Mark Hughes is a former Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea player who managed Wales before coming to the Premier League to manage Blackburn Rovers.
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.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 4 comments
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 depends a lot...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 2 comments
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 the...
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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...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 7 comments
So the see-saw that is the Premier League lead has swung back the way of Arsenal again after they became the first side this season to leave the City of Manchester Stadium with three league points, whilst their North London neighbours Tottenham apologized...
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Written by Neil Jones. 2 comments
West Ham’s Premiership survival last year required a lot of luck. The were bound for relegation, 11 Premiership matches without a win and a difficult trip to Ewood Park to face European hopefuls Blackburn ahead of them.
However, with the...
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Blackburn Rovers have enjoyed an excellent start to this season’s Premiership. Indeed it is the best start they’ve had since 1994/95 when they went on to take the title. So what exactly is it that the club is doing so well?
Written by Dan Clough. 8 comments
What with TV revenue swelling player salaries, takeovers galore and spiraling ticket prices, Premiership management has assumed the role of poisoned chalice in this day and age. The stakes are higher than ever: managers of the clubs coming under new...
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Written by Anthony. 6 comments
In yet another turbulent week of European football and tabloid whispers, Monday and Tuesday’s saw newspapers beginning to link Mark Hughes to the (now vacant) Tottenham hot-seat.
For most people this rumour was a non-starter (if anything...
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Written by Hugo Steckelmacher. 9 comments
Will he or won’t he?
With wonderkid Wayne Rooney itching to get back to first-team action there were rumours that he could be brought back, in some role, for the Manchester United v Everton game. Highly unlikely that something like this...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 7 comments
