West Ham are back in the Premier League after defeating Blackpool 2-1 at Wembley today in the npower Championship play-off final. Ian Holloway’s Blackpool had much the better of the opening exchanges, with Matt Phillips missing two chances, but it was West Ham who took the lead after Carlton Cole nicely controlled Matt Taylor’s pass […]
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According to a spokesman for the Netherlands national team, Robin van Perise will not be talkkng with the media during the upcoming European Championships saying: “We made a deal with Arsenal and he won’t talk to the press,” a spokesman for the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB, said. The gap order, imposed by Arsenal came […]
Manchester United released their third-quarter financial results and they do not make good reading for United fans as profit fell 8.5% due to the early Champions League exit. The full impact of not going deep into the Champions League this season and finishing second in the league, instead of winning it, will show up in the […]
I have been reflecting on yesterday’s firing of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and I was struck by the contrasting comments made by Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner and Dalglish yesterday. Werner basically said that KD was fired because of the team’s poor league form: “However, results in the Premier League have been disappointing and we believe to […]
Barcelona defender Dani Alves has broken his collarbone in training and will miss the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao on May 25. A statement on the Barcelona web site said: During this Wednesday’s training session, Dani Alves suffered a broken collarbone and after initial treatment it was decided by the Club’s medical services […]
The clean out an Anfield continues as Kenny Dalglish has fired as Liverpool manager. A statement released by the club read: Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as Manager after having his contract terminated. After a careful and deliberative review of the season, […]
England boss Roy Hodgson has announced is England squad for this summer’s European Championship and there is no place for Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand, while Chelsea’s John Terry has been included. There are some new faces in Hodgson’s squad including uncapped Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and some surprises. Up front […]
According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal will offer Robin van Persie a club record £7million-per-season. Arsene Wenger, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and Van Persie are set to meet today where Arsenal will present RVP with a three-year deal worth around £130,000-per-week plus a £5million signing-on fee if he signs a new deal with the club. […]
Radamel Falcao has denied suggestions he could be on his way out of Atletico Madrid this summer despite their failure to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The Colombian enjoyed a hugely successful debut season in Spain, scoring 35 goals, 12 of which helped guide Atleti to their second UEFA Europa League triumph in three […]