Month: August 2006

Arsenal fans are kicking up a ruckus over Chelsea’s public statement that they are not willing to increase their offer for Ashley Cole. I’m all for raking Londoners (Arsenal, Chelsea,…

Manchester United’s problems on and off the pitch are well documented. The squad needs rebuilding, the money’s tight, Ferguson is being barracked and even the die-hard United fans are turning…

Today’s million dollar question: How much is Ashley Cole really worth as a player?

This article was written in August 2006. For the latest transfer news, head to our transfer news and rumours column. With 10 days to go before the Premiership kicks off,…

Despite Ferguson’s statements that Manchester United are looking at other options apart from Marcos Senna, there is little doubt in my mind that we will end signing the defensive midfielder…

More football news than you can shake a stick at.

If Alex Ferguson and Manchester United are going to go with stop-gap solutions to the holding midfielder problem, they don’t need to look at players outside the Premiership – one…

What I said earlier this morning turned out to be true – Crespo is on his way to Inter Milan from Chelsea in a slightly complicated 2 year deal. His…

A roundup of today’s football headlines. A day filled with injuries, brawls, transfer wrangles and fears over Champions League qualifier venues. Not the best way to start a week…

After reading rumours that Real Madrid were finally about to make their move for Diarra, I started thinking back to April and May of this year when Diarra was still…

A bit of Chelsea-flavoured news for you today.

Manchester United fans may have been worried this morning to hear that the Dutch FA was due to report the red cards received by Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes to…

Can Blackburn build on their 6th place finish last season? They’ve already sold Bellamy (and at 6 mil it has to be the bargain buy of the summer for Liverpool),…

If you haven’t watched the Manchester United vs Porto match (or seen the clips), here’s the short version of both red cards (with links to clips from the Manchester United…

Predictions are a risky business, but on last night’s evidence, I can predict (with more optimism than expectation) that Manchester United will score a lot of goals this season, despite…

This is an open plea to Real Madrid and any other Spanish club interested in getting a highly-rated Spanish striker – please contact David Dein at Arsenal and bid for…

Seriously now, why would Newcastle United want a bossy, slightly deranged, ageing midfielder in their squad?

My rant on Rob Smyth’s Guardian piece regarding Manchester United led to an email conversation with the author himself, during which I found out that he was a Manchester United…

A roundup on Manchester United news for the day:

Reading emails from Newcastle fans is not the ideal way to start a day. But that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for the past hour or so. Why, you ask?…

The media is having a field day over Chelsea’s problems with Gallas. In some ways it’s a good thing that Mourinho and company are in US and not in England,…

Yesterday, Steve McClaren ushered in what he will hope to herald as a ‘new era’ in English football, and one which differs radically from that of his predecessor; the much-maligned,…

I’ve had enough of ignoramus critics, journalist hacks and piss-minded football fans taking potshots at Manchester United.

Today’s football news is all about players fighting with their clubs and vice versa. And yes, it’s the big three (United, Arsenal and Chelsea) who are at it again.

The 2006-7 season looks very promising in the eyes of most Spurs fans, with the general consensus being that just two or three additions could suffice to turn Spurs into…

All is not well at Arsenal.

The football world is going through it’s yearly throes of making pointless predictions for this summer so it would be quite pointless to ask you something simple like ‘who will…