Chris Wondolowski scored two more goals as the United States advanced to the Gold Cup quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Cuba today. Cuba shocked the American fans when they took the lead in the 36th minute when Ciprian scored from Martinez’s cross. But the U.S. equalized just before halftime when Landon Donovan scored from […]
Yesterday I wrote about Pep Guardiola taking a shot at current Barcelona President Sandro Rosell. If that did not worry Barcelona fans, the news that Lionel Messi is also upset with Rosell should. According to the Spanish newspaper El País, Messi is furious at Rosell for what he and his father consider a lack of support […]
Well it did not take Zlatan Ibrahimovic long to show his displeasure at Paris Saint-Germain’s activity this summer. PSG replaced Carlo Ancelotti with Laurent Blanc 18 days ago and then went and spent £53m to sign Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani away from Napoli. Two moves that Ibra apparently disagrees with. The 31-year-old former Ajax, Juventus, […]
The American invasion of the Premier League continues with the news that the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has bought Fulham from Mohamed Al Fayed for between £150m and £200m depending on the source. Khan’s takeover of Fulham means that almost a third of Premier League clubs; Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Sunderland and […]
Chelsea and Manchester United are both in Thailand at the moment, the club’s hotels virtually around the corner from each other. But the big top of conversation with both managers today was a player who is back in England injured. At about the same time that Rooney was landing in London, after being sent home […]
One of the fascinating things that Guillem Balague wrote about in his fascinating biography of Pep Guardiola called “Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning” was the politics at Barcelona. In the background, the club was split between those who supported current Barca president Sandro Rosell and those that supported former president Joan Laporta. Guardiola, and […]
Some fascinating insight into the numbers behind the transfer of Neymar from Santos to Barcelona have been leaked to ‘Globo Radio’ According to the minutes of a Santos board meeting from 18 June, Barcelona paid €17 million to buy Neymar. However, Santos received just €9.35 million of that, with the rest being divided between two […]
According to Turkish football agent Ceylan Caliskan, Jose Mourinho personally called Didier Drogba to see if he would be interested in returning to Chelsea this summer. “Mourinho called Drogba and told him he would like to see him back at Chelsea,” Caliskan told Sporx. “Drogba and Mourinho have a great relationship, they both respect each […]
Manchester City’s new manager Manuel Pellegrini was introduced to the media today and he promised City fans a more attacking brand of football, trophies and found time to take a shot at former manager Roberto Mancini. Expectations are high at City that they can reclaim their Premier League title after finishing 11 points behind champions […]