Wenger faces Uefa action over Milan referee jibes March 7, 2012 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is facing the possibility of Uefa sanction for the third time in a year after he confronted referee Damir Skomina following his side’s 3-0 win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday night. The Gunners boss, who was banned from the touchline for the first three matches of this [...]
Gers could fail to finish the season March 7, 2012 RANGERS administrators have warned that the financially-stricken Scottish champions are in severe danger of being unable to complete the season. Duff and Phelps said yesterday they had again failed to agree cost-cutting measures with players, leaving them with little choice but to accelerate attempts to sell the club. David Whitehouse of Duff and Phelps said: [...]
Hoddle keen on making a sensational Blues return March 6, 2012 Former Chelsea boss ready to end six-year managerial exile and says club should appoint an Englishman FORMER England and Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle is desperate to seal a dramatic return to Stamford Bridge as Andre Villas-Boas’s successor and has urged the club to break with tradition and employ an Englishman. Villas-Boas became the sixth managerial [...]
Low emerges as surprise candidate for Chelsea job March 5, 2012 Germany boss in frame to replace Villas-Boas as Eriksson declares interest and Benitez drops hint GERMANY coach Joachim Low last night emerged as a shock contender to succeed Andre Villas-Boas as Chelsea turned their attention to recruiting a long-term replacement for the sacked manager. Low, one of the most highly-regarded technicians on the continent, having [...]
Sven’s a better bet than Di Matteo March 5, 2012 CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich made the right call in sacking Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday after the manager seemingly lost his way with the players – although things could get worse before they get better. The Portuguese appeared unable to motivate them any more, which means they were not happy with something. To me it looks [...]
£33m: Blues count cost as AVB gets the bullet March 4, 2012 Villas-Boas becomes sixth Chelsea manager to be axed in Abramovich era, after eight months CHELSEA finally lost patience with manager Andre Villas-Boas yesterday, bring to an end an eight-month tenure that cost the club around £33m. Villas-Boas was sacked hours after Saturday’s defeat at West Brom delivered another blow to their hopes of returning to [...]
United and Young show Spurs true hallmark of champions March 4, 2012 TOTTENHAM (1) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER UNITED extinguished Tottenham’s flagging Premier League title hopes with a clinical display at White Hart Lane yesterday, but manager Harry Redknapp insists his side remain on course to end the season as London’s top club. Redknapp held a team meeting on Thursday in which he stressed the need [...]
Pogrebnyak treble fuels Fulham romp March 4, 2012 FULHAM (5) vs WOLVES (0) FULHAM manager Martin Jol is ready to hand January signing Pavel Pogrebnyak a new contract after the Russia striker plundered a perfect hat-trick in an emphatic drubbing of sorry Wolves. Pogrebnyak, who joined from Stuttgart until the end of the season, scored with his head and both feet to take [...]
Oil firms see slump in market value March 1, 2012 INDEPENDENT oil explorers saw their market value hit last year, a new league table compiled by Deloitte has revealed. The market capitalisation of the UK’s 25 biggest companies in the sector fell from £32.2bn in 2010 to £27.8bn. The fall came as investors shied away from projects viewed as risky amid volatile world markets. However [...]
Premier League clubs face raw deal from Euro financial rules March 1, 2012 ENGLISH football clubs face being placed at an unfair disadvantage to their European rivals because of a loophole regarding charitable donations in new Financial Fair Play rules, City A.M. can reveal. Top-flight sides last year donated a total of £167.2m – or £8.4m per club – to good causes and lower tier clubs via the [...]