It was is simply an amazing turnaround, Wayne Rooney this morning signed a new 5-year contract with Manchester United that will make him the highest paid player in United history. It is a remarkable turnaround for a player who earlier in the week was saying that Man Utd was not ambitious enough for him. Sir […]
The Wayne Rooney saga took another twist today when Rooney released a statement about why he want to leave the most successful English team of the last six years. Rooney’s statement read: “I met with David Gill last week and he did not give me any of the assurances I was seeking about the future […]
Tom Hicks and George Gillett we dealt another setback in their efforts to block the sale of Liverpool after a High Court judge ruled their Texas injunction to block the sale of the club was ineffective. Yesterday, Hicks and Gillett had managed to get an injunction from a judge in Texas to block the proposed […]
The Liverpool ownership saga took another bizarre twist tonight when a Texas court granted a temporary restraining order stopping the sale of the club. Having gained the injunction from the Dallas court, Hicks and Gillett described the proposed £300m sale of Liverpool to NESV as “an epic swindle” and revealed they are seeking more than […]
Liverpool’s owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have had their boardroom coup slapped down by the High Court today. Hicks and Gillett tried to replace two board members with two of their own in order to block the sale of Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures (NESV). But the judge, ruled they did not have […]
Interesting back drop to this weekends U.S. v Poland game in Chicago. Aston Villa full-back Eric Lichaj had the option of playing for either the U.S. or Poland and he was actually called up by both countries for the game. Lichaj decided he wanted to play for the county he was born in, rather than […]
The Seattle Sounders are the epitome of a great soccer franchise both on and off the pitch. Last night in front of 31,311 fans, the largest crowd to ever witness a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, the Seattle Sounders FC became the first team to repeat as champion in almost three decades with a 2-1 […]
The Liverpool board has accepted a takeover bid from the American group New England Sports Ventures (NESV) with the sale is conditional on Premier League approval, resolution of the dispute concerning Board membership and other matters. One of those other matters is the fact that current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have launched a […]