Wolves boss Terry Connor says that all he can ask of his players in their current predicament is that they try to finish the season as best they can Wolves, who take on Arsenal at Molineux on Wednesday night, are staring the prospect of relegation from the Premier League in the face after losing [...]
Winger Nani is available for Manchester United’s home match with Queens Park Rangers on Sunday after recovering from the ankle injury that has sidelined him for the last five matches. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told reporters he was delighted Nani was back in training, adding, “He is a good addition because he is such [...]
Roberto Mancini has confirmed Carlos Tevez is in contention to feature in Manchester City’s game against Chelsea next week. Tevez returned to training with City a month ago after ending his Argentinean exile, and has since played in two reserve games. With City having failed to score in the recent defeats to Sporting and Swansea, [...]
John Terry is set to return to the Chelsea starting line-up at Stamford Bridge for their match against Stoke, and make his first appearance since undergoing knee surgery. Terry has been out since January, but returned to the Chelsea squad as an unused substitute for Wednesday’s FA Cup win against Birmingham and appears likely [...]
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he was not surprised by Chelsea’s decision to sack Andre Villas-Boas, lamenting the lack of time afforded to managers in the modern game. Villas-Boas was axed on Sunday after a 1-0 defeat at West Brom was deemed the final straw for owner Roman Abramovich following a tumultuous first [...]
Chelsea have become a “serious embarrassment” to the Premier League after firing Andre Villas-Boas just eight months into his reign, the head of England’s League Managers’ Association (LMA) said on Monday. Dumping the inexperienced 34-year-old Villas-Boas on Sunday left owner Roman Abramovich searching for his eighth manager since buying Chelsea nine years ago. The instability [...]
As has been predicted a number of times in this column Chelsea and in particular Russian owner Roman Abramovich would not tolerate the antics of manager Andre Villas-Boas for very much longer and with every defeat his tunure at the club was shortened. Saturday’s loss to the Baggies at the Hawthornes was the final straw and the [...]
After Luis Suarez’ refusal to shake the hand of Patrice Evra prior to the Premier League match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday, Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Suarez a “disgrace who should never be allowed to play for Liverpool again“. Is all this really necessary? Why not let the two [...]
Manchester City bad boy Mario Balotelli has been charged with violent conduct by the FA and faces a four-match ban after stamping on Tottenham’s Scott Parker’s head during Sunday’s 3-2 win at Eastlands. Balotelli, who had already received a yellow card, escaped sanction for treading on Parker’s head and went on to score the 94th-minute penalty that [...]
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini thinks only European champions Barcelona could cope with the huge number of absentees that the club have to deal with at present. The Toure brothers, David Silva and Vincent Kompany all missed the midweek Carling Cup defeat to Liverpool for various reasons – the Toures are at the African Nations Cup, [...]