England boss Roy Hodgson has announced is England squad for this summer’s European Championship and there is no place for Manchester United‘s Rio Ferdinand, while Chelsea‘s John Terry has been included.
There are some new faces in Hodgson’s squad including uncapped Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and some surprises.
Up front Hodgson has went with Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe, who has not played a competitive match for England since September 2010.
There is no place for Manchester United’s Michael Carrick as Gareth Barry, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Scott Parker took the central midfield berths.
Some Manchester City fans are no doubt still celebrating winning their first title in over 40 years, but the comments from Yaya Toure’s agent could end the party atmosphere.
Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk’s was interviewed on Spanish radio on Tuesday and this is what he had to say:
“Toure has done all he can do at City and needs new motivations. He would like a new challenge. He would not cost much.
“He could sign for many big clubs, like Chelsea or Bayern Munich. We would like to see Barcelona join the race.”
In the most dramatic five minutes in Premier League history, Manchester City scored twice in added time to beat QPR 3-2 today and win their first league title in 44 years.
Going into today, Man City and United were tied atop the Premier League. City had a vastly superior goal difference so they knew that as long as they matched United’s result at Sunderland then they would be crowned champions.
Th he title looked to be heading to Manchester United for the 20th time as Wayne Rooney gave the Red Devils a 1-0 win at Sunderland.
It has been an unbelievable season in the Premier League with twists and turns seemingly every week. So it is not a surprise that as we enter the final weekend of games, that the title, Champions League places and the relegation battle are all up for grabs.
Title Race
The two Manchester clubs are level on points but City’s goal difference is eight superior to United’s, so effectively Sir Alex Ferguson’s side must better City’s result. Put simply, if City win at the Etihad, they win the title which is what I expect them to do.
Former Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow says that the club was one day away from administration before being sold to current owners Fenway Sports Group.
Purslow said on Radio 5 Live’s Sportsweek programme:
“People have short memories, it’s only 15-16 months ago we were a day away from being in administration. We are now stable financially.
“It’s year one of what they (Fenway) said when they bought the club would be a long journey.”
Purslow was appointed by former joint owners Tom Hicks and George Gillette in June 2009 with a brief of finding new owners, and left his post shortly after Fenway completed their takeover in Oct 2010.
Chelsea has announced that they will play mega-rich French side Paris St Germain at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, July 22. This will the first soccer game to be held at the new Yankee Stadium.
Chelsea’s USA tour will now include four games, as they had previously announced fixtures against Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field on July 18 and Philadelphia on July 25 where we will meet the MLS All-Stars at PPL Park.
Chelsea have announced that they will Italian giants AC Milan during their US Tour this summer. The game, which was originally scheduled for FedEx Field near Washington D.c., will instead take place at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on Saturday, July 28. Buy Chelsea v AC Milan Tickets
Not sure why the game got changed, but happy that it is going ahead though.
AC Milan will be familiar opposition on Chelsea’s first ever visit to Florida in what promises to be a keenly contested game. Chelsea played Milan in the summer of 2009 in Baltimore, when goals from Didier Drogba and Yury Zhirkov earned Chelsea a 2-1 win in front of more than 70,000 fans.
Chelsea‘s ambitions of a top-four finish were ended in emphatic style after they lost 4-1 to Liverpool at Anfield tonight.
The convincing win and performance by Liverpool had to have Kenny Dalglish and the Liverpool fand wondering why they had not played like that on Saturday in the FA Cup Final when Chelsea beat them 2-1.
As for Chelsea, this was one of the Blues worst performances in the Roman Abramovich era. John Terry and Branislav Ivanoic in particular where terrible. Terry was directly responsible for two of Liverpool’s goals, was nutmegged three times in the opening 20 minutes and suffered through probably his worst outing as a Chelsea player.
Former Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers have been relegated after losing 1-0 at home to Wigan tonight. Antolin Alcaraz’s goal in the 87th minute was enough to keep Wigan in the Premier League for another season.
There were ugly scenes at the final whistle when some Blackburn fans ran onto the field at Ewood Park in further opposition to the club’s management and owners on a night of protest at Ewood Park.
Rovers went into the game knowing that anything less than a win would mean relegation, and yet they were dominated completely by Wigan.
England boss Roy Hodgson has announced is England squad for this summer’s European Championship and there is no place for Manchester United‘s Rio Ferdinand, while Chelsea‘s John Terry has been included.
