Chelsea Should Have Bought Tevez Instead Of Shevchenko
The official storyline behind Chelsea buying Shevchenko has been that Mourinho wanted a player with Champions League experience – a striker who was proven on the European stage and would help Chelsea win the Champions League. On current evidence, however, Chelsea seem to have missed a trick by not buying Tevez this year.
Pekerman Loses The Plot, Germany Win On Penalties
To think that at the end of 90 minutes Argentina had 59% of possession, and that even after 120 minutes at the end of extra time they had 58% possession, you start to wonder where Argentina actually lost the match and where Germany won.
Manchester United to bid 20m for Carrick?
As Manchester United prepares to get started with its pre-season training, speculation is rife on our supposed transfer targets. The latest of these, some further speculation into Manchester United’s pursuit of Michael Carrick, has gone totally off-base.
Manchester United Pre-Season Tour Dates
Manchester United announced their itinerary for the pre-season tour of South Africa way back in April – and with most of the Manchester United squad due to report back to Old Trafford for pre-season training on Monday (July 3rd) (finally, Gill and Ferguson will return from holidays as well), let’s look at the first step…
Brazil vs France – A Grudge Match To End All Grudge Matches
Two men go into the Brazil vs France quarter-final at Frankfurt looking to raise the World Cup trophy for one last time in their careers. For those who think that this is about football, think again. This is about winning, this is about being champions, again.
England Brace Themselves For Scolari
My first reaction after the Holland-Portugal game was one of relief and joy – “England are going to the semi final!”. In the aftermath, however, that glowing optimism has turned into a realistic appraisal of England’s chances of progressing to the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup – and let me tell you, they’re still…
Italy Almost Through to the Semi Final
It must be a strange feeling for the Azzuri – they scraped through to the top of their group playing efficient football without really looking like winning the tournament, they have been constantly troubled by the corruption scandals at home (13 of the 23 player-squad are from the 4 implicated clubs), they got through the…
Chelsea Players Leaving
Prior to the World Cup we discussed Chelsea’s massive transfer activity (when is it not massive?) and counted 6 signings (with a left-back slated to arrive soon).
FIFA Clears Arsenal After Beveren Probe
The Arsenal-Beveren issue raised so spectacularly by BBC Newsnight is finally laid to rest as FIFA clears Arsenal of any breach of club ownership rules over their dealings with Belgian side Beveren.
Fabio Aurelio To Move To Liverpool
Rafa Benitez has been tracking Aurelio for quite some time, and with the left-back’s contract expiring on Friday, he is expected to travel to Anfield over the weekend to sign a four-year deal for Liverpool.
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