Month: August 2011

With the summer transfer season nearing its end in less than 24 hours, you can expect plenty of wild speculation emanating from sources credible and not. So then, while it’s…

The Guardian reported after Sunday’s match against Manchester City that Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric asked manager Harry Redknapp not to play. Allegedly, the Croatian said his “head was not right”,…

We’re just three weeks into the new English Premier League season and we have already seen two of the greatest team performances of recent times, two of the worst team…

After one of the most horrific (you could also insert heinous, unsightly, abject, horrid, terrible, and so on and so on) defensive displays ever seen in the history of Arsenal…

Tottenham Hotspur were ripped apart at White Hart Lane as Roberto Mancini finally removed the shackles from his multi-million pound Manchester City team. The 5-1 Sunday afternoon thrashing experienced by Spurs, was…

When Tottenham stepped off the pitch at Tynecastle, having subjected a Hearts team who finished in 3rd place in the SPL last season – and briefly looked to challenge the…

If rumours are to be believed Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur have entered advanced talks about the transfer of Honduran international Wilson Palacios from White Hart Lane. The combative midfielder…

Liverpool’s flying start to the season continues as they totally demolish Bolton at Anfield. The scoreline “3-1” however does not fairly depict the way Liverpool completely dominated the game.

As one would expect, the final Sunday before the end of the summer transfer window is rife with speculation from far and wide. Some of it will come to fruition,…

Since signing from PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 2005, Park Ji-Sung has proven to be a great bargain for Manchester United. Unheralded as he may be in comparison to…

Chelsea host Fulham in one of several all-Premier League ties in the third round of the Carling Cup. Manchester United are away to Leeds while Liverpool, who seem to be…

Queens Park Rangers have pulled off something of a major coup after Joey Barton was snapped up on a free transfer from Newcastle United. The midfielder had had surprisingly announced…

So, the Joey Barton era is over at Newcastle. It doesn’t come as a surprise, but is it a real shame or the best thing for both parties? I’ll settle…

We’re told some Everton fans are desperate. In fact, we’re told it’s not just Everton fans, but their Chairman too. Bill Kenright admitted as much to a supporters group, to…

Alberto Aquilani’s recent move to AC Milan stands as a visual representation of Kenny Daglish’s football ideology. While Liverpool’s recent treatment of Aquilani is at best confusing, and at worst…

Samir Nasri‘s departure means Arsenal lose another world class player after their prolific captain Fabregas signed for Barcelona a week ago. However the difference is very clear. Fabregas left after…

With Luka Modric not taking part tonight in Tottenham’s Europa League playoff tie against Hearts, speculation of a big-money move to Chelsea is still alive and kicking. But will it…

With one more week left in the summer transfer window, there’s still plenty of time to find and secure necessary reinforcements (or unnecessary, if you so choose). But at the…

Inter Milan have sold striker Samuel Eto’o to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala for a fee of £21.8 million. Eto’o will become the highest paid footballer in the world at £17.9m…

For much of the summer, Arsene Wenger had to field questions about the futures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, trying to ward off the speculation – and likelihood –…

It is fact that the gap between the “haves” and “have nots” in European football grows evermore larger. Last season in the English Premier League proved this adroitly when Manchester…

It’s usually wise not to judge a team after just two league games, but in Liverpool’s case it might be possible to make an exception. The problems that Kenny Dalglish…

There’s a little more than a week left in the summer transfer window, and as is the case every summer, there are a few unresolved situations heading into the homestretch….

Manchester United have confirmed two new commercial partnerships, including an extension of their existing partnership with logistics firm DHL, who will be their first training kit sponsor. The new four-year-agreement…

Jose Mourinho has many gifts. For organisation, for having team buy into a philosophy, for quick quips and irritation. It’s perhaps fitting that a master of hyperbole has been pilloried…

The English weather summed up Saturday’s football in its own unique style. Grey clouds and torrential rain for Arsenal, whilst Chelsea enjoyed late afternoon summer sun. André Villas-Boas claimed his…

As Arsenal players struggled to convince Scousers that losing is part of being a trendy North Londoner this weekend, you’d be forgiven for asking exactly where all the adversity came…