With Sir Alex Ferguson retiring as Manchester United manager at the end of the season, OTP looks at some of the runners and riders who could replace him. 1. David Moyes The Everton manager has long been thought of as being Fergie's preferred successor and is already favourite for the post with the bookmakers.
After long months of speculation that kept the fans of teams like Inter Milan and Chelsea hoping, Bayern Munich announced on their official website last week that the club had appointed Pep Guardiola on a three-year contract. The former Barcelona manager will begin his new mission in Bavaria on the July 1, 2013, as Bayern's current manager Jupp Heynckes announced that he would retire after his contract expires in June.
The Mag and Mark Jensen have had a Canal+ interview with Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye translated from the French, and Yohan has revealed that he had an offer to join Tottenham in the summer to replace Luka Modric, who went to Real Madrid, but he turned it down and preferred to stay at Newcastle [.
"I like the [Getafe] coach Luis Garcia. I like how organised his teams are and how he puts them
into practice. I admire his work." said Mourinho before the game. My wife and I have started to
teach our 15-month old son the nursery rhymes: "The wheels on the bus go.... Round and round
(3x).
FC Barcelona piared with Benfica, Spartak Moscow and Celtic in Group G.
Andres Iniesta won the UEFA Best Player of the YEAR beating Messi and Ronaldo.
Andres Iniesta wins UEFA Palyer of Year
Andres Iniesta won UEFA's top Award in a night when FC Barcelona was drawn to play Benifica,
Spartak Moscow and Celtic in Group G of this 2012-13 UEFA Champions League.
UEFA has announced tonight that FC BARCELONA & Spanish International ANDRES INIESTA is the winner
of the "UEFA Best European Player" season 2011 - 2012. The Spaniard won ahead of team-mate Lionel
Messi & Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, to be awarded possibly Iniesta´s biggestÂ
individual prize to date.
Standing on a stage next to the two most prolific goal scorers in the world, Andres Iniesta
finally received his due.
Iniesta was chosen as the 2011-12 UEFA Best Player in Europe, beating out Barcelona teammate
Lionel Messi and Real Madrid nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo to take home the individual honors that were
voted on by a panel of 53 European journalists at the UEFA Champions League draw in Monaco on
Thursday.
Andres Iniesta won the 2012 UEFA Best Player in Europe award, beating out heavily favored
accolade vacuums Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It was a surprising recognition from
journalists representing each of UEFA's 53 member nations who voted live at the Champions League
draw.
Messi, of course, scored a world record 73 goals last season and Ronaldo led Real Madrid to a La
Liga title while also reaching the Champions League semifinals and Euro 2012 semifinals while also
scoring 63 goals himself.
Andres Iniesta earned more journalist votes than Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona teammate Lionel
Messi to become the UEFA Best Player in Europe for the 2011-12 season.
Iniesta propelled Barca to Copa Del Rey glory at the end of last season and merely weeks later,
he was celebrating a third successive international title with Spain.
It can be a deadly problem and depression was brought up at Alan Pardew's press conference yesterday, and Alan reminded everybody that it taken Gary Speed from us less than two years ago. Yohan Cabaye - it was not a deep depression Yohan Cabaye had courageously told everybody earlier in the week that he had [.
Rugby World Cup-winner Jonny Wilkinson helped Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye to battle depression, the Frenchman has admitted. Cabaye revealed he turned to Wilkinson's book for advice as he struggled with depression after Euro 2012. The 27-year-old said: said: "Depression? I am not afraid to say that.
It's sometimes hard for personalities in the public spotlight to talk about having depression, which is often a difficult thing to overcome and it seems to affect us all at some point in our lives. Yohan Cabaye in French colors last summer So we think Yohan Cabaye has shown great courageand openness [.
Head Coach Vicente del Bosque of Spain (Photo by Carmelo Rubio Sanchez/RFEF via Getty Images)
On Nov. 29 a shortlist of three coaches will be revealed and the best Coach of the Year will be announced. Although who will make No. 3 is not obvious, No. 1 and 2 should be.
In a European Cup year, the coach of the current European champion's, Spain, must be one of the two.
Santi Cazorla's brilliance for Arsenal may have finally caught up with the
Premier League Pack during their 2-0 victory over Liverpool yesterday, but the Spaniard was already
a 'crack' at Villarreal, where he fed Giuseppe Rossi
with many of the best assists in La Liga.
Arsenal's transfer window: Big changes at the Emirates for second summer in a row - originally
posted on Soccerlens.com
The Emirates Stadium's revolving door continued to swing this summer, as Arsenal looked to sign
attacking quality but also sold two of their most impressive performers from last season.
Fifa's World Rankings for September 2012 were published today at FIFA HQ in Zurich,
Switzerland.
Euro 2012 winners Spain kept their position on top of the FIFA rankings followed by Germany,
England still in their best ever position of third, Portugal and then Copa America champions
Uruguay, Brazil remain out of the top 10 in 12th.
When you have a resplendent beard fit for a deity, pass the ball around effortlessly like adivine Leonardo da Vinci brushstroke and score one of the most delicious spot-kicks of all time, you have every right to forget you are human. Alas, the mercurial Andrea Pirlo fell back to Earth at the weekend after launching [.
