Premier League
The relationship between Fernando Llorente and Marcelo Bielsa at Athletic Bilbao deteriorated further on Monday morning after a row which saw the out of favour centre-forward walk put of training. Llorente, who came on as a late substitute as Athletic lost 2-0 defeat at Basque rivals Real Sociedad on Saturday, was training with the reserves […]
Chelsea’s policy of only offering one-year deals to players over 30, is about to cost them Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard, just as it did Didier Drogba last season. ESPN reported last week that Cole had rejected a one-year contract offer from Chelsea, but is hoping that because he is only 31, that Roman Abramovich […]
Lots of rumours going around that Liverpool are interested in a January swap deal with Newcastle, that would see Andy Carroll return to Tyneside with Newcastle striker Demba Ba heading to Anfield. Just one problem with that story. A players cannot play for three Premier League sides in the same season, and since Carroll has […]
Barcelona’s injury woes continue as Thiago Alcántara will be out of action for eight weeks after tests confirmed that the Barcelona’s midfielder had torn the collateral ligament in his right knee. It’s a big blow for Thiago who missed the Olympics this summer due to injury, something he had just recovered from. If the […]
FC Barcelona recovered from being two down to come back and beat ten-man Sevilla 3-2 thanks to substitute David Villa’s last-gasp strike, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, as Real Madrid’s return to form continued against Deportivo La Coruña. In the big Saturday game, Sevilla looked to be well on their way […]
Another backroom shuffle at Real Madrid as the rumours of infighting between Jose Mourinho and Zinedine Zidane prove true as news comes today that Zidane has stepped down as the club’s sporting director to obtain coaching qualifications in France. “Zidane stepped down from his commitments with the first team two months ago,” said Mourinho. “He […]
Tottenham Hotspur ended their 23-year wait for a win at Old Trafford, while Premier League leaders Chelsea continued their impressive start to the season by beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates. Spurs had not won at Old Trafford since December 1989, but Andre Villas-Boas said that they would attack Manchester United today and that is […]
It was not that long ago that Toon Army were up in arms over Mike Ashley and the Cockney Mafia’s running of Newcastle United. But over the last couple of years Ashley has retreated to the background and let the football people run the club. No surprise then, that Newcastle’s fortunes have turned up since […]