Wayne Rooney has been accused of being arrogant and warned he faces another test of his fragile temperament when he leads England's attack against Andorra. When he plays Croatia, he's probably not so arrogant. Rooney is set to renew hostilities with defender Oscar Sonejee, who fought a running battle with him in March last year. Click to continue reading...

Joey Barton has been banned for 6 matches and fined £25,000 for his attack on former team-mate Ousmane Dabo. The Newcastle star been banned for a total of 12 games with six of those suspended until the end of the 2009-2010 season. Barton has already been charged by the police and received a four-month suspended prison sentence [. Click to continue reading...

George McCartney has refuted claims that he handed in a transfer request before being allowed to return to Sunderland on Monday. The Northern Ireland international insists that while he did want to head back north for family reasons, he was happy to accept Alan Curbishley's stance that he wasn't going to sell him. Click to continue reading...

Mexican hotshot Giovanni Dos Santos is aiming to fire Spurs into the Champions League this season, a feat they have been trying to achieve for years. The Lillywhites have come close in recent seasons but have so far failed, to crack the impenetrable top four. The former Barecelona attacking midfielder however, is adamant his new club must [. Click to continue reading...

Media reports suggest that Arsenal having missed out on several targets during the transfer window could make a move for long-term West Hammers target Stephen Appiah. The midfielder, who is a free agent after agreeing his release from Fenerbahce has been heavily linked with a move to Upton Park, although following Alan Curbishley's departure the Irons [. Click to continue reading...

Despite being without a manager West Ham have completed the signing of Uruguayan defender Walter Lopez. In a clear indication of the influence of technical director Gianluca Nani has at Upton Park the Hammers have snapped up the free-agent on a one-year deal, following his release by River Plate. It is also thought the Italian will now [. Click to continue reading...

Spurs may face a battle to hold onto assistant manager Gus Poyet, who has been made the early favourite to succeed Kevin Keegan at Newcastle. The Uruguayan is viewed as a very valuable member of Juande Ramos' staff at White Hart Lane, although the 40-year-old could be tempted to step up to take charge in his [. Click to continue reading...

The man hailed as the new Ronaldinho, Giovanni Dos Santos has said that Mexican team-mate Carlos Vela, will only be a foe on the pitch. The emerging Spurs star insists that he is good friends with Arsenal's new striker despite the great long running rivalry between the two's new clubs. Giovanni told FourFourTwo: ''We're only enemies on [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City managing director Garry Cook has warned the Premier League that the Blues' new owners are thinking 'large scale' - and that could include a bid for Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. Provided their new owners from Abu Dhabi back up their statements with hard cash, there appears little to prevent City muscling into England's [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham striker Carlton Cole has revealed he has no intentions to leave Upton Park and would like to pledge his future to the east Londoners. The 24-year-old was subject to a lot of speculation on transfer deadline day, with Sunderland reportedly interested in the forward. But the former Chelsea man has revealed that he never [. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger is confident that his young guns will be able to compete for major trophies this season despite claims that his side lacks strength in depth. The Frenchman is confident however that his young squad can cope with the demands of delivering silverware after three trophyless seasons. Wenger was merely a spectator on transfer deadline day, [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham chairman and owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson maintains the east London club are heading in the right direction. In the wake of what maybe viewed by most Hammers fans as a fiasco, the Icelandic chief remains calm following the departure of manager Alan Curbishley. The ex-Charlton chief quit yesterday after having players sold over his head, and [. Click to continue reading...

Reported Tottenham target Diego Milito has revealed his reasons behind snubbing the Lillywhites and joining former side Genoa. Milito was hugely popular with the Argentinian side during his first spell with the club and the 29-year-old revealed that when he left in 2005 to join Real Zaragoza he always had his mind set on a move [. Click to continue reading...

Media reports this morning claim that West Ham legend Paolo Di Canio could emerge as the early front runner to get the vacant managers job at his former club thanks to Italian connections with inside Upton Park. Di Canio, who was hero worshipped during his four year spell with the Irons from 1999, may well gain [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham's new striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has expressed his delight that he wont be partnering Dimitar Berbatov at White Hart Lane this season. The Just as Russian frontman Pavlyuchenko jetted in to agree a £13.8million move to White Hart Lane, Sulking Bulgarian Berbatov completed his drawn out move to Manchester United. Click to continue reading...