£6M a year or no deal

Drogba insist a two year contract extension worth £6M a year or he looks elsewhere. Chelsea are only willing to give him a year extension which has made clubs in Russia and China ready to swoop on the talented striker.

Inter Boss favours AVB

Claudo Ranieri was told he will see out his contract with Inter at least till the end of the season. But the Inter Milan president favours AVB to take over in the summer, though he is a big fan of Pep Gaurdiola who he's not sure yet will leave Barcelona at the end of the season. Pep Guardiola has been rumored to want to try out his skills in other leagues.

Rwanda holds Super Eagles to a goalless draw

Rwanda played a goalless draw the Nigerian Super Eagles in the 2013 African Nations Cup Qualifiers.

Chelsea in talks with Hulk

Chelsea are already in talks with Porto over a summer move for Hulk.

Hulk's release clause of £85M is yet to be met by Chelsea.

Chelsea home for Mourinho?

Report has it that Jose Mourinho is searching for a new house in London.

Does that mean Chelsea fans can start rejoicing?

Englad's Best to captain team

The England Player of the year will be the skipper for the English team today in a match against the Netherlands.

Congratulations!!!

Glen Johnson pulls out

Glen Johnson has pulled out of the England national team to play Netherlands on Wednesday after training with the squad on Tuesday.

Keita,Hazard and Martinez for Liverpool

The Carling Cup won by Liverpool FC is really bringing back life to anfield. 

The Mirror says the desire from owner John Henry to see the club back at the top European table could pave the way for Athletic Bilbao playmaker Javi Martinez, Barcelona’s Seydou Keita and Lille’s Belgian forward Eden Hazard to move to Anfield in the next transfer window. 

How much did they make from the carling cup that they wanna spend much?

Manchester Utd eye Ozil and khadira

Khadira

Manchester United sent their Chief Scout to Madrid to check on the Real Madrid players who were in action for their club in the La Liga fixture against Rayo Vallecano, a match they won by a lone strike by former Manchester United player; Christiano Ronaldo.

Ozil

Chelsea philisophy drowned Torres

Since the Fernado Torres move to Chelsea from Liverpool for 50M pounds, he has only scored 5 goals in all competition for Chelsea and hasn't scored since September in a game against Swansea. However, Torres is not the only Chelsea player to have experienced goal drought upon switching clubs, Shevchenko and Kezman were once in his shoes

Andre Villas-Boas said "We have been through the Torres situation before with [Andriy] Shevchenko and [Mateja] Kezman," he said, referring to other expensive forwards who have failed to flourish at Stamford Bridge. "But Torres's problems may have also come from a change of philosophy at the club".

AVB not sure about his future at Chelsea

Before now, AVB has always stressed that he had the full backing of the club's billionaire owner; Roman Abramovich but he took a new turn today on a Portuguese radio station saying "It'll be one of two [reactions] - a continuation of the project and full support or just the cultural pattern that has happened before.We don't know if it'll be tomorrow or in two years from now,It'll depend upon what is your understanding of what is happening at the moment. I think I have felt the confidence from Abramovich. But the pattern of behaviour of the owner has led to a downfall in similar situations or even 'better' situations"

Can Abramovich just give this guy time!

€55M for Kaka and Higuain by PSG

French based PSG have drawn up a list of players to buy in the coming transfer window market which Real Madrid's duo of Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain top the list.

Kaka is valued at €30M by PSG and Higuain at €25M.

Hulk coming to Chelsea

If AVB is still at Chelsea at the end of the season, he will be willing to welcome the Brazilian forward from Porto. There is a chance that Didier Drogba, Kalou and Malouda will be leaving at the end of the season and the coach wants a strong replacement.

He said "We have Kalou and Malouda, both of whom are nearing the end of their contracts, while Juan Mata and Daniel Sturridge are the future.As such, there will surely be a place to fill and I see room for an explosive player on the wing, someone who is strong in one-on-one situations and Hulk fits that profile."

Daren Bent might miss Euro 2012

Darren Bent might miss the rest of the season - and possibly Euro 2012 - after rupturing ankle ligaments during villa's premiership game against wigan which ended 0 - 0 at the weekend.


Bent will be out for three months.

England's Best: Scot Parker

Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker has been voted as the England fans' Player of the Year for 2011.
Parker succeeds Ashley Cole in winning the award and confirmed how proud he felt at the accolade.

