Juventus’ winless streak is now up to four as they lost 2-1 at Palermo, dropping them to eighth place in Serie A and in real danger of not playing in Europe next season. Former Juventus striker Fabrizio Miccoli put Palermo in front seven minutes in with a shot under the legs of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi […]
Inter Milan’s influential playmaker Wesley Sneijder, out since injuring his thigh in the World Club Cup in late December, has been named in the Inter squad for Thursday’s league game at bottom side Bari. Japan left back Yuto Nagatomo, acquired on loan from Cesena on transfer deadline day to boost fourth-placed Inter’s title challenge, is […]
Ahead of AC Milan’s game with Lazio, Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri was asked what it would take to win the title. “We must be very careful indeed because this is a crucial stage of the season and we can’t afford to be dropping points.” Indeed. Because the bee in his bonnet is the 80-point mark […]
In a bit of a surprise Gary Neville has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect. The surprise is that it is with immediate effect and not at the end of the year. Neville played 602 times for United as well as winning 85 England caps. In his United career Neville won every trophy […]
Bayern Munich will play Holland in a friendly next year to compensate the German champions for losing Arjen Robben to an injury aggravated during the World Cup in South Africa. The game will be played at Bayern’s Allianz Arena on May 22, 2012 The Dutch football association (KNVB) and Bayern had been embroiled in a […]
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed that Spurs made a club-record bid of £35m for Giuseppe Rossi on Monday. That bid was turned down, but Spurs expects to be back in the summer to try again. Redknapp said: “Daniel (Spurs club chairman Daniel Levy) always said that if we found the right player then we […]
Roma boss Claudio Ranieri laid down a challenge to Roma’s sporting director Daniele Prade over transfer policy in his press conference ahead of tonight’s game with Brescia. Here are some of Ranieri’s comments: “Prade said Milan and Inter needed reinforcements but us no? I’m not in agreement. They were already stronger than us and have […]
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-1 to stay five points clear of Arsenal, who won 2-1 against Everton, at the top of the Premier League. Wayne Rooney had scored just one league goal from open play prior to his first-minute strike against Villa. The England striker controlled Edwin van der Sar’s clearance with delightful ease […]