Entries Categorized as 'General'

FA: Too early to comment on the failure of ‘Respect’

Date September 24, 2008

FA has remained totally committed for their initiative to have the referees respected despite their campaign took a major battering during two games in the previous week.
Brian Barwick, who will be leaving his post as chief executive in a short time, launched the campaign ‘Respect’ in the early part of the year.
Barwick claimed that it [...]

‘More’ is what Wenger wants from Walcott

Date July 24, 2008

Arsene Wenger, the manager of the Arsenal Football club, has made it clear that the team desires more from striker Theo Walcott. Walcott is believed to be of very high potential and his skills are believed to be at par with the best footballers of the world.
Arsene Wenger was quoted saying that he would like [...]

Kaka move to Chelsea gets thumbs down

Date July 24, 2008

AC Milan has finally sealed all the news regarding a Kaka transfer, at least for now. The club was reportedly offered a huge amount of money by Chelsea. However, they have refused, bringing all the speculation and wild guesswork to an end.
Looking at the condition Chelsea are already in, this try to get Kaka is [...]

Ronaldo thinks it’s normal to be hunted by clubs

Date July 21, 2008

Christiano Ronaldo, the Winger from Portugal who has been in the news during this transfer period has said that it is normal for him to be hunted by clubs with lucrative offers. He felt that all great players continuously keep on getting offers from clubs, other then for whom they play.
The midfielder, often called ‘twinkle [...]

AC Milan: Kaka Not for Sale

Date July 21, 2008

Brazilian star Kaka, who also represents AC Milan, is said to have received a huge bid for his transfer to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea has had an eye on this 26 year old for quite sometime now and are pressing hard to sign him for this season.
AC Milan’s vice-president though dismissed the talks of any transfer [...]

Man U confident of playing Berbatov at Old Trafford

Date July 19, 2008

Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is confident of getting Bulgarian goal-machine Dimitar Berbatov to play at Old Trafford in sometime, positively completing the transfer before this transfer window closes. The main cause of all this speculation about mere formalities, however, seems to be the motive to put an end on the widely media-covered C. [...]

Wenger building ‘talent’ than bringing big ‘names’ to Emirates

Date July 19, 2008

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he prefers nurturing his talented youngsters than getting big players for the club. He maintained that he is in a position to buy some players, but deemed it better to rely on youngsters’ talent and their capability aroused by youthful hunger to be more than capable of bringing [...]

Seydi: Drogba to speak on future at Chelsea within 10 days

Date July 17, 2008

Chelsea’s star striker and Ivory Coast soccer team captain Didier Drogba, according to his agent Thierno Seydi, has got on to make a decision on his stay at Stanford Bridge within the coming 10 days.
Last November, Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho was shown the door, after which Drogba’s interest in staying at the London club seemed [...]

Berbatov will be finally playing at Old Trafford

Date July 17, 2008

Manchester United has finally got hold of Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov after what seemed to be a kind of tug-of-war between the two clubs, not for the player, but for the transfer money involved.
Manchester United firstly offered a sum of 20 million pounds, which was rejected by the Spurs, asking nothing short of 30 million [...]

Ronaldo out of action for twelve weeks

Date July 15, 2008

Christiano Ronaldo, the star winger from Portugal, who is currently caught in a tug-of-war between two of the biggest clubs in the world, has an operation for his ankle injury incurred during the recently concluded Euro Cup. This surgery is likely to keep him out of action for at least the coming twelve weeks.
According to [...]