By Nick Harris 22 October 2010 The Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) has claimed this evening that Wayne Rooney’s new contract is evidence of the Glazer family caving in to fan pressure and protests at the US family’s ownership. A MUST spokesman said: “Like most supporters we are astonished but delighted by the news that […]

By Nick Harris 21 October 2010 The former Manchester United striker and Paul Stretford client Andy Cole has this evening asserted that Stretford “is a key factor in what’s going on with Manchester United’s best player [Wayne Rooney] at the moment.” Writing in his column for the Friday edition of the Abu Dhabi newspaper, The […]

By Brian Sears 21 October 2010 If Manchester City are serious about being title contenders then they need to stop losing so many games at home, and in particular stop losing at home to London’s big clubs: Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham have won on City’s home turf more times in the Premier League era than […]

By Brian Sears 21 October 2010 Tottenham are on course to become the sixth Premier League club to amass 1,000 points since the League started in 1992, and are almost certain to reach that tally this season. They have 969 points to date, so need another 31 points from 30 games remaining this campaign to […]

By Nick Harris 21 October 2010 Manchester United have released a statement this evening about Wayne Rooney saying, errm, not a lot. It says: “We are aware that there is intense public and media interest on the club at the moment, but there are no developments of note to report today. I can confirm a number […]

By Nick Harris 21 October 2010 Arsene Wenger confirmed at Arsenal’s AGM today that the club has “resources available to bring one or two players in if needed in January,” and an analysis of the club’s most recent account by sportingintelligence suggests his potential transfer kitty is at least £40m, possibly higher. The recently announced […]

By Nick Harris 20 October 2010 As the British chancellor George Osborne took his axe to public spending today and announced savage cuts the like of which haven’t been in 50 years, Parliament did witness one glimmer of optimism, and it was related to football, as the Prime Minister publicly backed a supporters’ group wanting […]

By Nick Harris 20 October 2010 Two members of Fifa’s Executive Committee, Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii, have been suspended today following alleged deals to sell their 2018 and 2022 Word Cup hosting votes, as exposed by the Sunday Times last weekend. Four other Fifa officials who were implicated in the ST reports – […]

By Nick Harris 20 October 2010 Wayne Rooney has confirmed in a statement that he wants to leave Manchester United having asked for assurances “about the continued ability of the club to attract the top players in the world.” The subtext is he did not receive the assurances and hence wants to leave. This will […]

By Nick Harris 20 October 2010 The restructuring of Liverpool’s management team – in the widest sense – has begun in with the announcement that managing director Christian Purslow is to step down from his role, becoming a non-executive director instead, as well as special advisor to the new owners, NESV, for an indeterminate period. […]