The Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis yesterday gave his usual rousing speech about Arsenal aiming to win trophies next season, not simply aim for the Top Four. He has vowed to back Arsene Wenger in the transfer market to give the Gunners the toools to win trophies.
With the renewals of season tickets set to begin today, Gazidis said: "It is important to reiterate that for everyone at the Club, qualification for the Champions League is not our ultimate ambition.
Arsene Wenger has been giving some conflicting reports on Jack Wilshere's welfare. The Arsenal boss has admitted that he 'rushed' the England international back into first-team action for Saturday's victory over Norwich. The midfielder played for 59 minutes of the 3-1 win. Wenger said: "I rushed Jack back a bit.
Dining in swanky over-priced restaurants seems a natural by-product of having a grotesquely large disposable income. But true to his delightfully unconventional nature, Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin bucks this trend quite dramatically. According to McDonald's workers in the Hampstead branch of the ‘restaurant' chain, the diminutive Russian is a regular.
No Mapou Yanga M'Biwa for Arsenal There was heavy interest by Arsenal for the Montpellier defender,
Mapou Yanga M'Biwa as the window drew to a close. His versatility and youth was probably one of the
most attractive factors to Wenger. However, it looks extremely unlikely that Wenger will get his
man with M'Biwa's latest quotes: [.
Today is the day we as fans and supporters of football clubs join hands in prayers. If not with
each other, at least clasping our very own hands. As today is the day that the players that we
support goes out to play for the respective national teams. Captain, Thomas Vermaelen is one such
concern but injury happens all the time and probably isn't down to club specifics.
Michael Laudrup says he has no problem with clubs offering financial incentives for rivals clubs to win games. The Swansea manager was asked about the current Italian match-fixing scandals because of his experience of playing in Serie A. But instead of straight-batting the questions, he strangely decided to open a debate on what constitutes match-fixing.
Se buscan actividades de 11pm a 1am!! Ya fuí a cine, salí a comer, jugué realfootbal, No se me
ocurre nada más! Recibo Sugerencias! Radamel Falcao (@FALCAO) August 18, 2012 Radamel Falcao has
been forced to change his sleeping patterns after admitting he'd usually be in bed before the new
11pm Sunday night kick-off [.
Please be upstanding for the anthem of Jose Mourinho. For the Special One is no longer the Special
One. Nope, he's given himself a promotion. The Real Madrid boss reckons his football management
achievements have become so special that the word no longer does them justice. He would henceforth
like to be addressed as 'the [.
Newly-appointed Wolves manager Dean Saunders has heralded his arrival at Molineux with a speech that veered between military discipline and nutritional advice. The Welshman wants his players to be unquestioning soldiers, working selflessly towards a common goal. But that doesn't necessarily mean laying down their lives.
A brief mea culpa to those expecting an MLS Grinder today. After spending a couple hours tracking
down a small army of stats, quotes, opinions and thoughts on George John's saga from the last year
for a fairly lengthy look-in at the FCD back liner, Blogger deemed it necessary to wipe it off the
grid completely 75 percent of the way through.
Diego Maradona is reportedly on the verge of becoming the new manager of Iraq's national team. In an unlikely union between two of the world's main sources of chaos, the Argentine legend is set to be confirmed in the role before the end of the year. Spanish newspaper AS quotes Maradona's agent Hernan Tofoni as [.
West Ham captain Kevin Nolan has done his best to bring any Hammers hanging on to the memories of their 'World Cup-winning' squad by saying manager Sam Allardyce deserves to be a top club. The midfielder, who had previously played under Allardyce at Bolton, reckons Big Sam deserves to leave the East London minnows behind [.
DC blasts ref in draw with Union. More reaction and quotes from the game. Harrisburg City Islanders
secure final playoff spot. Penn State's Maya Hayes scores hat trick in US win at U-20 Women's World
Cup. More news.
The USA and Japanese women's teams held a joint-press conference in London yesterday ahead of
tonight's Olympics Women's Football Final showdown. Here are some of their key quotes.
"I think the fact that we lost the World Cup and the way that we did gives us even more
passion and desire to go out and perform tomorrow.
With their excellent combination play against Liverpool, Aston Villa strikeforce Andreas Weimann and Christian Benteke looked like a Premier League partnership to rival Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole. And it seems that there is definitely similarities in the respective relationships. After the match, Weimann was asked by Match of the Day whether he enjoyed playing [.
Unless there are any dramatic transfer developments within the next 48 hours, it seems ever more
likely that Jermain Defoe will take his place as a lone striker for Spurs this weekend. However,
surely even Tottenham won't let another transfer window slip by without signing a centre forward so
will JD keep his place?
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has revealed he would like to replace Sir Alex Ferguson as the Red Devils' manager and he unleashed a new nonsensical fish-themed metaphor to mark the occasion. Famed for his talk of seagulls, trawlers and sardines, the Frenchman again took to the seas to explain that he wants the [.
