The betting scandal in Italy just took a blockbuster twist when Siena midfielder Filippo Carobbio accused current Juventus boss Antonio Conte of being ware of match-fixing during his time in charge at Siena. According to quotes in La Gazzetta Dello Sport, Carobbio told prosecutors about two games that Conte knew that match was being fixed. The first match was […]
According to a spokesman for the Netherlands national team, Robin van Perise will not be talkkng with the media during the upcoming European Championships saying: “We made a deal with Arsenal and he won’t talk to the press,” a spokesman for the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB, said. The gap order, imposed by Arsenal came […]
Bit of a surprise to hear that Lucio has decided to leave Inter. Lucio’s agent Sandro Becker is quoted as saying today: “He had three excellent years at Inter and feels it’s time to make a change,” “We have been working on this since last week and resumed talks on Wednesday. We put in a transfer request and Inter […]
AC Milan have confirmed the signings of Bakaye Traorè and Riccardo Montolivo on Bosman transfers. Both midfielders, Traorè arrives from French club Nancy and Montolivo has joined the Rossoneri after his contract at Fiorentina expired. Traore has signed a deal through June 2015, while Italian international Montolivo has signed through 2016. That Toure ended up […]
Manchester United released their third-quarter financial results and they do not make good reading for United fans as profit fell 8.5% due to the early Champions League exit. The full impact of not going deep into the Champions League this season and finishing second in the league, instead of winning it, will show up in the […]
I have been reflecting on yesterday’s firing of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and I was struck by the contrasting comments made by Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner and Dalglish yesterday. Werner basically said that KD was fired because of the team’s poor league form: “However, results in the Premier League have been disappointing and we believe to […]
Barcelona defender Dani Alves has broken his collarbone in training and will miss the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao on May 25. A statement on the Barcelona web site said: During this Wednesday’s training session, Dani Alves suffered a broken collarbone and after initial treatment it was decided by the Club’s medical services […]
Inter boss Andrea Stramaccioni says he must try and mastermind a serious Scudetto challenge in 2012-13 because the expectation at Inter is that they are title contenders every season: “If you are called Inter then you have to aim for the Scudetto,” the 36-year-old stated in an interview with the Corriere dello Sport. “There was […]
The clean out an Anfield continues as Kenny Dalglish has fired as Liverpool manager. A statement released by the club read: Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as Manager after having his contract terminated. After a careful and deliberative review of the season, […]