Is Jose Mourinho Losing Belief In His Real Dream?
Jose Mourinho looked a shell of the man we have either came to love or loathe in the last seven years as he stood aside in his technical area in…
La Liga Statistical Review: Barcelona v Ronaldo
Barcelona’s relentless quest for world domination leaves Real Madrid and the rest far behind. Simply put, Barcelona are just too good for Madrid, or any other team in Spain. We…
Manchester United: Newton Heath Tees Collection
The new season has been underway for a few weeks now, and the club is not performing to all of our expectations. Seeing as United haven’t made any high profile signings…
Andy Carroll Can Groom Himself Into Mould Of Anfield Hero Ian Rush
New Liverpool signing Andy Carroll has all the potential to replicate Anfield legend Ian Rush. The 22-year old Geordie born striker made a deadline day move for £35million to Merseyside…
Fernando Torres: The New Shevchenko?
How manager Carlo Ancelotti will re-configure his system to incorporate Torres remains to be seen, though it’s worth nothing that there will be an ominous spectre hovering over his head when it comes to bedding in his new superstar – an ominous spectre that has perhaps come to characterise Abramovich’s oil-soaked tenure in West London, the £30 million signing of Andriy Shevchenko.
Transfer Deadline Round-Up: Torres And Carroll Smash Records
For the first time in a long time, the transfer deadline day actually lived up to it’s monstrous, gossip-driven hype.
Over the course of 24 hours of prime pantomime, we witnessed both the fourth and the eighth most expensive transfers of all time take place, with Chelsea bagging themselves a new number nine and Liverpool taking 35 million steps to fill the void left thereafter.
Sergio Aguero’s Contract Extension Is Fooling No One
Sergio Aguero has quashed talk of a mega move to the Premier League by committing his future with Atletico Madrid by signing a new two year contract extension. However, is…
Fernando Torres Opts to Destroy Unique Bond With Liverpool Fans As Chelsea Move Edges Nearer
Where has the nostalgic feeling gone for a player to be proud of adorning the colours of a club that has gifted so much to the history of the game?…
The Round-Up: Torres Exit Request Rejected, Man Utd To Go Dutch
Liverpool have confirmed that striker Fernando Torres made an official transfer request yesterday afternoon amidst interest from Chelsea, and that the club have also turned it down – telling the Spaniard that they expect him to honour his long-term contract at Anfield.
Unusual Football Sackings
In this week’s feature, we take a look at the most unusual (read bizarre) football sackings ever. Here’s our list, let us know if you can top the sackings (or…
Fabio Capello Saddles Jack Wilshere With The ‘F’ Bomb
The nation mourned when Emile Heskey retired from international football last year, and rightly so -for England knew that what stretched out before them was what adulterous husbands tend to refer to as a ‘transitional period’ when the kids finally ask why Mummy hasn’t been home in nearly three weeks.
England needed, and still need, a new hero. Step forward, 19-year-old Jack Wilshere.
The Round-Up: Liverpool Snub Torres Bid, Inter After Bale…Again
Liverpool have rejected a £35 million bid from Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres, according to a report in the Times.
The newspaper are claiming that the club contacted them immediately after rebuffing the offer, though no official word has been released by the Anfield PR department yet.
Van Der Sar Confirms Retirement: How Do United Replace A Legend?
As the venerable Paul Scholes remains undecided as to whether his sainted, 36-year-old legs have another year at the top left in them, a fellow member of Manchester United’s veteran old guard has broken ranks and revealed that he intends to call time on his career at the end of the current season.
Upon the culmination of 21 years of unbridled professionalism and excellence, ‘keeper Edwin van der Sar has confirmed that he will hang up his gloves this summer.
The Round-Up: Mourinho Wants Out, Liverpool Face Suarez Stand-Off
A batch of interesting quotes have emanated from the Real Madrid camp, in which coach Jose Mourinho, just days after refusing to commit to Los Blancos past the summer, tells of his hankering for a return to the last bastion of the fair and the just – the English Premier League.
Sky Sports Wield The Axe As ‘Sexism’ Witch Hunt Rumbles On
The sanctimonious ‘sexist’ witch hunt that is currently permeating the glossy facade English football coverage is showing no signs of abating today, with fresh clips of otherwise-vidicated Sky anchor Richard Keys hee-hawing about colleague Jamie Redknapp’s sexual conquests now doing the rounds – and, such is my remit here on Soccerlens, I’m afraid that I’m duty-bound to tell you poor sods all about it.
