Thu, May 13th 2010
The Italian (Fabio Capello) revealed he tried to persuade Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes to come out of international retirement, but failed.
From: BBC
Not too much surprise here.
Scholes ‘retired’ after he was effectively dropped after the emergence of Lampard and he found himself 4th choice midfielder after Beckham and Gerrard. There’s no doubt he could still have played a role, though, especially after Barry’s injury.
Fri, August 3rd 2007
The inevitable has finally happened, leaving Tevez free to leave West Ham. The Hammers seem happy with the deal, hoping that the Premier League will now draw a line under the whole shady situation.
Fri, July 27th 2007
[Alex Ferguson] admitted that he has no intention of ending his interest in a player he believes will be a crucial addition to his squad.
Ferguson said: “I would imagine that we can all get things done before the deadline, but we would wait for Tevez anyway if we have to. We’ve gone so far now, there’s no point stepping back.
Perhaps, if Ferguson had not fielded a weakened team against West Ham on the final day of last season, he could have relegated the Hammers rather than Sheffield Utd, presumably invoking a release clause in Tevez’s contract.
From: Man United to tough it out for Carlos Tevez - Telegraph
Mon, December 4th 2006
Christiano Ronaldo’s penalty winning tumble in the Middlesborough box provoked the usual allegations of the Portuguese player’s inclination to dive. Maybe, this time, we should forgive him. Just this time, mind…
Tue, September 19th 2006
Owen Hargreaves’ broken leg has prompted the England management team to try and tempt Paul Scholes out of his international retirement.
Fri, September 15th 2006
Last season’s top 4 teams meet each other this Sunday, as Chelsea face Liverpool and Man Utd play Arsenal.
After a summer of World Cup football, and the football season’s first month being broken up by international games, the English Premiership has so far failed to fire…
Fri, August 11th 2006
David Beckham looks unlikely to add to his 94 England caps as the 31 year old was left out of new England coach Steve McClaren’s first England squad.
Winners are West Ham’s Dean Ashton, and a large number of former McClaren players from his time at Manchester Utd.
Mon, July 17th 2006
With Juve effectively relegated for 2 seasons due to their 30 point deduction in Serie B it seems inconceivable that they will be able to hang on to all their players or even loan them out for a year.
Not too many leagues will be able to match the Italian clubs’ salaries, so England will be a likely destination for many who leave.
Here’s a list of transfer speculation of England’s top clubs and who they are targetting.
Chelsea
Alessandro Nesta (Milan), Fabio Cannavaro, Pavel Nedved, Gianluca Zambrotta (Juve);
Manchester United
Patrick Vieira, Pavel Nedved (Juve), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Luca Toni (Fiorentina)
Liverpool
Mauro Camoranesi, David Trezeguet (Juve)
Arsenal
Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira, David Trezeguet (Juve), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Tottenham
Lilian Thuram (Juve), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Source: BBC
Mon, July 10th 2006
The World Cup finals can make and break reputations. Who has come off worst this time around.
Mon, June 12th 2006
Celtic midfielder Roy Keane has retired from professional football because of a long-standing hip injury.
From: BBC
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