Friday 29 May 2009

Premier League transfer news and gosip

Click on links to go to news paper that issued the headline;

Sun 31st May:

Manchester City believe they have won the race to sign Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez and Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry - for a combined fee of £42m.
(Full story: News of the World)

Man City are also lining up a £30m bid for Barcelona's Champions League-winning striker Samuel Eto'o.
(Full story: The People)

Barcelona are poised to offer £40m for Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
(Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United could bid £15m for Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar as a replacement for Carlos Tevez.
(Full story: The People)

AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti will this week be confirmed as the new manager of FA Cup winners Chelsea, with the club preparing to step up their chase of £50m Atletico Madrid forward Sergio Aguero.
(Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor is wanted by both Tottenham and West Ham.
(Full story: The People)

Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez says he would like to join Liverpool.
(Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp wants to lure Chelsea winger Joe Cole, who played under him at West Ham, to White Hart Lane.
(Full story: The People)

Chelsea and Liverpool are battling it out for Paris St Germain midfielder Stephane Sessegnon - who is rated at about £12m.
(Full story: News of the World)

Steve Bruce wants Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch when he takes the manager's job at Sunderland.
(Full story: The People)

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is willing to pay £8m for Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson.
(Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Fulham are set to make a £5m bid for Standard Liege striker Dieumerci Mbokani.
(Full story: News of the World)

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is also interested in £6m-rated winger Momo, who plays for Spanish side Xerez CD. (The People)

Everton have been tracking Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic.
(Full story: News of the World)

Liverpool's players have told manager Rafael Benitez that he should bring Newcastle striker Michael Owen back to Anfield.
(Full story: The People)

Stoke sent scouts to the Republic of Ireland match this week, in order to watch Nigeria full-back Chibuzor Okonkwo.
(Full story: News of the World)

Stoke boss Tony Pulis is closing in on the signing of Real Mallorca striker Juan Arango.
(Full story: The People)

Everton are leading the race for Leeds United's £7m-rated midfielder Fabian Delph.
(Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United will not let midfielder Paul Scholes leave Old Trafford, despite reported interest from Stoke and Bolton.
(Full story: The People)

Bolton manager Gary Megson has made a £6m offer for Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone.
(Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Huddlestone will be part of a mass exodus from Tottenham this summer. The other players up for sale are Didier Zokora, Gareth Bale, David Bentley, Heurelho Gomes, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent.
(Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Sunderland's new manager will be encouraged to make a bid for Darren Bent in the summer. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak is unhappy he has not had more first-team opportunities at Old Trafford and wants to go out on loan.
(Full story: The People)

Blackburn are facing up to the prospect of losing Benni McCarthy, Stephen Warnock and Chris Samba over the summer.
(Full story: News of the World)

Manchester City defender Tal Ben-Haim is likely to join up with his old boss Sam Allardyce at Blackburn.
(Full story: News of the World)

Portsmouth duo Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson are not yet willing to commit their futures to the club until they receive assurances from the club's prospective new owner Sulaiman Al Fahim.
(Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Blackburn are tracking Egyptian midfielder Mahmoud Abdel Razek Fadlallah, who is valued at £3.6m by his club Zamalek.
(Full story: The People)

Liverpool are chasing Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson. (Sunday Express)

West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer is closing in on a free transfer to Birmingham. (News of the World)

Birmingham want Cardiff striker Ross McCormack and Manchester United defender Danny Simpson as they prepare for life in the Premier League.
(Full story: The People)




Fri 29th May:

Fulham's Norwegian defender Brede Hangeland maintains there are "no indications" he will leave Craven Cottage in the summer.

Arsenal are one of the clubs reported to be tracking the £8m-rated centre-half, but Hangeland said: "Speculation has become a part of daily life and at times it's quite tiring. Right now, there is no indication that I will change club." (Norwegian newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad)

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness insists Chelsea's reported 50m euro bid to sign Franck Ribery would not come close to buying the French international.

