Robin van Persie, a long admired target of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, has declared that he will not be signing a new contract at Arsenal for what appears to be “footballing reasons” – an oft-used reason recently. The Gunners’ talismanic striker, who has only one solitary FA Cup winners’ medal to show for eight […]
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London Olympics 2012: Giggs or Beckham for Great Britain?
The 18-man Great Britain squad for the Olympics has been announced and, as we now know, Stuart Pearce has left David Beckham out of his three over-age picks from the 18 man squad. There will be five Welsh players joining 13 English players. With Craig Bellamy, Ryan Giggs and Micah Richards named as the over-age […]
Manchester’s footballing Olympians
Manchester United and City have provided three players to the Great Britain squad for the Olympic Games. United midfielder Ryan Giggs and City defender Micah Richards are two of the three over-age players in the 18-man Great Britain pool. Reds’ midfield man Tom Cleverley has also been named along with former City players Craig Bellamy and Daniel Sturridge. […]
Beckham omitted from Olympic London 2012 football squad
David Beckham has not been selected as one of Great Britain’s three over-age players in their final 18-man football squad for the Olympics. GB coach Stuart Pearce informed the former England captain of his decision in a phone call on Wednesday night. Beckham said: “Naturally I am very disappointed, but there will be no bigger […]
Things we learned from Spain vs Italy
The game itself ended 1-1, probably the right result in the end but entertainment was at a premium in what was a highly tactical game. Here are some points of note from the game: Mario Balotelli does frustrated like few others. It was a performance that will have been familiar to City fans as the […]