http://gty.im/474539094 BBC Sport are reporting that Marseille striker Andre Ayew is having talks today with Swansea City and if talks go well a medical and an announcement is planned today. The 25 year old striker, has been linked with a few Premiership clubs this summer such as West Ham, Newcastle and Arsenal, but appears to have settled on a move to South Wales to join up with Gary Monk and his players who excelled last season. Ayew, is available on a free transfer as his contract expired start of this month, scored 52 goals in 181 appearances for the French…
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Craig Muncey
Passionate football fan, who enjoys sharing his views and thoughts on football with the outside world. Step Dad to a boy who supports a team, I do not have much time for, so interesting debates in my household! ;)
http://gty.im/474529852 According to Football Italia, Inter Milan’s new Vice President Javier Zanetti has confirmed that some talks have taken place in respect of trying to get Mehdi Benatia from Bayern Munich to Inter Milan. Benatia 28 years of age, Moroccan international, played 15 times for the Bavarian giants last season, and is thought to be interested in coming back to Italy, where he had two successful periods of football with Udinese and AS Roma. In terms of Roma, the football side he was a success, however he left under a cloud of controversy. Benatia stated in his press conference announcing…
http://gty.im/136057937 So many great goals, some of the goals to miss out is Gabriel Milito, 2010 final, Trevor Francis 1979 final and Ferenc Puskas goal in the 1960 final, however, Football Express News could only choose 10 – so here they are. 10. Ronald Koeman – 1992 final, Barcelona v Sampdoria. In a tight final, Barcelona get a free kick 20 yards out, Koeman drills a shot past Italian keeper, Pagliuca, and Barcelona win the European Cup for the first time. Fantastic clean strike, typical Koeman. 9. Lionel Messi – 2011 final, Barcelona v Manchester United. Iniesta and Xaxi swop passes…
http://gty.im/79054301 10. 1967 – Celtic 2 Internazionale 1 Jock Stein’s Celtic, the starting eleven all born within 30 miles of Glasgow, up against the Italian star ridden team who had won the European Cup twice in the last three years. Mazzorla scored first for Internazionale, but with players such as Lennox and Johnstone causing problems for the Italians, they got the equalizer via Tommy Gemmell and on 84 minutes, Paul Chalmers got the winner, and the first British, European club champions were crowned and the Lisbon Lions were born. 9. 2011 – Barcelona 3 Manchester United 1 The final was…
http://gty.im/475817626 Football Express News has gone all Top Ten crazy building up to Barcelona versus Juventus and here is a list of the most successful sides in the competition’s history. 1. Real Madrid – 10 times winners, 3 times runners up. 2. AC Milan – 7 times winners, 4 times runners up. http://gty.im/471657392 3. Bayern Munich – 5 times winners, 5 times runners up. 4. Liverpool – 5 times winners, 2 times runners up. http://gty.im/74043320 5. Barcelona – 4 times winners, 3 times runners up. 6. Ajax – 4 times winners, 2 times runners up. http://gty.im/114916830 7= Manchester United -…
http://gty.im/475300384 Football Express News have gone a little top ten crazy over the Champions League and we begin with a look at the players who have appeared most in the competition. 1. Xavi Hernandez : 150 appearances http://gty.im/474539534 2. Iker Casillas: 150 appearances http://gty.im/460903551 3. Raul Gonzalez: 142 appearances http://gty.im/470929920 4. Ryan Giggs: 141 appearances http://gty.im/455247176 5. Clarence Seedorf: 125 appearances http://gty.im/460027408 6. Paul Scholes: 124 appearances http://gty.im/170231824 7. Roberto Carlos: 120 appearances http://gty.im/474532494 8. Cristiano Ronaldo: 115 appearances http://gty.im/475246784 9. Carles Puyol: 115 appearances http://gty.im/472544614 10. Thierry Henry: 112 appearances Who’s who of world football on the above…
http://gty.im/475521194 Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleveley has joined Everton on a free transfer, putting pen to paper on a five-year contract. The 25 year old midfielder, has been on loan to Aston Villa this season from Manchester United, and played for Villa in the recent FA Cup final, and made 30 appearances and 3 goals for Villa last season. Think it is fair to say that he has come in for some criticism from fans and the media, and this may well be because of some of the previous players who has played in his position for Manchester United, such…
http://gty.im/474052764 Gareth Southgate has announced his squad to take part in the European Championships which will be held in the Czech Republic in June and July. England have picked a strong squad, with a couple of full internationals named. Couple of players who are unfortunate to miss out are Eric Dier, centre half from Tottenham Hotspur and Patrick Bamford, striker from Chelsea, who has had an excellent season with Middelsborough. Squad in full: Goalkeepers Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham), Jonathan Bond (Watford), Jack Butland (Stoke City) Defenders Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Luke Garbutt (Everton), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal), Michael Keane (Burnley), Liam Moore (Leicester City), John Stones (Everton), Matt Targett…
http://gty.im/474383170 Newcastle called Ryan Taylor to tell him his contract at the club would not be renewed, before asking him to pass the phone to Jonas Gutierrez to deliver the same news, according to Daily Mail. Toon bosses have decided not to renew contracts for Ryan Taylor and Jonas Gutierrez, which you can accept football decisions need to be made, players moved on etc, what is not acceptable is how the two players were told, which a number of newspapers are reporting on. Both players were in Belfast on a coaching course when Taylor took a phone call off John Carver,…
http://gty.im/79652439 Modern day football it is an every day sight to see foreign born footballers playing in British Leagues from all areas of the world, and this no doubt has enriched the leagues with some world class talents, but players from other countries in the football league was not always the case, there were a few players but this all started to change in 1978. In that year players such as Osvaldo Ardilles who had just played in and won the World Cup with Argentina, Ricardo Villa, Alejandro Sabella, Kazimierz Deyna and Arnold Muhren. Some more successful than others, however,…