Santi Cazorla, one of the best signings from last summer, has given a rare interview in English discussing his first season at Arsenal, life in London and being two-footed.
Posted on 17 June 2013.
Santi Cazorla, one of the best signings from last summer, has given a rare interview in English discussing his first season at Arsenal, life in London and being two-footed.
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Posted on 16 June 2013.
The official Twitter feed for Liverpool FC posted up some pictures of their players this afternoon. Jordan Ibe (who has played 63 minutes of first team football for Liverpool in all competitions) “in the spotlight”. Then there was “our Brazilian magician” for Philippe Coutinho. But then the strangest of the lot, “Captain fantastic” showing Steven [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2013.
After Manchester City’s FA Cup final defeat to Wigan last month, their fans were singing “you can stick your Pellegrini up your arse!”, with news emerging that he was set to replace Roberto Mancini as manager. Today, Manuel Pellegrini has been confirmed as City’s new manager and has signed a three year deal with the [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2013.
Fergie broke a million hearts when he announced his retirement. A Man U without Fergie prior to last month was an unimaginable horror, right up there with the apocalypse; but a Fergie without Man U? What on earth will he do? Out of concern, and slightly out of jest, we’ve drawn up a list for [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2013.
Pre-season is notable for two things; new football kit launches and wild transfer rumours. While the new Manchester United football kit arrived earlier this month there seems to be more rumours every day as new boss David Moyes settles in to his role. But who will become his first big signing? It will be a [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2013.
Luis Suarez revealed earlier this month that he was ready to leave Liverpool FC. Rather than being honest to the fans and explaining that, justifiably, he wants to join a better club who can compete for the Champions League every year, he has blamed his decision on the country. Suarez has been regularly criticised in [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2013.
“He has good ability, works really hard for the team and has that little bit of aggression which he wants to win. That all comes out in his game. But I look at him and think what kind of player does Jack want to be? Is he going to be an offensive player? If he [...]
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Posted on 10 June 2013.
Jose Mourinho attended his first press conference in his second stint as Chelsea manager today and dubbed himself the “happy one”, after previously calling himself a “special one” during the first press conference when he first joined the club in 2004. However, maybe he should be known as the “lying one”, after changing his story on [...]
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Posted on 07 June 2013.
There is a big summer in the transfer window ahead for Tottenham, with an emphasis on bringing in players of quality to strengthen the squad sufficiently to challenge for a top four Premier League place once more. However, Andre Villas-Boas must also look to sell a number of players that are not in his plans. [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2013.
In June 2011, Tottenham Hotspur were linked to 21-year-old Brazilian striker, Leandro Damiao, for the first time. The manager at the time, Harry Redknapp, was keen on bringing him to Spurs that summer and his club, Internacional, were resigned to him leaving. However, Internacional president Giovanni Luigi managed to persude the youngster to sign a new [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2013.
Arsenal this summer have a great platform on which to build on. They have Champions League football to offer, a fine stadium, a young, talented team that finished last season like a train and finances that are in great shape. The club, on and off the field, is ripe for success. But almost every summer, [...]
Posted on 06 June 2013.
Manchester United launched their 2013/2014 kit yesterday and it may have surprised some to see Wayne Rooney in such a prominent role. On the final home game of last season Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that the striker had asked to leave the club for a second time in three years. Ferguson has since retired and [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2013.
Tottenham may have broken into the Top 4 in 2010 and 2012 but after they narrowly missed out on Champions League football despite the heroics of PFA Young Player, PFA Player and Football Writers Player of the year Gareth Bale they must be worried if they will ever again break the top 4 stranglehold. Tottenham [...]
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Posted on 05 June 2013.
When Jose Mourinho was manager of Chelsea the first time around he blamed his side’s failure to keep up with Manchester United in 2006-2007 on the referees, particularly in light to a penalty Cristiano Ronaldo won against Middlesbrough. “The whole world knows how Mourinho is,” Ronaldo responded, when asked about Mourinho’s comments. “He always has [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2013.
Claude Makelele published an autobiography in 2009, ‘Tout Simplement’, which revealed that the reason behind Jose Mourinho’s dismissal in 2007 was John Terry. After being told that he was going to be dropped, a disgruntled Terry apparently went to complain about the manager to Peter Kenyon and Roman Abramovich. Then he gave the club an [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2013.
Spending could be even bigger next season with a number of new managers wanting to make their mark – who’s your money on?
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Posted on 04 June 2013.
When Jose Mourinho took over from Claudio Ranieri Chelsea had just finished 2nd in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Champions league. In his first year of management, the club won the Premier League and the League Cup, and made losses of £140m (with £109m spent on wages). In his second year of management, [...]
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Posted on 03 June 2013.
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