It would be one of the most sensational moves in Premier League history, but various media outlets in England are reporting that Newcastle United have approached Liverpool about bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside on a season-long loan, with an option to buy the England striker next summer. Liverpool have initially refused to consider Newcastle’s initial […]
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Scottish Football League clubs did the right thing today and voted against Rangers entering the Scottish First Division next season. At a meeting at Hampden Park, 25 out of 30 SFL chairmen dismissed a plan to accept Rangers in the Scottish game’s second tier, placing them into Division Three where any new club in Scotland […]
Chelsea captain John Terry has been found not guilty of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand today. Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle delivered the verdict to a packed courtroom at the end of the week-long trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Terry was accused of calling the QPR centre-half a “fucking black cunt” during a Premier League match […]
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has criticizes his former club Atletico Madrid’s tendencies to sell their youth products. The recent departure of Atletico Madrid’s highly-rated youngster Alvaro Dominguez to Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach had the defender lashing out at the club for “never having faith on homegrown talent”. De Gea himself was a product […]
There has been a trend in the last year or so or former Barcelona talents returning to the club once they have gained valuable experience elsewhere. Last summer Cesc Fabregas returned to the Camp Nou and this summer, Jordi Alba returned home after a successful spell at Valencia. The latest former Barcelona starlet interested in […]
We are still six weeks away from the first El Clasico of the season but the rhetoric is already at a mid- season level. The news that the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) had lifted Jose Mourinho’s touchline ban imposed on him for poking his finger in the eye of then Barcelona assistant manager Tito Vilanova last season […]
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho’s ban for poking Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova in the eye last year was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the pair to meet at the Spanish Super Cup next month. Mourinho had been banned for poking Vilanova in the eye during an on-field brawl at the end of a Super […]
Athletic Bilbao’s coach Marcelo Bielsa said Monday he is staying with the club despite earlier reports he was considering resigning in a row with the board. Bielsa had indicated his intention to resign on Friday after the club refused to support his criticism of the construction company employed to improve the facilities at the club’s […]
The rivalry between Chelsea and Tottenham just heated up a little as former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas called Roman Abramovich a promise-breaking “quitter” during his introductory press conference as Chelsea manager. Here are some of AVB’s comments: “It was the owner who dismissed me and the owner who decided to cut short the project. “Chelsea […]