Eto'o to quite World cup

According to reports on mtnfootball.com, Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o questioned his participation at the World cup after critisism from Roger Milla that he brought nothing to his country.

Milla this week told AFP that Eto'o had "brought lots to Barcelona and Inter Milan but never anything to the Cameroon team".

"It's also a question of discipline. Cameroon is waiting for him to react," Milla said.

Eto'o, who this month won the Champions League with Inter to add to his two European Cup winning medals with Barca in 2006 and 2009, dubbed Milla "bitter".

"Is it worth me going to the World Cup?" he asked on the sidelines of an exhibition match in Paris.

"I've still got some days to think about it but I'll see if my taking part is important because I don't need this in my career."

Speaking to Canal Plus television channel, he added: "It is always before tournaments that bitter people wake up.

"What has he (Milla) done? He hasn't won the World Cup. They played in a quarter-final (in 1990) and with what a team. They had one of the best teams with some great players throughout. It's not because they knew glory at the age of 40 that they can talk.

"And then you wonder, 'are they my people?'. Are they really my people? Is it really worth going to the World Cup?"

£60million for Zlatan and Yaya Toure

Reports show that Barcelona are willing to sell striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and holding midfielder Yaya Toure for £60million.

Manager Pep Guardiola would love to keep Toure but the midfielder does not want to spend another year playing from the bench.


City coach Roberto Mancini brought the best out of Zlatan when he was at Inter, so we hope he does just that if he succeeds in bringing him to City.


City are also in pursuit of Real striker Gonzalo Higuain, who is reluctant to sign a new deal. His current deal see's him earn just £15,000 a week but with City calling we all know all thats going to change.

Manchester United and Arsenal chase Hazard

Sir Alex Ferguson has set his sights on the highley rated Belgian star Eden Hazard.
Hazard who plays for Lille is also sort after by Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger, Hazard was named France Ligue1 youmg player of the year.

Sir Alex is looking to recruit more young talents to United, and Hazard who lead Lille to their to a fourth place finish and a good run in the Europa league its just that profile.

Lille have set a reasonable price tag of £13million on the young star.

United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Madrid may be out Europe

With the new UEFA Fianance rule, clubs now face a battle to qualify for European competitions in future.
This comes under the regulation signed by UEFA's executive commitie. Clubs involved in Europe's premier competitions are only allowed to spend what they earn by 2012.


The new rule is a threat to the participation of Man City who made a £93million loss last year, In European competitions, Chelsea also made a loss of £47 million. United who made a £93million loss, insist they will pass the new UEFA financial fair play test.

Roma to sign Adriano.

Adriano is looking to put an end to his bad boy image with a move to Seria A side Roma.

Adriano was once regarded as the best player in the world, but his his love of the nightlife, coupled with injuries, saw him return to Brazil to play for Flamengo.

"There is no place like Italy where I can truly prove that I have recovered," Adriano told Corriere dello Sport. "I thought about it long and hard and I'm happy to return to Italy."


Adriano is currently a free agent.

West Ham make a £3million bid for Lyon's Piquionne.

West Ham have made a 3million Pound bid for Lyon striker Frederic Piquionne.

Piquionne who had a fantastic season on loan with Portsmouth has been attracting interests from Fulham and Blackburn.

Piquionne would be reunited with Avram Grant if the deal goes through.
Avram Grant is also trying to bring in Belhadj, Kevin Prince Boateng and Jamie O'Hara.

Hernandez granted work permit.

Manchester United finally completed the signing of Mexican international Javier Hernandez.

Hernandez has finally played 75% football for Mexico which now makes him eligible for a work permit. The work permit will go through on the 1st of July.

Hernandez would be the first Mexican player to sign for United.

City line up bid for Real Duo.

Manchester City are reportedly lining up a bid for Real Madrid duo Fernando Gago and Gonzalo Higuain.

Higuain has been a very influencial part of Madrid's squad, scoring 27 goals in Real's campaign last season.
Gago also had a fantastic season with Madrid and was also sort after by City during the January transfer window.

City is also thought to be in discussion with Wolfsburg striker Dzeko.

Zimbabwe to pay Brazil 1.3Million Pounds Appearance fee.

