Patrick Vieira signs for Manchester City
Posted by admin on Jan 08, 2010 | Leave a Comment
PATRICK Vieira has become the first signing of Roberto Mancini’s reign at Manchester City with the former Arsenal captain returning to the Premier League on an initial six-month deal.
Vieira, who was voted the fifth greatest player in Arsenal’s history in a poll in 2008, joins City from Inter Milan having failed to secure regular first-team football under Jose Mourinho this season and has the option of extending...
Veron turns down Manchester City
Posted by admin on Jan 07, 2010 | Leave a Comment
MIDFIELDER Juan Sebastian Veron has turned down a 7-million-pound (US$11.2 million) offer to move from Argentine club Estudiantes to the English Premier League’s Manchester City.
Veron’s representative said the Argentina playmaker turned down the overture from City manager Roberto Mancini. The two played together at Italian clubs Lazio and Sampdoria and Mancini later coached Veron at Inter Milan.
Veron’s representative...
January tournament plays havoc on EPL clubs
Posted by admin on Jan 07, 2010 | 2 Comments
THE African Nations Cup is due to have a major impact upon events at both ends of the English Premier League table.
Leaders Chelsea have seen Ivory Coast forwards Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou as well as Ghana midfielder Michael Essien and Nigeria’s John Obi-Mikel, all depart for Angola where the 2010 competition starts on Sunday.
Chelsea’s Italian boss Carlo Ancelotti already has one of the best-equipped squads...
Stoke City hold off Fulham fightback
Posted by admin on Jan 06, 2010 | Leave a Comment
STOKE were forced to hold off a late Fulham rally to secure a first league win in six games in a topsy-turvy match in snowy conditions at the Britannia.
Some dire defending allowed Stoke to go into the break three goals up, Tuncay kick-starting it with a neat header.
Abdoulaye Faye then slid in from close range and Mamady Sidibe half-volleyed the third with the Potters comfortable.
Damien Duff’s deflected shot and...
Stoke City beat Fulham 3-2
Posted by admin on Jan 06, 2010 | Leave a Comment
STOKE City climbed into the top half of the Premier League table with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Fulham at a snowy Britannia Stadium.
Tony Pulis’s Stoke went in at half-time with a three-goal advantage after goals from Tuncay, Abdoulaye Faye and Mamady Sidibe.
Damien Duff’s 61st-minute strike prompted an unlikely comeback with Clint Dempsey’s superb 35-yard volley further reducing the deficit five minutes...
Warning on England’s future after EPL match with no Englishmen
Posted by admin on Jan 02, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ENGLAND’s national team face a bleak future, Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce warned after Wednesday’s game between Portsmouth and Arsenal became the first in the top flight not to feature an English player in the starting line-up.
“For the national team in the future it is looking very, very bleak,” Allardyce said at a news conference ahead of his team’s third-round FA Cup tie against Aston Villa at the weekend.
“The...
Fergie delighted with precocious youngsters
Posted by admin on Jan 02, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ALEX Ferguson enters a new year and new decade as manager of Manchester United confident the future of the club is in safe hands.
A new generation of young stars have been given their opportunities in the first half of the current campaign and Ferguson has promised he will retain his policy of using a relatively inexperienced side for the first leg of United’s eagerly-anticipated League Cup semi-final with Manchester...
Arsenal move for Brazilian teenager Wellington Silva
Posted by admin on Jan 02, 2010 | 1 Comment
According to a report, Arsenal have completed a deal for Brazilian starlet Wellington Silva.
Arsene Wenger has been scouting the youngster for over a year, and has finally come to a £3.5 million agreement with his club Fluminense, according to his agent Rodrigo Pitta, who said: “We completed the transaction last week, the player is already Arsenal’s and Fluminense have already received some money.”
Wellington...
Chelsea boss backs under-fire keeper Cech
Posted by admin on Jan 02, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has described Petr Cech as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and expects him to bounce back from his recent jitters.
Ancelotti’s men have looked vulnerable from set-pieces and Cech’s communication with his defenders has been highlighted after the Premier League leaders took just nine points from 18 in December. However, Ancelotti believes errors come from his goalkeeper...
