So, things seem to be settling down back in Camp Nou thanks to Barca’s board members who finally decided to offer Messi a new record breaking deal. This is also good news for millions of fans who have recently been in suspense about the future of one of the finest strikers in soccer world. Unlike his arch rival Ronaldo, who fought for his contract extension with Real Madrid, Messi did not came himself forward and said nothing against the club, but his agent talked about his secret demands and why he deserves to be the highest paid player today. Matter was further heated when club vice president said in media that they cannot renew Messi contract every six month and then an untold war was started between Messi and Barca management. Thankfully, everything is now sorted out and 26-year-old Argentine footballer is ready to rule the world again. Interestingly, the news of his pay hike is announced by board member Javier Faus; this is the same man who refused to offer a pay hike to Messi … [Read more...]

Manchester United, the once ruling champion in English top flight, seems to be shattering this time thanks to their newly appointed manager and highly demoralized team which is not allowing them to recover from their bad start in the season. Though, beginning was not so welcoming but they somehow managed to surge their rankings a little bit later, but again, they are residing on the seventh place, and more importantly, their miserable defense in the last match is more in the news where they were defeated by Chelsea with a huge 3-1 margin. While Blues fans are applauding Samuel Eto’s brilliant hat-trick in the game, fifty-year-old Scottish football manager is holding poor defense responsible for missing important three points. If we look at the whole match, initial session has being dominated by United, but they could not capitalize their psychological edge for the whole match and left many loopholes into their back and Eto perfectly capitalized on that and gave his team an important … [Read more...]

Loyalty has its rewards in soccer and everyone is well aware of it, especially top serving officials like coaches and managers. But when someone tries to influence bosses with his repeated media statements, it is considered as flattering and Chelsea’s second term serving manager Jose Mourinho seems to be doing just that to impress Roman Abramovich who owns Chelsea. Everyone knows he had to leave Stamford Bridge last time due to his differences over some matters with the top management and now when he is back in the England he doesn’t want to repeat the past hence taking every step carefully, including his media bytes. He recently said that he would not like to leave Chelsea during his lifetime; in fact, he moved one step ahead and said until Abramovich throws him out he would continue to serve one of the league toppers. It is true that his arrival has proved to be lucky for his team as well and they are among top three for quite some time in the leaderboard, but should a manager of his … [Read more...]

Arsene Wenger seems to be one of the most active managers this January, especially after his team is enjoying a top spot in the English topflight. Actually, this season has been like a dream for Wenger wherein he is getting success on all fronts including in signing his aspiring players. The 64-year-old French football manager informed about the good progress they are making in targeting thirty-year-old French footballer Bacary Sagna and twenty-nine-year old German footballer Per Mertesacker. According to his recent media bytes, he claimed to have successfully reached on pre agreement stage and soon they will lock both players for their squad. Notably, Arsenal is topping the leaderboard at the moment though the difference is just one point to second positioned Manchester City, therefore Wenger wants to add some more power into its army before they could begin second half of the English premier league. If he somehow succeeds in brining both of them to Holloway, they would add more … [Read more...]