Bearded Pirlo's eyes burn and every part of his body not encased in dense bearding feels filthy
under the blast of stale air pumping out of the airplane vent above him. Rest has escaped him since
three nights before Italy's loss to Spain in the Euro 2012 final. Silva then Alba then Torres then
Mata.
With United 2-1 down away at Southampton today, Robin van Persie won a penalty thanks to a
reckless challenge from behind. The Dutchman stepped up to score his second equalising goal of the
game but then took a bizarre penalty, a poor attempt at an Andrea Pirlo from this summer's Euro
2012, and the keeper saved it.
During Euro 2012 and the qualifying process that led up to it, groups of opposing fans tried to
get under Cristiano Ronaldo's skin by chanting Leo Messi's name at him. This happened at airports,
outside hotels and during matches. And now, Peru fans have decided to give Messi himself a taste of
Ronaldo's mild annoyance by chanting "Cristiano, Cristiano" at him as he got off the bus and
entered Argentina's hotel ahead of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier.
Following its failure to qualify for EURO 2012, the Turkey national football team will kick off its
qualification run for the 2014 World Cup at the Netherlands on Friday. A...
The Los Angeles Galaxy are gearing up for the stretch run of their MLS Cup title defense, and
they've added a Swedish international midfielder with valuable experience to help them in the final
months of the season.
With 10 days to go until the MLS roster freeze deadline, the Galaxy announced the signing of
Christian Wilhelmsson, adding a 32-year-old wide midfielder who was part of the Sweden Euro 2012
team and also played in the 2008 European championship, 2006 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions
League.
Now, I hope that all readers hated the Euro 2012 Mars advert where a man was picked out of the
crowd to save some Dutch penalties. It's cheesiness genuinely made me feel ill. But, as ever, real
life has gone and been more suprising than fiction. When Scotland Ladies took on their Norwegian
counterparts in [.
When Luciano Spalletti used it, it made Roma one of the most talked about teams in Europe. When
Scotland manager Craig Levein used it, he was roundly castigated for even trying it. And when Spain
used it in Euro 2012, ...
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Nikos Spyropoulos found himself opening the scoring account for Greece as his neatly placed
volley curled inside of the post. Two years ago he scored a similar goal to level against Georgia
in the opening qualifier heading to Euro 2012. Most Greek fans are probably wondering why
Spyropoulos was not [read more]
Hello to all Greece fans. It's been a while since my last post covering Greece's incredible
journey at Euro 2012. After a full two month summer break the Greek national team begins it's
journey to Brazil. Fernando Santos has moved the team in a new direction with the introduction of
[read more]
The weekend off for most league competition continues today, as most leagues are off throughout
the weekend with 2014 World Cup qualifying taking place around the globe.
The marquee matchup today for international fans takes place in Glasgow today, as Scotland hosts
Serbia, looking to qualify for their first World Cup since 1998.
Leagues around the world take a back seat to the international game, as World Cup qualifying
resumes.
The marquee match for U.S. soccer fans is the U.S. men's national team's battle against Jamaica
Friday night, where the U.S. can claim sole possession of first place in its qualifying group with
a win.
I don't know exactly why, but the heads of football's most prominent organisations – FIFA's
Sepp Blatter and UEFA's Michel Platini, respectively – often give the air of a deranged, despotic
dictator, bursting at the seams with outspoken controversy and just waiting for a popular revolt to
remove them from power.
Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about Wayne Rooney's fitness after claiming on Friday that his
injury was a "blessing". Following his break after Euro 2012, Rooney returned to the squad
overweight and unfit, which has frustrated some fans, given that he's the highest paid player at
the club.
Ferguson has compared Rooney to people like Giggs, claiming that Rooney needs game to regain his
fitness.
The arrival of Athletic Bilbao's Javi Martinez at Bayern
Munich has understandably drummed up a great deal of excitement among the German press,
especially since the Bundesliga is a considered an unusual destination for many Spanish players. Of
course, given the fact that he still has many years ahead of him (the Premiership next,
perhaps?
Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher will join Sky Sports from the start of next season. The veteran defender had previously announced that he would retire at the end of the current campaign, although the rumour mill had suggested he was thinking of performing a U-turn and staying on for one more season.
Fabio Capello will receive his first competitive test tomorrow as Russia take on Northern
Ireland in Moscow to start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. Since taking charge, Fabio
Capello has worked to patch the gaps that resulted in the Euro 2012 campaign. Criticism has been
wide spread and intense, [read more]
Even before he relieved Blackburn Rovers of the burden of playing Premier League football last
year, manager Steve Kean struggled to win the confidence of the Ewood Park faithful. The unpopular
Glaswegian is set to go down even further in the estimation of long-suffering Blackburn fans, after
he admitted he has never seen three of his deadline day transfers play.
Chelsea boss Roberto di Matteo was spotted at the
Udinese-Juventus game yesterday in a match Sebastien Giovinco the
shortest player at Euro 2012 (that needed to be said!)- scored a brace. The Turin side went on to
win 4-1, sending them to the top of the Serie A table, despite the fact that Antonio
Conte's ten-month ban has forced him to sit out all their upcoming games.
It appears that Newcastle did receive some offers for their midfield star Yohan CabayeÂ
during the summer, and in the last week the news that Arsenal were after the FrenchÂ
International turned out to be true. Yohan Cabaye after scoring for France in Euro 2012 If Arsenal
and Arsene Wenger were after Cabaye he much be French.
