The pressure is on Italy to perform in their World Cup qualifier away to Armenia, coach Cesare Prandelli suggested Thursday on the eve of the Group B tie in Yerevan. “I am waiting to see an Italy side alive to the fact that the stakes are high,” said Prandelli. “We have to play at a high rhythm against Armenia […]
Unbelievable comments today from Spain’s football federation chief who denied that racism is a problem in Spanish soccer despite several racist incidents among its fans at Euro 2012 and La Liga matches. Angel Villa Llona, president of the Spanish FA and a member of both FIFA and UEFA’s executive committee was asked how racism in […]
After letting Andy Carroll to join West Ham on loan 48 hours before the summer transfer window closed, Brendan Rodgers knew he was leaving himself sort of attacking options. But Rodgers let Carroll go because he was assured by Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre that a replacement for Carroll would be brought in. Well we […]
Rumours are surfacing that former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola is in talks with AC Milan about replacing current manager Massimiliano Allegri. Guardiola is living in New York during his one year sabbatical from football. He of course was brilliant atBarcelona where he won three La Liga titles and two European Cups in four seasons. AC Milan a miserable summer, offloading many of […]
Rumours are surfacing that former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola is in talks with AC Milan about replacing current manager Massimiliano Allegri. Guardiola is living in New York during his one year sabbatical from football. He of course was brilliant at Barcelona where he won three La Liga titles and two European Cups in four seasons. […]
Really insightful interview with US coach Jurgen Klinsmann on FIFA.com about the realities and stresses of playing in CONCACAF, points dropped on the road during World Cup qualifying, and just exactly what it takes to win a position in his side. Here are some excerpts from that interview. FIFA.com: You’ve been in charge for four World Cup qualifiers in the […]
A new study from Sportingintelligence shows that the Juventus shirt has been the most popular Serie A shirt worldwide over the last five years. Worldwide there were 480,000 Juventus shirts sold a year compared to 425,000 for Inter and 350,000 for AC Milan. These figures do not include counterfeit merchandise. Overall, only three clubs are selling […]
More proof that Manchester United and Real Madrid are the two biggest and most popular football teams in the world as a new report shows that these two clubs have sold more shirts than any other team over the past five years. Worldwide, the two clubs have sold on average 1.4 million shirts per season […]
I was really surprised to read that Juventus are out of the Stevan Jovetic sweepstakes. Juventus chased Jovetic all summer, and I expected then to go back to Fiorentina with a new bid in January. But Bianconeri director Giuseppe Marotta says that the champions are no longer interested in the striker. “We spoke with Fiorentina president [Mario] Cognini […]