Julio Cesar terminated his contract with Inter by mutual consent and signed a deal with QPR,
bringing an end to his very successful seven years in Milan. Prior to the second leg of Inter's
Europa League qualifier against Vaslui at the San Siro, he stepped out on the pitch and said
goodbye and, as he's known to do, he got a bit emotional.
Mario Balotelli's future at Manchester City may be uncertain but manager Roberto Mancini will
still need the temperamental striker in the final six weeks of the season.
Despite implying that Balotelli would not play for City again, Mancini said the 21-year-old
striker will be selected for the April 30th matchup against Manchester United.
The football was nothing to write home about in 2008-2009 but in terms of excitement and nerves,
it was one of the best seasons for years. As usual, we were fighting it out for the title, but this
time it was against our hated rivals, Liverpool.
United were a few matches behind everyone else at the turn of the year after taking time out to
compete in and win the FIFA World Club Cup.
The football was nothing to write home about in 2008-2009 but in terms of excitement and nerves,
it was one of the best seasons for years. As usual, we were fighting it out for the title, but this
time it was against our hated rivals, Liverpool.
United were a few matches behind everyone else at the turn of the year after taking time out to
compete in and win the FIFA World Club Cup.
Fenway Sports Group and Liverpool FC confirmed today that Director of Communications Ian Cotton
will leave the Club on 13th May 2012 by mutual consent.
Managing Director Ian Ayre said: "We would like to thank Ian for the important contribution he has
made to the Club during his long career here.
The Newcastle Journal have a good interview with former Liverpool and France manager GerardÂ
Houllier today. Yohan Cabaye big success at Newcastle Gerard had a rough time of things at
Aston Villa last year, and after he had some heart problems he left the club by mutual consent,
but the side had not done well under his stewardship,  and many first team players has been
left [.
Fenway Sports Group and Liverpool FC confirmed today that Head of Sports Medicine and Sports
Science, Dr Peter Brukner will leave the Club by the end of the season.
Managing Director Ian Ayre said: "We are grateful to Peter who has been the catalyst for the
transformation of our Sports Medicine and Sports Science capability at the Club since he joined two
years ago.
A few hours ago, news emerged that Damien Comolli's time at Liverpool had ended by "mutual
consent." The only surprising thing about it is the timing. Though some of the more blindly loyal
amongst the fanbase had continued to argue that there was a solid plan in place and that the club
was on the right track, to most it had become clear that somebody was going to have to take the
blame for a thoroughly underwhelming league campaign.
Liverpool has confirmed today that Director of Football Damien Comolli has left Anfield by mutual
consent.
A statement from Fenway Sports Group and principal owner John W. Henry on the club's official
website read: "We are grateful for all of Damien's efforts on behalf of Liverpool and wish him all
the best for the future.
"So I told 'em to buy Stewart Downing...for ÂŁ20 million...and they did!!!"
Liverpool have just announced that the man that helped bring Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson,
Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing to Anfield at great, great expense Director of Football
Damien Comolli has left the club 'by mutual consent.
Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has expressed his desire to find a new managerial role in the
Premier League but has distanced himself from a return to Anfield.
The Spanish manager, who is currently without a club, claimed that he would be pleased to make a
Reds comeback one day, but is not currently pushing the move out of respect for the club and
current boss Kenny Dalglish.
The writing is definitely on the wall for Liverpool Manager Kenny Dalglish. With two successive
losses in their last two Premier League outings, the Reds, find themselves in 7th place with 42
points.
Uncertainty over Dalglish's future is already raising speculation on a possible replacement.
Back in July 2010, Liverpool FC were in a state of turmoil as their UEFA Champions League
winning manager Rafael Benitez had been dismissed, or in our PC world "left by mutual consent", for
a continuing run of poor results and ever increasing calls from fans for a change, after having
spent close to $300m on new players.
Carroll starts as Reds bid to end the year at Anfield with a win
CRAIG BELLAMY and Jose Enrique start tonight for Liverpool against their former club but all
eyes will be on Andy Carroll as Newcastle visit Anfield – especially the eyes of the usual
snipers. Luis Suarez is unavailable after his gesture to snipers of a different kind at Fulham
didn't go down too well, the resulting one-game ban setting the scene for Carroll to show why
Liverpool paid so much for him – or to give the snipers an easy target.
Chris Rolfe is once again a member of the Chicago Fire. Rolfe's contract with Aalborg in Denmark's
SuperLiga was ended by mutual consent. The 29-year-old last played with Chicago in 2009. "I'm
thrilled to return to Chicago and play for the Chicago Fire," Rolfe said in a press statement. "The
Fire has always been a special place for me.