Tevez could play against Swansea

Carlos Tevez will be in action for Manchester City in a reserve League Cup tie against Preston.

Tevez could be named among the substitutes at the Liberty Stadium. 

Tevez wish to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City Football Club, will lead to his fitness being assessed in the reserve outing with Preston which will make him available for selection next week against Swansea Fc.

Etuhu,Osaze and Yakubu in Nigeria

The Nigerian trio of Dickson Etuhu, Odewinge and Yakubu Aiyegbeni have arrived Nigeria for the match against Rwanda in the African Nations Cup Qualifiers. However, only Etuhu has since joined the camp in Abuja.

Ranieri Could be sacked today!

Inter Milan lost to Napoli yesterday in the Seria A, and Ranieri refused to resign as the coach. Inter president will be calling a meeting with his directors today to decide Claudo Ranieri's future.

Carling Cup: Penalty shoot-out

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Name:                       Luís André de Pina Cabrale Villas-Boas

Date of Birth:           17th October 1977

Place of Birth:           Porto, Portugal

Height:                      6ft 0in

Current Club:            Chelsea Fc

Honors:                     Premiera Liga 2011, UEFA Cup 2011

Brief:

Born in Porto,Villas-Boas at the age of 16 lived in the same apartment block as Sir Bobby Robson, who was then manager of FC Porto. "I was a small boy, but because I was so interested in football I went to his flat to try to meet him," he recalled. Following a discussion between the two, Robson appointed Villas-Boas to Porto's observation department. Villas-Boas has spoken fluent English since childhood, as his grandmother was from Stockport.Robson arranged for Villas-Boas to obtain the FA coaching qualification, the UEFA C coaching licence in Scotland and for him to study the training methods of Ipswich Town, then managed by George Burley.He later also obtained his B licence, A licence and UEFA Pro Licence in Scotland, under the tutelage of Jim Fleeting.

Villas-Boas had a short stint as head coach of the British Virgin Islands national team at the age of 21."I was basically the country's coach. I was a kid, but they didn't know that. I only told them my age the day I left the post. It was such a grand job for a 21-year-old. I was in charge for the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, and I remember Bermuda beating us very heavily, with Shaun Goater scoring five goals. It was a bad defeat, but still an unbelievable experience for a guy so young," he said. After this, he returned home to coach Porto's under-19 youth team, and later as the assistant to José Mourinho (another protégé of Robson's). "Because Jose knew me well from his time as Bobby Robson's assistant, he asked me to create the Opponent Observation Department." This process was meticulous, taking four days to compile a file.

As Mourinho moved clubs to Chelsea and Internazionale, Villas-Boas followed.

Guardiola to be highest paid coach

Inter Milan are willing to make Pep Guardiola the highest paid coach in the game to compel him to leave Barcelona.

Marca says Inter have prepared a package worth €20m per season in order to tempt Guardiola towards Serie A.

Who would you rather?

                                 Theo walcott                                 Christiano Ronaldo

Who fine pass?  drop your comments

Carling Cup Final: Train derail causes Chaos

A train derailed overnight leaving the main line between Liverpool and London blocked. This makes Liverpool fans travelling to Wembley face serious transport chaos.

Issuing an apology, Virgin Trains operator recommended those travelling to London consider driving to Crewe, Stafford or Stoke stations and taking the train from there.

RVP Contract talks on-hold

The Premier League’s leading goalscorer has about a year left to run on his current deal before it expires, which has led to speculation surrounding his future with the club.

In his club's official match day programme, he said "There have been a lot of stories, generally contradictory ones, about my contract situation recently so I’d like to make it clear.There’s nothing complicated or sinister - the Club and I have both agreed to speak at the end of the season and see how things stand. The boss, Ivan Gazidis and I are all comfortable with it.I need all my focus to be on football - on captaining this team, improving every day, doing extra work on the training pitch and preparing for the very busy schedule of fixtures we have.If I look down the list, there’s not much time to sit down and think about anything else! For me, this is a time to play football and not speak about personal things.All of my energy needs to go on getting this team where we want it to be this season.”

Arsenal, will you loose out on this guy?

Today's Fixtures

14:30    Arsenal         ? - ?    Tottenham H.
14:30    Norwich C.   ? - ?    Manchester U.
16:00    Stoke C.       ? - ?    Swansea C.

