Zarate to prove doubters wrong during QPR loan January 6, 2015 NEW Queens Park Rangers striker Mauro Zarate has vowed to show his true worth after completing a loan move until the end of the season from Premier League rivals West Ham yesterday. Zarate’s temporary move to Loftus Road follows a disappointing start to life at the Hammers, with the 27-year-old Argentine scoring just twice in [...]
Imminent six-game absence no deterrent as Man City prepare to spend £30m on Swansea star Bony January 6, 2015 MANCHESTER City were last night close to signing Swansea striker Wilfried Bony for more than £30m – even though the Ivory Coast star could miss their next six games due to international duty. Premier League champions City have moved for Bony, who has scored 34 goals in 70 appearances since a £12m move from Holland’s [...]
January transfer window 2015: Tottenham have spent £50m more than Arsenal in winter windows January 6, 2015 Having moved ahead of North London rivals Arsenal in the Premier League last week, Tottenham Hotspur may look to consolidate their position by bringing in new recruits in this month’s January transfer window. After a relatively poor start in the league, Arsenal look to be more in need of reinforcements in midfield and defence, yet [...]
Chelsea have more of the world’s most valuable players than any other club, according to new study January 6, 2015 Three of the 10 most valuable players in the world currently ply their trade at Stamford Bridge, according to a new study from the CIES Football Observatory. Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and Francesc Fabregas are all named in the top 10, alongside Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez. No other club in Europe has [...]
FA Cup: Inspirational Gerrard denies Dons’ FA Cup dream January 5, 2015 AFC WIMBLEDON 1 LIVERPOOL 2 LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard is hoping to bow out of English football by hoisting the FA Cup on his 35th birthday after his quintessentially heroic display denied AFC Wimbledon a huge third-round shock last night. The fan-owned fourth-tier outfit, who play home games at non-league Kingstonian and were only formed [...]
FA Cup: Pochettino left fretting over fixture jam as replay looms January 5, 2015 BURNLEY 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino bemoaned his side’s inability to dispatch fellow Premier League outfit Burnley and avoid fixture congestion as last night’s low-key FA Cup third-round tie ended in stalemate – in front of just 9,348 supporters at Turf Moor. Battle lines will be redrawn to see who entertains Leicester [...]
Foxes overtake Chelsea in race for £8m Croatia striker Kramaric January 5, 2015 TABLE-TOPPING Chelsea are poised to lose out to Premier League basement-dwellers Leicester in the race to sign of one of Europe’s hottest properties, Croatia striker Andrej Kramaric. The Blues had looked set to land Kramaric, who has scored 28 in 31 games for Rijeka this season, for around £8m in the January transfer window with [...]
Arsenal confirm Podolski exit as Wenger eyes defensive recruits January 5, 2015 ARSENAL yesterday confirmed that striker Lukas Podolski has joined Italian side Inter Milan on loan until the end of the season. Germany World Cup winner Podolski has found himself on the periphery of Arsenal’s first-team picture this term, failing to start a Premier League fixture and only managing a miserly 99 minutes of top-flight football. [...]
January transfer window 2015: Chelsea and Manchester City top list of Premier League’s winter spenders January 5, 2015
FA Cup: Blades cut QPR down in FA Cup and warn Spurs they are next January 4, 2015 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 SHEFFIELD United issued a warning to Tottenham yesterday after underlining their giant-killing credentials by dumping QPR out of the FA Cup – their fifth top-flight scalp in the last 12 months. The League One side’s top scorer Marc McNulty put them in front after 36 minutes and midfielder [...]