David Silva has again pledged his allegiance to Valencia as rumours about his future continue to dominate the headlines. The latest reports in Spain are once more linking Silva with Real Madrid, claiming the 23-year-old midfielder is now top of presidential election favourite Florentino Perez’s shopping list. Silva, who last summer penned a new […]
Reports in Turkey claim that Galatasaray have reached an agreement to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy and now just need to negotiate a deal with Real Madrid. The Dutch striker has been injured for much of this season and rumours have surfaced that he will be sold in the summer when the new president arrives. Milliyet reports […]
Gordon Strachan has resigned as manager of Celtic a day after they surrendered the Scottish Premier League title to city rivals Rangers FC. During his four-year tenure Strachan led the Hoops to three consecutive SPL titles – the only Celtic manager to do so since Jock Stein – as well as a first appearance in […]
Il Capitano said farewell to AC Milan yesterday. After 901 appearances and 25 seasons in the first team (which Ryan Giggs would require seven more years to equal) Paolo Maldini played his final game in red and black at the San Siro stadium against Roma. The goodbye to the extended football family comes next week, away […]
Newcastle became the biggest Premier League casualties since Leeds dropped out of the top flight five years ago after a final-day defeat at Aston Villa condemned Alan Shearer’s side to relegation. The Magpies will be joined in the Championship next season by local rivals Middlesbrough, whose last chance of beating the drop disappeared with a […]
The battle for the runners-up spot in Serie A will go to the wire after Juventus beat Siena on Sunday while AC Milancame unstuck against Roma. In the penultimate round, Juve climbed into second with a convincing 3-0 victory at Siena in what was Ciro Ferrara’s first match in charge. Former Juve defender Ferrara was brought in to replace Claudio Ranieri, […]
Real Madrid suffered a sorry end to their home campaign after slumping to a disappointing 3-1 defeat against Real Mallorca on Sunday night. Juande Ramos side’s season has petered out alarmingly of late to fall out of the title race and this defeat, their fourth on the spin, was greeted by boos from a sparse crowd at the […]
Yester the news was all aboit Juventus firing Ranieri. Today the news is that former Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has discussed the possibility of taking over at Milan, according to the club’s assistant manager Filippo Galli. Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has said his future will be decided next weekend amid constant speculation that he will […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted it would be “interesting” to work with Florentino Perez if the former Real Madrid president returns to the Bernabeu. Perez, who is favourite to win the elections this summer, officially presented his candidacy on Thursday, promising the Madrid fans a “spectacular project” if he succeeds. Wenger has long been […]