Is Fabregas departure start of mass exodus at Arsenal? It is the news that all Arsenal fans feared, but were all secretly expecting. Cesc Fabregas, the club's captain, talisman and longest serving player, flew into London this week to tell his manager Arsene Wenger that he would like to leave the club…

So finally, David Gold and David Sullivan have got their way. The most inevitable sacking of the summer was instigated in double quick time as Gianfranco Zola left his post as West Ham boss just two days after the end of the season. The Italian's popularity will affect many people's judgement on…

Another day, another comment from Sepp Blatter praising a country's bid to host the 2018 World Cup and, once again, England have missed out on his kind words. What we have done to deserve such hostility from the suits at FIFA, I don't know. However, it seems England's hopes of hosting the…

There were plenty of "I told you sos" flying around football circles on Sunday when Burnley's relegation was finally confirmed following a 4-0 home defeat to Liverpool. The Clarets' embattled boss Brian Laws had overseen a 14th defeat in 17 games in charge and much of the post match chatter involved the…

All good things must come to an end, even in football, and next summer it looks like one of the greatest managerial reigns the game has seen will finally come to an end. It hasn't been confirmed and remains in the realms of tabloid tittle tattle, but if the rumours are…

John Terry's performance at White Hart Lane on Saturday evening frightened the life out of me. With the World Cup coming and excitement starting to build JT lost the plot. Terry conceded a penalty and then was sent-off after two quick-fire yellow cards and even Chelsea boss…

Manchester United's trophy hopes have taken a huge hit in the last week and with their season in danger of petering out the champions look short of firepower. The Red Devils have already bagged the Carling Cup, but after being bundled out of the Champions League in midweek…

The sight of happy, celebratory Newcastle fans has been a rare one in recent years as season after season of financial and football mismanagement saw the club slowly decline and decay, resulting in relegation from the Premier League last year. According to many sceptics this was to be the start of an…

They were a few throw away comments that have caused boardroom across England to sit up and take notice. Jose Mourinho, controversial coach of Inter Milan, recently declared that he doesn't like Italian football and "it doesn't like me." This will only speed up the rumour mill that has linked…

Can England afford to take Emile Heskey to the World Cup? It's a question that has been in my mind for a while, but I'm not sure England chief Fabio Capello has been losing any sleep over it. The Aston Villa frontman looks a shoo-in for the plane to South Africa after featuring…