Rio Ferdinand – Manchester United for life
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand wants to spend the rest of his playing career at Old Trafford. Ferdinand: “I have two more years on my contract, I’d like to finish my career at United. The club have made an approach to my agent but there’s so many games it’s difficult to get around the table….
Rafa Benitez Interview – Liverpool manager talks rotation, tactics, winning titles and more
A refreshingly candid interview with Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez – Guillem Ballague asks all the right questions.
Arsenal to hand Fabregas £100,000 / week contract?
Rumours suggest that Arsenal will be handing Cesc Fabregas a contract extension this summer as a recognition of his growing maturity and increased importance to the London club. This begs two questions: With several years already left on his Arsenal contract, why not leave this for next season and use that money to find reinforcements…
MLS’s Show and Biz
Resident MLS expert Dan Leo takes – believe it or not – an optimistic look at the future of the MLS. Saturday, March 29th marked the opening kick-off of the 13th MLS season (see Liviu’s review here), the United States’s and Canada’s top professional soccer (football) league. As I had pointed in my previous pieces,…
La Liga Week 30: Real Madrid increase their lead as Barcelona blow their chances and Villareal go 2nd
After weeks of inconsistency Real Madrid found their form again to defeat Sevilla this weekend and take a big step towards their 31st La Liga title. Barcelona, however, threw away a two-goal lead at Betis which sees them slip back to seven points behind Madrid and allowed Villarreal to move above them into second place…
Can Newcastle United overtake Tottenham and West Ham and finish in the top 10?
Kevin Keegan, in the heady aftermath of Newcastle’s 4-1 win away to Tottenham, has said that if Newcastle keep up their momentum they have a chance to finish in the top 10. Newcastle are 4 points behind Tottenham and 9 behind West Ham, and with 6 games to go (and with Newcastle still to play…
MLS Week 1 Review: an exciting first weekend of matches
This was a week of surprises for the MLS. Opening weekend, officially known as MLS First Kick 2008, was riddled with surprise results and courageous showings by supposedly inferior sides.
Malaysia may lift ban for Chelsea’s Israelis | Malaysia thinks Premier League matches in their country are a good idea
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has said that he would “like to see Chelsea play in Malaysia”, and that he may have the rules temporarily bent to allow Chelsea’s Israeli contingent – manager Avram Grant and defender Tal Ben Haim – to travel to Malaysia as part of Chelsea’s 2008 pre-season tour of the…
Aston Villa – has the Randy Lerner bubble finally burst?
An interesting debate has sprung up over at the AVFC Blog on whether the real Randy Lerner is what the PR has led us to believe (a genuine fan who will spend millions to turn Aston Villa into a top four side) or whether he’s another businessman who saw the riches the Premier League could…
Premier League Videos Roundup: Tottenham 1-4 Newcastle United, Liverpool 1-0 Everton and Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough
All Premier League highlights for Sunday 30 March 2008:
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