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Mario Balotelli looks like he could be heading towards an exit from Inter Milan this summer with Manchester City looking like they are in pole position to sign the striker. The temperamental 19-year-old has had his share of well-publicised fallings out with the club and because of his indiscipline, should Premiership managers steer clear of him? After all [...]

Real Madrid are reportedly set to launch a bid for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and they will offer the club in excess of £30m plus either Rafael van der Vaart or Fernando Gago. With such a large offer would the club be making the right move in accepting the bid? Everybody knows that Steven Gerrard is a world [...]

With the acquisitions of Martin Petrov and Robbie Blake it seems clear that Bolton Wanderers manger Owen Coyle is trying to change the philosophy at the club from being a hard working and physical side, to making them more exciting and adventurous. They are both technical footballers and will offer a change to the usual types of [...]

Manchester City look set to sign midfielder Yaya Toure from Barcelona for a fee of £28m. However with so many options already available in midfield where will he fit into the team? Toure has shown himself to be a very good player whilst at Barcelona yet hasn’t been able to hold down a regular starting slot in [...]

Acclaimed journalist Martin Samuel believes that if Steven Gerrard chooses to leave Liverpool this summer then it shouldn’t be held against him.

Samuel has said: “Three years. That was the time frame Martin Broughton, chairman of Liverpool, was said to have given in a candid moment as how long it would take to turn the club around. “ “In [...]

In the aftermath of England’s 3-0 win over local South African side Platinum Allstars, it emerged that Wayne Rooney verbally abused the referee. This sort of behaviour is unacceptable and Rooney needs to learn the error of his ways before it gets him sent off and ultimately costs England a game. The match against Platinum Allstars proved [...]

After Roy Hodgson winning this year’s Premiership manager of the year, there is a candidate who has been well over-looked, Stoke’s Tony Pulis. Pulis has guided Stoke City to mid-table finishes in their first two seasons in the Premier League, and this achievement has been largely unnoticed by many people. The more impressive feat was Stoke’s [...]

With Wayne Rooney , Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe seemingly certainties to be on the plane to South Africa this summer, there is another striker that Capello should call up to the World Cup squad, Sunderland’s Darren Bent . Bent has been in great form for Sunderland this season scoring 24 goals and finishing 3rd in the top scorers chart behind Didier Drogba [...]

England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce has astonishingly said that James Milner could be more important to England than Wayne Rooney . Psycho himself has said: “Wayne’s form has created so much expectation and that’s credit to him. His maturity on a football pitch has grown fantastically over the last 18 months. Everything about him has improved.” Pearce went on to [...]