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Zidane becomes director of football at Real Madrid
Real Madrid and France legend Zinedine Zidane has revealed that he will become the new director of football at the Santiago Bernabeu next season. The former player has been working closely with Madrid president Florentino Perez as a special advisor, creating a link between the first team and the management at Los Blancos. Madrid boss…
New Inter coach Gasperini looks for improvement next season
New Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini was introduced to the world’s media for the first time and claimed he knows his side will improve on their second placed finish last season. Gasperini was flanked at the press conference by technical director Marco Branca and vice managing director Stefano Filucchi and the former Genoa manager is…
Match fixing investigation threatens to rock Turkish football
60 people have been detained as part of a major investigation into alleged fixing within Turkish football. The chairman of current champions Fenerbahce is part of those under arrest by the authorities in the Eastern European country. Police launched a mass operation across 15 provinces of Turkey, searching club premises and detaining club players and…
Roberto Mancini looking to his homeland for transfer targets.
Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has identified a host of Serie A targets that he will be interested in buying this summer. The Italian is concocting a transfer wishlist to City owner Sheikh Mansour, which contains players from the length and breadth of Italy’s top flight. City finished third in the Premier League last season…
Potential departures of Lille’s main playmakers
Winning the French championship brought jubilation to the streets of Lille. Red and white flags were woven on May 22nd with the double mark emblazoned on them after Lille OSC clinched their first league title since 1954 with a 2-2 draw against Paris St. Germain away in the Parc des Princes. The title win was…
Sepp Blatter calls on opera star to aid FIFA
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked Spanish opera star Placido Domingo to join a new advisory committee set up to aid the decisions of FIFA itself. Domingo will join Dutch football legend Johann Cruyff and former American secretary of state Henry Kissinger to sit on the ‘council of wisdom’ at football’s main governing body. Blatter…
Manchester football is better than ever with the youth policy proving effective
A new season breeds new talent. The end of last season saw the retirement of two of the biggest stars at Manchester United in midfield magician Paul Scholes and goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar. When a player retires, it is up to someone as talented to step into the breach and provide that joie de vivre…
Dave Jones sacked from Cardiff City
After Cardiff City’s exit against Reading in the semi-finals of the Championship play-offs, Dave Jones has been sacked as manager. Jones spent six years at Cardiff, leading them to the 2010 play-off final where they were defeated by Blackpool. The Liverpudlian has paid the ultimate sacrifice for his side’s inability to get over the final…
Nigel Reo-Coker: From West Ham to Aston Villa to…Fulham?
There was once a time when this Croydon-born, Sierra Leone raised central midfield dynamo was captaining West Ham United into the FA Cup final of 2006 to face the might of Liverpool. Reo-Coker, a former England under-21 captain, was the lynchpin in a midfield containing talents such as Yossi Benayoun and Matthew Etherington, yet Reo-Coker…
Pirlo vows to lead Juventus’ rise back to the pinnacle of Italian football
New Juventus signing Andrea Pirlo believes that he can provide a major contribution to help Juventus return to being a top team in Italian football. Pirlo, who signed from Serie A rivals AC Milan on a three year contract, arrives at the Stadio Delle Alpi on a free transfer. The 72 capped Italian midfielder hopes…
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