Giving a shock to Everton, midfielder Ross Barkley damaged his medial ligament during a training session on Monday that could oust him from the game for five long months. It is informed by the manager Roberto Martinez after knowing the depth of his injury through severe medical scans. Barkley has indeed been one of the most promising youngsters in the league side with a descent record. He played thirty matches for his side in the last season and Toffees won eighteen of them making him one of the luckiest too. He was also in the English national team played in just concluded Brazilian world cup and made his debut as substitute in the game with Italy. His absence from the upcoming league season is definitely a major blow for the whole team especially manager Martinez who was taking him as vital role player for upcoming domestic campaign. The another big trouble for the 22-year-old could be the fact that a long recovery period could as well out him from national duty specifically from … [Read more...]
Moyes describes United job as next to impossible
David Moyes, the infamous former Manchester United boss, finally talked about his dreadful journey in England. He spoke about his experience residing into the shoe of Sir Alex Ferguson for ten months and described how he had to fight for everything out there. Notably, his spell being as the boss of then league defender ended in less than one year when bosses sacked him for not even touching the top four positions of the leaderboard that year. It is indeed the first time he has ever chatted about his nightmare leading one of the most successful English sides and said had he been given more time he would surely prove why he was the most suitable for the job once reigned by Alex for more than two decades. Though, he acknowledged the way he was asked to leave the job was way too weird for a person of his caliber especially for his family who had to pass through lots of social trauma thereafter. Explaining his decision to accept the most pressing job in England he said in the interview, … [Read more...]
Luis Suarez satisfied as CAS upheld his ban with some ease
The difference between good and star players is thin and narrow; while good players, most of the time, search for the better opportunities, star players are those who convert every available opportunity into the biggest one and former Liverpool forward Luis Suarez is the perfect example of this. When the whole world is censuring FIFA for its harsh verdict against the Uruguayan international, Player of the Year is taking it as a blessing in disguise. Yes, the first reaction ever since Barca star landed in the Switzerland for the hearing of his second appeal in front of final appellant authority: CAS has now come after getting some relaxation from the international arbitrator. He says, “(I’m) happy to be with his teammates and feel like a footballer again.” This is now a world known fact that Suarez bit Italian player Giorgio Chiellini during a world cup game and later FIFA disciplinary committee found him guilty of breaching the mortal code of conduct on third occasion in two years … [Read more...]
Rodgers talks about Suarez biting episode and its aftermaths
Uruguayan international Suarez is in the news right from the moment he bit Italian player in the world cup game and now ever after CAS’s dismissal to his second appeal, he remains in the top list of media hungry peoples, in fact each of his fans wants to know about every moment of his professional life. The once Liverpool star is now being missed at the Anfield. Yes, this is revealed by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers when he put his ego aside and praised his star headliner. Admiring their most controversial forward he says he is capable to come back with a bang after four months. Notably, Barcelona signed Uruguayan forward at an impressive 75 million pounds figure last month after FIFA issued a nine international games ban along with debarring him from any football related activity for four long months, though, CAS has now relaxed his sanction by only including the official matches. Actually, Rodgers spent some two years with serial biter and in these years his relations with him have … [Read more...]
CAS upheld, though limited its scope, Suarez ban
Slapping another hand on the face of the Uruguayan international Luis Suarez, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected his appeal to reconsider his four months ban issued by the FIFA disciplinary committee during the world cup for his biting act to Italian player Giorgio Chiellini. His first appeal to reconsider the decision had already been rejected by the FIFA itself in June and CAS was his last hope, but unfortunately, even this tribunal found his mistake worthy enough to exile him from the game. Importantly, his ban had until disallowed him to even travel with his club team, but giving some relief to the Barcelona forward, CAS has granted him permission to train with his club. The verdict is strange not because it is being upheld by the supreme sports arbitration authority but because both Suarez and his battery of lawyers were confident his sanction would surely be reduced since pressure was building up on the judge for giving him some kind of relief. The good news is … [Read more...]
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