United’s six month financial results were released on Tuesday and one of the things that jumped out at me was the huge rise in wages paid to players. With the retirement and sale of older players like Garry Neville, VDS, O’Shea, Brown, Obertan and Scholes (his return is not included in these figures) and younger (and […]
Premier League
Have to say that I am really surprised to hear that Carlos Tevez has issued a full apology to Roberto Mancini and the City players, clearing the way for him to re-join the first team squad as soon as he is fit. A Manchester City statement said: “Carlos Tevez has today apologised to all concerned […]
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says that he is still to decide whether or not to renew his contract with the European champions when it expires at the end of the season. “I don’t know yet,” he said during a press conference ahead of Barça’s league game at home to Valencia tomorrow. “If the club needs […]
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says that he is still to decide whether or not to renew his contract with the European champions when it expires at the end of the season. “I don’t know yet,” he said during a press conference ahead of Barça’s league game at home to Valencia tomorrow. “If the club needs […]
It was a disappointing day for Chelsea and Arsenal fans in the FA Cup fifth round. Chelsea were held at home by championship side Birmingham City while Arsenal’s miserable week continued as they lost 2-0 at Sunderland. A week after an added time Thierry Henry goal have Arsenal a 2-1 win over Sunderland at the […]
Valencia justified their pre-match billing as favourites by becoming the first foreign visitors to win at Stoke City. Mehmet Topal’s brilliant first-half strike put Valencia in control of this round of 32 tie, ending Stoke’s proud unbeaten home record in Europe in the process. The home side went down fighting, but it was the Liga […]
The Europa League kicked off again this week, and you just knew that Falcao would celebrate with a couple of goals. Atlético Madrid were impressive in Italy on Thursday as they came from behind in impressive style to establish a convincing advantage over Lazio. Falcoa, who won the Europa League withPorto last season, scored in […]