It appears as though the Hammers have found a replacement for Alan Curbishley, and this appointment will be a surprise to many. After all, while the likes of Curbs and Alan Pardew may not have been flavour of the month with every supporter, they at least had some experience of managing in England before assuming […]

Ex-Real Madrid coach Vincente del Bosque is set to take charge of European Championship holders Spain until the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With this move to a tried-and-tested, older manager could this point to the end for young ex-players?
The president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) Angel Maria Villar proposed the nomination of […]

Perhaps Cesc Fabregas will get his hands on some silverware this season after all.

Or does it not really matter whether a football club is prepared to bung a few extra quid in your pay packet when you’re positively rolling in it anyway? The Daily Mirror report that desperate times call for desperate measures and the Blues, fearful of a certain Portuguese football manager in charge of Internazionale, have […]

Kasey Keller was pretty rubbish for Fulham towards the end of the season, despite the Cottagers staying in the Premier League after a last-day victory at Portsmouth. It was clear that the American was only a temporary number one, and The Guardian report that Roy Hodgson has pounced for Mark Schwarzer to guard the Fulham […]

It has long been thought in Italy that Palermo’s Brazillian-born, nearly-Italian striker Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira, fondly known as just Amarui, will be on his way this summer. It is only rival in the “it’s given” stakes has been that he’d be on his way to Turin. Juventus have publically stated their admiration for the […]

AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini, who has been in his mid-30’s for a good 15 years now, has hinted that this season may not be his last like he has previously stated.
The atmosphere makes me want to play one more year. I felt much worse three months ago; things are better now. I love this […]

What is it about Italy that foreigners love and ruminate even when they have moved across to other lands? Whatever it may be, Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko makes no mistake in underlining that he still loves Italy.
Goal.com quotes the Ukrainian international telling The Sun:
I feel nostalgic for Italy. I miss my friends and certain things […]