As if the defending MLS Champions needed any more offensive firepower, the LA Galaxy announced
today that Edson Buddle would be rejoining the Galaxy after terminating his contract with FC
Ingolstadt by mutual consent.
Buddle's addition gives LA the league's best forward tandem, as he and Robbie Keane will lead a
line that should feast on the service provided by Landon Donovan and David Beckham.
Man City to bid for Ronaldo, Luke Rodgers exits MLS, an update on Fabrice Muamba, Villa captain
Petrov diagnosed with a serious illness, and much more lead today's top stories. Links for all
stories below will open in a new window.
Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia (AVFC.
Former Inter Milan striker Adriano has been left clubless after Corinthians terminated his
contract. The South American giants revealed that they were forced to take such actions after the
striker failed to show enough commitment towards returning to full fitness.
Adriano who's career has been dogged by alcoholism, depression and weight problems could most
likely retire after this latest setback.
Leicester City have confirmed the sacking (by mutual consent?) of former England manager Sven
Goran Eriksson after the Foxes won just two of their last seven games their latest defeat coming
against Millwall 3-0 at the week-end seemingly the result which broke the camels back so to speak.
And already former Foxes boss Martin O'Neill is favourite to take up the hotseat he left in 2000
for Celtic, with the Filbert Street Thai owners ready to spend whatever it takes to bring the Foxes
to a return to the promised land(Premier League).
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suddenly collapsed in the 42nd minute in the FA Cup
quarter-finals against Spurs. He was given cardiac massage, mouth to mouth, and de-fibrillated in
an effort to resuscitate him before being stretchered off. Bolton issued a statement saying he was
"critically ill.
Per the offal: "Fulham FC can confirm that Keanu Marsh Brown has today left the Club by mutual
consent."
Never played a minute for the first team, but was on the bench for those memorable wins over
Shaktar, Juventus; a few other random Europa Games. Had a pretty productive spell at MK Dons the
second-half of last season, and even played a part in the Dons' playoff run.
Toronto FC is a bit of an enigma. Every other Don Garber expansion team with more than a year in
MLS has a playoff appearance, Real Salt Lake even won a title. The pressure is mounting for the
team that launched MLS 3.0. With a fans that are still strongly supporting a side with a poor
history the team needed to do some things to awake and become what their supporters feel they
deserve.
"Kiss me, I'm orange!"We promised we wouldn't talk about this godforsaken story
anymore until there was confirmation - but we are renowned liars... and desperate for some news.
With that, there is movement afoot on the most protracted TFC transfer saga of the off-season,
Richard Eckersley aka "The Ginger Affair".
Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been
punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.
Already this season there have been two sackings, two resignations and two departures by mutual
consent in the Football League alone, including two ex-England managers; Steve McClaren and most
recently Sven Goran-Eriksson.
Following numerous reports of the costs of sacking a manager in the press recently you would
have thought club owners would think twice about sending their current choice on their way.
Sven-Goran Eriksson sacked by Leicester City Telegraph.
Leicester City today dismissed, or "agreed by mutual consent to part ways" depending on
which news source you trust, former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson after 12 months in charge
and after something close to $20m of player purchases had been flushed down the sewer.
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- Birthday for Former QPR Captain (and Penalty Taker) Terry Fenwick
- "The Four Year Plan" shown at the Amsterdam Film Festival
Nile Ranger has left Newcastle by mutual consent, and here is a case of a lad who had lots of football talent, who will never make it big, and of course he had no future at Newcastle United, and he is now a free agent if another club wants to sign him. Nile Ranger [...]
Former Blackburn defender Kevin Pezzoni has had his Cologne contract cancelled by mutual consent
after being confronted outside his home by a group of angry fans. Coach Holger Stanislawski said:
"A group of people were waiting for him in front of his apartment. They abused him and it is a
situation which has been building [.
Orlando Sa left the club yesterday. His contract was terminated by mutual consent.
Sa made 12 appearances for Fulham, 4 coming in the Europa League. He started three league
matches and just one Europa League match. He scored one goal, away at Norwich on New Years Eve.
Often injured throughout the season, he played just once in 2012, coming on as a 81st minute
substitute on Easter Monday.
Until recently, Liverpool were the most successful English team. Their comprehensive history
includes: 18 top tier English football league titles, 7 FA Cups, 7 League Cups, 5 UEFA Champions
League titles, and 3 UEFA Cups.
The Reds' most successful season was back in the 1983/84 season where they managed to claim a
prestigious treble obtaining the top tier league title, the League Cup, and the European Cup.
