Stoke City sign Sunderland striker Jones in club-record deal
Stoke City have given their front line a significant boost just in time for the new Premier League season by signing Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones for a club-record 8 million…
Scottish Premier League 2010/2011 Season Preview – Part 2
Continuing from the Part 1 of the Scottish Premier League Season Preview… Hearts The last couple of seasons have seen relative stability at Tynecastle, now that majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov…
O’Neill has thrown his toys out of the pram
Martin O’Neill, in April 2010: “If that situation [no investment in the team] did develop, that wouldn’t necessarily mean I would down tools and say, ‘Well, listen, we can’t go…
Arsenal 2010/2011 Season Preview
The fresh scent of a new season could not come sooner for Arsenal supporters, who spent the duration of the World Cup and beyond wondering whether their captain and talisman…
Tottenham Hotspur 2010/2011 Season Preview
The one thing that I didn’t expect to happen during this summer for Spurs was nothing. We ended last season by qualifying for the Champions League and I expected us…
Manchester United 2010/2011 Season Preview
Manchester United have enjoyed a successful pre-season, putting in some good performances and scoring plenty of goals. I’m not for one moment suggesting that because we got a result against…
Chelsea 2010/2011 Season Preview
Where do you start previewing the season ahead after a pre-season like ours? Ostrich impressions seem the better option right now really but I’m going to skim over the fact…
Prandelli’s Azzurri go down to the Ivory Coast
Italy’s poor run of results in 2010 continued under the rain of East London on Tuesday night. Cesare Prandelli’s appointment as successor to Marcello Lippi was received with widespread optimism…
MLS Stars Outshined Against Brazil
The United States Men’s National Team, which disappointingly only included five Major League Soccer players, was completely outclassed in a 2-0 loss to Brazil. Neymar and Alexando Pato, who were…
Diego set for a return to The Bundesliga?
According to Sky Sports Italia Juventus playmaker Diego is set to depart the club and return to Germany. The 25 year old made a big money move to Turin last…
8 things wrong at Valencia
Let me start this with the blunt truth. Valencia are in trouble, big trouble. 1. They carry the millstone of a huge debt around their neck, 2. of a new…
Barcelona’s Difficult Third Album
After winning everything on offer in 2008/09 and retaining the league last year, it’s time for Pep Guardiola’s difficult third album, with a stripped out feel from the last two…
The latest additions to the Real Madrid Globetrotters
It’s another summer in the Spanish capital with Los Merengues failing to have won a trophy last season. Florentino Pérez is the Club President. It can only mean one thing,…
Landon Donovan At All Costs
Major League Soccer’s hottest commodity is not one of their new, highly-paid foreign stars, but their homegrown California kid, Landon Donovan, and they must do everything they can to keep…
Next in line for Aston Villa
Since the shock departure of Martin O’Neill a mere 24 hours ago names have been speculated left, right and center to fill the vacant post. Here we’ll look at some…
