Mark Hughes

Serial sicknote Michael Johnson has turned to yoga in a bid to put his injury problems behind him. The Manchester City midfielder has never played more than ten consecutive games in one season for the club since making his debut …

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You can’t help but sympathise with (be jealous of) City fans at this point. Since last year, they’ve gone from despair (going nowhere fast) to joy (Shinawatra) to eventual despair (Shinawatra) and now, on the last day of the transfer …

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Mark. Garry. We sold the club. Finally that Thai cunt is gone. The only thing worse than a Thai cunt is an Arab cunt. Who’d you pawn us off to Garry? Mark, you’re on a conference call with Dr Suleiman …

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Last season the manager sack race got a bit ridiculous with many managers under severe pressure and some getting fired despite being backed in the transfer window and a few dismissed without being given a full season to show what …

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Even Thaksin Shinawatra’s ego wouldn’t go so far as to proclaim himself the Messiah, yet for a brief period he was held in such regard at Eastlands. His takeover of the club last summer, coupled with a supposedly huge cash …

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England may be conspicuous by their absence in Euro 2008, Scotland and Northern Ireland may feel unlucky while Eire have retreated to lick their wounds but, out of all the home nations, the failure of Wales to travel to Austria …

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After Manchester City’s catastrophic 8-1 reverse at Middlesbrough on the final day of the 2007-8 season, Sven Goran-Eriksson, and a substantial proportion of the club’s supporters, wanted a quick decision on the Swede’s future. Eriksson’s declaration that a decision should …

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Manchester City have confirmed that Mark Hughes has signed a three year deal with the club and that the Eastlands outfit has also agreed to a compensation package with Blackburn Rovers. Thaksin Shinawatra on Hughes:

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There’s still no news on what Cristiano Ronaldo plans to do, but that should be coming sometime today. So, thankfully for those who want a break from him, there’s no Ronaldo spec in today’s transfer roundup.

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When they finally pulled the trigger, it came as a relief – finally things could move forward at Eastlands and the preparations for next season could begin. The new manager might even be able to keep Dunne onside, although that …

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Blackburn Rovers’ hopes of UEFA Cup football next season took a hit when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham. Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov gave Tottenham, who have already made sure of a return to Europe by winning …

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Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier says English footballers are pushed into top management jobs too quickly. He has told the BBC Inside Sport programme that he believes Bryan Robson, Stuart Pearce and Gareth Southgate all took on senior positions far …

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