"A figure like that doesn't even give you rights, at best, to one of Ribery's legs," Hoeness told the Bild newspaper, "For the moment, no club has made itself known to us."
(Full story: Bild newspaper)

Chelsea have signed Russian international midfielder Yuri Zhirkov for $30m from CSKA Moscow according to Russian newspaper Tvoi Den. The tabloid claims Zhirkov will join on a four-year contract. (Russian tabloid Tvoi Den)

"Yuri has signed the contract with Chelsea just a day or two ago," the newspaper quoted Zhirkov's agent as saying. "He will join his new team this summer."


Cristiano Ronaldo is set to throw Manchester United into turmoil and demand a move out of Old Trafford. The 24-year-old forward is a £50m target for Real Madrid.
(Full story: The Sun)

Although Ronaldo will go on holiday before making a decision on his United future.
(Full story: Daily Telegraph)

The prospect of Ronaldo joining Real Madrid may have receded with the Spanish side opting for the £40m signature of Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery.
(Full story: Independent)

Real Madrid will reject Ronaldo this summer as club president elect Florentino Perez has targeted Milan forward Kaka and Ribery instead.
(Full story: Daily Express)

Ribery was Chelsea boss-in-waiting Carlo Ancelotti's first-choice summer signing, but the Blues have lost out to Real Madrid. Ancelotti may look to CSKA Moscow's Russian left-back Yuri Zhirkov.
(Full story: The Times)

Chelsea have been told they will need to put up £20m for AC Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo. Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti is keen to take the 30-year-old to Stamford Bridge when he is named Chelsea boss next week.
(Full story: Daily Telegraph)

If Manchester United do not complete the permanent signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez this summer they will turn their attentions to Lyon striker Karim Benzema and Wigan's Antonio Valencia.
(Full story: Daily Express)

Manchester City and Liverpool are among five clubs who are willing to meet the £25m price tag for Tevez.
(Full story: The Times)

Tevez said a tearful goodbye to his Manchester United team-mates before leaving Rome alone after the Champions League final.
(Full story: The Sun)

Paul Scholes must decide if the Champions League final is to be his final game for Manchester United. Stoke want the 34-year-old midfielder as a player-coach.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Sir Alex Ferguson may ditch Nani and Ji-Sung Park as the Manchester United boss reshapes his squad while Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak will also leave this summer. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry is holding out for a summer move to Arsenal. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is considering a £12m bid for the 28-year-old.
(Full story: Daily Star)

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson will try to bolster his defence by moving for AC Milan defender Digao, the younger brother of Brazilian forward Kaka. The 23-year-old has been on loan at Standard Liege. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton are lining up a £6m bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Portsmouth defender Djimi Traore hopes to make his loan move to Birmingham permanent. (Daily Star)

Stoke boss Tony Pulis has lined up a £2m bid for 20-year-old Manchester City striker Ched Evans. (Daily Express)

Portuguese defender Nuno Valente will leave Everton this summer but the 34-year-old will play on for another year elsewhere.
(Full story: The Times)

Greek side Panathinaikos have bid £1.5m for Sunderland keeper Marton Fulop. (Daily Star)

Birmingham will step up their pursuit of Middelsbrough's David Wheater, 22, after the £6m-rated defender successfully came through a knee operation. (Daily Star)

Burnley boss Owen Coyle wants to sign Middlesbrough right-back Rhys Williams, who was a big hit during a loan spell with the Clarets. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough utility man Matthew Bates will quit the club as the 22-year-old does not want to play in the Championship. (Daily Mirror)


Wednesday 27 May 2009

Portsmouth have new owner

Portsmouth have accepted a bid from United Arab Emirates businessman Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim to buy the club.

The move follows negotiations led by Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie on behalf of club owner Alexandre Gaydamak.

Al Fahim was the initial figurehead of the Abu Dhabi United Group when they took control of Manchester City last year, but is now acting for himself.

The club has not released any details of the figures involved in the deal.

Portsmouth will now wait for legal and financial formalities to be completed.

Tuesday 26 May 2009

Premier League Transfer news and gossip

Wednesday 27th 2009

Roque Santa Cruz denies wanting to leave Blackburn Rovers - and says his reported comments to Paraguayan media have got lost in translation.

