Sammy Ameobi has agreed a new contract with the Magpies, but will join Russell Slade’s side in order to play more first-team football. The 23-year-old is an England Under-21 international who also played for Nigeria’s Under-20 team. He is Slade’s second signing of the summer after Bluebirds signed defender Semi …
Read More »F.C. Top Knot – 2015 completed and still going strong
You may have thought it had all gone quiet on the F.C. Top Knot front, in all honesty it had but I have been mad busy lately as I’ve been job hunting (good news is I’ve got a new job – which means I’ll be even busier soon when I …
Read More »A Technical Question – can anyone help?
No news or views with this post but I was wondering is it at all possible to have different sub pages on the blog so I can have different categories for different types of stories. Ultimately instead of just one long list of articles I would like to have sub …
Read More »Nani overjoyed with move to Fenerbahce
Here is Nani after landing in Istanbul and announcing that he’s just signed for Fenerbahce Ok that’s not strictly true but to be sold for £4.3m while only in the second year of a five year contract just goes to show how low Nani’s stock has fallen over the last …
Read More »Turan Turan set to play in Barcelona
Barcelona have signed Turkey midfielder Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid for an initial fee of £24m. The Spanish champions said the deal for the 28-year-old could reach £29m with potential add-ons. Turan will not be able to play for the club until January as Barca are unable to register new …
Read More »Grazie Maestro, Goodbye Pirlo
With the news that Andrea Pirlo has gone into retirement (well moved to the MLS) Juventus have decided to release a tribute video in honour of the Italian great. That’s Andrea Pirlo who (se career) died today aged 36
Read More »Andrea Pirlo is coming to America
Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo has joined Major League Soccer side New York City. The 36-year-old won six Serie A titles during spells with AC Milan and Juventus, two Champions Leagues with Milan and the World Cup with Italy in 2006. Juve have agreed to end his contract a year early …
Read More »The main transfers of the week – A short review
With the transfer window now firmly wide open the movement of players seems to be picking up at quite a pace, especially in the past week when a number of big transfers have taken place at home and abroad. Here is a quick recap of what has happened in the …
Read More »Women’s World Cup – A Very Quick Review
Well thank Fuck it’s finally finished.
Read More »Tottenham clearing out the Midfield deadwood
After the departure of two Centre Midfielders this week in Paulinho and Lewis Holtby, the number of departures looks set to increase to 4 with the imminent departures of Etienne Capoue and Benjamin Stambouli to Watford. The French duo are looking to be snapped up by the newly promoted Watford …
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