With the Pep Guardiola revolution at Manchester City around the corner it seems as if the first signing of that era is set to be made with Borussia Dortmund’s Midfielder Illkay Gundogan set to join the club for £20m pounds Although the 25 year old has recently undergone knee surgery …
Read More »Spain vs South Korea in less than 4 minutes
Spain’s preparations for Euro 2016 certainly wasn’t the most testing this Afternoon as they ran out comfortable 6-1 winners against South Korea They were in complete control of this match at the break due to some poor defending from the South Korea. Neither side looked like finding a breakthrough until …
Read More »1 Award and 2 New Blog Partners
It’s been a busy few days at real football man HQ even though the season has ended there is still plenty of work to be done here and that work has been rewarded in the form of my first ever award. The people at Bread and Butter Football have been …
Read More »Good Evans as Cellino says ciao to Manager No 6
Massimo Cellino has wielded the axe again in what must be the Football League’s most hottest hotseat. The vacancy sign is in the window at Elland Road again after Steve Evans was given his marching orders last night by Italian owner Cellino The former Rotherham Manager Evans guided Leeds to …
Read More »Has Zlatan moved one step closer to Manchester?
The most prominent transfer saga of the early Summer is most definitely that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ever since his contract expired at French Champions PSG, the Footballing world has been wondering where he will end up next And it wouldn’t be Ibrahimovic would it if he hadn’t kept us all …
Read More »Turkey’s final 23 is announced
Goalkeepers: Volkan Babacan (Medipol Basaksehir), Onur Recep Kivrak (Trabzonspor), Harun Tekin (Bursaspor) Defenders: Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Sener Ozbayrakli (Bursaspor), Semih Kaya (Galatasaray), Ahmet Calik (Genclerbirligi), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahce), Ismail Koybasi (Besiktas) Midfielders: Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahce), Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahce), Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas), Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer …
Read More »Romania’s final 23 is announced
Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung (Astra Giurgiu). Defenders: Cristian Sapunaru (Pandurii Targu Jiu), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), Valerica Gaman (Astra Giurgiu), Cosmin Moti (Ludogorets), Dragos Grigore (Al-Sailiya), Razvan Rat (Rayo Vallecano), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Bucharest). Midfielders: Mihai Pintilii (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel …
Read More »Republic Of Ireland’s final 23 is announced
Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Stoke), Darren Randolph (West Ham), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday). Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Derby), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Richard Keogh (Derby), John O’Shea (Sunderland), Shane Duffy (Blackburn), Stephen Ward (Burnley). Midfielders: Aiden McGeady (Sheffield Wednesday), James McClean (West Brom), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), James McCarthy (Everton), …
Read More »Italy’s final 23 is announced
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain) Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan) Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Stefano …
Read More »France’s final 23 is announced
Goalkeepers: Benoit Costil (Rennes), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille). Defenders: Lucas Digne (Roma), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Christophe Jallet (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City), Samuel Umtiti (Lyon), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Adil Rami (Sevilla). Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Morgan Scheiderlin (Manchester United), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Blaise …
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