Chelsea will hold crisis talks with their captain, John Terry, later today as the England centre back returns for pre-season training amidst a storm that is currently surrounding his future. Chelsea have already rejected two bids from Manchester City that have been aimed at poaching the Chelsea legend away from Stamford Bridge. Terry has not [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo. Don’t you just love him! If ever there was a player full of self-belief and ego, it’s him. Ronaldo has defended the cost of his world record-breaking transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid, saying “great players cost a lot.” The Portugal star’s 80 million pound switch to Real has made him the [...]

If anyone had any doubt what the signing of Kaka by Real Madrid means to the fans, his official welcome would have proved the point. The Brazilian star was expected to be welcomed by around 30,000 supporters at the famous Bernabeu. In the event, some 50,000 jubilant fans packed into the stadium and gathered outside, [...]

So, Sam Allardyce is trying to attract Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy back to the Premiership, is he? As Big Sam says, it really would be a coup but is it just a dream or could it really become reality? Blackburn Rover fans have had a mixed reaction to the news. Many have total faith [...]

The USA were well on the road to their first ever men’s FIFA tournament win today (June 28th) after they took a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the final of the 2009 Confederations Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, they made the fatal mistake that most teams do once they get a [...]

Manchester City have signed up Blackburn Rovers striker, Roque Santa Cruz, in an £18 million deal. It was a transfer that was expected to happen last January but with City’s widely reported interest in trying to get Kaka the deal took somewhat of a back seat. It was in fact Mark Hughes who signed him [...]

Lyon have accepted that they are close to defeat in their attempts to try and keep star player, Karim Benzema. The young Frenchman is thought to head a shortlist of attacking players that Sir Alex Ferguson will try to buy to make good the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United would be a good destination [...]

Bayern Munich have told Chelsea to up the ante if they want to have any chance of signing winger, Franck Ribery. Chelsea have made a bid of £40 million for the player, which is thought to be at least £10 million short of what the German side want for their best player. The speculation over [...]

Here’s something new for football, controversy. After just one round of matches at the Confederations Cup in South Africa, there’s already been plenty of it. The biggest fuss surrounded the thrilling 4-3 win by Brazil over Egypt in Group B on Monday (June 15th). Brazil seemed to have the game in control and were cruising [...]

After the dust has finally settled from a hectic week of spending in the world of football it sometimes feels like I’m writing for the Financial Times instead of a sports site. But that’s what football and many other sports have become these days…big businesses, so we better get used to it. But to analyze [...]