Month: December 2024

Emmanuel Adebayor has accused Manchester City officials of lacking the courage to tell him he is no longer wanted at Eastlands.

The Togolese striker was a 25-million-pound signing from Arsenal in 2009, but has endured a frustrating spell at City scoring just 15 goals from 34 appearances with the club and he was loaned to Real Madrid in January.

Adebayor, 27, had expected to rejoin his team-mates for pre-season training this month, but with the first team embarking on a tour of the US, the attacker said the club s coaches failed to inform he would not be part of the trip.

Instead, Adebayor claims it was left to club football administration officer Brian Marwood s secretary to email him about his omission from the trip.

I just received an email from Brian…

Arsenal have officially confirmed that they have agreed terms with Manchester City over the sale of Samir Nasri.

A statement on their website stated that the Frenchman, who has only one year left on his current contract, will now miss the club s trip to Udinese and will instead travel to Manchester to complete a medical.

The news will come as a blow to Gunners fans as it was earlier reported that the midfielder was going to travel to Italy with them for their vital Champions League tie.

Now though, it appears the playmaker will join left-back Gael Clichy and striker Emmanuel Adebayor in making the move to Eastlands from the Emirates.

The 24-year-old played for Arsenal last weekend in their 2-0 home defeat against Liverpool, which is now almost certain to…

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that Shaun Wright Phillips has turned down the opportunity to go out on loan, r.

The winger, who moved to Loftus Road from Manchester City in the summer of 2011 has made sixty-nine appearances for the London club, though only one of those has come this season.

Aside from that start, that came in the shock defeat to League Two Burton Albion in the second round of the Capital One Cup, he has only made the Hoops’ match day squad on occasion, though he has not yet been tempted to leave on a temporary basis, despite clubs showing an interest.

QPR beat struggling Aston Villa on Monday evening to move off the bottom of the table, and they will hope to move further away from trouble when they take on another o…

Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa hailed their defence, as they prepare for a last-16 clash with the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup.

The Group A runners-up tackle the Dutch in Fortaleza on Sunday, with Louis van Gaal s men running hot after scoring 10 goals in three group wins.

The Mexicans were far less prominent when it came to goals, netting four as they picked up seven points, although they had not been beaten at the back for the opening 266 minutes of the tournament before Croatia s Ivan Perisic scored a consolation goal against Miguel Herrera s men.

And up against a Dutch attack featuring Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, Ochoa said his defence must continue to be compact.

I think the defensive line has been shown to be key, be…

Manchester United s signing of Romelu Lukaku has come at the perfect time , according to the club s former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The Belgium international completed a move to United this month for a reported fee of £75million and has already netted twice in three pre-season outings, including in the 2-0 win over Manchester City in Houston this week.

Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in just 219 games for the Red Devils and became a favourite of the Old Trafford faithful before leaving for Real Madrid in 2006.

And the former Netherlands star expects Lukaku to achieve a similar status among the supporters if he makes the most of his move from Everton.

I actually remember playing against Romelu Lukaku. I was at Hamburg, he was at Anderlecht, and it wa…

United youngster Adnan Januzaj has failed to build on the promising start to his career at Old Trafford

Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj was once considered as one of the brightest young players in the European game.

He burst into the United team in 2013 at just 18, scoring twice in his first start in a 2-1 win at Sunderland.

That virtuoso display and a couple more impressive performances during Moyes’ short stint in charge at Old Trafford saw Januzaj handed a new five-year contract and £60,000 per week.

Fast forward three years and Januzaj has almost vanished from the consciousness of the casual football observer. Questions are now being asked about whether the now 21-year-old will fulfil his potential?

Typically over-hyped youngster