Henning Berg is set to be unveiled as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers tomorrow morning. The Norwegian's decision to return to his former club to take over the lead role in the Ewood Park pantomime might seem a little crazy to some. Indeed, just a few months ago it seemed that way to Berg. [...]
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has publicly admitted that he didn't prepare his side properly for a match for the third time. The Italian blamed himself for tonight's 3-1 defeat to Ajax, claiming his build-up to the game was at fault. He said: "It was probably my fault because I prepared badly for this game, [.
Young footballers often face a tricky decision: stay on the fringes at a big club or play every
week at a lower level. Scott Sinclair had tried both and had come to the conclusion that getting
the games is definitely better for your development. In fact, just last summer the pacy winger
said: "Leaving Chelsea [.
Young footballers often face a tricky decision: stay on the fringes at a big club or play every
week at a lower level. Scott Sinclair had tried both and had come to the conclusion that getting
the games is definitely better for your development. In fact, just last summer the pacy winger
said: "Leaving Chelsea [.
Two-goal Fulham new boy Dimitar Berbatov says you just have to play him and he will smile. After bagging his debut brace, a relatively ecstatic Berba claimed he just needs to be on the pitch to avoid slipping into his sulky ways. He said: "I feel great because I'm on the pitch, I'm playing, I'm [...]
The Premier League is now into its third decade, but this might just be the first time that a
gramophone has been mentioned in a post-match interview. West Brom boss Steve Clarke is the man who
needs to upgrade his audio system. Traditionally, people who repeat themselves sound like a broken
record..
The Timbers held a short, early practice today before flying to Colorado this afternoon ahead of
tomorrow's game against the Rapids. Practice was closed after a brief warm up as the travel squad
broke off to prepare for the game while the rest of the team played a game of 5v5.
Trialist Pablo Di Fiori and practice player Cam Vickers were the only non-roster players with
the team today.
After a busy weekend that saw both the Timbers first team and reserves play at Jeld-Wen Field,
the Timbers held a short practice session at their Beaverton training facility this morning. With
all the furor around the possible announcement of a new head coach this week and this morning's
announcement about the lack of a raise in season ticket prices, team owner Merritt Paulson was at
practice and spoke to the press despite being in obvious discomfort due to a herniated disc.
The Union earned a stunning 1-1 draw on the road Sunday against DC United, as referee Mark Geiger
sent off three players and disallowed two United goals, including one by Dwayne De Rosario. PSP was
at RFK Stadium and has a recap, with quotes from both teams.
Recaps, quotes, ratings and more as former Union defender scores in historic USA win over Mexico at
the Azteca. Hackworth on recent Union stumbles, Soumare and more. More news.
Wigan don't exactly play dirty football under Roberto Martinez, so you can understand why the Latics boss' outstanding English has some limitations when it comes to defending ridiculous tackles. The Spaniard was mitigating for Callum McManaman's horror tackle against Newcastle yesterday. He riffed on the standard 'hasn't got a malicious bone in his body' defence.
No offence to Jan Vertonghen, who's a very good player, but at the start of last season if Alexander Armstrong had asked a pair of Pointless contestants to name a current Ajax player we reckon more people would have heard of Christian Eriksen than Vertonghen. In fact, Vertonghen might have been pointless.
Conversations around diving are getting more and more airtime on our televisions as officials try to clamp down on the practice, but are still conned by players falling to the ground too easily in an effort to gain an advantage over the opposition. However, I think we can all agree that there isn't much better [.
With Fernando Torres struggling for form (and by struggling I mean in danger of his career success being over), there are a whole host of people lining up to offer advice to the Spanish forward. The latest of these is Darren Campbell, the British sprinter who won a gold medal in the 100m relay, who [.
Footballers are not know as the most humble bunch, and Spartak Moscow's Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike has done little to change that particular mindset. After hitting a run of good form last season, 25-year-old Emenike was linked with moves to Chelsea, Spurs and Juventus. However, as Spartak have struggled in the league this season so [.
QPR fans could be forgiving that very few of their current team are big football fans. Some of them are performing like they've never watched a game in their life at the minute. But now one of the squad has broken ranks to reveal that he never watches a match if he can help it. [...]
"Maybe we have to think about opening up the upper level every game," Sounders goalkeeper
Michael Gspurning said. "It's always amazing in front of this crowd. Before the game, if you walk
through the tunnel, [and hear] the clap-clap, you get goose bumps. It's amazing."
Gaudy home attendance numbers bring best out of Seattle | MLSsoccer.
Paolo Di Canio has stripped Swindon captain Paul Caddis of the armband and will leave him out of
his starting line-up for the new season. The fiery Italian only appointed Caddis three months into
last season over deciding he'd gone off previous skipper Oliver Risser. And he's pulling no punches
when it comes to explaining [.
Katie Taylor did the nation of Ireland proud with her gold medallist performance in the London
Olympics, and in truth no-one really came close to beating her. But she could be in for a change of
career? Taylor used to be a football player and made 15 appearances for the Republic of Ireland
women's football [.
