Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Rumour Mill: Tevez, Trezeguet and Mido

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

3 days left before the transfer season ends, and all the tabloids seem to be working overtime. Here’s the latest on Tevez, Trezeguet and Mido.

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Soccerlens: Week In Review – August 28

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 10 2022

The top stories of the past week, a premiership round up and the latest transfer news.

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Rumour Mill: Arsenal and Manchester United in for West Ham’s Reo-Coker

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Speculation for an idle Sunday? According to rumours, both Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in signing West Ham captain Nigel Reo-Coker before the transfer window shuts on Friday.

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Watford 1-2 Manchester United – shaky, very shaky.

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

Watford’s misfiring strikers and van der Sar’s excellent keeping help Manchester United to make it 3 wins out of 3.

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Transfer News Roundup – Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Bolton, Tottenham, Real Madrid

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Roundup of the latest news in the last 24 hours involving the following clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Bolton, Newcastle United, Tottenham and Real Madrid.

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Hargreaves still wants to come to Manchester United

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The Hargreaves saga will go down the wire with the player adamant that he wants to move on from Bayern Munich. From an interview with Bild:

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Manchester United Grind Down Charlton With Tough Win

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Manchester United vs Charlton goal videos Charlton Athletic 0-3 Manchester United Utd (Fletcher 49′, Saha 80′, Solskjaer 90′) It’s all us Manchester United fans here, right? So let’s not mince…

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Scouting Tottenham – the good and the bad

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Just as it would be folly to think that Tottenham were a bad side after their 2-0 defeat to Bolton, it would be equally inept to think after the 2-0…

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Arsenal & Chelsea close in on Cole deal

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Will it ever be possible to bypass the vitriol and bias between Arsenal and Chelsea, and actually get something honest out of the two clubs about where they stand on…

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Bayern get nasty, Tevez pops up and more…

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

In the finest tradition of clubs who don’t want to sell their players, Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness had this to say:

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Off The Record: lies, corruption and plain stupidity

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 14 2022

Throughout the summer, I’ve heard various sets of fans (from clubs that struggle to fill their stadiums, plus those that boast about their small ones (stadiums, that is)) that Manchester…

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Football News Roundup – August 21

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 20 2021

A roundup of today’s (and last night’s) football and transfer news.

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Soccerlens: Week In Review – 21/08/06

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 31 2021

A look at the top stories of the previous week, the premiership weekend and latest transfer news.

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Premiership Roundup – The media gets it horribly wrong

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Daniel Finkelstein got it dead right when he said: “It is impossible to predict who will win the Premiership. All you can do is say how probable different outcomes are.”

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Manchester United set the pace with a 5-1 Fulham thumping

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Manchester United 5-1 Fulham Man Utd: Saha 7′, Pearce (OG) 14′, Rooney 16′ 64′, Ronaldo 19′ Fulham: Ferdinand (OG) 40′ Arguably, Manchester United had one of the easiest ties –…

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