By all accounts Didier Drogba has told his Chelsea teammates that he is leaving to go to China. Drogba is expected to link up with former team-mate Nicolas Anelka at Shanghai in China in a £200,000-a-week deal. Drogba said: “Even though it’s been three years since I said that I wanted to leave, I find […]
Premier League
Last night Bayern Munich played the Dutch national team in a friendly in Munich. Ironically, the game was set-up as compensation for Arjen Robben getting injured while playing for Holland. I say ironically as the Bayern fans vented their frustration at Robben’s penalty miss in the Champions League final against Chelsea on Saturday by repeatedly […]
Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu until 2016. A statement on the Madrid website read: “Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho have reached an agreement to extend the coach’s contract with the club until June 30, 2016.” The news will put an to end speculation […]
Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu until 2016. A statement on the Madrid website read: “Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho have reached an agreement to extend the coach’s contract with the club until June 30, 2016.” The news will put an to end speculation […]
Big spending Malaga are set to splash the money this season with Manchester City strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Edin Dzeko reportedly high on their wish list Manager Manuel Pellegrini has told the club that he wants to bring in a quality striker to replace the retiring Ruud Van Nistelrooy and has targeted one of the […]
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has been discharged from the hospital today, 40 days after undergoing a liver transplant at Hospital Barcaclinic on April 10. According to Mundo Deportivo it is unlikely that the former French international will ever play professional football again. During his 12 year career, Abidal won three Ligue 1 titles (with Lyon), […]
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the LFP have announced that the 2012-13 La Liga season will begin on the weekend of August 18 and 19. This is in line with the schedule for the recently concluded 2011-12 campaign, which was slated to kick-off on August 20 but was postponed by a week due to […]
By winning the Champions League on Saturday, not only will Chelsea be playing in the Champions League again next season, instead of the Europa League, but they will avoid the Champions League qualification game after being given a number one seed by UEFA. Joining Chelsea as the top seeds in the August 30 draw are […]
The good feeling that Chelsea fans have from being Champions of Europe, took a hit today as a result of the interview that Fernando Torres had with Guillem Balague after the win in Munich last night. Amidst the Chelsea celebrations, Torres could not hid his disappointment and frustration to Balague about his move to Chelsea from Liverpool” […]