Zimbabwe are to pay the Brazilian's 1.3Million in appearance fee.

This is a country whose unemployment rate is 95% according to the CIA world factbook and also has a 68% population leaving below the poverty line.

To me this is just stupidity, there is really no way the friendly match is going to bring foreign investors or revenues to the country, so I see no reason why it should be done.

Essien ruled out of the World Cup.

According to the Ghanaian FA, Micheal Essien would not be taking part in Ghana's World cup campaign.

The Chelsea midfielder has been out with a knee injury and has been told he would not fully recover until the end of July.

Ghana would have to put on a repeat performance of the African Nations cup where they played well without Micheal Essien.

Liverpool duo on their way to Chelsea.

Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun claims his on the verge of joining League Champions Chelsea and could also be joined by fellow team mate Javier Mascherano.

With the just concluded season over and a very disappointing display by Liverpool, its very clear that they might loose most of their stars, mostly they would be no European football in Anfield next season.

This is coming after Torres has dismissed talks saying he will be at Anfield next season.

No deal for Modric.

Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp has warned Manchester United again that they would be wasting their time with any attempt in signing Luka Modric.

This comes after speculations that Sir Alex Ferguson is lining up a 25Million Pounds deal to lure the Croatian star to Old Trafford.
Modric would be a good replacement for Paul Schole since Ferguson has said he reminded him of the younger Scholes.

Redknapp would have to hang on to the midfielder if he is to pose any kind of threat in next season's UEFA Champions league.

Real show Pellegrini the door.

Its one news that doesn't come as a surprise to anyone. Real Madrid have finally sacked coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Its should be said to be the worst kept secret in football, Real Madrid finally clear the way for Jose Murinho to take over as Real Madrid's next manager.

The "Special one" has just one job to do and that is to bring Real back to their glory days. He did it with Chelsea and also with Inter, now can he do same at Real?

Zigic moves to Birmingham.

Birmingham just signed Serbian striker Nikola Zigic on a four year lond deal for an undisclosed fee.

Zigic scored 13 goals in 19 games for Racing Santader on a loan move from Valencia last season.

Zigic is Birmingham's third signing of the summer, having already brought in goalkeeper Ben Foster from Manchester United and Spanish midfielder Enric Valles.

Yakubu on his way to Upton Park.

Yakubu is to be Avram Grant's first signing when appointed as West Ham's manager.

Sources say Grant will be unvieled either tuesday or wednesday next week and Yakubu has already agreed to join him at the club after the World cup in South Africa.

Yakubu is to replace Carlton Cole after a 15Million Pound price tag has been placed on him.

The East London club have already rejected bids from Birmingham, Stoke City and Fulham because they did not reach the desired 15Million mark.

Yakubu would be the likely replacement after plans to bring in Thierry Henry and Kevin Kuranyi failed.

Real Madrid plan Blues sweep.

Jose Mourinho has told Real Madrid to make a 50million Pounds bid for Chelsea duo Essien and Ashley Cole.

Mourinho who has had talks with Real is expected to be unveiled as their new coach next week and already has a 100million Pounds transfer budget at his disposal.

Mourinho has been a long time fan of Essien and even tried to take him with him when he first got to Inter, but now things are different.
With a prestigious club like Real Madrid and enough cash to spend, I don't think Essien, Ashley or even Chelsea would be able to say no.

Van dar Vaart to replace Scholes?

There have been reports that Manchester United are lining up a 20Million Pound bid for Real Madrid's Rafael Van Dar Vaart.

Sources claim that he could be the replacement for veteran midfielder Paul Scholes. This reports come in as Ferguson has question marks over the players age and injury scares.

Van Dar Vaart in my opinion would be a magnificent acquisition to the Manchester United team.

Newcastle move in on Wilshere loan deal as Fran Merida joins Atletico Madrid.

Newcastle have arrived back in the Premier league on the first time of asking, with a magnifisent display at the championship.
Now they are looking to boost their squad with Arsenal's Jack Wilshere after a brilliant season on loan at bolton.
This coming after Arsenal just lost Fran Merida to Atletico Madrid on a free transfer on Sunday.
Things just keeping getting worse for Arsenal as most of their players are looking to move on.

Rodwell says "NO" to United.

