United exit not the end for Park July 9, 2012 QPR manager Mark Hughes insists there is absolutely no reason why Ji-Sung Park’s transfer from Manchester United should mark a decline in the midfielder’s career and believes his arrival could prove to be the catalyst for serious success at the west London club. Park, at an initial £2m, is the club’s sixth summer signing yet [...]
Why qualified financiers are in terrific demand July 9, 2012 Recently it occurred to me that if I were to come back in another life I might train to be a Qualified Executive. I had never heard the term before the last few days but people in the City have been telling me that Qualified Executives (or QEs as they are known within the square [...]
Goal-line technology set for imminent Premier League use July 5, 2012 PREMIER League football finally appears to be set to benefit from the introduction of goal-line technology after its introduction was finally approved of by football’s law makers, the International Football Association Board. World football’s governing body Fifa is satisfied that two separate systems – Hawk-Eye and GoalRef – fulfill the necessary criteria, and after their [...]
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 [...]