Pep Guardiola took a leaf out of Bastian Schweinsteiger's
Basketball Book over the week and watched a game with his children Marius and Maria (above). Of
course, the only game on his mind tonight is Barcelona's Copa del Rey semi-final against
Valencia when his newly crowned "Laureus World Team of the Year" take
them on in the Nou Camp.
According to Gaizka Mendieta , there is a big possibility that Barca coach Pep Guardiola could
soon be on his way out of the record breaking club. A lot of uncertainty has arisen over
Guardiola's future following his shocking denial on Tuesday that he was close to signing a new
contract.
It doesn't make any sense why Pep would want to leave Barcelona.
I was going to write a carefully crafted piece about whether it is possible for footballers to lose
their mojo. I was going to make reference to people like Gaizka Mendieta and Michael Ricketts to
determine whether mediocre players just have one great season (Ricketts) or whether once great
players (Mendieta, Torres) simply lose their mojo and never get it back.
Sunday, 6 November 2005 and it's the 19 anniversary of Sir Alex's appointment as Manchester
United manager but the celebrations were on hold. A look at the league table made grim reading for
any Manchester United fan. An unusual pallid gloom had descended in and around Old Trafford
following the events that had transpired over the seven days preceding a pivotal encounter.
El que fuera un icono del Valencia,
Gaizka Mendieta, vuelve a ser noticia pero no sobre el
terreno de juego. Y es que una vez alejado del fútbol, ha decidido dedicarse a su otra gran
pasión, la música. Por ello, se hizo DJ y este verano actuará en el Festival Internacional de
Benic ssim (FIB).
El que fuera un icono del Valencia,
Gaizka Mendieta, vuelve a ser noticia pero no sobre el
terreno de juego. Y es que una vez alejado del fútbol, ha decidido dedicarse a su otra gran
pasión, la música. Por ello, se hizo DJ y este verano actuará en el Festival Internacional de
Benic ssim (FIB).
Fernando Torres, Chelsea's number 9 is a post from: Just Football
So much for the whole Didier Drogba or Fernando Torres debate. With one casual pen squiggle in a
chequebook Roman Abramovich (falling out of love with Chelsea apparently) has provided the football
world with the most obvious answer.
Liverpool have officially announced an agreement with Andy Carrol for £35m (€41m) plus
bonuses. Deep breath.
To put this in perspective, he's now the 18th most expensive outlay in the history of football,
just between Ballon d'Or winner Pavel Nedved and World Cup winner David Villa. That's a good place
for Carroll's 14 top-flight goals, solitary international cap and the big bread winner, his English
birth certificate.
