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A product of Barcelona’s academy, he was a part of the 2010 world cup winning team of Spain and for long has been a vital member of the Barca’s lineup. Pedro Rodriguez made his debut for Barcelona on January 12 2008 against Real Murcia and has gone on to amass 174 appearances and scored 53 […]
Last Season, Yaya Toure was the consummate professional. Aside scoring goals from the midfield and terrorizing the opposition, he was an inspiration to the team, same as Kompany is. Lifting the league title marked the second time in the last three years that city would lift the league. Not only were they champions of England, […]
Come match day 3, Man City will be lining up against CSKA Moscow in an empty stadium devoid of fans, devoid of the atmosphere that accompanies the Champions league. During their last champion’s league against Roma, the Etihad had over 10,000 seats empty and players and pundits alike e.g. Scholes, Ferdinand blasted the fans, drawing […]
Dani Alves has reportedly decided to leave Barcelona at the end of this season, if reports coming form Spain can be believed on. The Brazilian has had a very successful career with the Catalan giants since his switch from Sevilla some years back. He has won the league as well as the Champions League and […]
Reports from BBC Sports Mike Keegan reveal that Manchester United talismanic forward, Robin Van Persie turned down the chance of donning the number 9 jersey for the Red Devils preferring to wear the number 20 jersey he’s been spotting since he joined the club two seasons ago. In Keegan’s tweet, he said: ‘‘Shaw is number […]
Queens Park Rangers (QPR) chairman, Tony Fernandes recently took to tweeter, the popular social media platform, to reveal that former striker indeed was on the verge of signing a contract extension before Chelsea called in to make a bid on the 31st of August, this year. The French international, Remy had been linked with a […]
Despite Wenger’s efforts in the summer transfer market, Arsenal are still not the finished article and one of the areas that needs to be urgently addressed is the defensive midfield position. The Gunners lack real steel in the middle of the park and that has been the major Achilles heel when playing direct title rivals. […]
Belgian and Chelsea’s playmaker Eden Hazard has again stated his desire to stay at Chelsea for a long time to come. This should come as a good news to the ears of Chelsea supporters after the player has been long linked to several European clubs. Notably among them is French Mega rich Paris Saint-Germain. PSG […]
Belgian and Chelsea’s playmaker Eden Hazard has taken a knock to his toe we can confirm. Hazard played all 90minutes for Chelsea on Sunday against rival Arsenal scoring from the spot after he was felled by Laurent Koscieny. Chelsea will go on to win the game 2-0 and extent their lead at the top of […]
English Premier League club, Liverpool has reportedly been given a boost in the pursuit of highly-rated Lazio forward, Keita Balde Diao. The Daily Mirror has reported that Lazio’s valuation of the youngster has dropped drastically from £24m to £15m. Diao is a 19-year-old talented forward who graduated from Barcelona’s La Masia Youth Academy and has […]
After Luke Shaw took a hit to the knee in last weekend’s clash against Everton, many Manchester United fans feared the worst but with the player declaring that he is fit and could even line up for the English under 21 national team, things are beginning to ease up around Manchester. The Old Trafford team […]
All summer long, the Marco Reus and Borussia Dortmund contract talks break down has attracted interests from clubs all over Europe. At a time, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City were said to be in hot pursuit of the 25-year-old German as he has rejected contract extension offer from his employer, Borussia Dortmund. Now […]
According to reports, Liverpool have been entered the race to sign West Ham defender Winston Reid. The New Zealander has previously been linked to Arsenal. The 26 year old was frequently linked to North London during the last transfer window as the media linked several defenders to the club. He is now reportedly in the […]
Arsenal’s defensive woes have been well documented this season. Whether it has to do with the dearth of numbers in defence, or the injuries suffered in that department. Going into the season the club had just six defenders, and that number went down to five after the long term injury to Mathieu Debuchy. But the […]
It is no longer a hidden secret that there is no love lost between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho. As part of the running battle between the pair, they were both involved in a shoving match in the meeting between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. However, the two managers both played down […]
With all the defensive worries that Manchester United have had this term, Louis Van Gaal is reportedly weighing up a swap deal to acquire Atletcio Madrid’s Miranda with Juan Mata. All through this summer, the Old Trafford outfit were continually linked with several centre backs including Aston Villa captain Rob Vlaar, Thomas Vermaleen and Moroccan, […]
Arsene Wenger is to escape punishment from the English Football Association after the incident that saw him pushed his Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. This is after the FA confirmed that it would not take further action, this is because the incident was dealt with by referee Martin Atkinson together with […]
According to reports, Arsenal have handled a three year contract to former Leeds United manager Brian McDermott to take up a scouting role for the club and to work in the recruitment department. The former Leeds boss is expected to work with Arsenal’s chief scout Steve Rowley. The position was initially offered to Ian Bloomfield, […]
Mario Balotelli has been left of of Antonio Conte’s Italy squad to face Azerbaijan and Malta in the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Antonio Conte took over the Italian national side from coach Cesare Prandelli after the 2014 FIFA world cup and have since frozen the Ghanian born super Mario out of the team. Coach conte has […]
Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger after yet another lose to Jose Mourinho in his club’s 2-0 drubbing at Chelsea on Sunday seems to have gotten one over the Portuguese (whom he has not beating on the pitch in real football match) after is was announced that Real Madrid and German holding midfielder Sami Khedira has agreed […]