Pep Guardiola says that he will not sign a long-term contract at Barcelona to ensure he keeps his passion and motivation. Guardiola has signed a series of one-year contract extensions since he was promoted from Barcelona’s B team in June 2008 to replace Dutchman Frank Rijkaard in charge of the senior team and his current […]
Another sign that the Giant in Turin is awakening is news that Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has picked six Juventus players in his team for tonight’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Serbia. Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, defensive trio Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci and midfielders Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio all play for Juventus. “The […]
Inter’s right-back has sat down and spoke to the Inter Channel and dismissed transfer rumors that he wants to leave Inter: “People who say I asked to leave are lying. I’m happy at Inter” said Maicon. “I’ve never thought about leaving Inter. People said that I would leave Inter but those words came from an […]
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is happy with his side’s strong start but insists that they will be truly measured in when they play Barcelona and Real Madrid. Club owner Sheik Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani invested heavily over the summer, spending €58 million to bring in many new talents such as Ruud van Nisterooy, Santi Cazorla, […]
The news that Wayne Rooney’s father and uncle Richie were arrested today over allegations of a football betting scam has to have set off alarm bells at Old Trafford as well as the English FA. The arrests were in relation to a game between Motherwell and Hearts in December last year in which Motherwell midfielder […]
In a remarkable speech, Carlos Tevez’s agent Kia Joorabchian insisted that Carlos Tevez did not refuse to go on as a substitute for Manchester City against Bayern Munich and that he is simply a victim of mistranslation. Joorabchian told the Leaders in Football conference in London on Wednesday that Tevez was not the sort of […]
The disciplinary committee of the Spanish FA (RFEF) totally capitulated when it had a chance to make a statement about the increasing acrimonious feelings between Real Madrid and Barcelona. At the start of the season Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the Supercup, which is played between the winners of the Spanish League title and […]
Sevilla President José María del Nido says that the La Primera clubs had a ‘heated debate’ on Monday at a meeting convened by Atlético Madrid and Valencia to address the distribution of television money and the organisation of Spanish football. Attending the meeting on Monday in Madrid were Manuel Llorente (Valencia), Fernando Roig (Villarreal), José […]
The Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer are said to be desperate for a high-profile English player to enable them to compete with David Beckham’s LA Galaxy, and have reportedly identified Rio Ferdinand as their main target. Ferdinand will be 33 next month and is out of contract at Manchester United at the end of […]