It’s panic time at Chievo, as the Serie A club have sacked manager Chievo Domenico Di Carlo just six games into the season and replaced him with Eugenio Corini. A statement from Chievo read: “The club offer our heartfelt gratitude to the coach and his staff, not only for the excellent results achieved during his […]
The relationship between Fernando Llorente and Marcelo Bielsa at Athletic Bilbao deteriorated further on Monday morning after a row which saw the out of favour centre-forward walk put of training. Llorente, who came on as a late substitute as Athletic lost 2-0 defeat at Basque rivals Real Sociedad on Saturday, was training with the reserves […]
Chelsea’s policy of only offering one-year deals to players over 30, is about to cost them Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard, just as it did Didier Drogba last season. ESPN reported last week that Cole had rejected a one-year contract offer from Chelsea, but is hoping that because he is only 31, that Roman Abramovich […]
Lots of rumours going around that Liverpool are interested in a January swap deal with Newcastle, that would see Andy Carroll return to Tyneside with Newcastle striker Demba Ba heading to Anfield. Just one problem with that story. A players cannot play for three Premier League sides in the same season, and since Carroll has […]
Barcelona’s injury woes continue as Thiago Alcántara will be out of action for eight weeks after tests confirmed that the Barcelona’s midfielder had torn the collateral ligament in his right knee. It’s a big blow for Thiago who missed the Olympics this summer due to injury, something he had just recovered from. If the […]
FC Barcelona recovered from being two down to come back and beat ten-man Sevilla 3-2 thanks to substitute David Villa’s last-gasp strike, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, as Real Madrid’s return to form continued against Deportivo La Coruña. In the big Saturday game, Sevilla looked to be well on their way […]
A pair of late goals from Houston Dynamo midfielders Ricardo Clark and Boniek Garcia sent the New England Revolution to a 2-0 loss on Saturday night in the club’s first-ever visit to BBVA Compass Stadium. Brian Ching came off the bench to help set up both goals, picking up the secondary assists on Clark’s opener […]
Another backroom shuffle at Real Madrid as the rumours of infighting between Jose Mourinho and Zinedine Zidane prove true as news comes today that Zidane has stepped down as the club’s sporting director to obtain coaching qualifications in France. “Zidane stepped down from his commitments with the first team two months ago,” said Mourinho. “He […]