Villa fans will be glad to see the back of him…

10 years ago

Vintage Klopp…

10 years ago

Antonio Conte appeared to threaten to kill one of his players during Italy’s win over Belgium. So we can’t say we’re surprised to learn that his training sessions are intense experiences. However, judging by his pre-Euro 2016 training sessions, Chelsea’s players are currently experiencing an extremely testing pre-season. According to football journalist Miguel Delaney, before […]

10 years ago

So long, Joe

10 years ago

Reunited…

10 years ago

Nigel Clough has made a comment that won’t go down well with League of Ireland fans. The Burton Albion manager has just signed Ryan Delaney from Wexford Youths on a two-year deal, with the option of a further year, after a successful trial period. The 19-year-old defender has been playing for Wexford for the past […]

10 years ago

Non-committal

10 years ago

The reports linking Shane Duffy with a move from Blackburn Rovers won’t go away. The Republic of Ireland defender has been repeatedly touted with a transfer to Celtic, while Swansea City are also said to be interested in signing the 24-year-old. Owen Coyle, Duffy’s manager at Blackburn, has said there’s been “no concrete offers” for the […]

10 years ago

It’s about time…

10 years ago

Take a bow, Tommy McNamara…

10 years ago

Yeah, they’re still going on about that slip…

10 years ago

How? The International Olympic Committee made two perplexing decisions on Sunday. First, in the wake of the World Anti-Doping Agency revelations that Russia systematically sponsored state doping, the IOC decided against imposing a blanket ban on Russian athletes competing at the Rio Olympics. The IOC ruled that individual sporting governing bodies should instead make the call on […]

10 years ago

What about Phil?

10 years ago

“On the sidelines”

10 years ago

It makes perfect sense…

10 years ago

Georginio Wijnaldum has signed for Liverpool. The Dutch midfielder joined the club from Newcastle United for £25m, and the 25-year-old has signed a five-year deal at Anfield. Liverpool’s interest in Wijnaldum, who scored 11 goals for the Magpies last season as the side were relegated from the Premier League, appeared to have just materialised over the […]

10 years ago

Celtic face a long trip for their next Champions League tie. The Scottish champions cruised past Lincoln Red Imps on Wednesday night in their Champions League second-round qualifier. Celtic overcame a 1-0 first-leg deficit to win 3-0 at Celtic Park against the part-timers from Gibraltar, with goals from Mikael Lustig, Leigh Griffiths and Patrick Roberts. Thoughts now turn […]

10 years ago

For a club with socialist leanings, St Pauli sure do know how to market themselves. The German Bundesliga 2 side may be minnows of the game, but their fame extends beyond their exploits on the field. St Pauli are renowned for their fan’s socialist-leanings, and stance against racism, sexism, fascism and homophobia. The Hamburg club also have […]

10 years ago

Grow up

10 years ago

This would be a sideways move for him…

10 years ago

It’s like something from Football Manager…

10 years ago

Don’t call it a comeback…

10 years ago

Touchy subject…

10 years ago

This would represent a coup for the Championship side

10 years ago

This explains a lot…

10 years ago

This was very cold from Rodgers

10 years ago

It appears a twelfth place finish was the extent of Leicester City’s ambitions at the start of last season. The Foxes were favourites to be relegated, but somehow upset all the odds to win the Premier League title. And while it’s impossible to put a price on the experience of winning the league, Leicester are […]

10 years ago

The “Christmas hamper conman” strikes again…

10 years ago

How would this go down with Aston Villa fans? Ciaran Clark is the subject of a bid worth £4.5m, plus add-ons, from West Brom, according to The Sun. The Republic of Ireland central defender is reportedly a long-term target of Tony Pulis, and the Baggies’ boss attempted to sign him when Joleon Lescott moved between the clubs […]

10 years ago

We know, we know. You’re probably sick of the Paul Pogba to Manchester United stories by now. But seeing as we’re here now, and there’s been a significant development in the story, we may as well press on. United are expected to officially bid for the Juventus midfielder on Wednesday, according to The Guardian. A […]