"Blackburn is like a family to me and I've always tried to give my best for the club. I've got a lot of friends there and there's a good atmosphere for me to continue." (Reuters)

Luis Antonio Valencia has insisted he knows nothing of a possible move to either Manchester United or Real Madrid and claims to be happy at Wigan. (Press Association)


Manchester United chief executive David Gill says the club are ready to pay the £25.5m required to secure the future of forward Carlos Tevez. (Various)

Liverpool winger Ryan Babel is the first high-profile player to be told he can leave Anfield over the summer.
(Full story: The Sun)

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho will raid his former club Chelsea to land defender Ricardo Carvalho and midfielder Deco. (Daily Mirror)

AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti says he could become Chelsea manager as early as next week if the Italian club do not want to keep him. He has also told Blues owner Roman Abramovich that he wants to sign two midfielders - Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery and Xabi Alonso of Liverpool.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs has begged fellow winger Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Old Trafford after the Portuguese international told close friends that the Champions League final would be his last game for the club.
(Full story: The Sun)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is poised to revive his interest in Middlesbrough defender David Wheater as Boro look to trim their squad following their relegation to the Championship. (Daily Telegraph)

Bolton are ready to bid £3m for Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin.
(Full story: The Sun)

Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos says he does not want to return to London following his loan spell at AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom midfielder Robert Koren is a target for Birmingham. (The Sun)

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who has been strongly linked with a move abroad this summer, says he is happy to stay with the Gunners.
(Full story: Daily Express)

Centre-back Brede Hangeland is preparing to snub Arsenal and commit his future to Fulham. (The Sun)

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has told Sunderland that he wants £5m in compensation for Lactics manager Steve Bruce.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth are expected to confirm Paul Hart as their permanent manager this week. (The Times)



Tuesday 26th 2009


Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is resigned to losing player of the season Tuncay Sanli in the summer, following the club's relegation from the Premier League.

"We have to be realistic," said Southgate. "Tuncay is an international player who is captain of his country. He has given everything right to the end, he's a very special person and he's been a pleasure to work with. It's obviously going to be very hard to keep him."

Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin says his future at Fratton Park is in doubt while the club decide who will be the next manager. (Press Association)

Inter Milan's Ricardo Quaresma is set for a summer move to Genoa following his loan spell at Chelsea.

Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra is trying to persuade Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery to come to Old Trafford.
(Full story: The Sun)

Manchester City and Tottenham are battling it out for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
(Full story: Daily Star)

West Brom defender Paul Robinson says he will leave the relegated club as he wants to play in the Premier League.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have made an £8m bid for Fulham centre-back Brede Hangeland.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are ready to make another bid for Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov, who is currently playing for Manchester City.
(Full story: The Sun)

Chelsea are confident they have beaten Inter Milan in the race to sign FC Twente striker Marko Arnautovic.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Defender Michael Turner has disappointed Liverpool by pledging his future to Hull. (Various)

Wolves have abandoned plans to sign Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone after being quoted £8m for the 22-year-old.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Tottenham are ready to listen to offers for Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko and are set to step up their chase for Djibril Cisse.
(Full story: The Guardian)

Newcastle are ready to offer Alan Shearer a four-year contract as they look to bounce back into the Premier League.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Shearer has been told that £30m must be slashed from Newcastle's wage budget following their relegation to the Championship.
(Full story: Daily Star)

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray is the favourite to succeed Gordon Strachan at Celtic.
(Full story: The Sun)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce has been strongly linked with the vacant manager's position at Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Strachan is not a target for Sunderland.
(Full story: The Independent)

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov says following his FA Cup semi-final miss, he will not want to step up should the Champions League final go to a penalty shoot-out.
(Full story: The Sun)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate says the club needs to be in the Championship promotion hunt by Christmas if he is to remain in his job.
(Full story: The Sun)





Monday 25 May 2009

Farewell to the Toon



Shear drop, Sob on the Tyne, Sheer agony, Tears on the Tyne and Down and out are just some of the back-page headlines relating to Newcastle's relegation.
These where just some of the headlines from the news papers

