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Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal as revealed that left-back Luke Shaw suffered a dead knee in United’s 2-1 victory over Everton on Sunday and had to be substituted so as not to aggravate the injury. He told BBC sport in an interview after the game that ‘He has a dead knee. He could have […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to reports from the Express, German World Cup winner Sami Khedira has agreed personal terms with Arsenal. Although the London based club are yet to agree a fee with Real Madrid for the 27 year old midfielder, Sami is reportedly desperate to secure a cut price fee to move to the Emirates stadium by January. […]
Reports say Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley is working on potential replacements for manager Alan Pardew despite what seems like reposing confidence in the manager. It doesn’t at all appear like Ashley would sack Pardew after keeping faith in the manager since 2010. Pardew as the Newcastle manager has won both the Premier League manager […]
When Real Madrid signed the duo from Benfica and Werder Bremen respectively, it was obvious Los Blancos needed the best legs possible to lift their ever evasive 10th European title – La decima. However, seeing two commanding players play alongside a party of world class players was all they needed to bring out their best; […]
It is Super Sunday in the Premier League as two London heavy weights clash. The historical king of London Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge to play their western neighbours Chelsea. The last time the Gunners visited the Bridge which also coincided with Wenger’s 1000th game in charge at Arsenal, it was one to forget as they […]
Former Liverpool winger Stewart Downing has criticised Brendan Rodgers over his remarks three seasons ago. The Northern Irishman upon his arrival from Swansea in 2011 had cast aside some players he felt did not fit his philosophy of football. While Andy Carroll was quickly cast aside to West Ham on loan, Stewart Downing was penciled down […]
According to reports, Liverpool are believed to have agreed a fee of £38 million for Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema. This report has come to light despite the club spending over an £110 million in signing several players this summer three of which includes strikers Mario Balotelli, Ricky Lambert and Divock Origi who […]
Dani Alves has revealed that he will be joining an English Premiership outfit next summer. The Barcelona right back moved to Catalonia from Sevilla for £30m in 2008. With about 20 goals in over 300 games for his current club, the 31 year old has for several years stamped his feet as one of the […]
After an impressive display against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday in the day two of the Uefa Champions league encounter in Lisbon Portugal, Chelsea returns to Stamford Bridge in what will be its 4th home match and 7th over-all game in the 2014/2015 Premier league season. Chelsea hosts Arsenal in a crunchy super Sunday London derby. […]
It is a known fact that things are quickly falling apart at St. James Park and because of that, some key figures in that club are no longer at ease. Manager Alan Pardew is currently working a tight rope no thanks to the string of poor results. Pressure is mounting on owner Mike Ashley to axe […]
From Real Madrid to Napoli and the Argentine is contemplating on a move away from Napoli although it will be difficult for Rafael Benitez to let go of his best striker. Gonzalo Higuain replaced Edison Cavani in Napoli upon the departure of the later to Paris Saint German in France. Higuain moved to Naples in […]
As the season kicks fully into gear, each club has players both key and fringe who are plagued by an injury or two. In this article, we will be focusing on Man City players who are injured and how long they will be out. We will also be examing how their absence will affect the […]
It was a disappointing Champions League return for three of the four Premier League teams, with Liverpool the only English side to come out on top, and even they struggled during their narrow 2-0 victory over Ludogorets Razgra. Elsewhere, there were mixed fortunes for the La Liga sides, while the Serie A duo of Roma […]
Nigel Clough’s Sheffield United propelled up the League One table in the second half of last season, with the Blades just missing out on a play-off spot but the Steel City outfit will head into the 2014/2015 campaign with aspirations of gaining promotion back to the Championship in what looks like a league oozing quality. […]
After months of speculation, Roy Hodgson named his 23-man England squad for the World Cup in Brazil and preparations for the tournament can now begin in earnest this week with the first of three warm-up matches taking place against Peru at Wembley on Friday night before jetting off to Miami where they will face Ecuador […]
There’s a hint of a civil war among Manchester United fans at the moment. The fans are certainly divided into two camps. There are those that find themselves still firmly behind under-fire boss David Moyes and those that would favour a change in management ASAP. It’s an issue that has really come to ahead this […]
Goalkeepers Joe Hart His status as England’s number one is not currently under threat. Being dropped by City in November seems to have served as a wake-up call and he’s certainly become noticeably less error prone since then. Rob Green’s career was effectively destroyed by an error at the 2010 World Cup. He was […]
“The Chihauhaus” of this season’s horse-themed title race according to Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool have exceeded everyone’s expectations this season and now find themselves at the end of their five year period in the doldrums, competing at the business end of the Premier League table once again. But are they really title contenders? Rodgers himself doesn’t […]
