The Mirror is reporting that Brendan Rodgers loaned Andy Carroll to West Ham, because he had been promised by the board that they will bring in a replacement. Rodgers obviously wanted Clint Dempsey, but that didn’t happen as Fulham revealed they had rejected an offer of JUST £3million for him, and he went to Spurs […]
Chelsea were thrashed 4-1 by Atletico Madrid tonight and the score does not do justice to how bad Chelsea was. As Ashley Cole tweeted after the game: “Wellll that was a lesson, absolute joke no fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!!!!!! sorrycfcfans.” Chelsea had no idea how to stop Falcao, who scored a […]
Vicente Del Bosque has announced his Spain squad for the games with Saudi Arabia and Georgia. The Saudi game, to be played in Pontevedra on September 7, is a friendly and will act as preparation for the first World Cup 2014 qualifying match against Georgia in Tbilisi four days later. The full squad is: Goalkeepers: […]
Andrés Iniesta has been named the winner of the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, finishing ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in an extremely close vote. Iniesta received 19 votes while Messi and Ronaldo both picked up 17 votes. The Barcelona midfielder, who helped Spain defend their European Championship title this summer, […]
Not bad draws in the Champions League for both Juventus and AC Milan. These are the only two Serie A sides represented in the group stages as Udinese were eliminated on penalties by Sporting Braga earlier in the week. Milan face Zenit, Anderlecht and Liga side Malaga while Juventus take on Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk and […]
Andrés Iniesta has been named the winner of the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, finishing ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in an extremely close vote. Iniesta received 19 votes while Messi and Ronaldo both picked up 17 votes. The Barcelona midfielder, who helped Spain defend their European Championship title this summer, […]
John Terry has been included in Roy Hodgson’s 24-man England squad for September’s World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine. Terry missed Chelsea’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle on Saturday with a neck injury, but is in the squad, while Manchester United’s Ashley Young has been dropped. With Wayne Rooney out due to injury Hodgson has […]
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta insists they “acted fairly” towardsFiorentina, but have lost Dimitar Berbatov to Fulham. The Manchester United striker had agreed terms with the Viola and flown out for a medical today, but never turned up, instead flying to Munich. That transfer was hijacked by Juve, but this evening he changed his mind again and chose Fulham. “These are very normal things that happen […]