In contemporary soccer, competition is very strong for every player, especially in the age of thirty plus, even though some players enjoy having best in the world just coz they have proven their reign throughout their career. Liverpool’s captain Steven Gerrard is one such soccer personality who has crossed thirty two years of age, yet Red’s manager is keen to offer him another term regardless of his growing age. According to Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers, there is much more still left with his captain who still has eighteen months remaining in his current contract. Performance wise, it has been fourteen long years passed by when Gerrard joined Liverpool, and he has since been a part of Liverpool’s A-team. In his long journey; he has scored 153 goals in his 609 league appearance for The Reds. Apart from this, he also has one hundred England caps to cheer about. Moreover, ever since Brendan Rodgers has been the manager of Liverpool, he has seen Gerrard as a part of every Premiere … [Read more...]
Karacan injured his knee much severely than expected; out for six weeks
Reading’s midfielder Jem Karacan sustained a knee injury during a match against Liverpool on 20th this month when he collided with Steven Gerrard. Initially, that injury was not expected to be a harsh one; perhaps everyone was hoping his comeback in less than a week. But Reading luck with injuries is not that bright, coz after Jem Karacan; who is also out for several weeks coz of his injury, Karacan’s injury is also found to be serious in nature that made him unavailable for at least six weeks. With this, Reading’s back luck continues this season coz it is yet to win a match despite its seven played matches till date. Injury’s status comes to know after Karacan went for a scan that showed how badly he got his knee injured. Reading’s next match was with Fulham on Saturday which ended in a score 3-3 draw, and as expected, Karacan was not the part of Saturday’s squad as well. It looks Reading’s fate in the league is tied with Karacan, coz he, earlier, also missed initial matches coz … [Read more...]