The BBC report that QPR have agreed a deal to sign Manchester United’s Ji-Sung Park in a deal worth £5m. The 31 year old midfielder, who had one year left on his contract, had been one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s most trusted midfielders in recent years, starting most of United’s big games but had featured […]
Robin van Persie decides to leave Arsenal, should he come to Manchester?
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 […]
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 […]
Silva wins battle of City forwards as Spain romp home against luckless Italians
Record breaking Spain won a third consecutive tournament with a record breaking 4-0 scoreline in Kiev against a luckless Italy side who went down to ten men after just an hour due to injuries. David Silva opened the scoring for a superb Spain side, smashing a succession of European Championships records along the way, and […]
Balotelli’s double strike stuns Germany and sends Italy into the final of Euro 2012
GERMANY 1, ITALY 2 A first half double from Mario Balotelli stunned an expectant Germany and sent Italy into the final of Euro 2012 despite a second half fightback and what turned out to be an added time consolation penalty converted by Mesut Ozil. The Germans have now failed to beat Italy in eight attempts […]