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...]

Media plays an important role these days to decide anything related to soccer players/officials. We have seen in the past how Messi was dragged into tax evasion controversy in Spain, then, media highlighted the issue even more and tried to convict Barca starlet. The same issue again seems to be repeating in Spain where a local court has asked for contract details of young Brazilian forward Neymar from Barcelona and Santos where he used to be associated earlier. The matter was heated when some media sources said that actual amount paid for the forward was much more than what it was shown in the deal contract, in fact, some sources also detailed that it was done intentionally to defeat tax liability to Spanish giant. However, later, La Liga champions refused to accept media created theory and promised to conduct an internal inquiry into the matter. Case is now in front of a local court who has asked for both the versions of same deal: one from Barca and another from Brazilian club. … [Read more...]