Whenever a player switches to another side after an apparent clash with club bosses, it is assumed he would not enjoy the smooth relations with his former side for some time, and it is true too to some extent where we usually see these kinds of players ignore their former boss publically, but this seems not to be true in case of Liverpool and its former youngster Raheem Sterling who recently made a switch to Manchester City at £49 million. Actually, Liverpool has had a reputation of losing promising players for peanuts, we have seen this happened in case of Suarez who they transferred to Barcelona last year and later club paid the price when none of their replacements could work in their favor. Now, experts are calling same mistake is being repeated by the Reds when they agreed over the transfer talk with Manchester giant. Although, it was evident since last few weeks that 20-year-old is keen to make a switch but nobody had expected Brendan Rodgers would do this again. Anyways, … [Read more...]
Van Gaal seals Morgan Schneiderlin deal with Southampton for £25m
Louis van Gaal seems to be hyper active these days in his affords to overhaul every field placement Manchester United has been week in last year. He brought in Southampton 25-year-old midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin into his side to strengthen their center positions. Although, the deal was in talk for quite some time now but there were minor issues regarding salary of the Frenchman but finally everything agreed upon and St Mary's side settled £25m fee for Schneiderlin on Sunday for a four year contract with a clause to extend it by one more year if club wants to. For now, Schneiderlin is required to go through medical tests and negotiations regarding his personal terms which should not be a big concern for the Dutchman. If we look at Man Utd summer signings especially after arrival of Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, they are on the edge of crossing £80 million which could create a problem for their financial think-tank since FFPs may not allow them spend that much amount looking … [Read more...]
Iker Casillas ends his 25-year glorious spell with Real Madrid
Real Madrid has even been one of the finest soccer clubs every player wants to play for for a maximum time in his professional career but not everyone succeeds in doing what Iker Casillas has done playing for the Spanish giant. The 34-year-old Spanish footballer ended his 25-year-old relationship with Santiago Bernabéu side when he decided to move to Porto. It was an emotional moment for the goalie who has so long been the integral part of one one of the biggest soccer playing sides on earth, and like always, he was more than happy to serve them so long. Age used to be his biggest hurdle else he was having two more years in his contract but after three unsuccessful seasons; it was probably the right for him to voluntarily say goodbye to Spanish fans. While on the other side, Portuguese side Porto is happy to have the Real man with them and ready to welcome him when he plays his first game in Portugal. This is not all of a sudden move actually, in fact, rumors were in the air for long … [Read more...]
Firing Blatter is back, blames Europe to conspire against him
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter may be facing the heat from every corner but this 79-year-old Swiss administrator seems to be in no mood to take any of the charges levied against him lightly. He seems to be issuing media statements every other day and now he raises another burning issue, the reforms, and alleges there is no one in Europe who seriously cares about future of football, however, a lobby is systematically working round the clock to defame his reputation he earned in decades of service. He clearly said FIFA reform was just an excuse to debar him from world governing body. Notably, he surprisingly added and refused to take responsibility of any wrongdoing done by the others in terms of undue favor during election or otherwise. He intelligently starts making a ground for his defense if any of the arrested FIFA officials is proved to have done any favor in return of money or non-monetary benefits. This is noteworthy that Swiss investigators arrested some fourteen top FIFA … [Read more...]
Peter Barnes advices Liverpool to name Milner captain
Liverpool has probably been the only league side everyone expect to show their best every season thanks to their past when they used to be invincible. Last season was arguably their worst in many years when they made several mistakes one after another and could only end their campaign residing on eighth position on the leaderboard, but neither fans nor its well-wishers want to repeat the same hence Reds are getting invaluable advices from every corner about how they can regain their lost pride. Manchester City legend, Peter Barnes, is the next who offers his expert advice to the Anfield side when said they should immediately name new signee James Milner as the captain if they want to confidently begin their next league season. This is a known fact that Brendan Rodgers needed someone who could motivate the team ahead of the league season and after arrival of several new signees it is important too. The outgoing captain Steven Gerrard was one of the best for the job in Barnes eyes too, … [Read more...]
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