17:00    Cardiff C.    ? - ?    Liverpool

 FT        Villarreal    2 - 2    Athletic Bilbao
 16:00    Rayo Vallecano    ? - ?    Real Madrid
 18:00    Osasuna    ? - ?    Granada
 18:00    Real Sociedad    ? - ?    Mallorca
 18:00    Valencia    ? - ?    Sevilla
 21:30    Atletico Madrid    ? - ?    Barcelona

15:00    Atalanta    ? - ?    AS Roma
 15:00    Cagliari    ? - ?    Lecce
 15:00    Catania    ? - ?    Novara
 15:00    Chievo    ? - ?    Cesena
 15:00    Siena    ? - ?    Palermo
 20:45    Bologna    ? - ?    Udinese
 20:45    Lazio    ? - ?    Fiorentina
 20:45    Napoli    ? - ?    Inter Milan

Abramovich to decide AVB's future

The UK Sunday Express says despite Chelsea’s win over Bolton yesterday, owner Roman Abramovich – who hired Villas-Boas from Porto after winning the EUFA CUP – is to admit that his choice has failed.

Now Abramovich has been told by his advisors that the club won’t win anything with a divided dressing room. A Chelsea insider told the Sunday Express that the end was near for villas-Boas regardless of results. Last night Villas-Boas was linked with inter Milan.

Lampard Owns up to rift with AVB

Lampard has now confirmed that there have been issues, although he stressed that he wanted to remain positive. 

Lampard was qouted, saying "I think, from the outside, you can probably see that it's not been ideal but the important thing is not to focus on individual relationships too much. It can only be negative and people do like to play on negatives.I've been here a long time, I'm 33, I'm realistic. He said. "It doesn't mean I want to play every game but, if I sit on the bench, I want to see Chelsea win.

"I'm sure we're all frustrated at the minute, everyone who's involved - especially people who have got Chelsea in their hearts, who have been here a long time and want to see us performing as we should do."

He added: "The only way we can push on from now - and secure Champions League football next year, potentially move through in the FA Cup and the Champions League this year - is to be positive.

"It's in the club's interest. It's not about any one individual here and negative things can take the shine off it."

Latest Scores.

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Newcastle 2 - 2 Wolves

QPR 0 - 1 Fulham

WestBrom 4 - 0 Sunderland

Wigan 0 - 0 Aston Villa

Manchester City 3 - 0 Blacburn

Racing Santander 1 - 1 Sporting Gijon
Real Betis 1 - 1 Getafe
Malaga 5 - 0 Zaragoza

Genoa 2 - 2 Parma
AC Milan 1 - 1 Juventus

Witchcraft is the reason for team split - Ghana Coach

According to BBC sport:

Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has revealed deep divisions within the squad, saying some players used witchcraft against their own team-mates.

The Serbian made his claim in a leaked report on the Black Stars' failure at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, where they were beaten by eventual winners Zambia in the semi-finals.

"We all need to help in changing some players' mentality about using 'black power' to destroy themselves, and also make sure we instil discipline and respect for each other," the coach said.

In a report delivered to the Ghana Football Association's (GFA) executive committee, Stevanovic added: "After losing to Zambia, there arose so many accusations amongst the players. 

Kwesi Nyantakyi GFA President

"I have learnt great lessons from African football and also about Ghanaian players' behaviour on and off the field.

The coach did not name any specific players in that part of the report and the GFA is refusing to comment on the matter, saying it does not discuss any issues arising from leaked documents.

"It has always happened, but players have used it to protect themselves and normally in search of luck," Sarfo Gyami, who was a member of the Ghana side at the 1992 Nations Cup, told BBC Sport.

"I have never heard of a situation when players have used it against their own colleagues. That is a very bad situation."

The image of Ghana's team during the Nations Cup was one of unity, with videos and pictures being beamed from the camp in Franceville of players holding late night prayer and singing sessions as a sign of their strong bond.

But both Stevanovic and GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi say there were deep divisions.

"During the competition we observed that some players played to achieve personal fame, prominence and excellence to the detriment of the team," Nyantakyi said at a press conference earlier this week.

"We also had complaints from some senior players, accusing some of the junior ones of disrespect."

Stevanovic's position is under serious threat, with the GFA reviewing his contract and due to make a decision on his future in two weeks.

However, he will lead the squad when they play Chile in the United States on Thursday.