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Roberto Mancini Releived of His Duties As Manchester Loses Second Manager in One Week
Another manager in Manchester has left his post, but Monday evening’s announcement that Roberto Mancini has been relieved of his duties won’t be nearly as awe-inspiring as Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement. Despite having won the Premier League last season and battling to what should be a second-place finish this year, Roberto Mancini has been sacked [...]
The Rise and Rise of Lionel Messi: A Statistical Look at Barcelona’s Argentine Genius
It is easy to say now that Lionel Messi is one of the best players the world has ever seen. The Argentinean magician has waltzed through far too many defenses now for us mortals to even consider him to be anything less. His ability seems to only improve yearly, and for football fans everywhere, it [...]
Real Madrid Contact Carlo Ancelotti and Further Confirm Jose Mourinho’s Departure
The managerial merry-go round has commenced as some of Europe’s top clubs have already started window shopping ahead of the 2013-2014 season. Jose Mourinho has been linked with Chelsea again, Sir Alex Ferguson has retired, David Moyes has left Everton, and now, Real Madrid appear to be courting Paris St-Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian [...]
PSV Manager Dick Advocaat Suggests Kevin Strootman Should Move Abroad
PSV Eindhoven manager Dick Advocaat will not have won any fans over after admitting that the time is right for star midfielder Kevin Strootman to leave the club in the summer. PSV finished second in the Dutch Eredivisie this season courtesy of a better goal difference than third-placed Feyenoord. For long periods of the season, [...]
Benfica Star Taunts Chelsea Ahead of Europa League Final
The Europa League final may not get as much attention as the Champions League final, but it is still an extremely important competition for the participating teams. Benfica will be taking on 2012 European champions Chelsea in the final of the competition. If it was not for Chelsea, Benfica would have been a favourite to [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson Reveals Why He Stepped Down as Manchester United Manager
Sir Alex Ferguson completed his final match at Old Trafford as the manager of Manchester United with a fantastic 2-1 win over Swansea City that saw Rio Ferdinand score a late winner. The Scottish legend still has one more match in charge - an away visit to West Bromwich Albion - but the celebrations and [...]
Fernando Torres and His Return By The Numbers
Fernando Torres has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years. Ever since his transfer from Liverpool to Chelsea, the Spanish international has failed to deliver on the hefty price the west London club splashed for him. Chelsea did indeed buy him at a strange time. Though he’d been very effective for Liverpool since [...]
Manchester United and David Moyes: Hard work and Stability the way to the future
Several days on from Manchester United’s appointment of David Moyes as the successor to Sir Alex Ferguson’s monumental 27-years at the club it is in fact a great thing to see have been done. While some will argue that the club needed to appoint someone such as Jose Mourinho because of the need for a [...]
Borussia Dortmund Target Mario Gotze Replacements
With Mario Gotze set to join Bayern Munich on July 1st, for a fee of €37 million, Jurgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund look primed to sign Gotze’s replacement sooner rather than later. Die Borussen have been linked with numerous players including fellow German youngster Julian Draxler, who has recently recommitted himself to Schalke, Ajax star Christian [...]
Frank Lampard Speaks About Chelsea Goal-Scoring Record
Chelsea essentially secured a place in next year’s Champions League on Saturday noontime with a nervy victory away at Aston Villa. Though the race for the top four has become somewhat clearer this weekend with the third spot being secured, another story stole the headlines. Frank Lampard became Chelsea’s all-time leading goal-scorer when his brace [...]
FA Cup Loss Adds to Tension for Manchester City
Take nothing away from Wigan Athletic’s gritty and energetic performance to win the FA Cup in stoppage time - but Manchester City had the tools to handle matters fairly easily, but once again faltered. Roberto Mancini and the Citizens will end this season in disappointment. After a glorious finish to last seasons Premier League title [...]
English Premier League: A Weekend of Farewells in the Penultimate Round of Premier League Action
In Sir Alex Ferguson’s final home game of his career, Manchester United produced a performance typical of their iconic manager as Rio Ferdinand’s late strike sealed a 2-1 victory over a spirited Swansea City side. The defender volleyed home in the 87th minute for his first club goal in over five years, after Michu‘s clinical [...]
Borussia Dortmund Latest: Mario Gotze Back in Training
May 25th is rapidly approaching, and so is Mario Gotze’s rehabilitation process. A left hamstring injury in the second leg against Real Madrid forced the German international to exit the match not even 20 minutes in, and caused instant uproar whether or not he would be able to feature in the Champions League final against [...]
Manchester City to sack Roberto Mancini?
Manchester City failed to lift the FA Cup over the weekend as they were out matched and out played by a more determined Wigan Athletic side. According to sources from the Telegraph on May 12, 2013, the Italian manager is rumored to be on the chopping block after failing to end the season without any [...]
Watford vs Leicester City Ending One of the Best In Sport
It doesn’t get much better than this. We’ve seen comebacks before but the circumstances behind the Watford vs Leicester City Championship Playoff semi-final made this comeback something that will be spoken about for years to come. No, decades to come. The script couldn’t have been written any better - well it certainly could have for [...]
A Look at How Wayne Rooney Would Fit in Tactically at Arsenal
It was today revealed that Wayne Rooney certainly did hand in a transfer request recently, and his actions resulted in him being omitted from Sir Alex Ferguson’s final home game of his career. Speaking to the BBC, Ferguson confirmed Rooney’s actions and quickly responded to the club’s reaction.”We have refused it.” With Ferguson on his [...]
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