Houston hot streak puts Dynamo in the driving seat
After taking a few weeks of the 2009 Major League Soccer season to get going, Houston Dynamo rose to the top of the table last weekend as their remarkable run…
Transfer Rumors (18 June 09): Man United to bid for Arsenal star Van Persie, Aston Villa ponder swapping Young for Tottenham’s Bentley, Bayern admit approach for Chelsea’s Bosingwa, and more
The transfer news isn’t as plentiful today as it has been in the last several days, but there are still some big names in the gossip pages today. Manchester United…
Have boots will travel – The Great Real Madrid reshuffle
Florentino Pérez doesn’t do things by halves. Neither do Real Madrid. For most clubs, a season finishing second only to a magisterial Barcelona side in La Liga, and suffering an…
Arsenal Should Sign Sakho and Melo
Ever since Patrick Vieira left Arsenal for Juventus, in the summer of 2005, there has been a void in Arsenal’s midfield enforcer role. Sure, Gilberto Silva helped clean things up…
Ribery replaces Ronaldo as the main summer story as Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid all chase the French winger
As the main protagonists of last summer’s transfer sagas settled for early moves in this year’s annual ritual of transfer trials and tribulations so now the next big transfer saga…
Transfer Rumors (17 June 09): Liverpool close on Portsmouth’s Johnson, Man United to land Wigan’s Valencia by the weekend, Manchester City near deal for Blackburn’s Santa Cruz, and more
Did you know that a player’s teeth could cause a transfer to collapse? I didn’t, but apparently that’s the case with potential AC Milan signing Aly Cissokho, who could be…
09-10 Premier League Fixtures
The 2009/2010 English Premier League fixtures list was announced earlier today. The Premier League kicks off on Saturday, 15th August 2009 with Tottenham taking on Liverpool at White Hart Lane…
Portsmouth and Newcastle United summer takeovers could be disasters
With the credit crunch and the ever increasing debt in football, this summer looks set to be filled with a lot of high profile club buyouts. West Ham have recently…
Football “Franchises” – Right or Wrong?
In a summer bereft of football, the release of fixture lists this week provide some form of respite for fans starved of action. Away trips are plotted, long weekends at…
Transfer Rumors (15 June 09): Man United after Valencia stars Villa and Silva, Aston Villa close on Tottenham duo, Berbatov and Pavlyuchenko linked with Bundesliga moves, and more
We’re already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven’t been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn’t mean that there’s a shortage of action thus far…
Everton Must Do Their Transfer Dealings Early To Avoid A Repeat Of Their Start To Last Season
David Moyes has been the unsung hero of the Premier League in the past 7 years. He has transformed an aging Everton team in fear of relegation every season into…
Manchester United should sign Ashley Young or David Silva, not Antonio Valencia
£80 million is a lot of money; the debate goes on over whether the world player of the year is worth it. In the meantime Manchester United has to find…
Lazy Sunday Transfer Talk: Manchester United Target Torres, Manchester City Get Tevez but not Eto’o, Mascherano to leave Liverpool for Barcelona and Ribery and Benzema to sign for Madrid next summer
Let’s have a look at what’s happening in the transfer rumours today. The story that immediately got my attention was the one linking Manchester United with an audacious bid for…
The 2009 VIVA World Cup in Padania
You may have never heard of the VIVA World Cup. I don’t blame you; it’s quite a low-key affair. But let me explain to you exactly what this obscure competition…
2009 Under-21 European Championship Squads
The 23-player squads for all 8 U-21 Euro 2009 teams are listed below. Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 are eligible to play in the 2009 U-21…
