Roberto Martinez might have been trotted out to gauge the fans reaction to him. It did not go down well. There was more interest in Andre Villas- Boas but he did not make the short list. However, it ...
Man Utd are very close to signing Shinji Kagawa, the Borussia Dortmund midfielder, as they prepare for a post Scholes - Giggs era (read apocalyptic). He will cost close to £18m. Kagawa is not the sta...
Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain is in the dock for accepting money to fix results In case you have not been following it, we have the makings of an enormous match fixing scandal enveloping Italian footb...
The French footballer of the year is soon to be a Chelsea man. Eden Hazard, the Lille midfielder with the growing reputation is ready to sign a five year contract which will pay him £170,000 a week. ...
When will he start hawking his tattoos? Thierry Henry replaces David Beckham as MLSs most highly paid player. The former Arsenal striker earns a base salary of $5m which increases to $5.6m with compe...
Ashley Young danced around Brede Hangeland for a dazzling 9th minute strike. The rest of the match wasnt. Andy Carroll was an aerial threat as he should be but the fans were not reading too much into...
The Swiss cut open the German defense like one of their cheeses. To be fair they were missing the Bayern Munich contingent with Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Holger Badtstuber, Derek Boateng, Toni Kroo...
Football is back on the USAs menu. You can sense the optimism in the players and their growing belief in Juergen Klinsmann. This was easily the best performance by the MNT since Klinsmanns takeover. ...
Pep Guardiola was given a perfect send off as Barca tore into an error prone Athletic Bilbao defense with ruthless efficiency to win the 2012 Copa Del Rey. The final was all but over in the first 25 ...
Some unforgettable moments. Including the free for all that broke out at the end of the match. Here is a closer look as Maradona goes all UFC on Bilbao >>
The world saw the genius of Leo Messi flower under Guardiola And so the coach of the Blaugrana, the one who won in his four years every title that needed to be won, appears in his final match, the Co...
In the senselessness that is Joey Barton, the greatest tragedy is his thinking Twitter is some sort of substitute for actual therapy. Barton receives a 12 match ban for going berserk on the Premiersh...
Will Drogba join his former Chelsea team mate in the Chinese Super League? There is a new wrinkle in Nicholas Anelkas career which has seen many such wrinkles over the years. He has threatened to ret...
Will he be back? Many LFC fans are hoping so. Frank De Boer is the latest to turn down the Liverpool job. So did Brendan Rogers who is going slow with his coaching ambitions. Juergen Klopp on the sho...
In case anyone needed convincing Radamel Falcao is nothing if not genius. Cue frenzied transfer rumours. With Chelsea winning the Champions League all roads lead to Stamford Bridge.
Remember Johnny Utaka at Portsmouth? For a brief while he was the Premierships most exciting player. His brace in the last match against AJ Auxerre secured Montpellier their first ever Championnat. T...
szólj hozzá: Nap This well maybe Edinson Cavanis last match for Napoli. If it is, he made sure the fans remember him fondly. He made that penalty happen heading on a long throw into the path of the c...
Two elements of the Italian game seem to have played two very different roles in the Chelsea vs Bayern Champions League final. Roberto Di Matteos catenaccio style layered defense that stretched Bayer...
Financial fair play rules into the sinkhole? In October 2010 Wayne Rooney issued a warning to the Glazers to splash the cash to make Utd competitive. He was proven right a year and a half later as Ci...
szólj hozzá: West Ham Blackpool 2:1 GOALS Ricardo Vaz Tes 87th minute goal won the match and ensured the Hammers return to the Premiership after spending a season away. Afterwards, Sam Allardyce call...
Suspended captain John Terry who played no part in the Champions League final lifting the Champions League was probably as low as it could get. On the other hand, one cannot but feel happy for Didier...
Bilds reaction to Bayern Munich losing to Chelsea with the crestfallen Schweinsteiger as the focal point.
szólj hozzá: Chelsea Bayern HIGH + PENS Five years ago in Munich, John Terry was a picture of abject misery, slipping on the slick Luzhniki Stadium turf and missing his penalty as Utd held off Chelse...
Arsenal fans react in horror after RVP didnt sign on the dotted line Fear, loathing, paranoia struck Arsenal when the news broke of RVP failing to renew his contract on meeting with Arsene Wenger and...
Let us be anxious. Just a little bit. This is a 21 year old footballer who has already missed a whole season for his ankle problem for which the club and its medical staff seemed to think the cure wa...
Kenny Dalglish with John Henry, LFCs owner This is as much the collective failure of a group of high priced players to deliver for their club. Only Luis Suarez justified his transfer fee. But King Ke...
Hes back! Rio is out. Team unity be damned. Old is gold. We have John Terry back resurrected until proven otherwise in the racism charge against Anton Ferdinand. Fabio Capello was sacked for going ro...
Iker Casillas, Reals captain and MC took over centre stage as Sergio Ramos played his understudy. Pipita, CR7, Pepe, Marcelo, and Esteban Granero chipped in with their thoughts as Karim Benzema, Mesu...
Samir Nasri almost cost City the title when he mistakenly let the ball go out of bounds thinking it was off QPR The former Arsenal midfielder couldnt sit back and enjoy Citys historic season. He had ...
Holding up that sign earned Carlos Tevez a slap on the wrist. Its all a bit ironical considering Tevezs own career was almost over 6 months ago after he refused to play Bayern. An enraged Mancini vow...
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