Premier League
The Bundesliga did Bayern Munich no favors when it released its fixture list this week. The German season kicks off on the 20 August when Bayern will meet the 2009 league winners VfL Wolfsburg at home. . “The opening Bundesliga match between the current and former champions boasts a certain tradition since last season,” commented […]
I was shocked to read that Real Zaragoza president Agapito Iglesias has put a £21 million buy-out clause on former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant. “Pennant is one of our big players and is a big talent, we have not offered him to any teams,” Iglesias told Sky Sports. “He has a buy-out clause of €25m […]
He has not impressed at all during the World Cup, but that has not discouraged Chelsea from submitting a formal £40million offer to Liverpool for Fernando Torres. It seems that Torres is Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti’s top target and Roman Abramovich is ready to bankroll the deal. The bid puts new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson […]
La Liga is viewed as the best league in the world at the moment with Messi, Ronaldo and Kaka all displaying their skills on a weekly basis. But underneath all that glitter is a potential financial crisis that could tear the league apart. One of the reasons that the Premier League has enjoyed so much […]
Roy Hodgson will be named Liverpool manager Wednesday after agreeing a two-year deal to replace Rafa Benitez worth around £3million a year. It has been a month since Benitez has left, but after interviews with Manuel Pellegrini and Didier Deschamps, Liverpool decided that Hodgson was their man. Hodgson has been brilliant at Fulham and he […]
While we all gear up for this weekend’s matches I offer up one quick prediction: England is doomed. It pains me to say this as I had great hopes for this England side. Capello seems a Mourinho without the smarm. David James is at that stage that older keepers, baseball pitchers and country club tennis […]
Nicolas Anelka got a jump on his summer holidays ahead of his Frence teammates as France announced they had sent the Chelsea striker home from the World Cup following a dressing-room bust-up with French coach Raymond Domenech. Anelka was asked to apologise by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes and, upon refusing to do so, […]