In the summer of 2012, Brendan Rodgers was that desperate to land Fulham’s Clint Dempsey that he offered the London club both Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson in exchange for the attacking midfielder. Now, fifteen months since the August when Dempsey chose Tottenham ahead of Merseyside, the American is struggling back at Fulham on loan
The gap in competition was made evident in Europe again this week as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid took major steps towards a passage into the last 8 of the Champions League. A 0-2 lead will be taken back to the Nou Camp as Manchester City were beaten on Tuesday night while 24 hours later, Diego
Ahead of Chelsea’s FA Cup tie with Manchester City, Jose Mourinho wasn’t going to be quiet. In his Friday press conference, the Portuguese manager set about starting a war of words with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in an attempt to get under the Frenchman’s skin as the finishing line for the Premier League title race
“The Theatre of Dreams” coats the inside of Old Trafford, a simple quote which is all that is needed to induce the memory of celebrating League titles, and a succession of victories and startling performances. It’s hard to believe that less than a year ago, euphoria of the 20th league title in the History of
It was almost a mini English raid on Spartak Moscow this winter. But while Kim Kallstrom’s switch to Arsenal has been laughed at rather than praised, the move of Irish winger Aiden McGeady to Everton is something which has only been welcomed. For a number of years McGeady has been fancied to be snapped up
There comes a time where we must all grow up. Young boys stop playing with little action figures and move on to games consoles, young girls stop wearing their mothers make-up and start wearing their own. We all go to secondary school, reach an age where an interest in the opposite sex grows and we
You can’t blame Arsenal fans for feeling just a bit unlucky at times. For almost nine long years they have suffered without winning a trophy of any kind, and just as their hopes of finally finding success are becoming realistic, this happens. To put it lightly, the loan signing of Kim Kallstrom from the Spartak
Position-wise, the deal done by Arsenal is good but also bad. No Draxler? That’s also both a pity and a blessing for us. It has been revealed. The player we brought in this January transfer window is not 20 year old, raw talent Julian Draxler. We get Kim Källström instead. A player that is eleven
Liverpool have been dealt a huge blow in their bid to finish in the top-four of the Premier League this season following the news that midfielder Lucas Leiva is expected to be sidelined for up to two months after sustaining a knee ligament injury. The Brazil international suffered the problem just 20 minutes after coming