Rafa Benitez has finally let the water-off-a-duck's-back approach to the hostile treatment he's received since arrived at Chelsea slip as he hit out at the club and its supporters. The Blues boss also confirmed he will leave his post at the end of the season. He criticised the club's hierarchy for undermining his position by [.
Liverpool failed to fill the void left by Andy Carroll's departure because the club's owners
refused to sanction a £7 million deal for the former Fulham player Clint Dempsey.
Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, spent transfer deadline day trying to convince his
hierarchy of the need to secure the American international.
Cardiff City have opened talks with Liverpool over the potential transfer of striker Craig Bellamy,
reports suggest.
The Welshman is earning his plaudits as Team GB continue their quest for Olympic gold, but his
domestic matters remain unresolved, after failing to get reassurances from Liverpool boss Brendan
Rodgers over first team football next season, Metro reports.
Luis Suarez says he cried a lot during his racism row with Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
And the Liverpool striker reckons it was United's political sway that resulted in him being banned.
In an interview with Uruguayan TV show RR Gol, Suarez confirmed that Anfield's hierarchy had asked
him not to discuss the Evra [.
There is a growing feeling that the Liverpool owners seem to be just a little unwilling to doÂ
business with Newcastle for Andy Carroll, and would welcome selling him to another club,
other than back to the Magpies. This businessman probably makes the Liverpool hierarchy very
nervous And the reason seems to be that it would frame  just how bad a deal Liverpool completed
for the Newcastle striker, [.
It's a revelation that will warm the cockles of every Newcastle United fan's heart... Faustino Asprilla looks set for a dramatic return to St James' Park. That's according to the Colombian himself, who has spoken of imminent talks with the Newcastle top brass with a view to joining Alan Pardew on the coaching bench.
Anfield. Arsenal do have plenty of memories at this ground. As with many things in this world,
there are good memories and bad memories. Whether we were old enough to remember the 1989 game or
know about it via watching old videos or reading articles about it, that last game of the season
has to go down as one of the best moments in Arsenal's history.
Liverpool are commendably putting up a fight to keep their prize-defender, Daniel Agger at
Anfield.
Manchester City and Barcelona are very interested in signing the classy Danish centre-half, but
Liverpool and Manager Brendan Rodgers do not want to let him leave Liverpool.
Mega-rich City have had informal bids of £15 & £18 million flatly turned down by the Anfield
hierarchy.
Newcastle United are expected to bid again for Andy Carroll, even if the release clause in Demba
Ba's contract is not activated by Tuesday's deadline.
lan Pardew's side have not yet followed up their initial offer of a season's loan with a view to a
permanent move in a year's time.
But Goal.
Alex Ferguson has voiced his opinion again of the Suarez-Evra incident and he believes it
contributed to Kenny Dalglish's sacking at Liverpool. If that were true then Suarez would have been
sold and King Kenny would still be in a job, Ferguson!
Dalglish was dismissed at the end of the season after a dismal Premier League campaign which ended
with Liverpool in eighth spot.
Various reports in today's newspapers say that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has offered the
Spurs job to Andre Villas-Boas and wants him to start on July 1.
Former Chelsea boss Villas-Boas has impressed the Spurs hierarchy with his plans for the club
even though he was axed at Stamford Bridge after less than eight months in charge.
New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has laid down the law to his new players, insisting that
working hard is an 'obligation' under his new regime.
The 39-year-old was confirmed as Anfield boss last week after a successful stint with Premier
League rivals Swansea City.
Rodgers guided the Swans to promotion via the play-offs in 2011 and then led them to a respectable
11th place finish in their first top flight season since 1983.
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has hinted at an interest in Fulham star Clint Dempsey.
The Anfield hierarchy normally keep transfer targets as confidential, but Werner has implied the
club could be watching his fellow American.
Dempsey has scored 22 goals this season and, with just one year remaining on his contract, has also
been linked with a move to Fulham's London rivals, Arsenal.
Today, Arsenal had a chance to make a statement of where it stands in the current hierarchy of
English football. This was not just a game we needed to win to keep us in contention for a top-four
finish – no, this was also a game in which we needed to demonstrate to ourselves again how good
we really are.
Today, Arsenal had a chance to make a statement of where it stands in the current hierarchy of
English football. This was not just a game we needed to win to keep us in contention for a top-four
finish – no, this was also a game in which we needed to demonstrate to ourselves again how good
we really are.
Roberto Mancini says he could be sacked in the summer if his Manchester City side do not win the
title this season, despite him leading City to their highest Premier League position and biggest
points haul.
Mancini insists City's hierarchy are aware of how far the Blues have come under him, and of the
importance of stability.
Liverpool has been approached with a £4 million bid by Stoke City for midfielder, Charlie
Adam.
The Scottish International, bought for £8 million from Blackpool by former Liverpool icon, Kenny
Dalglish does not figure in Brendan Rodger's plans for the future, going forward.
A bid of £5 million will be accepted by the Liverpool hierarchy as they look to generate funds to
finally land Clint Dempsey from Fulham.
