1. David Luiz is trying to develop a tabloid persona as 'the Smirker'. 2. It's getting tight at the bottom. 3. 'Agh win it late, C!' is an appropriate anagram of Wigan Athletic after Callum McManaman's late winner against West Brom. 4. Indeed, it was a day for late lifelines at both ends of the [...]
Manchester United are a top priced 1.91 with Betfred and Paddy Power to get their season off to
a flying start with victory over Everton at Goodison and look bankers to do so.
Robin van Persie is in the squad after completing his £24m move from Arsenal in time, and the
thought of him linking up with Wayne Rooney is a mouth watering prospect.
This article titled "Euro 2012: Robin van Persie running out of time to collect his medals" was
written by Kevin McCarra, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 12th June 2012 12.20 UTC
Robin van Persie must sometimes sigh over his medals. There are too few for a Holland striker of
such accomplishment.
A couple of days ago, I happened to comment on Twitter following Man Utd's 5-0 thrashing
of Wigan at Old Trafford and Man City's 0-0 away draw with West Bromwich Albion, that the title was
now down to a two horse race as both Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool had failed to beat either
Wolves, Fulham or Blackburn respectively.
The Daily Mail is reporting that Real Madrid have offered United Kaka on a season-long loan as
they prepare for the arrival of Luka Modric. Mourinho wants to get rid of Kaka, but he is finding
the number of clubs that can afford his wages are pretty small. So he is considering sending him on
loan with the idea of trying to sell Kaka next summer.
Real Madrid assistant Aitor Karanka appeared to suggest that Kaka could be on his way out of the
Bernabeu following his omission from Jose Mourinho's squad for a pre-season friendly against
Oviedo.
Kaka has been regularly linked with a move away from Real over the past 12 months, after
struggling to justify the then-world record fee of £50.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is reportedly willing to swallow his pride and offer
Brazilian midfielder, Kaka for a reduced price of roughly €10 million, a €55 million loss after
buying the player from AC Milan in 2009 for €65 million.
Manager Jose Mourinho spoke to the player and told the Brazilian that he will not be featured in
the club's plans for next season, as they continue to look for a possible suitor, while at the same
time continue negotiations with his successor, Tottenham's Luka Modric.
The race for European Footballer of the year appears to be a two horse race: Messi and Ronaldo, but
maybe there is a third player that deserves a look.
Last season Andrea Pirlo left AC Milan to sign with fellow Italian League superpower Juventus. The
move paid off for the Old Lady and Pirlo.
On Friday Brazil announced its squad for its games against Denmark and United States in May and
Mexico and arch-rivals Argentina in June.
While Pato made coach Mano Menezes's 23-man squad, which is made up largely of under-23 players
as Brazil look to try and win the Olympic gold medal for the first time, missing was former World
footballer of the year Ronaldinho.
Sit back and relax, turn up your speakers and enjoy some of the best of Lionel Messi in this
collection of Skills, Goals, and Tricks. The Messi video is nicely put together and set to the
music and song by David Guetta featuring Sia, Performing Titanium...Soccer and Music at it's
finest.
Just in case you've been living under a rock and have no idea just how good a soccer player
Messi is or who he is.
Lionel Messi registered a record-breaking five goal haul last Wednesday, as a boisterous
Barcelona swept aside a baffled Bayern Leverkusen outfit, to march promptly into the Champions
League Quarter-Finals.
Messi once again exhibited his undeniable quality and complete understanding of the modern game,
bringing to the boil the debate that has simmered under the surface since he adopted Barcelona's
number 10 shirt from the majestic Ronaldinho in 2008.
In which budding rock star Tomas Rosicky takes to the stage with his SG to rattle through a
number with a band called Tři Sestry (Three Sisters) who, judging by the outfits, appear to be
the Czech Republic's belated answer to the Village People had they been fronted by Captain
Sensible.
Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Jan Vertonghen Age: 25
Position: Centre-back Signed from: Ajax. Fee: Undisclosed (rumoured £9.5 million). Did you know?
The move is likely to go ahead despite the best efforts of the Eredivisie trophy to make Vertonghen
fail his medical.
Arsenal defender Andre Santos has admitted that there continues to be uncertainty regarding the
future of in-form captain Robin van Persie but believes that the entire Gunners community is firmly
pushing for the Dutchman to remain at the club.
The recent signings of Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud inevitably led to suggestions that the
Gunners are rolling out their contingency plan to prepare for van Persie's impending departure.
The results are in and Arsenal fans have unsurprisingly chosen skipper Robin van Persie as the
club's Player of the Season in a poll sponsored by EA Sports. Alex Song, Tomas Rosicky,
Laurent Koscienly, and Mikel Arteta round off the list of top five players chosen by the Gunners'
faithful.
Arsenal skipper Robin van Persie scooped up one more award last week to add to his increasing
collection that already includes the Premier League Golden Boot, the PFA Player of the Year, and
the FWA Footballer of the Year for the 2011-2012 season.
RvP has now been honored for scoring the Gunners faithful's most favorite goal of last season,
with his stunning match-winning volley against Everton beating other impressive strikes from Mikel
Arteta and Thierry Henry.
TweetRobin Van Persie was in London on Thursday to receive his award and had a message to all
Arsenal fans sweating on his future with the club. The 2012 PFA Player of the Year and the current
Footballer of the Year has just 12 months left on his contract with the club and is set [...]
Just two days after being named the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year,
Arsenal FC captain Robin van Persie has snapped up the Football Writers'
Association's Footballer of the Year award too.
England's Football Writers' Association named Arsenal's Robin van Persie their Footballer of the
Year. van Persie already won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year. Speaking
for the Football Writers' Association chairman Steve Bates said in a press statement: "The
considerable size of his majority in the votes cast by our members reflected the general view that
he has been the season's most outstanding individual performer.
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Fresh from accusing Germany of poisoning his squad, Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin has taken an
unusual approach to motivating his side: telling the press that they're not very good.
Speaking before the co-host's first match with Sweden, the former European Footballer of the
Year announced that his team — all of whom are based in Ukraine except Bayern Munich's Anatoliy
Tymoshchuk — have not played enough this season.
Fulham's supporters just put the icing on the cake for Clint Dempsey's historic season.
The club announced Thursday that Dempsey has been voted Fulham's Player of the Season by the
club's fans for the second straight year. The honor comes as no surprise for the 29-year-old, who
scored 23 goals in all competitions despite logging most of his minutes in the Cottagers'
midfield.
The French footballer of the year is soon to be a Chelsea man. Eden Hazard, the Lille midfielder
with the growing reputation is ready to sign a five year contract which will pay him £170,000 a
week. The transfer is worth £35m. In all, with the transfer fee, player wages, and agent fee, it
amounts to £78m.
Eighteen-year-old Stevie makes his first debut for the Reds, coming on as a sub for Vegard
Heggem in a 2-0 win over Blackburn at Anfield. That was when the world got to see Steven Gerrard
for the first time. Now, if only we knew what was in store for the future.
Yaya Toure was named the CAF Player of the Year for being awesome in 2011, and rightly so.
Possibly for his sartorial abilities.
Actually, he showed up in different dress, which makes one think that massive robe is a prize
for winning the prize. A prize which immediately turns its wearer into a spiritual healer?