10 years ago

This is kind of embarrassing…

10 years ago

Still a team player. Demba Ba suffered a potentially career ending injury on Sunday playing for Shanghai Shenhua. The former Newcastle United and Chelsea striker, and destroyer of Steven Gerrard’s dreams, tangled with an opposition defender, lost his balance, and broke both his tibia and fibula. The footage of the injury isn’t for the faint of heart, […]

10 years ago

We’ve been here before. Jose Mourinho regularly complained about the fixture schedule while he was Chelsea manager, and it appears old habits die hard. The new Manchester United is unhappy with the scheduling of the club’s fixture against his old team, set for October 23, according to The Times. Mourinho is reportedly trying to change […]

10 years ago

Zinedine Zidane really didn’t want Martin Odegaard on Real Madrid’s pre-season tour, it seems. The Norwegian midfielder had just turned 16 when he signed for Madrid in January 2015 from Strømsgodset. Odegaard had been scouted a number of Europe’s top clubs, and was considered to have the potential to develop into one the best players […]

10 years ago

Raymond Verheijen has said Jurgen Klopp’s training methods “destroys players”

10 years ago

Derby County have had two bids for Jeff Hendrick from Burnley. The newly promoted Premier League club originally bid a measly £3m for the Republic of Ireland midfielder, before returning with a bid of £5.5m – both were rejected. In the current financial climate, with Premier League clubs set to benefit from a record television deal worth […]

10 years ago

Shane Duffy continues to be linked with a move to Celtic. The Blackburn Rovers’ defender is in the final year of his deal at the club, and has seen his stock rise in recent months. Duffy put in a series of encouraging displays in the Championship last season, and made his Republic of Ireland breakthrough ahead […]

10 years ago

This is cruel. Dr Tony Xia only joined Twitter last week, but he’s already fallen foul of possibly the oldest Twitter prank going. One which former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has fell for more times than he’d care to remember. https://twitter.com/ethanmorleyy/status/625519350099914752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The new Aston Villa owner was asked by a follower to re-tweet a birthday […]

10 years ago

Robbie Brady’s move to Leicester City could be back on. Reports last week suggested that the Premier League champions had called of their pursuit of the Norwich City player. Leicester had bid £12m for Brady, but his club wanted a fee in the region of £20m. However, according to The Daily Mirror, N’Golo Kante leaving […]

10 years ago

What’s a Ragnar Klavan?

10 years ago

Marouane Fellaini’s critics might say he wasn’t good enough to play three games for Manchester United. But the much-maligned Belgian will play soon play under his third Manchester United manager. A favourite of Louis van Gaal, for his ability to follow direct instructions and be tall, Fellaini was considered amongst those primed to be cut from Jose […]

10 years ago

We can’t pick our favourite

10 years ago

Manchester United are preparing to make a move for Reece Oxford. The 17-year-old became West Ham’s youngest ever player last August, when he started in the side’s 0-2 win over Arsenal at the Emirates, and is highly rated by a number of clubs. West Ham rejected a £10m bid for the player from German side […]

10 years ago

Piotr Zielinski has been linked with a move to Liverpool for the past few months. The 22-year-old Udinese midfielder, who has spent the last two seasons on-loan at Empoli, was reportedly the subject of a £9.5m bid from the Merseyside club in June, and even spoke to Jurgen Klopp on the phone. Zielinski is also wanted […]

10 years ago

NSFW

10 years ago

Callum O’Dowda signed for Bristol City on Wednesday evening. The 21-year-old impressed in a substitute appearance against Belarus for the Republic of Ireland in May, and has joined from Oxford United for an undisclosed fee. O’Dowda had come through the academy at the League Two side, and scored 10 goals in 50 appearances last season, but had had […]

10 years ago

Callum O’Dowda is on the move…

10 years ago

Jose Mourinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic only worked together for a single season at Inter Milan. The pair won the Serie A title, and Ibrahimovic finished top goalscorer with 25 goals, earning himself a move to Barcelona. Seven years later, Mourinho and Ibrahimovic are set to work together again at Manchester United, and United fans will […]

10 years ago

Zing…

10 years ago

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Manchester United’s pre-season tour of China, but the location of his debut will act as consolation for the player. Jose Mourinho will omit the Swedish forward, signed on a free-transfer from Paris Saint-Germain, from his squad to travel to the Asia, according to The Daily Mail. The new United manager is set […]

10 years ago