Soccer

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has met with John Terry and believes the defender is happy to stay at Stamford Bridge despite talk of a £30m offer from Manchester City. The Blues plan to make Terry their best-paid player. The Sun City are increasingly confident of tempting Terry to Eastlands despite Chelsea’s offer of a new [...]

Manchester United are a step closer to a £30m deal for Lyon striker Karim Benzema after the French side made a £15m move for Porto forward Lisandro Lopez. Daily Star It’s natural to link the two together but still stand by my original option that Benzema won’t be leaving Lyon in a World Cup year. [...]

Real Madrid claim they are already in negotiations with Manchester United to buy Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Spanish club’s general director Jorge Valdano saying: “I can’t answer about him, I can only talk about players who are on their way here not those we are in negotiations over.” (Daily Star) The Spanish media [...]

For the life of me I can’t decide who is going to win this afternoon. Will it be the technical mastery of Manchester United or the sheer skill of Barcelona? Either way I do strongly believe the final score will be 3-1 (2-1, 3-0 anything over 2.5 would do mind you.) Each team has questions [...]

Manchester City are setting their sights high, with Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery, Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, Chelsea skipper John Terry and Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz all transfer targets. (The Times) Manchester City couldn’t even sign Roque Santa Cruz in the last transfer window. I’ll wish them luck signing any of the other three [...]

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is ready to extend his current contract at Anfield as he looks to finish his career on Merseyside. (Various) Hopefully for Liverpool fans this contract negotiation goes a lot smoother than the previous contract Gerrard signed. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is ready to may a remarkable U-turn and pledge his future [...]

Manchester City have made an approach for Atletico Madrid’s former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan but have been told they must pay £30m for the 29-year-old Uruguayan. (Daily Mirror) Rumours regarding Forlan will heat up with his recent demotion to the bench in several key games. While Forlan is a class striker but he is [...]

- Football is a funny game sometimes. When a team is on form everyone thinks the team will ride that form throughout the season but when it goes, it goes in a big way. Nine days ago all United had to do was beat Liverpool and the Premier League was pretty much won. Everyone knows [...]

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 [...]