FOOTBALL NEWS,RUMOURS AND TRANSFERS

MANCHESTER UNITED THE RICHEST CLUB IN THE WORLD

2012-04-20T14:51:00.002+05:00

Manchester United are valued at 1.4 billion pounds , which means they remain number one rating for eighth year in a row . Arsenal are forth with value of 805 million pounds with Chelsea (474 million pounds) seventh and Liverpool have 386 million pounds and are eighth . Totenham (352 million pounds) are in 11th and Manchester City on 13th with value of (276 million pounds) .
Forbes says Manchester United , the 12-time champions are more worth 20% more than last year and are ranked as the most valuable team in any sport club in the world . They are worth 20 million pounds more then baseball's Newyork Yankees
Forbes also rates Manchester United as the most valuable sports brand in the World. Famous baseball team New York Yankees are in the second spot behind Manchester United. Spanish giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are third and fourth respectively in the Forbes list of the most valuable sports brands.

VAN DER VAART WANTS TO PLAY FOR A DUTCH CLUB

2012-04-19T16:28:00.000+05:00

Tottenham Hotspurs Midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart wants to quit Tottenham and move to any Holland club. Rafael Van Der Vaart is a very decorated footballer after winning the league with Ajax and also with Real Madrid.After a career that's also seen him play for German side Hamburg and Spanish giants Real Madrid since leaving Ajax in 2005 , he also wants to leave the Barclays Premier League

Van Der Vaart told international : I see it is an obligation to play football once again in Netherland's . I have a feeling I have to give back to the Eredivisie , for what it has meant to me .

FERGIE THINKS TO SIGN BILBAO'S STAR FOR 26 MILLION POUNDS

2012-04-19T15:54:00.001+05:00

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been rumoured to buy Oscar De Marcos who is Athletic Bilbao's midfielder . Bilbao's star Oscar De Marcos was outstanding against Manchester United in the UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE in the last 16 . However United needs to sign more players this summer , they will put a chunk of money to improve midfield and Oscar De Marcos is thier first choice .
Manchester United's boss Sir Alex Ferguson is sending out his best spy and head scout to see how Oscar De Marcos plays in the semi-finals of UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE in Portugal against Sporting Lisbon .

TORRES : I ALWAYS WANTED CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MORE THAN WC

2012-04-19T08:23:00.000+05:00

Spain and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres said that he always wanted to lift the UEFA Champion's League trophy even more than lifting the FIFA World Cup trophy. Torres who is hopeful to start against European champions Barcelona said that he has won the world cup but now he has set himself a new target and that is to win the champions league.
Fernando Torres is now just one match away from the UEFA champions league final after winning the first leg against Barcelona at the Stamford Bridge. Chelsea will play Barcelona at the Nou Camp at 24 April, a match which will define the seasons of the both clubs. If Chelsea win they will be playing their first ever Champions League final since 2008. and if Barcelona win they will be playing in fourth final in five years.

Rooney apologizes to nine year old for breaking his wrist

2012-03-23T14:34:00.002+05:00

Manchester United Striker Wayne Rooney has apologized to a nine year old boy after breaking his wrist. Jamie Thomas , a nine year old boy was at the Molineux Stadium watching the match. Rooney's way wide shot headed to Jamie , he tried to block it but the force of shot was too much for the boy and as a result Jamie's wrist was fractured. Wayne Rooney didn't know that he had broken his wrist.

Wayne Rooney last night apologized to Jamie and his parents. He wrote on twitter: " I want to apologise to Jamie Thomas, I have arranged for a letter and a signed shirt to be sent to his home address #getwellsoon". Rooney and Hernandez were taking some shots before the match in the warm up , Rooney missed one shoot and ball straight traveled to Jamie Thomas .

Mourinho to Tottenham ???????????

2012-03-17T10:18:00.002+05:00

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will look to bring Jose Mourinho to White Hart Lane if the FA chiefs come to get Harry Redknapp. Harry Redknapp has been the favorite choice of the FA chiefs for the England hot seat. Jose Mourinho known as the special one has insisted that he will not sign a new contract at Real Madrid and insists that he will return to England for the job.
Jose mourinho was seen last month looking for a good house in London. If Harry Redknapp goes for the England job in the summer or soon Tottenham Hotspurs will look to bring Jose Mourinho. But the problem is the wages of one of the best managers in the world. Current Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is paid 4 million a year. But Jose Mourinho will ask for at least 7 to 8 million a year. The question is whether Tottenham can pay a staggering 8 million to a manager.

