Soccer

EPL Blackburn-West Ham under 2 and 2.5 -101 Tottenham-Chelsea over 2 and 2.5 -111 France Lyon -1 and -1.5 +107 vs Sochaux Germany Arminia Bielefeld +0.5 -113 vs Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen -1 -115 vs Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart pk and -0.5 -110 vs Hertha Berling Hamburg pk and +0.5 +110 vs Schalke Italy Inter Milan-Reggina over [...]

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been given £30m to spend as a reward for signing his new five-year contract at Anfield. (The Sun) Benitez will use those funds to make a fresh attempt to sign Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and to launch a bid for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (The Sun) I’m sure Liverpool [...]

Manchester United will be unable to renew their loan deal for striker Carlos Tevez and the only way the Red Devils can keep the Argentine is to buy him – at an asking price of £32m. (The Sun) From the nothing new department we have the fact Manchester United have to pay £32m and have [...]

Deco is being lined up by Atletico Madrid, who are keen to launch a £5m bid for the Chelsea midfielder. (Daily Star) Deco and Chelsea haven’t been a match made in heaven but Deco has been there and done that when it comes to Spanish football. His next move will either be to Italy or [...]

Chelsea are ready to make a huge offer for Barcelona right-back Dani Alves, although they could face competition from Manchester City. (Daily Mirror) Just don’t get this rumour at all. I know two years ago Chelsea tried to back up the brink truck trying to sign Alves but Sevilla wouldn’t bunch. Problem is Alves no [...]

Wolves are to make a £2m move for Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood. (The Sun) A tell tale sign that it’s going to be a slow news day when a transfer rumour regarding Marlon Harewood is the first item you read. Harewood must be one of the previous few transfers I’m sure Martin O’Neill would [...]

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was angry with veterans Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at half-time for “frivolously” losing possession in their Champions League game with Inter Milan. (The Guardian) Must be weird for Giggs and Scholes to still get the hair dryer treatment every once in awhile after all these years. Middlesbrough striker [...]

Boca Juniors’ Argentine midfielder Juan Riquelme claims he has turned down an offer to join Newcastle. (Daily Mirror) Couldn’t think of another player who is as ill suited for the English game than Juan Riquelme. No doubt he is pure class but he makes Dimitar Berbatov work rate seem like Park Ji-Sung. Manchester United are [...]

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill has set his sights on signing another of English football’s elite talent by targeting Manchester City keeper Joe Hart in a £3m deal. (Sun) Could see Joe Hart wanting to leave City for any team currently. The only worry Hart would have is if he’d be signing up for much [...]

Arsenal and Bolton have been put on red alert after Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso revealed he will leave Portugal at the end of the season. (Daily Mail) After losing 5-0 to Bayern Munich last week Miguel Veloso pretty much threw in the towel regarding his future at Sporting. Have said it before and would [...]

Took the weekend off gambling wise which appears to of been a good thing judging from the results last weekend. Will get back on that horse tomorrow – Despite West Brom looking and playing like a team heading back into the Championship, Everton deserves credit for not letting their heads hang low after the loss [...]

Sorry took yesterday off to clear my mind after a horrible Wednesday showing. Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho is being considered as a replacement for Rafael Benitez in case the Liverpool manager walked out of Anfield. (Various) Mourinho would never go to Liverpool in these conditions. I could see why people dislike Mourinho but the [...]

Everton could lead the chase for Portsmouth’s want-away Croatian playmaker Niko Kranjcar. (Daily Star) What chase? As the next transfer window only opens up again in July. This is no more than the press linking a player with a team that could use someone of Kranjcar talents. Despite that a move to Everton wouldn’t be [...]

Wigan are ready to make a club record £6m bid for Ecuador striker Christian Benitez, who plays for Santos Laguna in the Mexican league. (Daily Mirror) Look for interest in Benitez to heat up again from teams across the pond as he recovers from his leg injury suffered late last year. Everton could renew their [...]

Everton boss David Moyes is keeping tabs on CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love, but the 24-year-old Brazilian would prefer a move to Manchester City. (The Sun) Was waiting for the Vagner Love rumors to start up again after his goal against Aston Villa on Wednesday. He made Zat Knight look like he was running in [...]

Barcelona are ready to launch a £20m bid for Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor in the summer and the Spanish giants are also plotting a move for Gunners midfielder Cesc Fabregas. (Daily Star) All of this is stemming from Barcelona and Samuel Eto’o being at odds over a new contact. Barcelona would be wise to keep [...]

Manchester City look set to fail with a £50m bid to sign Spanish superstar David Villa as the striker’s agent says he does not want to move. (Daily Mirror) Don’t really know how David Villa could make his stance more clear. Here you have David Villa who went through a miserable year last year under [...]

Aston Villa will make another £8m transfer bid for Manchester City defender Micah Richards in the summer. (Daily Mirror) Most likely will lead to the same answer. Considering Aston Villa paid 8 million for Curtis Davis two summers ago, Manchester City by the off chance they’d sell would want at least 10-12 million for Richards. [...]

Germany Bochum-Schalke over 2.5 -103 Hamburg -1 -109 vs Arminia Bielefld Scotland Rangers pk and +0.5 -106 vs Celtic Spain Real Betis-Barcelona under 3 -114 Almeria-Valladolid under 2.5 -109 Racing Santander pk and -0.5 +112 vs Villarreal Espanyol pk and +0.5 -122 vs Sevilla Italy Lazio-Torinto over 2.5 +108 Inter Milan pk and -0.5 +101 [...]