It has become a trend in soccer now where managers and coaches try to hire their charming players whenever they join new clubs, we have seen something like this is in the making with Chelsea where its new manager is putting his all resources to hire some of the best talents he has played with while at Everton. Moroccan footballer Adel Taarabt is the next in this trend, and his long back associate Martin Jol wants him in Fulham while he is still in contract with English club QPR. Actually, things went in player’s favor when QPR was relegated to Championship and Harry Redknapp's side had to rethink on their strategy for the next season and Taarabt doesn’t deserve a place in his new side, hence he decided to let him go on loan to another League club Fulham. The 24-year-old was given a contract extension in the last season therefore it would have not been viable to sell him, perhaps club can get back some of its signed amount back via his loaned departure. Fulham manager Martin Jol singed … [Read more...]
130-year old football club Coventry City goes into liquidation
Can you ever imagine that a stadium that hosted matches of just concluded London Olympics can see the darkness of closure? Yes, this is something that is being happened with Ricoh Arena, a small stadium having just 32000 seating capacity and belongs to Coventry City Football Club, coz its 130-year-old club in on the bank of a liquidation. The news is noteworthy for English soccer fans coz this is something that should have not been done with a legendary club who has been facing financial problems off late. The more than a century old club has been the FA champion back in 1987 perhaps it has then been one of leading soccer clubs in the country and enjoying his prominent position since last 34 years, but after that, it saw a downfall both in its balance sheet as well in its status and was relegated to a third tier club. Actually, the financial crunch at the club started when a long pending dispute between its owners, a hedge fund, and landlord of its stadium escalated to the court of … [Read more...]
FIFA tightens its belt for WC preparations delay
FIFA, who has been criticized on several occasions by different experts of the business for giving too much leverage to Brazil, has again reiterated that WC organizers need to submit all the pending WC venues before soccer's showcase event kicks off in June 2013. Notably, there are around 12 stadiums that are still behind their schedule despite allowing time extension on more than two occasions, and according to the governing body, they want six of them completed by the end of this year. Actually, the whole drama is being taken place to hide some of the materialistic facts about upcoming world cup and one of them is extensive protests in the host country. According to a survey conducted by an independent agency, here, in Brazil, more than half of the civilians are against of hosting a mega sporting event at the cost of their day-to-day necessities. Keeping these facts apart, FIFA is trying to emphasis over how preparation work is going on there. Jerome Valcke, the secretary general at … [Read more...]
PSG seeks more money from Nike deal
French giant PSG has always been one of the biggest buyers in soccer fraternity, and that is why whenever they are subjected to comply with UEFA’s Financial Fair policy, they look for more sources to increase their paper revenue. One of their longest running sponsorship partner Nike, who has been associated with them back since 1989, is reportedly being asked to pay more via their new deal with Paris Saint-Germain. Their current contract is scheduled to expire next year, and Ligue 1 champion wants to revise their annual rates with a comprehensive margin. What they are asking is not yet confirmed but some media houses reported that they want nothing less than a threefold increase to their earlier €6.5 million per year contract, which means, they are seeking around €20 to €30 million in their new deal. This could be a big problem for Nike coz they are already running a contract with French national side at around €40 million per year and if they ever accept PSG’s demand, national … [Read more...]
Liverpool heavily depends upon Suarez: Steven Gerrard
Soccer has ever been treated as a team game where each player has his decided role and he needs to perform nothing but the best in his given area. However, things start going wrong when this age-old theory works in different direction, like what is happening at League club Liverpool. There have been several talks in recent times over its key player Luis Suarez’s transfer, perhaps player himself has asked them to relieve him but Reds are in no mood to let him go at any cost. Recently, Arsenal looks to be a dedicated buyer for the star footballer; it has ever submitted two bids: one for £40million and next one for £1 extra, but bosses at Liverpool did not give their due consideration to any of them. In fact, the second bid was intelligently put forward by the Invincibles coz they know it will trigger a contract clause and Suarez can legally bind his club to initiate his transfer proceedings. According to latest news coming from Anfield, captain Gerrard has admitted to be so dependent on … [Read more...]
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