When much maligned FIFA president, Sepp Blatter came out this week with the astonishing statement that most footballers today were “slaves” to their clubs, it was met with widespread criticism, amazement and downright disbelief!
This has all come about from the long-running Cristiano Ronaldo affair and his “will he, won’t he” move to Real Madrid. How […]
One of the longest running transfer saga’s of the summer finally appears to be coming to an end after Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth were finally given permission by Liverpool to begin transfer talks with lanky forward Peter Crouch.
Crouch had been indicating for some time that he may have to leave the club to search for the […]
Well not quite but we start this article with a direct quote from the man himself: “We just want to make another improvement next year, and if we can manage that improvement, what will follow naturally is domination.”
This somewhat disturbing quote came after he explained how Arsenal had actually improved their position this past […]
Spanish midfielder Xavi has won the ‘best player’ title for his performance in the European Championships.
Xavi, who plays for Barcelona at club level was integral to Spain’s campaign and was voted the best player by a panel of UEFA experts.
The panel also voted for their dream team, made up of Euro 2008 players. There was […]
Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, probably the greatest whinger of all time (sorry Carlsberg), has come out and accused Italian referee Roberto Rosetti of being biased against the Germans in last Sunday’s Euro 2008 final in Vienna against Spain.
Although the eccentric ‘keeper has admitted the best side won on the day, he was far from happy […]
Michael Ballack’s confidence that his Germany team can go on to win Euro 2008 has been heightened further after revealing that he had to voice ‘a few harsh words’ to the squad - and coaching staff! Great stuff Michael but where was your steel in the Premier League last season when you were running scared […]
Having watched the spectacle that was the Spain V Italy match for the quarter-finals of Euro 2008, we wonder how Italy ever made it through to the finals, let alone to the quarter-finals! The football they played bordered on the criminal – destructive, defensive football best suited to a lower division team playing a Premier […]
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