Everton's teenage star has put an end to speculations that would be leaving Goodison Park to join Manchester United after agreeing to sign a new contract with his current club this week.

This would be great news to David Moyes since he has been trying hard to keep his start players in a bid to win a slot for next seasons UEFA Champions league.

Manchester United were said to have been willing to pay 15million Pounds for the talented young star.

West Ham make Henry Their top transfer target.

West Ham United are bidding for what might be their highest profile signing, Barcelona's Thierry Henry.
The deal would include a 75,000 pounds weekly wage, co-owner David Sullivan insists its a very serious bid.
"Henry could walk into almost any Premier league side" he said.
The problem now facing the Hammers is the fact that Henry has said that he would not return to any Premier league club because of his loyalty to Arsenal.

Dzeko to replace Torres.

Reports have emerged that Liverpool scout have been in Sarajevo to talk to Dzeko's people.
Chelsea and Man city are to make massive bids for Liverpool's Fernando Torres and Liverpool would need a replacement. Dzeko was the highet goal scorer in last season's German league. But new boss Mclaren would not let the striker go without a fight.

The Special one does it again.

The self proclaimed "Special One" has done it again, he has become a Legend in what we can call a short coaching career. He has proven that winning the Champions league with Porto wasn't a fluke.
We might not like his style of coaching or his personality, but the truth remains that he has emerged to be arguably the best coach in the world today.
Although attentions now shift to his future, speculations now link him to be the next manager of Real Madrid.

Arsenal finally sign Marouane Chamakh

Arsenal just got their Premier league title challenge campaign started with the signing of Moroccan star

Marouane Chamakh. This is a very welcoming news to Arsenal fans who have criticized the way Arsene Wenger always held back on buying established players.

The purchase of Chamakh will be a boost to Arsenals attack with rumors of players wanting out. Lets just hope he performs well.

Its goodbye for Fabregas.

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas held a face to face meeting with Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger to discuss his future, in a what was said to be an "emotional" confrontation. He finally told his manager of his intensions to leave the north London side.
Fabregas fly in from spain where he has been undergoing treatment on his injured knee. It is said that the Arsenal manager took the news calmly.

Arsenal looking for Fabregas replacement

Arsenal may be tempted to sign Cameroonian midfield sensation Stephane Mbia in a deal that might see them spend 16million Pounds.
Since speculations arise about Arsenal's skipper, Cesc Fabregas's future, it would be a wise move for Arsenal.

Barcelona Sign David Villa

Barcelona has agreed to sign Spanish Talisman, David Villa for a whooping 40million Euros.
Villa will undergo his medicals on Friday before signing a four-year contract. Barcelona beat interests from top clubs like Manchester United and English Champions Chelsea, let see what Barcelona can bring out of this world class striker.

Manager of the year

Harry Redknapp of Tottenham was just crowned Manager of the year, most people say he deserves it, but definetly not me. He qualified Tottenham for the UEFA champions league and thats a wonderful achievment, but lets not forget the fact that he's in club with a lot of money to spend on transfer compared to Roy Hodgson who had little to spend on transfers but yet took Fulham into the Europa league finals.

It wasn't an easy ride for them, they had to overcome AS Roma, Italian giants Juventus, UEFA cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk and host team HSV.

I really wonder what the critarias are for choosing the manager of the year.

World Cup theme song

Listened to the official World Cup theme song and all I have to say is it was rubbish, first of all it was the choice to pick Shakira a non African to sing the Theme song, secondly the beat, the lyrics, in short the whole song just has a drab about it.

I just hope its not the begging of the end for what is looking like would be a disastrous World Cup in Africa.

Tittle chase

Watched the Arsenal, Blackburn match and it was a joy to watch. The fact that Arsenal won't only end the season without a trophy, but they might actually end up in 4th position.

Yet we're still going to have the tittle decided on the final day, where Chelsea face a Wigan side which beat them 3-1 in their last encounter. Its going to be a fight to the last.....

Tittle chase

Was a very painful sight when I saw Chelsea win at Anfield earlier today, I had hope that they would either draw or loose. Now Man Utd's chances of winning become slimmer and slimmer by the minute. I still have hope though that by some miracle the tittle would still end at the cabinets of Manchester United.