Just a day or two ofter the agent for Manchester United’s defender Nemanja Vidic indicated that the defender will reassess his Old Trafford career after the World cup comes news that Real Madrid are preparing a £30million bid for the center-half. Vidic’s wife Ana is not a fan of the Manchester weather and would prefer […]
In a football match, everything is complicated by the presence of the other team. Sartre certainly got that one right. I would add the addendum that everything is further complicated by the contrivances of one’s manager. And there isn’t a man on this planet who would agree more than England keeper Robert Green. All of […]
Barcelona are hoping to wrap up the signing of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas during the World Cup according to Barcelona’s corporate director general Joan Oliver “Cesc has arrived in South Africa to play the World Cup, but there are a lot of football people there. (Arsenal coach Arsene) Wenger will be there and there will […]
Every four years the cry goes up from Newcastle to Southampton; this is the year the cup comes back to England. The fever seems particularly keen this year. England’s official cup anthem, Bring it Home, captures both the determination and the unmistakable whiff of arrogance that has always been part of England’s sense of it’s […]
Spain arrived in South Africa today with good news. Influential midfielder Andres Iniesta has only a “minor muscle injury” and is expected to be fit for Spain’s opening game against Switzerland on June 16. Iniesta limped off after only 39 minutes in Spain’s last warm-up game against Poland against Tuesday and there were fears that […]
It is official. Rafael Benitez has been confirmed as the new manager of Inter Milan after signing a two year contract. The statement on the Inter web site reads: “Inter welcomes Rafael Benitez. The Spanish coach signed a two-year contract this morning that will run until 30 June 2012. Rafael Benitez will be unveiled to […]
We have recently added some great new writers across our network of sports sites and each day we will be highlighting some of the great posts that were published on our other sites: Soccer Posts Does South Africa have a chance of progressing to the knockout stages? Is Inter Milan in trouble over the Milito […]
Inter president Massimo Moratti has confirmed that former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has agreed to become Inter’s new coach A statement on the Inter web site said: “We have reached an agreement and we have sorted out the final details, which weren’t important things. All that is needed now is a countersignature. Benitez is not […]