Month: June 2009

Chelsea is often bandied about as being old, ageing, beyond their prime, as Sir Alex Ferguson would attest. And it’s hard to argue the point, with a fair slice of…

In life there are only a handful of things that are certain. You will watch Big Brother. It will irritate you. MPs will lie through their back teeth (and their…

This article refers to a previous game. Get the latest Chelsea v Barcelona news here. A month has passed now from the famous (and for many infamous) Chelsea – Barca…

There’s no new Kaka news to report on, and there shouldn’t be for another couple of days, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing else going on in the world…

The news of Frank Rijkaard’s appointment as the new manager of Galatasaray has certainly made head waves across Turkiye. In the wake of Galatasaray’s mediocre season the news of Rijkaard’s…

Shevchenko was given unfair treatment by Mourinho and the new Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti knows how to use Sheva properly and help him regain top-form.With the recent appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the new Chelsea manager and the recent announcement that Shevchenko will be coming back to the Bridge now that his one-year loan deal with AC Milan has expired. While Shevchenko and many Chelsea fans are not optimistic about his future at the bridge, Sheva still has great potential to finish his career in style and justify the money that was spent on him. The following will be reviewed

1) Why Shevchnko did not live up to his potential at Chelsea

2) How Chelsea could have made better use of the Ukrainian international

3) Why Shevchenko deserves one more season as a Chelsea starter under Ancelotti.

The economic meltdown has taken many victims around the world, including some that hit close to home for football fans (Southampton and Gretna FC come to mind). It has forced…

Every World Cup qualifying match is important whether its UEFA or CONCACAF, whether you are in first, or last; which is why watching the United States last night was one…

Liverpool may have the edge on the rest of England when it comes to European titles, but when it comes to women they seem to be two steps behind (either…

There are plenty of promising players in Major League Soccer, and many of proven quality too. Despite Europe’s negative perception of the United States’ flagship football league there is a…

One week after a much acclaimed Champions’ League final in Rome, FIFA’s Congress passed a new resolution removing age limits on a player’s ability to change national teams. While the…

Rafa Benitez may have made some absurd comments this season, but Liverpool football club played some high quality football over (if not right through) the last 9 months. Be it shaking…

As you would expect, a certain Brazilian is dominating the transfer headlines right now, and in today’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got the latest on that Brazilian and…

Steve Bruce has been announced as new Sunderland manager after the North East club finally agreed a compensation package with Wigan and personal terms with Bruce himself. The delay in…

All English Premier League transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 Premier League Transfers. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page….

All English Championship transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 English Championship Transfers listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this…

All Italian Serie A transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 Serie A Transfers listed here. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other…

All La Liga transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 La Liga Transfers listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this…

All Bundesliga transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 Bundesliga transfers listed here. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other leagues, see our…

All Ligue 1 transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the January 2009 Ligue 1 Transfers listed here. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other leagues,…

All Scottish Premier League transfers are listed on this page. You’ll find the latest January 2009 Scottish Premier League Transfers listed here. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists…

You’ve got to love the transfer window. It’s only inevitable that there’s going to be at least one major saga in any transfer window, and just a few days into…

Rafa has launched a 15 million pound bid for Spanish starlet David Silva, but he thinks he’s going to get him that cheap he’s surely deluding himself. Valencia may be…

It’s about time players like Darby and Spearing got a real chance at Liverpool, because if Rafa had the guts to pick them, he’d be preparing the open top bus…

When Manchester City were taken over last Autumn by foreign investors with pockets deeper than their oil wells, there was hysteria across the footballing world. The media whipped up a…

So that’s it. The curtain has fallen on another season in English football and what a season it has been too! We’ve seen Manchester United look as though they would…

A full year has passed since Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez first started chasing midfielder Gareth Barry for his signature and the chance to put on the red shirt of Liverpool…