I can’t see what’s so bad about Arsenal July 4, 2012 Robin van Persie’s decision to announce his exit from Arsenal was an interesting one in terms of his timing. He’s saying that he doesn’t believe that the club’s going forward, but they’ve just spent around £20m on Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud, so I don’t see what Arsenal are doing wrong. They’ve just proven they’re [...]
Manchester United chooses NYSE for listing July 4, 2012 Manchester United has picked the New York Stock Exchange to make its stock market debut, ending months of speculation over where the world’s best-supported football club would list. After first eyeing a Hong Kong IPO, the former English Premier League champions had planned a $1bn (£638.1m) listing in Singapore in the second half of last [...]
Pearce: Ticket sales don’t concern me – just players July 2, 2012 TEAM GB manager Stuart Pearce is adamant ticket sales and merchandising will be far from his mind as he prepares his squad to compete for success at London 2012. Pearce has been fiercely criticised for his decision to omit former England captain David Beckham from his squad despite the midfielder’s influential and dedicated support of [...]
Buckingham’s team will have to fight hard for a Nigerian win July 1, 2012 WHEN Arsenal last week announced it would play its first pre-season friendly against Nigeria’s national team in Abuja next month, the club won plaudits for bringing investment into the country. Tony Buckingham, the swashbuckling chief executive of Heritage Oil, must be hoping for a similarly warm reception from investors after his own entry to that [...]
Koscielny convinced me to join Arsenal, says £13m Giroud June 26, 2012 FRANCE forward Olivier Giroud has told how international colleague Laurent Koscielny talked him into joining Arsenal, after completing his £13m transfer from Montpellier yesterday. Giroud, who topped the scoring charts and won the French top-flight title last season, discussed a possible move to north London with Gunners centre-back Koscielny while together at Euro 2012 this [...]
BT Vision gamble might be costly June 26, 2012 Group’s football move must win customers from BSkyB BT VISION’S surprising capture of the rights to 38 live Premier League matches from the beginning of the season after next is described as “the largest thing we have done in television to date” by the group’s chief executive Marc Watson. The problem for BT Vision is [...]
Rangers ready for relegation June 25, 2012 RANGERS face the likelihood of a humiliating demotion to the fourth tier after more rivals declared they would oppose the reborn club’s re-entry to the Scottish Premier League. Aberdeen and St Johnstone took the number of teams opposing a newco Rangers’ admission to the SPL to six, meaning they look highly unlikely to achieve the [...]
Parker warns England over Italy danger man Balotelli June 20, 2012 ENGLAND midfielder Scott Parker has warned team-mates they will have to stop his old foe Mario Balotelli if they are to overcome Italy on Sunday and reach the semi-finals of the European Championship. Tottenham’s Parker and Balotelli, of Manchester City, clashed last season in the Premier League when the Italian earned a four-game ban for [...]
West Ham seal Diame signing June 20, 2012 WEST Ham will sign midfielder Mohamed Diame on a free transfer from Wigan when his contract expires on 1 July. Diame, 25, has agreed a three-year deal with the Hammers and becomes their third signing after goalkeepers Jussi Jaaskelainen and Stephen Henderson were recruited to offset the departure of England’s Robert Green. “His potential is [...]
Premier League to be decided in London June 18, 2012 ARSENAL and Chelsea appear certain to have a significant influence on the destination of the Premier League title after being drawn to face Manchester United on consecutive weekends near the season’s end. United will visit Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 27 April before hosting Chelsea at Old Trafford on 4 May and on either [...]