With the closing of the summer transfer window and the league being temporarily disrupted by the break for international World Cup Qualifiers and friendly matches, everybody can pause for a breath after what was a manic first month of the new Premier League season. As the dust settles on yet another window of inflated transfer
Giorgos Karagounis has dropped in lucky to an extent that he will be spending a year in the Premier League at the ripe old age of 35 after being thrown on the scrapheap by Panathinaikos at the end of his contract with the Greek club. After being indispensable to the Greek national team for the
Born to Moroccan parents in Etterbeek, a small town near Brussels, the afro-ed box-to-box midfielder has flourished into one of the top midfielders currently playing in the Premier League. Fellaini is similar to Man City’s Yaya Touré in the way he can play in multiple positions and can dominate the midfield with his height and
Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Chelsea were preparing to sell Florent Malouda, as the French winger tweeted a picture of the under-21 building at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground with the words “this is where I’ll train for my last season with the Blues”. Now even though Malouda’s Chelsea career looks set to end
For many years now, Sir Alex Ferguson has been buying promising youth projects and developing them into world class football players. The signing of young Chilean striker Angelo Henriquez therefore should be met with genuine excitement. Henriquez has an impressive scoring record for his previous club Universidad de Chile, scoring 11 goals in 17 appearances
When the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) TOOK OVER the reins at the Capital club, changes were expected.. How quick and rapid the changes would be was the main thing. Represented by President Al-Khelaifi, they haven’t at all disappointed. In actual fact, Europe is in awe at what can be described as power changing hands. Last
Italian legend Alessandro Del Piero has officially signed for Sydney FC tonight agreeing to a 2 year contract with the option of a 3rd year. This has come to a shock to some supporters around the world as Sydney FC were up against some of the biggest clubs in Europe with the likes of Liverpool,
Some things in life are worth waiting for, and if you are a Zenit Saint Petersburg fan, Monday night was certainly worth waiting for. Frustration amongst fans has been consistently growing over the past year after virtually no new purchases for such a long time, Monday night felt like Christmas Day. Over the past few
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A significant proportion of the 2012 summer transfer window deadline day was spent with football fans talking about QPR’s new signings. So with so many well respected and recognised talent in their current squad, I think QPR ought to be aiming higher than to merely survive in the premier league this season. Admittedly, QPR’s start
Well I don’t know about you, but if you wanna look to one of the best pieces of business in the summer transfer window look no further than the blue half of Merseyside. Mastermind Moyes didn’t do half bad this window, snapping up a few deals and disposing of some of the dead weight (no
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Dimitar Berbatov is not going to be a Manchester United player talked about by all generations in the same way Bobby Charlton and George Best have been. But for the section of United fans who have watched Dimitar Berbatov play for the club for the past four seasons will always remember themselves what a wonderfully
Liverpool have made another new signing this season, with it being 18 year old forward Samed Yesil from German side Bayern Leverkusen. But who exactly is he? Name – Samed Yesil Age – 18 Position – Striker Nationality – German £1 million is the price that brought the 18 year old from Germany
Sunday 19th August 2001, away to Manchester United on our first full season in the Premiership, was my first Fulham game. Then, as last weekend, we lost 3-2. What has changed is that the squad and ethos of the entire club has altered dramatically since that day 11 years ago. Back then we were on
The sale of Nigel De Jong is an extremely strange one. Widely regarded as one of the world’s best defensive midfielders, Manchester City are letting the Dutchman leave City for a measly £3.5m to AC Milan. Hardly a good return on for a player in his prime, especially compared to the price he was bought
Jordan Rhodes has today finalised his move to Blackburn Rovers in a record breaking deal for Huddersfield. The bid, rumoured to be £8million, was Blackburn’s fifth bid for the Scottish international this summer until the Terriers reluctantly accepted the offer. The 22-year-old joined on a five-year-deal as he aims to help Rovers return to the
Javi Martinez has moved to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich on a 5-year contract today. The central mid-fielder was praised as one of the two most important stars of the Athletic Bilbao team that qualified for the Spanish Copa Del Rey and Europa League finals, but will spend his next 5 seasons chasing “bigger” titles in
As there are just two days left of the transfer window, Daniel Levy is finally making his moves. Tottenham fans are used to this. The Media are used to this. Other chairmen are becoming used to it. It’s as if he sets himself a challenge of trying to do as many deals as possible in
€50 million appears too much for Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, to part with as Chelsea are set to miss out on ‘The Incredible’ Hulk. He looks set to move to the current Russian champions, Zenit St Petersburg. But is this a coup for Zenit or a near-miss for Chelsea? Hulk rarely settled as a young
Losing Luis isn’t the end of the world for Manchester United, but rather a new beginning. Luis Nani has spent 5 years hugging the sideline and cutting inside to prove himself at Old Trafford, and boy can he do it well, but he hasn’t lived up to the potential everyone knows he has. Because of
Finally, almost eighteen-months after transfer rumours first began, Luka Modric has finalised a move away from White Hart Lane and away from a four-season spell at the North London club. In 2008, a relatively unknown, slight and fragile looking central midfielder turned up from Dinamo Zagreb with the world at his feet. At the age
The Squad It’s been a busy summer over in the Italian region of Tuscany, the Fiorentina management team have worked their socks off in a bid to give Vincenzo Montella a squad that can improve on last season’s disappointing 13th finish in Serie A. I suspect they may have succeeded. The La Viola have taken
This morning the transfer of Croatian midfielder Luka Modric was finally completed for a fee of 33 million pounds + extras including a very suspicious and much discussed “club partnership” clause. Being one of the most stretched out transfer sagas of the window a lot of people had started questioning if the 26-year old is
You’ve been hearing from almost every Arsenal fan for the past week or so that loyalty ‘is dead’. But the truth is, we’re in a new age of football – Player power. The new Sky-sponsored Premier League has got as much to do with this supposed lack of loyalty in modern football as Jean-Marc Bosman’s
Adam Johnson this week sealed a move to Sunderland. The 25 year old winger was often cited as the closest England have to Ryan Giggs and how he was the answer to England’s left wing woes. However, Johnson has often failed to live up to that promise. 25 is still young definitely, but at
Cheick Tioté has been heavily linked with a move to the Emirates, since anchor man Alex Song traded life in North London for Barcelona in a deal believed to be worth £15 million. Tioté will always be remembered for his stunning left footed volley for Newcastle against the Gunners in their 4-4 draw, which saw
It’s taken all summer but Tottenham finally have their striker. Well, one of them if reports are to be believed. The transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor has been one the most drawn out and longest of the summer so far. But one week before the end of the transfer window, he looks likely to be in
Juventus have been anything but dull during this transfer window. Several key players have been added to bolster the squad. Giovinco, Asamoah, Isla, and Lucio will make an immediate impact on the pitch this season, while the likes of Pogba and Boakye will hopefully continue their great form and eventually become an integral piece to
During this colorful transfer window, A.S Roma agreed to a €11.5 million temporary deal with Siena to sign hot talent Matti Destro. Destro follows the influx of a stars joining Roma under the DiBenedetto ownership and will find this addition very worthy to their title winning ambitions. After sitting in the shadows of a 5