Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes is a former Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea player who managed Wales before coming to the Premier League to manage Blackburn Rovers.
Can Manchester City oust Arsenal from the Big Four?
Here comes the second ‘Blue Revolution’. Manchester City’s new found riches have seen them overtake the rest of the Premier League in terms of financial clout, with a few optimistic punters also believing they may overtake the rest on the pitch come next season. While the thinking may be premature at best, City have certainly…
The perils of becoming part of a ‘football project’
It’s not often you feel sorry for footballers. After all, their heartache is pretty minimal when you hold it up against the light of the real world. Three weeks till payday and not a penny in the bank account? Well Carlos here never got a single text off Sir Alex in all the time he…
The transfer window heats up – can Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham strengthen their squads in time?
Another week, another set of additions to the Manchester City strikeforce. This week it was Carlos Tévez & Emmanuel Adebayor who made the move to Eastlands, swapping Big Four unhappiness for Big Four hopefulness for a combined fee of around £50m. Tévez has a knack of endearing himself to fans of just about every club…
Terry to swap Chelsea for Manchester City? Stranger things have happened.
Mark Hughes was talking again this morning. Talking big as well. According to Hughes, Manchester City’s financial muscle is starting to cause ripples amongst the previously-complacent “Big Four”, and his side are in a position to upset the proverbial apple cart. “United are taking our situation more seriously in terms of what we can do…
The transfer merry-go-round- somebody make it stop!
In life there are only a handful of things that are certain. You will watch Big Brother. It will irritate you. MPs will lie through their back teeth (and their front ones). Summer does make girls more attractive. And makes you feel less so. People who ring in radio stations with traffic updates are idiots….
What has Robinho done at Manchester City to get so ‘tired’?
Mark Hughes has today defended his decision to rest Robinho for the home game against Fulham yesterday. Sparky claims that the Brazilian star needed a break as he is one of those players who “carry the vast majority of the workload.” Is this really the case however and considering the astronomical amount of money that…
June 2008 Review: When Spain won the Euros and the world hated Ronaldo
June kicked off with a bang, literally – Jose Mourinho signed on as Inter Milan manager and Ronaldo, fresh from doing the league and european double with Manchester United, publicly admitted in an interview that he wanted to play for Real Madrid.
Unhappy Santa Cruz wants Manchester City move
According to the Guardian, Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz wants to leave the club and join former manager Mark Hughes at Manchester City.
Ronaldo still interested in Manchester City move
It doesn’t matter if Mark Hughes isn’t interested in bringing the original Ronaldo to Manchester City, because the rumors just won’t go away.
SL Daily: Tottenham v Liverpool, Newcastle and Portsmouth takeovers, Nerieda takes ‘em off, drug testing hitlist and more
While you wait for Football Manager 2009 (little over 2 days to go), here is today’s news in brief to keep you company (don’t worry, you’ll be saying goodbye to rest of the year this weekend):
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