But Chelsea are heading to Thursday night football and the Europa League after Juventus beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 to finish above Chelsea in the standings. So despite the first win of the […]
That is not a misquote. Those are the words of Arsenal chief commercial officer Tom Fox who feels that the brand is more important than the team. Fox was interviewed about Arsenal’s new shirt sponsorship deal with the Emirates and his comments are sure to infuriate Arsenal fans, especially with the team anguishing in 10th […]
While Usain Bolt may be the fastest man in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo did something overt the weekend that I am not sure Bolt could equal. In the match against Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo covered 96 metres in only 10 seconds. Although that is some way off Bolt’s world record, keep in mind that Ronaldo was […]
Jose Mourinho refused to add to the media speculation surrounding his future as Real Madrid coach on Monday, but failed to nip it in the bud when questioned in the run up to the Champions League visit of Ajax. I wrote on Monday howe reports from Spain said that Mourinho was planning to leave the […]