Bacary Sagna's agent has stressed the France international is happy to stay with Arsenal following
renewed speculation of interest from Juventus.
He was courted by Real Madrid during the summer, while reports have recently suggested that
Juventus have revived an interest in the 26-year-old.
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Arsenal defender
Bacary Sagna has no desire to leave the club despite rumored interest from
Juventus. His agent Christophe Mongai told
tuttomercatoweb.it,
"Juventus have contacted us, but not recently and, in any case, they have never made an offer to
Arsenal .
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Attacking 90 13 November @ 08:37 PM EST
The look of the player on the pitch, a skilled & fiery workhorse, captures the fan's
imagination, but what follows?
Few goals, lots of whining, a desire to quit.
If this was said about Carlos Tevez in relation to Manchester United you might take pause to
consider if he was done wrong and has a grevience.
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EPL Talk 06 November @ 04:30 AM EST
Here are the video highlights for the very first season of the Premier League, 1992-93. Included
in the video is the great Brian Clough, once-great clubs such as Norwich City, Crystal Palace and
Ipswich Town, as well as the intriguing race for the title featuring Manchester United, Aston
Villa, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn Rovers.
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There aren't many clubs that can have the kind of start Manchester United has and still are
labeled "suspect" by football critics worldwide. But unfortunately that is the case for the three
peat Premier League champions this season. Manchester United has hardly lost at all this season,
but part of their problem is the way they are winning.
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The explosive Aston Villa centre forward has joined championship front runners Newcastle United on
a three month loan deal. There was a Hot pursuit for the experienced striker with clubs like West
Brom and Middlesbrough thought to be chasing the striker. It was even rumoured that league two side
Notts county were set to sign Harewood as their new owners try continue their reputation to sign
big name players.
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Juande Ramos has replaced Brazilian legend Zico as head coach at the russian club, CSKA Moscow.
Juande Ramos has been the head coach at great clubs like Seville, and Real Madrid.
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The first-ever game between the two sister clubs in the U.S. was announced this morning and
tickets to the 8 p.m. game went on sale at 10 a.m., starting at $20 for general admission. Call
1-877-CHIVAS-1.
"Chivas USA and Chivas de Guadalajara have done great work together for the last five years, and
it will be exciting to see these two great clubs face off on the field," said Chivas USA President
and CEO Shawn Hunter.
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Excitement, parity, passion. That's the English Football League Championship the second tier of the
English football pyramid featuring once great clubs like Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest.
Here's highlight reel rounding up the past weekend's action. After two rounds of play Coventry
City surprisingly sites atop the league.
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There are sure to be some twists and turns between now and the start of the season but who are
the early favourites for the league? This is a much more difficult question than you would think.
Many would look at the money spent by Real Madrid and the quality of players they have bought and
say they should clearly be favourites but the truth is that Real had to spend that type of money to
improve a squad that lacked superstars.
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Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez revealed a few weeks back his proposal for a new
league referred to as the "Super League."
It was a haunting suggestion to STO's the Commish.
How can one man want to control, potentially so much?
Perez feels that the problem with the Champions League is that too many ordinary clubs get a
spot in the tournament and that there is not enough emphasis put on the elite squads.
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Brilliant Announcing. Decent Hat Trick.
Cristiano Ronaldo may have been unveiled in front of 80,000 fans at Sea World in Madrid this week,
but that "other" Ronaldo - you know - the one with the World Cup titles - seems to be writing
himself into a few headlines as well.
The old R9 (Madrid's ace from 2002-2007) scored a hat trick last night for Corinthians to continue
his impressive form this year.
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Soccerblog 07 July @ 11:12 PM EST
The tough center back has joined Milan on a free Bosman transfer from his former club, Standard
Liege. He was out of contract and was linked previously with Ajax.
This is the biggest move by a US player in the international arena. The news has created
ripples. Here is Bob Bradley.
"It's very exciting," Bradley said of the news of Onyewu's transfer.
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We trained in the stadium today, using our allotted time of one hour to run over final preparations
for Wednesday's game. Following the session, Bob Bradley and a few players spoke to the gathered
media:
U.S. Men's National Team head coach BOB BRADLEY
On if he prefers the Gold Cup with strictly CONCACAF teams only:
"I know they've done different things over the years and every time the Gold Cup comes around I
think it's a little bit different both in terms of teams but also in terms of timing.
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MLS Daily 07 July @ 04:04 PM EST
It turns out that those rumors linking American international Oguchi Onyewu with a move to Real
Madrid were false after all. Instead, the hulking centerback will be calling the San Siro home for
the immediate future after signing a monumental three-year deal with the Italian club, according to
an announcement on the team's official website.
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Photo by
ISIphotos.com
BY DYLAN BUTLER
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As news of Oguchi Onyewu's move to AC Milan on a free transfer reached the
U.
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UPDATE: According to Alex Livie at Setanta Sports, Everton had
a bid rejected for Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour.
June 17th, 2009 According to Toby Davis at Setanta Sports, Standard
Liege midfielder Steven Defour would love to play for
Liverpool or Aston Villa.
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Arsene Wenger has wrapped up the signng of centre-back Thomas Vermaelen and is now expected to
hunt down a defensive midfielder.
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The Gunners have been crying out for someone to hold the middle of the park ever since the
departures of Mathieu Flamini, Lassana Diarra, and Gilberto and one man who has been linked with
the club is Felipe Melo.
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Fiorentina midfielder Felipe Melo told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport how it is a
good thing to be linked with important European clubs but again declared he's happy with
Fiorentina.
He said:
Obviously it is a good thing that great clubs are interested, as it shows that I worked
well.
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