Month: January 2010

Manchester United is the perfect place for Mame Biram Diouf to develop into a star, according to Viking FK manager Age Hereide. Hereide is a former Manchester City defender and…

The injury that will keep Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain out for three weeks has re-opened the debate over Real Madrid’s attacking options, with Karim Benzema and Raul fighting for a…

From King of Liverpool to the laughing stock of England – Rafael Benitez has fallen from his high perch and now the sheer disappointment (not hatred, this is not Manchester…

Football writing is more often than not locked in the present, the now. There’s no perspective, and while this helps sells more newspaper copies (and gets more pageviews), it also…

If you happened to miss anything from yesterday’s transfer news headlines, we’re here to catch you up on what passed you by (or you intentionally overlooked). We’ll have a nice…

Juventus are ready to scupper Real Madrid’s plans for Franck Ribery by making a summer swoop for him, according to reports in Italy. The Galacticos have been tipped to land…

Angola v Malawi Thursday, January 14. Kick-off: 20:30 CET Malawi are already dreaming of a place in the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup as they meet tournament hosts Angola….

Roman Pavlyuchenko’s move from Tottenham Hotspur to Zenit St Petersburg is in serious danger of stalling, according to a report from The Daily Mail. The striker’s agent has apparently denied…

Ambitious Bundesliga side Hamburger SV have turned their attentions to on-loan Palmeiras forward Vagner Love in their search for attacking reinforcements, according to a report in Hamburger Morgenpost. The Rothosen…

Milan vice president Adriano Galliani has subscribed to the idea of having Serie A fixtures spread over a four-day week.Reports around the peninsula on Wednesday claimed the Lega Calcio are planning to revise the Calcio calendar from next season, with …

Currently there are 53 countries affiliated to UEFA.  These are countries who are allowed to play in tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and of course the European Championships….

Mirror, Mirror on the wall…Who is the fairest of them all?  Well in terms of football in Europe it comes as no surprise that at the halfway point in the…

With the January transfer window in full flow new signings have been surprisingly limited to the Premiership. Amidst the fringe sales of Gary Caldwell’s deal at Wigan and Tomas Pekhart’s…

After a crazy first half of the season for Liverpool, it looks like not just the team is in a bad shape. The administration of the club has considered selling…

Liverpool v Reading Anfield FA Cup 3rd Round Replay Just when we thought the snow was gone for another year and we could get back to normality we open the…

I am a difficult person to buy things for at Christmas.  And to make matters worse my birthday is just 12 days later.  But this year I had a few…

It was a relatively slow day in transfer news and rumors on Tuesday, and when such a day comes about, you’re bound to get an outlandish story or two for…

After parting company with long-serving manager Jim Jefferies, Kilmarnock now face the task of selecting their new manager to guarantee their safety in the Scottish Premier League. The Musselburgh-born 59…

Perhaps the most prolific and finest exporter of footballing talent in the world will always be Brazil. No country that has managed to remain a bastion for footballing excellence for…

New Zealand’s journey takes a similar turn of events to Australia’s four years ago. Despite no South American opposition, and agonizing penalty shootout, the similarities are blatantly obvious for all…

The Australian group is definitely not an easy group. Upon first look, many people instantly jumped to the conclusion that Australia had been placed into the venerable group of death….

Has Arsene Wenger done the unprecedented and bought back one of his former players?

Portsmouth are the heavy odds on favourites to be the first Premier League club to go to the wall, reports bookie Paddy Power. Following former Birmingham owner David Sullivan’s comments…

Rangers will be without a number of key players for their trip to New Douglas Park for their Saturday lunchtime kick-off with Hamilton. The SPL Champions will be without strikers…

If Sir Alex Ferguson was watching the game tonight, there is one thing which will have occupied his thoughts – Carlos Tevez’ role as attacking fulcrum at Manchester City. Tevez’…

As we all know, the first World Cup on African soil to take place in South Africa next year. This big milestone is shared as well with a relatively smaller…

It’s a new week, and in case you were in need of your fill of transfer news and rumors after a weekend that was light on the football (no thanks…