Everyone knows that terrible feeling. You wake up in a groggy haze as you realise just how heavy a night you had. Snapshots of embarrassing events from the night before shoot through your mind and then you roll over in fear of what you ended up bringing home. That’s how many Manchester United fans will
As the dust settled on a frantic ending to a bitterly unsuccessful transfer window for Manchester United, the focus was very much on those who David Moyes and co. failed to bring in through the door rather than the one they actually did sign. Not even the distinctive afro-hair and enthusiastic smile alongside Moyes as
The general consensus amongst Chelsea fans is that the lack of a top quality, yet proven striker, does not hold a place at the club. Cavani was mentioned, Falcao’s was too, while Wayne Rooney’s name never seemed to go away. In the end, the club went for a big and certainly proven name, Samuel Eto’o,
In the early days of the Mark Hughes era, Manchester City spent big on several players, in order to get the team to the top level of English football. Whilst this feat may not have been achieved under Hughes, it certainly was under Mancini. One constant in these two men’s sides was Gareth Barry. The
On Saturday, two fierce rivals would do battle for supremacy in what promises to be an epic North London derby encounter. Nowadays, as a friend noted, clubs in the English premier league are loosely using the word “rivals”. As Dictionary.com points out, a rival is a person or an object competing against you. And that clearly
When a youthful Aston Villa narrowly survived relegation last season, the majority of fans and pundits claimed they’d be better off this campaign as a result of their experience battling for survival. Just three games into the new season and it appears that reasoning is correct after Villa did more than just compete with three
As Chelsea prepare to take on Manchester United tonight in a mouthwatering early season clash in the English Premier League, confusion surrounds the future of their Spanish playmaker Juan Mata. Returning Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists Mata is not for sale, despite continued speculation that he could be involved in a swap deal with Wayne
This game couldn’t have come at a worse time for the hosts. Europa League winners, Chelsea have a date with Bayern Munich on Friday with the UEFA Super Cup up for grabs. But it is their courting of Wayne Rooney that is the main concern for the red army. The English international wants out. However,
With Brendan Rodgers beginning his second term as Liverpool boss, the expectations going to be a lot higher this time around. In his first season, Liverpool fans accepted that Rodgers had to go through a learning period. That, coupled with having to move out some of Kenny Dalglish’s poor signings, meant that Rodgers was allowed
As we all know, Arsenal have been inactive thus far in the transfer market. Only young striker Yaya Sanogo has been signed up. After Ivan Gazidis confirming they have money to spend, no big names have yet to arrive. The likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez, Luiz Gustavo, Bernard and many other big names have
So, it’s finally over then. European media have broken out in consensus that Tottenham and Real Madrid have agreed a deal to take Gareth Bale to the Spanish capital, ending one of the summer’s longest-running transfer sagas. With various figures between £80 million and £115 million mooted over the course of the past two months
Another dismal start to the season with defeat to Aston Villa at home which many pundits regarded as a shock defeat. It was coming, given the negativity that the Arsenal hierarchy have succeeded in creating by their elaborate con to spend in the transfer window. In the past, I have supported the clubs strategy to
Real Madrid and Barcelona sit either side of Manchester United as first and third on the most recent Forbes list of richest clubs. The rest of Spain meanwhile is burdened by a collective debt of £3.523 million, making La Liga an attractive place for Premier League clubs to shop. Swansea brought in £2.5 million Jordi
Major transfers IN: Maarten Stekelenburg - £4.7 Million- Roma; Sasha Riether - £1.2 million- Cologne; Fernando Amorebieta – Free – Athletic Bilbao; Derek Boateng – Free - Dnipro Major Transfers OUT: Mark Schwarzer- Free – Chelsea; Simon Davies – Released; Mladen Petric- Released Martin Jol has a big job on his hands to keep
Major transfers IN: Arouna Kone - £6 million – Everton; Antolin Alcaraz – Free – Wigan; Gerard Deulofeu – Loan – Barcelona; Joel Robles - £2 million – Atletico Madrid Major Transfers OUT: Phil Neville – Retired Everton start the season with a new manager for the first time since 2002 with the departure
Once again, the red side of North London would be hoping this is their season. They have been forced to endure a frustrating 8 years campaign- that has seen them trophyless- despite having full hopes by the start of those excruciating seasons. Last season, they had to fight tooth and nail to scrap fourth-spot on
Finally, that time has come; no more walking round shops on a Saturday, no more pretending to be interested in sports you couldn’t care less about because football is back. Even better….. It’s a World Cup year! With the impending start of every season comes all the usual excitement and optimism, but it also brings
After being rebuffed in the transfer market this summer by both Diego Costa and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Brendan Rodgers’s desire to land a major signing at Liverpool shows no sign of relenting. Next on the list is Willian Borges da Silva of Anzhi Makhachkala, with reports contact has been made with the Russian club over a
After last season’s dramatic and largely controversial season, Chelsea fans have got what they wanted, the return of Portuguese manager and club legend Jose Mourinho. With an apparently settled and largely deep squad, this season could well be the Blues’ best for some time yet. Expectations Roman Abramovich would not be Roman Abramovich if
This transfer window has seen Tottenham fans rubbing their hands together with glee so far. Always bi-polar and notoriously fickle, they all know it’s the hope that kills you. This window has seen a distinct change in attitudes, though. Tottenham’s transfer record has been broken not just once, but twice. First, the Brazilian midfielder Paulinho
With the Premier League season a week away and the metaphorical pressure cooker ready to start brewing for managers, chairmen and players alike and with so much change throughout the league in the form of an increase of revenue from new TV deals and managerial changes throughout the top half of the table, mid-table teams
While Saturday 3 O’clock Premier League fixtures are shown live all throughout the world, they are not televised live via British broadcasters. Therefore the very country in which these Barclay’s Premier League fixtures take place misses out on viewing them live. When there is a will, there’s a way however and FirstRow Sports has been
It was poised to be a pivotal summer for Paul Lambert’s Aston Villa project, having narrowly escaped relegation in his first season in charge, the spotlight was on him to deliver the signings required to push his young team on, and to ensure the stand-out players from last year’s struggling side remained. With the countdown
“Deadwood” as Arsenal fans call him, the winger completed a rather not surprising move to Italian out-fit Roma. To some of the Arsenal faithful, citing me as an example; I had mixed emotions- firstly, tagging Gervinho ‘’Deadwood’’ is quite appealing especially when you remember he at least contributed fairly to the team last season, more
Six summers have passed since Manchester United entered into the transfer market to splash £35 million on two players who were regarded, at the time, as a pair of the most coveted talents in Portuguese football. Nani was 20 years old when he arrived at Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon whilst Anderson was just 18