ROBERTO DI MATTEO : ONLY TWO MOTHS LEFT TO RESCUE CHELSEA'S SEASON

2012-03-09T20:53:00.001+05:00

Roberto Di Matteo said to Chelsea's players that they have to work hard to save Chelsea's season . Di Matteo was parachuted at Stamford Bridge on Sunday after replacing Andre Vallias-Boss [AVB] . Beggining his season with an FA Cup win at Birmingham.
But with a top four finish and in the Champions League priorities , the real work for the Chelsea's former midfielder starts against Stoke tomorrow. This will be a must min game for Chelsea who welcome back Skipper John Terry who has been out for two months.

FERGIE WARNED BY FA

2012-03-09T20:31:00.001+05:00

Manchester united manager Sir Alex Ferguson was warned by the Football Association for talking publicly about the next England manager. Ferguson was told not to speak about the next England manager. Ferguson said last week that Harry Redknapp was the favourite to become the England's next manager. Fergie believes that Redknapp can replace Fabio Capello . After a 3-2 defeat in Europa League by Athletic Bilbao at Old Trafford, Ferguson was warned by Premier League and they told Ferguson to stop it. However , it appears the game's authorized are not comfortable with Ferguson's opinions.
Fergie said : It is important that all the difficulties are solved before the tournament EURO 12 starts .

Fergie SORRY for AVB

2012-03-05T17:07:00.000+05:00

Sir Alex Ferguson was among those who had sympathy for the sacked Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas. Ferguson said that he had felt very sorry for AVB and thought that the young highly rated manager was not allowed the time to settle at Stamford Bridge. Sir Alex also said that he was dissapointed but not surprised as the 34 year old manager was allowed to leave chelsea.
Andre Villas-Boas came to Chelsea at the start of the season. He arrivved from Fc Porto and had cost Roman Abramovich a staggering 12 Million pounds. Now as AVB is sacked Rafael Benitez, Pep Guardiola and Fabio Cappello are all tipped for the job at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea part ways with Andre Villas-Boas

2012-03-04T19:55:00.002+05:00

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked by Chelsea. Chelsea have confirmed on their official website that Chelsea have parted ways with the manager. They also said that they wish AVB good luck and they also said that their relationship ended very quickly. Chelsea also announced that Roberto Di Matteo, the assistant manger will take charge of the club as the manager until the end of the season.
Andre Villas-Boas had been under mounting pressure after only five wins from the last sixteen league games which have seen them drop out of the top four. Chelsea owner has sacked many managers duuring his reign and Andre Villas-Boas is seventh manager to be sacked by Roman Abramovich in NINE years. Chelsea are now standing fifth and are three points behind the fourth place Arsenal who have 46 points.
Chelsea will look to bring Former England manager Fabio Cappello on the caretaking basis but Cappello is not keen on the caretaking role, He wants a job on the permanant basis. Chelsea will look to bring Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola or former Liverpool and Inter Milan manager Rafael Benitez.

This is the LAST time i will face Harry as the spurs manager, FERGIE

2012-03-04T10:15:00.000+05:00

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that this will be the last time he will play against Harry Redknapp as the Spurs boss. Ferguson said that the Tottenham Hotspurs boss Harry Redknapp is the favourite to become the England manager and suceed Fabio Cappello as the England manager.
Manchester united will visit White Hart Lane on sunday evening for the crunch fixture, Both clubs will look to win the game. It is a must win game for Manchester United who now trail Manchester City by FIVE points after the league leaders won the game against Bolton 2-0 last night. Tottenham will also look to win the game to put pressure on the above two in the Barclays Premier League. Altough Tottenham are thirteen points behind Manchester city but they have a game in hand.

Guardiola new NO.1 target for Chelsea

2012-03-04T10:02:00.000+05:00

Pep Guardiola has become the new target for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Chelsea current manager Andre villas-Boas has been under a lot of pressure after the defeat at Westbromwich Albion. Reports say that Pep Guardiola has not signed a new contract with FC Barcelona and could end his reign with the club in the summer ( End of the season ).
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has tried eight world class managers with the likes of Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancellotti, Guus Hiddink and the current manager Andre Villas-Boas.
Andre Villas-Boas has been under a lot of pressure. Last night after the 1-0 defeat at The Hawthorns, it was the Seventh league defeat in the season.

FA: NO new boss until SUMMER

2012-03-02T21:47:00.001+05:00

FA have confirmed that they will not appoint a new manager until end of the season. FA general seceratary Alex Horne said that they have a shortlist of the possible canditates but the canditates they are looking for are in the clubs and appointing them the manager will disrupt the club and the league so they will appoint the manager just before the start of the EUROS.
Altough Harry Redknapp is the bookmaker's favourite to become the manager of the England football team and suceed Fabio Cappello. If FA dont appoint a new manager before the EUROS then the caretaker manager Stuart Pearce will manage the team at the Euros. Stuaart Pearce said that he has prepared well for the European Championship if FA fail to appoint a new manager.

