Manchester City have reported that manager Roberto Mancini has signed a new five year contract to manage the club until summer 2017. Mancini led City to a historic first Premier League win last season in dramatic circumstances – their first league title since 1968 – and was delighted to agree the new deal. He said: […]
Ryan Giggs named British football team captain for London 2012 Olympics
Ryan Giggs was this morning named as the Team GB football team captain for the London 2012 Olympics. The Manchester United veteran was one of three over-aged players named in coach Stuart Pearce’s squad and is hugely experienced with two decades of top level football experience.
QPR agree deal to sign United’s Ji-Sung Park
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 […]