The final game of this opening Premier League weekend takes us to Old Trafford as Manchester United play host to West Ham this afternoon. Jose Mourinho’s side have already got their season under way after their run out in the European Super Cup on Tuesday night. That fixture however did …
Read More »My Predictions For The 2017/18 Season
Regular readers (of which there are some) will no doubt be aware that I carry out weekly predictions on this website, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually done predictions for what will happen at the end of the season, so now is as good a time as any to …
Read More »Manchester United vs Real Madrid – European Super Cup Match Preview
The domestic season may only be three days away now but the curtain raiser for European club competition takes place tonight as Manchester United and Real Madrid go head to head in Skopje, Macedonia to see who can add to their continental success from a couple of months ago and …
Read More »BBC Gossip Column Debunked – Issue 55
The start of the Premier League season is just four days away now and truth be told that is probably the point in which I stop writing about all this transfer gossip, but until then let’s now take a look at Monday’s rumour offerings. Gossip in standard font, my thoughts …
Read More »Nemanchester Matic As Chelsea Sell Midfielder
Europa League winners Manchester United have completed their third signing of the summer with the announcement that Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic has joined from defending Premier League champions Chelsea. With the arrival of Tiemoue Bakayoko at Stamford Bridge earlier in the month it did pose a massive question as to …
Read More »United Persistence Meets Tottenham Resistance
Manchester United may have landed Romelu Lukaku recently and the Belgian forward has already got off to the ideal start with a goal against Real Salt Lake last night but that does not mean that is the last piece of business that the Old Trafford outfit are looking to carry …
Read More »BBC Gossip Column Debunked – Issue 39
The column that is on the verge of reaching its 40th birthday, so before it officially gets old there’s time for another round of morning transfer debunking. Now where did I put my glasses Gossip in standard font, my thoughts are in bold Juventus have rejected an £88m offer from Chelsea …
Read More »BBC Gossip Column Debunked – Issue 36
Sunday the day of rest. Not if you are a purveyor of all things transfer gossip, transfer gossip does not have a day off. It never even sleeps, so with that said here is all the gossip from today’s back pages, my job is now to debunk it. Gossip in …
Read More »BBC Gossip Column Debunked – Issue 34
It’s Friday afternoon and I’ve had far too much to eat at Lunch, while I digest that with a desk based coma you can chew on all this transfer gossip instead Gossip in standard font, my thoughts are in bold Manchester United are waiting to see if Chelsea will sell £40m-rated …
Read More »BBC Gossip Column Debunked – Issue 33
Friday morning is upon us and that means the weekend is just around the corner before we all celebrate by heading down the pub at half past five this evening lets make sure we line our stomachs with a hefty serving of transfer gossip debunking Gossip in standard font, my …
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