The most prolific soccer personality of our times, 71-year-old Manchester United Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson has announced his retirement as the manager of his club after a regime of over 26 years at Old Trafford. The news is perhaps the biggest in the soccer world today, coz he is undoubtedly the most successful football manager ever seen in soccer winning as many as 38 trophies, including 13 league titles for his club and one FIFA Club World Cup. Chief executive David Gill has also announced his retirement along with Alex. Actually, he had to retire back in 2002, but, somehow, he changed his mind and decided to continue his winning streak and finally added many more titles to his name. Retiring after winning current EPL title is like retiring from the top which is well suited to his class of soccer personality. It is very hard to find a suitable replacement for a manager like Ferguson, but things need to continue as before, hence two names are in the front to take his position: one is … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Blazer banned after accusing embezzlement of $21m
It is not a far behind incident when FIFA executive member, a high net worth American: Chuck Blazer, raised the eyebrow of everyone by blowing a cash for vote scandal being happened among some of the CONCACAF members at that point of point, perhaps he was actually the convener of a major anti-corruption reform at FIFA. Today, he has himself been accused of embezzling more than $21m and hence is banned for any soccer related activities for an initial period of ninety days. It is a rare case where an accuser is becoming an accused after blowing a larger than life scandal at FIFA; perhaps it was him who caused a spate of Caribbean officials being sanctioned by FIFA. The ban imposed on former CONCACAF general secretary is provisional at the moment, but it can further be enhanced as investigations carry to their peak. In 2001, he was a public figure when he whistled an issue related to CONCACAF members who reportedly took money in bribe during a conference in Trinidad which was held to hear … [Read more...]
Arsenal fights for third place after defeating QPR
English Premier League is counting its days and so its leaderboard’s final positions. Top two positions are almost fixed with their takers while a fight is still on for the third and fourth places in the league. There are three contenders for these two positions who are close to each other: Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham. These three teams are almost equal with their points; however, Arsenal has played 36 matches while Chelsea has played two matches less than it. So, at the moment, Arsenal and Chelsea have occupied the third and fourth places while Tottenham is at fifth place with an equal number of points as Chelsea. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has in-fact warned other two teams that they are up for a good fight to survive in the top four which can give them a birth in UEFA Champions League. Their confidence level is even higher after their 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers; the only goal of the match was fired by Theo Walcott in just twentieth second of the game – fastest in the … [Read more...]
Tony Fernandes says he has been exploited at Loftus Road
Final leaderboard rankings of current EPL season have almost been finalized, so it’s time to reevaluate the performance of each club in the league along with which official or player has been the biggest cause of defeat for his club. QPR is one of the few teams who could not win too many matches, perhaps their overall performance in the league was not impressive either and that is why they were relegated last week after their 0-0 draw with Reading. Tony Fernandes, the Malaysian businessman, who happens to be the chairman of QPR, has now been blaming his bosses for exploiting him throughout his stay of around two years at Loftus Road. Notably, he joined the club back in August 2011 and could never sustain any significant achievement on the pitch though he spent some mouthwatering amounts for buying his favorite players like Shaun Wright-Phillips, Djibril Cisse, Anton Ferdinand, Bobby Zamora, Christopher Samba and Loic Remy. In fact, last two were too expensive with their combined price … [Read more...]
ManU shows record £91.7m third quarter revenue
Manchester United seems to be rolling the soccer world by its performance on both off the field and on the field. Everyone knows that it has won its 20th English Premier League title with four matches in hand, and now it posts record revenue for the third quarter ending 31st march 2013. The balance sheet it much impressive than what it was during last quarter, coz there is a surge in every significant revenue head. Like, there is a total revenue total of £91.7m, including sponsorship revenue which has increased by more than 50% YoY. Similarly, earning before income tax and depreciation allowances, which is considered the real income for a period, has also increased by 22.5 percent. More significantly, United also managed to reduce their high rising debts in last nine months, perhaps now its third party debts stand at 367.6 million pounds – a well deserving drop of 16 percent. The major contribution to debt reduction was its public offering in the last August where it became a listed … [Read more...]
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