1. Sky Sports must have been expecting their Sunday offering of derbies and top four clashes to be a big draw, but perhaps not a succession of draws. 2. Forget Edin Dzeko. Tha January imports providing the best goal return for Manchester City appear to be Carlos Tevez's kids. 3. It was a great weekend [.

With Darren Bent looking like a racing certainty at this stage, I figured it was safe to take a look at his career stats in the same format as Jean Makoun recently.

Bent has been successful throughout his career with a couple of notable exceptions; his eyebrow raising £16.5m move to Tottenham won't be remembered all that fondly and for some reason it just hasn't clicked for him at senior level for England.

Una vez mas Cristiano Ronaldo es el jugador mejor pagado en el mundo solo así puede superar a Lionel Messi quien en la cancha y en los premios de este 2010 le ha ganado todo.
Según un estudio realizado por la revista belga «Sport Foot Magazine». La actual estrella madridista, con un salario de 12 millones de euros al año.

By Ollie Irish

Carlos Tevez's two daughters are in England, having flown in this week from their home in Argentina. Florence and Katia watched their dad lead Man City to a 4-2 victory against Leicester City in the FA Cup. He was in storming form, though he did have a penalty saved.

Good luck to all fantasy managers this weekend. Not a great weekend for me as I was only able to field 10 players and my Captain Carlos Tevez missed a penalty (a 12 point swing) but we still have the ... Continue reading →

I usually admire Mark Halsey. He's battled with cancer and won so far and he's one of our better referees he generally doesn't litter games with cards for minor offences.

But in last night's FA Cup replay in which Manchester City thumped Leicester 4-2, he had an absolute nightmare.

Good news arrived for Liverpool and several other EPL teams that set their eyes in signing Ajax Amsterdam's star striker, Luis Suarez, as the player recently stated that he has finally felt a strong interest in playing in the league thanks to the current success of Carlos Tevez.

Suarez admitted that at first he always thought that the premier league's style wont suit his playing style, however all of his sights changed after following the impact that Tevez made in the competition.

Dimitar Berbatov (United)
Minutes: 2109
Goals: 20
Minutes per goal: 105.5

Javier Hernandez (United)
Minutes: 1161
Goals: 10
Minutes per goal: 116.1

Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
Minutes: 2224
Goals: 16 (inc.

1. No doubt about the highlight of the weekend: Chelsea's celebration after John Terry's goal. 2. Rafael Van Der Vaart and Gareth Bale even do deflected free-kicks stylishly. 3. Peter Odemwingie and Carlos Tevez seem to have been working with the same penalty-taking coach. 4. Arsene Wenger is not very pleased about Roger Johnson and [.

Some handbags reported in the Man City training grounds between former Arsenal mates, Adebayor and Kolo Toure.

The reports of Edin Dzeko arriving at the Eastlands has further endangered Adebayor's status at City. The disgruntled striker is probably wishing he had joined AC Milan when he had the opportunity.

Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko is now, finally, officially, a Manchester City player. Weeks of speculation and paper-work have been completed and the former Wolfsburg man will wear the # 10 jersey. How will this affect Captain Caveman Carlos Tevez's fantasy ... Continue reading →

Hands up if you want to appear naked in the Kickette 2011 Calender, please. Ahem. (Getty Images/Zimbio)

For those of us who spent Sunday gathered around the television in anticipation of the ‘Most Exciting Day of Football Since Records Began™', derby day in the EPL proved to be something of a damp squib.

Carlos Tevez inspired Manchester City to a 4-2 win over Leicester tonight in this replayed FA Cup 3rd round tie, scoring a wonderful individual goal as only he can.

01- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/POR): 12 millones de euros al año02- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/ING): 11,503- Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona/ARG): 1104- Yaya Touré (Manchester City/CMA): 10,805- Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milán/ITA): 10,506- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Múnich/ALE): 9,707- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan AC/SUE): 908- Kaká (Real Madrid/BRA): 909- John Terry (Chelsea/ING): 910- Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City/TOG): 8,411- Franck Ribéry (Bayern Múnich/FRA): 812- Fernando Torres (Liverpool/ESP): 7,813- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/ING): 7,614- Carlos Tevez (Manchester City/ARG): 7,615- Frank Lampard (Chelsea/ING): 7,5716- Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona/ESP): 7,517- Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona/ESP): 718- Didier Drogba (Chelsea/CMA): 6,519- Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United/ING): 6,520- Andréa Pirlo (Milan AC/ITA): 621- David Villa (FC Barcelona/ESP): 622- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid/ESP): 623- Frédéric Kanouté (FC Sevilla/MAL): 624- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/FRA): 625- Gigi Buffon (Juventus/ITA): 626- Patrick Vieira (Manchester City/FRA): 5,7227- Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milán/HOL): 5,528- Garreth Barry (Manchester City/ING): 5,529- Arjen Robben (Bayern Múnich/HOL): 5,530- Asley Cole (Chelsea/ING): 5,4131- Joe Cole (Liverpool/ING): 5,232- Diego Milito (Inter Milán/ARG): 533- David Silva (Manchester City/ESP): 534- Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona/ESP): 535- Kolo Touré (Manchester City/CMA): 536- Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid/ARG): 537- Francesco Totti (Roma/ITA): 4,938- Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United/BUL): 4,8739- Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal/RUS): 4,8740- Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/FRA): 4,841- Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon/FRA): 4,842- Paul Scholes (Manchester United/ING): 4,843- Daniele de Rossi (Roma/ITA): 4,644- Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid/ESP): 4,645- Jamie Carragher (Liverpool/ING): 4,646- Ryan Giggs (Manchester United/GAL): 4,647- Julio Cesar (Inter Milan/BRA): 4,548- Diego Forlan (Atlético Madrid/URU): 4,549- Alessandro Nesta (Milan/ITA): 4,550- Gabriel Heinze (Marseilla/ARG): 4,5
Estudio realizado por la revista belga «Sport Foot Magazine».

At £27 million, he is not the most expensive player in the Premier League. However for Manchester City, Edin Dzeko can only be seen as the possible final piece of the Citizen's objective to dominate the Barclays Premier League. And why not, Dzeko is the complete forward that City lacked.

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After parting ways with Freddie Ljungberg earlier in the off-season, it appears the Chicago Fire will begin the 2011 season without either of its 2010 Designated Players.

According to reports in Mexico and Greece, Mexican striker Nery Castillo is set to join Greek club Aris FC on a loan for the rest of the European season.

Five days ago, I wasn't much looking forward to Saturday, but how quickly things can change; all it took was £26m! Seriously though, it's amazing what a boost the acquisition of Darren Bent has provided. To everyone, fans and players alike it would seem; Gabby, Ash & James Collins all waxing lyrical about Bent joining the team.

Anderson has revealed that he still feels some discomfort with his knee following his long term injury but that his fitness is much improved.

Our midfielder acknowledges that good fitness is a priority in the Premiership but that it shouldn't be the be all and end all.

"Of course it's a priority, but I think it's more important to make the ball do the work," he said.

Sergio Batista has announced his first Argentina squad as permanent boss, having been only caretaker manager when he named the squad to face Brazil late last year. When Argentina take on Portugal in Switzerland on the 9th February, they'll do ... Continue reading →

Real Madrid's signing of Emmanuel Adebayor has been as shocking as it is brilliant by Mourinho and co. at The Bernabeu. Since his arrival at the Spanish capital in the summer of 2010, the Portuguese tactician has gone about strengthening areas that needed development bringing in the likes of Angel Di Maria, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil to name but three players that have arrived in the Spanish capital over the past six months.

Weekend Six Pack New Year's Betting includes Hammers and Blackburn is a post from: Just Football

Each week our betting columnist Rob Hartnett will bring you six bets from the weekend football action. Rob is the public face of leading In Play betting specialists 188BET.com and appears regularly on the Bolton, Wigan, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Everton websites doing betting previews.

They've spent millions and millions on superstars, but they've not yet achieved the dominance that their owners no doubt expect. Can they manage it this year?

I think that come the end of the season they'll be in the top 4, but I don't think they'll be in the top 3.

Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez scored to keep Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League on goal difference with a 2-1 win at West Brom. Rooney opened the scoring when he headed in Patrice Evra's cross on three minutes but James Morrison equalised with a long-range shot.

Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez scored to keep Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League on goal difference with a 2-1 win at West Brom. Rooney opened the scoring when he headed in Patrice Evra's cross on three minutes but James Morrison equalised with a long-range shot.

As usual the English league is dominated by four. Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

Below are each team's chances of glory with a quick tactical paragraph to explain each squad.

Manchester City

This super power have money to burn, they can buy anybody they want at any price.

Manchester City have once again made headlines in the Premier League by reportedly signing one of the most promising young players in the world, Edin Dzeko, from the German club Wolfsburg.

Like many of City's purchases, the Bosnian striker will not come cheap, with the transfer fee coming to a reported £27 million.

Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg according to City manager Roberto Manciniin a deal worth around £30m. For that, City get a young (24) striker who has scored 66 goals in 111 games for Wolfsburg.

"We have an important game at Arsenal coming up and I will speak about him after that," said Mancini.

Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg according to City manager Roberto Manciniin a deal worth around £30m. For that, City get a young (24) striker who has scored 66 goals in 111 games for Wolfsburg.

"We have an important game at Arsenal coming up and I will speak about him after that," said Mancini.

Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor being separated by teammatesThere has been much criticism aimed towards Roberto Mancini's Manchester City. Although the Italian has guided City to third in the Premier League table, he still has a lot of work to do. This hectic month is the window for City to get rid of a few problems, and buy a talented Bosnian forward.

Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor being separated by teammatesThere has been much criticism aimed towards Roberto Mancini's Manchester City. Although the Italian has guided City to third in the Premier League table, he still has a lot of work to do. This hectic month is the window for City to get rid of a few problems, and buy a talented Bosnian forward.

Liverpool has made an enquiry to sign Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
After falling out of favour at Eastlands, and getting involved in a training ground bust-up with team-mate Kolo Toure, it is understood that Adebayor will be allowed to leave club, and Liverpool have expressed an interest in him, according to Sky Sports.

The first round of matches of the new year have featured a few Argentine-inspired flashpoints, as well as the news that Gonzalo Higuaín's season is officially over; an operation on a hernia will sideline him for six months. Carlos Tevez ... Continue reading →

The first round of matches of the new year have featured a few Argentine-inspired flashpoints, as well as the news that Gonzalo Higuaín's season is officially over; an operation on a hernia will sideline him for six months. Carlos Tevez ... Continue reading →

Edin Dzeko is not officially a Manchester City player before having his work permit application being approved, however the Bosnian international striker has already made important goals on his upcoming adventure with the Eastlands side.

The striker is aiming to improve his qualities with Roberto Mancini's team and looking forward to taste Champions League football again which he has already enjoyed while playing with Wolfsburg.

Manchester City have announced that they have signed Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg to a four and a half year deal and will wear the number 10 shirt. Dzeko is expected to make his City home debut against Wolves on January 15th.

In an interview on the Man City web site Dzeko said that he can't wait to start playing for City.

MANCHESTER, England Manchester United ruined Kenny Dalglish's first game back in charge of Liverpool with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup. Manchester United ruined Kenny Dalglish's first game back in charge of Liverpool with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford in the third round of the [.

The season kicks off on my side of the Atlantic this weekend with one of the great hidden gems of the footballing calendar - the South American under-20 Championship.
Back in 1954, when it was first held, this was an out-and-out youth competition. It is stretching the point to say the same thing today.

Manchester City's new £27 million man, Edin Dzeko, wasted no time in ingratiating himself with the club's support yesterday, with less than two minutes of his official unveiling ceremony gone before the Bosnian target man proclaimed that 'most people from Manchester are City fans' a premeditated taunt that has seemingly gone down rather well with the blue-hewn Mancunian population.

Or rather, 'Argentines in Spain and Portugal,' with a few quick additions, since there wasn't a lot to write home about elsewhere aside from Carlos Tevez's goal in the FA Cup. Ben Shave and David Cartlidge, though, are here to ... Continue reading →

Or rather, 'Argentines in Spain and Portugal,' with a few quick additions, since there wasn't a lot to write home about elsewhere aside from Carlos Tevez's goal in the FA Cup. Ben Shave and David Cartlidge, though, are here to ... Continue reading →