Rodgers is keen to bring the Chelsea striker to Anfield and will happily move on Charlie Adam and
Stewart Downing to help pay for him.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is lining up a last-minute swoop for Chelsea striker Daniel
Sturridge.
Rodgers will have to pull off a massive clear-out at Anfield to get the proposed £15million deal
done though.
There's a little bit of disturbing news in the Evening Chronicle today, that some ofÂ
Newcastle top players, including Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse,  have asked the Newcastle hierarchy
why the  first team squad has not yet been strengthened this summer. Cabaye and Debuchy with
French squad in the summer Of course some of that concern could be lifted a little if Newcastle are
able to [.
One thing that seems to have been on the minds of the Newcastle hierarchy read that as Mike Ashley,
Derek Llambias and Secretary Lee Charley was the possibility that Demba Ba could leave the club for
a measly £7M release clause in his contract, because if that happened  Newcastle would have to
bring [.
According to the Daily Mail and Sky Sports, Newcastle United have tabled an £8 million bid for
FC Twente Striker Luuk de Jong.
We've been linked with De Jong now for ages, and it looks like the NUFC hierarchy have decided
that now is the time to strike (pun absolutely intended). FC Twente apparently valued their
in-demand striker at closer to £12 million.
According to the Daily Mail and Sky Sports, Newcastle United have tabled an £8 million bid for
FC Twente Striker Luuk de Jong.
We've been linked with De Jong now for ages, and it looks like the NUFC hierarchy have decided
that now is the time to strike (pun absolutely intended). FC Twente apparently valued their
in-demand striker at closer to £12 million.
Chelsea have finally announced that the club has completed the signing of Oscar from
Internacional for a fee widely being reported to be around £25 million. The 20-year-old, a
Brazilian international, adds even more creativity to a side that has been bolstered by the likes
of Eden Hazard and Marko Marin already this summer.
Fabio Capello has made it known to Chelsea's hierarchy that he is eager to take up the reins at
Stamford Bridge this summer as the former England coach seeks a return to top-flight club
management.
After 16 years at Arsenal, and what is now 7 years without a trophy, is Arsène Wenger still
getting more right than he gets wrong?
Stubborn arguments rage amongst the Arsenal faithful, neither side willing to compromise their
staunch 'belief', so they end up insulting each other.To make a thorough examination, we can only
measure the good against the bad, which I shall attempt to do here, and allow people to reach their
own conclusions.
After 16 years at Arsenal, and what is now 7 years without a trophy, is Arsène Wenger still
getting more right than he gets wrong?
Stubborn arguments rage amongst the Arsenal faithful, neither side willing to compromise their
staunch 'belief', so they end up insulting each other.To make a thorough examination, we can only
measure the good against the bad, which I shall attempt to do here, and allow people to reach their
own conclusions.
As he drops Javi Martinez and Fernando Llorente from the Athletic Bilbao squad again, Marcelo
Bielsa denies that he has any bad relationships at the club.
The Coach had a falling out with the hierarchy earlier this summer over his decision to publicly
criticise refurbishment work taking place at Athletic's training complex.
In more bad news for the few remaining fans of Singapore football officials have been so delighted
not just with the League Cup but the Plate as well, for those poor buggers knocked out at the group
stage, yep, gone are the days when an early exit from the unloved League Cup meant you could
concentrate in the league.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (July 24, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's Five, Tony
explores confusion in the Dallas penalty kick hierarchy, team goal scoring in MLS, and a bit of the
Crew's history they probably shouldn't highlight. In last Wednesday's San Jose-Dallas game, Dallas
had a chance to tie the game with a penalty kick in stoppage time.
TweetChelsea have unveiled their new 'white' away kit for the 2012/2013 season and it bores and
eerie resemblance to Marseille's home strip. Perhaps the Chelsea hierarchy were just desperate to
keep L'OM legend Didier Drogba by getting him to play in a strip which for all intents and
purposes, looks like Marseille's famous white/sky blue [.
Of course ‘crime' is an emotive word – not least in the current climate where ‘innocent
‘til proven guilty' is, perhaps rightly, followed to the nth degree as a principle. Hence, events
of February 8 proved that a certain Serb is by no means a tax evader although he'll be grateful
that no members of our judging panel were called to jury service that day.
So Eddie everywhere except Asia thinks the Asia Cup is a lemon as he told Sir Frank Lowy in his
recent Fox Sports interview on some AFL show.
Not a bad little interview, Frank was very impressive and you have to wonder if Frank had dropped
the ball on the A-League in recent years given the good news flowing after one meeting with Nathan
Tinkler this week.
Below is a link to the transcript from the conversations between Neil Doncaster, Jim Spence and Jim
Traynor on BBC Radio Scotland.
It is taken from the excellent blog by Paul McConville - Scots Law Thoughts
(http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/neil-doncaster-of-the-spl-on-bbc-radio-scotland-transcript-30-april/).
SINGAPORE - He was scathing in his comments about Singapore's re-entry into Malaysian domestic
football competitions, saying on his Facebook page that the move was fuelled by a drive to raise
betting revenue, and suggesting that a similar baseline had also influenced decisions surrounding
the LionsXII.