Rooney fit to face Spurs

2012-03-02T21:30:00.001+05:00

England and Manchester united striker Wayne Rooney is fit to face Tottenham Hotspur on sunday. Rooney missed the Ajax and Norwich games due to soar throat. Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed today that Wayne Rooney will be fit to play against Spurs. Sir Alex will be very happy that the striker is available in time for the crunch tie against the londoners.
Althogh Wayne Rooney is fit to face Spurs, Tom Cleverley and Antonio Valencia are not available for the clash while defender Chris Smalling is also a major doubt for the game after he was taken to the hospital after a nasty collision with Dutch striker Klaas Jan-Huntelaar in the friendly against Holland while playing for England.

DARREN BENT INJURED, NOT TO PLAY AT EUROS

2012-02-29T21:05:00.001+05:00

England striker Darren Bent will not play in EURO 12 after suffering devastating injury. Darren Bent has been outstanding this season and he deserved to play with Wayne Rooney in England's starting 11 . Now Fraizer Campbell , Daniel Sturridge or Danny Welbeck will play with Wayne Rooney in the starting Line-up . He has had an ankle injury while playing for Aston Villa and is expected to come after EUROS. He is out for at least 3 months, His club confirmed. If he his back from injury before the EUROS it will be very difficult for him to be in the Squad for the EUROS with the likes of Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck and Fraizer Campbell competing for the squad.

KYLE WALKER OUT OF ENGLAND FRIENDLY

2012-02-29T19:23:00.001+05:00

Kyle Walker will not play England's friendly match agianst Holland. However it is believed that he had been outstanding tough, he played a full 90 mins match yesterday against and were defeated by Arsenal 5-2. Walker absence has now been confirmed by Tottenham and is due to ankle injury.

SCOTT PARKER CAPTAINS ENGLAND FOR HOLLANDS MATCH

2012-02-29T19:20:00.003+05:00

Scott Parker is made the captain for England against Holland match scheduled tonight . Scott Parker has been chosen the captain of England in place of Chelsea's skipper John Terry who was stripped off the England Captaincy over racism row of Himself and Anton Ferdinand who is the brother of former England Captain Rio Ferdinand.
Steven Gerrard,Joe Hart and James Milner were also be considered to make captain . Scott Parker has been outstanding this season and has got the applause from caretaker boss Stuart Pearce and he confirmed last night to be the captain of England for the game against the dutch Side.

Boss refused to make much anticipated Steven Gerrard captain at Wembley in the match against Holland , but did reveal that he had decided who would get the armband a weak or two weak ago .

FERGUSON: GIGGS and SCHOLES are the GREATEST

2012-02-27T17:08:00.000+05:00

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hailed the legends Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs as they both scored in the 2-1 win over Norwich city. Paul scholes scored in the first half and Ryan Giggs scored in the injury time to make the score 2-1. Sir Alex Ferguson said that these two players are the Legends of the greatest club in the world. He also said that without these two it would have been very difficult to win the game against Norwich.
Sir Alex Ferguson also hailed Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans and David De Gea. Rio Ferdinand played tremendously while Jonny Evans also had a good game but the Manchester United stopper David De Gea was outstanding. He made fantastic saves to deny Norwich City three points. On the other hand Norwich City had played very well and were looking to deny Manchester United three points until Ryan Giggs scored in the injury time to break the hearts of the Norwich City suppourters.

ROONEY and CLEVERLEY out of the Holland Match

2012-02-27T16:26:00.003+05:00

Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley have been ruled out of the England's Friendly against Holland. Rooney is out of the Friendly due to soar throat and he did not play against Norwich which Manchester Utd won 2-1 in injury time. Tom Cleverley was also called to play against Holland and was handed his debut but he has been ruled out due to an ankle injury he suffered while playing against Ajax in the Europa League.
This means that Tom Cleveley will not make his debut while there are a lot of Manchester United players in the England squad with the likes of Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck to play under caretaker manager Stuart Pearce.

