Spare a thought for Sparky Hughes. The poor lad did a magnificent job managing Blackburn but having jumped into the hot seat at Manchester City, he now finds his position increasingly untenable as key decisions are being made behind his back.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez decided to wind journalists up last night after the Reds beat Lazio 1-0 in a friendly, by announcing the club were on the verge of signing a major target.
Of course, everyone knew he meant Gareth Barry, but he refused to name the Aston Villa midfielder.
Although Villa boss Martin O’Neill conceded last […]

West Ham have sacked dumped Freddie “The Pants” Ljungberg.
Or to put it nicely, West Ham announced on Wednesday that they have released midfielder Freddie Ljungberg after an agreement was reached to terminate his contract.

Those cheeky chappies at the Daily Torygraph reckon Rafael Benitez’s pencilled Friday into his diary as the date Gareth Barry finally pulls on a red shirt.

Lo and behold, Arsenal could be about to do something interesting in the transfer market. Arsène Wenger wants Xabi Alonso to form a Spanish midfield axis with Cesc Fábregas at Arsenal next season, reckons the Guardian.

Liverpool are reportedly set to sell Andrei Voronin in a bid to raise cash to purchase Gareth Barry.
The Daily Mirror reckons Rafa Benitez is set to offload the under-performing striker to an undisclosed German club for something in the region of £3 million, which will help finance the move for Villa captain Barry.
Despite scoring […]

Liverpool’s pre-season is well underway, with the Reds notching up their second victory of the summer after a 2-1 victory over Swiss side FC Lucerne.

Liverpool’s Danish defender Daniel Agger, out of action since last September with a foot injury that required surgery, came unscathed through 76 minutes of the Reds’ 1-0 victory at Tranmere on Sunday.

Paul Ince has clearly been out in the sun too long if he reckons Robbie Fowler still has what it takes to compete in the Premier League.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has finally admitted what we all knew anyway: Valencia player David Villa is on his list of potential striker recruits after Peter Crouch’s impending departure to Portsmouth.
But is David Villa the right man to play alongside Torres next season?