Arsenal’s miserable start to the season continued today as they were outplayed at home by Swansea and lost 2-0 thanks to a late Michu brace. The Gunners had been lucky to hold on with Wojciech Szczesny pulling off a superb double save to deny Angel Rangel, then a crucial interception from Thomas Vermaelen denied a […]
A welcome sight for Man United fans as Nemanja Vidic is back in full training and could return to first-team action within a fortnight. The United skipper has been out of action since late September after undergoing a meniscus operation on the same knee that saw him miss most of last season. Vidic has experienced […]
Atletico Madrid have a chance to do something on Saturday that they have not done in more than a decade and that is beat city rivals Real Madrid. After 13 games it is Atletico that are chasing Barcelona not Real, and that gives this weekend’s derby a little extra twist. Atletico head into the match, […]
Former Inter defender Lucio shocked everyone in the summer when he left Inter and signed with Inter’s bitter rivals Juventus. But Lucio has found out that the grass it not always greener someone else as he gets set to move again in January. “I’m considering my future,” Lucio said in an interview for German daily […]
The Mirror has a story in Friday’s paper claiming that Pep Guardiola has a preliminary agreement to take over at Manchester City. The Mirror reports that FIFA agent Francois Gallardo told a Spanish radio station that City are already plotting to replace manager Roberto Mancini. “Guardiola has a pre-deal to be the next manager of […]
The wage dispute between Inter Milan and Dutch star Wesley Senijder has spiraled out of control and is starting to get nasty. I wrote earlier this week about the possibility of Sneijder being sold to city rivals AC Milan in January after they told Sneijder he will not play again until he has signed a […]
Last night’s Chelsea v Fulham match at Stamford Bridge was so hard to watch. Neither side able to keep possession and string four or five good passes together. Watching the match I was wondering, is this the Chelsea that Roman Abramovich really wants to see? Abramovich has spent around 800 m on Chelsea since fallen […]
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told talkSPORT radio he will be given money to spend in January and plans to make ‘one or two’ loan signings. Liverpool have one of the smallest squads in the Premier League and the expectation has been that Rodgers would be bringing in a host of new signings when the […]