STUART PEARCE NAMES ENGLAND SQUAD

2012-02-23T23:03:00.000+05:00

England care taker manager Stuart Pearce has announced his squad to face Holland .Pearce announced a very youthful team. The most most unpredictable inclusion was Wayne Rooney who is suspended for the first two EURO 12 games. The squad is as follows:
1- Scott Carson ( Bursaspor ) Keeper
2- Joe Hart ( Manchester City ) Keeper
3- Robert Green ( Westham United ) keeper
4- Gary Cahill ( Chelsea ) Defender
5- Ashley Cole ( Chelsea ) Defender
6- Leighton Baines ( Everton ) Defender
7- Glenn Johnson ( Liverpool ) Defender
8- Phil Jones ( Manchester United ) Defender
9- Micah Richards ( Manchester City ) Defender
10- Chris Smalling ( Manchester United ) Defender
11- Kyle Walker ( Tottenham ) Defender
12- Gareth Barry ( Manchester City ) Midfielder
13- Tom Cleverley ( Manchester United ) Midfielder
14- Stewart Downing ( Liverpool ) Midfielder
15- Adam Johnson ( Manchester City ) Midfielder
16- Steven Gerrard ( liverpool ) Midfielder
17- James Milner ( Manchester City ) Midfielder
18- Scott Parker ( Tottenham ) Midfielder
19- Ashley Young ( Manchester United ) Midfielder
20- Theo Walcott ( Arsenal ) Midfielder
21- Darren Bent ( Aston Villa ) Striker
22- Fraizer Campbell ( Sunderland ) Striker
23- Daniel Sturridge ( Chelsea ) Striker
24- Wayne Rooney ( Manchester United ) Striker
25- Danny Welbeck ( Manchester United ) Striker

Juventus offer 30 mil for Suarez

2012-02-23T14:54:00.001+05:00

Italian giants Juventus are preparing a 30 million bid for the controvesial Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. Juventus are very tempted to take the Urugyan star to Italy. Liverpool will also be be very tempted to offload the striker in the summer because of the embarrassement he heaped on the Mereysiders on racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
Juventes are offering an escape route to the Liverpool striker after he was banned for Eight games for racially abusing Evra. Luis Suarez can be very focal to the Liverpool's hopes this season but they will look to sell him in the summer.

PSG target LAMPARD

2012-02-23T14:39:00.000+05:00

England and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been approached by PSG, sources say. Lampard was left out of the chelsea starting lineup against Napoli as Chelsea were hammered by the Italians. Lampard was substituted in the second half but his frustration and anger for the treatment he recieved from AVB was not good. sources say that He and Ashley Cole confronted the manager at half time.
Sources say that Lampard could be leaving Chelsea in the summer.Paris Saint-Germain are the Favourites to land him. Former Chelsea Manager Carlo Ancellotti is now the manager at PSG and Lampard will be very tempted to unite with his former manager once more.
Elsewhere Ashley Cole has also been rumoured to leave Chelsea at the end of this season. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan are very much intrested to sign the English Left-back.

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!. Tevez Apologizes

2012-02-22T21:26:00.001+05:00

Former Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez has finally apologized to the Manchester City Manager, Staff and Players after he has been out without leave. Tevez is now set to return to City's First team and is set to play a major role in the title run-in. Tevez has only played three Premier League matches this season before his bust up with the italian Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini.
Carlos Tevez led the Eadtmidlands club to the fa cup last season ending their 35 years trophy drought. Tevez will not be available for selection as he has to go under training programs as he imposed a self-exile for himself. He will return to action after his training is over.

RIO: WE WANT TO WIN TO SHUT UP ALL THE NEW CITY FANS

2012-02-22T21:14:00.000+05:00

Manchester United Defender Rio Ferdnand stated that he wants to win the title to shut up all the new city fans.Manchester City have a two point advantage over thier local rivals Manchester United. But a defeat or a draw in even a single match, United can take over the lead at the top of the table.
Rio said that he wants to end City's growing support by winning the title. He also said that he didnot see any blue shirts in the town but nowadays people are talking about them and wearing blue shirts.
Rio Ferdinand has been top class this year and has been the spinal cord of the recent Manchester United victories.

ROONEY OUT WITH A SOAR THROAT

2012-02-22T20:59:00.001+05:00

Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney is out of the Ajax game Sir Alex confirmed. Wayne Rooney who has been in sensational form this season will not play against Ajax due to a soar throat.

The striker did not train today with the first team. This is a very bad news for Sir Alex, However Tom Cleverley is back who is going to play a full game. Anderson has also started training with the first team today after a lengthy spell out with a knee injury. Sir Alex said in his Pre match press conference that he will be giving some extra time to his youngsters tomorrow because Manchester United have a two goal lead over Ajax after goals from Ashley Young and Chicharito gave United a two goal cushion. Manchester United will play Ajax at Old Trafford at 18:05 pm (GMT).