Two words Kevin Keegan if the club had given him run of the show and let him be a manager rather than just a figure head things would be a whole lot differant.
Alan Shearer was brave enough to say that they hadn't played well all season and they wouldn't be in this mess if they'd pulled their socks up ages ago, he also said that it inst Joe Kinnear or Keegans fault , the very men that destroyed that club are the money men , and a particular little troll who goes by the name of Dennis Wise, Director of football my arse. If you dont give control to a manager and then pannic and give control in the last 8 weeks of the season well you deserve to be where you are, and Im saying that out of sypathy for the fans who pay good money to watch 11 donkeys play football. as I said I do sypathise as I myself have watch Reading be destroyed single handed by Nicky Hammond another so called director of football.
The day will come when managers are managers again and Im glad to say it isnt every club that runs it on business. Who ever takes over at St James Park will have a massive task to do as getting back up isnt easy. it is time to get rid of some players that are just picking up the wages and not graphting on the pitch and let some new tallent come in, I'll see all you Toon supporters next season playing Reading. Damien Duff saying he want sto stay to help promotion chances helps you cant hold him soley responsible for the drop.

Burnley will be in the top flight next season


Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd


Burnley: Jensen, Duff, Carlisle, Caldwell, Kalvenes, Elliott, Alexander, McCann (Gudjonsson 27), Blake (Eagles 69), Thompson (Rodriguez 73), Paterson.
Subs Not Used: Penny, McDonald.

Booked: Carlisle, Kalvenes.

Goals: Elliott 13.

Sheff Utd: Kenny, Walker, Morgan, Kilgallon, Naughton, Montgomery, Howard (Lupoli 82), Cotterill (Ward 58), Stephen Quinn (Hendrie 85), Halford, Beattie.
Subs Not Used: Bennett, Bromby.

Sent Off: Ward (80).

Booked: Ward, Lupoli.

Att: 80,518

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).


Premier League transfer news and gossip

All the latest Premier League transfer news and gossip you can click on the links below the news sippit to go to the newspaper that published the story and read the article in full:

Mon 25th May 2009

FC Twente and Austria winger Marko Arnautovic has agreed terms on a deal with Chelsea, but the clubs are yet to agree a fee. (AFP news agency)

Striker Didier Drogba is ready to sign a new contract and stay at Chelsea.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Premier League newcomers Wolves and Birmingham are both battling to sign Manchester City keeper Joe Hart on loan.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Out-of-contract Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell is considering a three-year deal to finish his career in Switzerland with Basle.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Fulham are preparing a bid for £4.5m-rated West Bromwich Albion winger Chris Brunt.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Tuncay, Afonso Alves, Stewart Downing and David Wheater will be just some of the names leaving Middlesbrough after they were relegated to the Championship. (Daily Express)

Everton and Fulham are tracking Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Former Everton winger Andy van der Meyde is training with Blackburn in the hope of winning a deal there.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Sunday 24 May 2009

Wigan take the win


Wigan 1-0
(HT 1-0)
Portsmouth
Rodallega 26






Wigan: Kingson, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Brown, N'Zogbia (McManaman 78), De Ridder (Routledge 90), Rodallega.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Edman, Cho, Watson, Kupisz.

Goals: Rodallega 26.

Portsmouth: Begovic, Kaboul (Kanu 72), Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant (Thomas 72), Hughes, Mullins, Traore, Utaka, Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Primus, Pamarot, Cranie, Basinas.

Booked: Hreidarsson, Hughes, Crouch, Thomas.

Att: 17,696

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).



Bookings:
Hreidarsson 43
Hughes 58
Crouch 65
Thomas 84

Boro couldn't do enough and avoid the inevitable drop


West Ham 2-1
(HT 1-0)
Middlesbrough
Cole 33
Stanislas 58

O'Neil 50


West Ham: Green, Spector, Neill, Upson, Ilunga, Noble (Dyer 53), Kovac, Collison (Di Michele 72), Boa Morte, Cole (Tristan 63), Stanislas.
Subs Not Used: Lastuvka, Lopez, Nsereko, Payne.

Goals: Cole 33, Stanislas 58.

Middlesbrough: Jones, McMahon (Bennett 46), Wheater, Huth, Hoyte, O'Neil, Bates, Arca (Walker 46), Adam Johnson, Sanli, Emnes (Franks 81).
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Shawky, Williams, Grounds.

Booked: O'Neil.

Goals: O'Neil 50.

Att: 34,007

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).


Bookings:
O'Neil 87

Middlesbrough are relegated

sunderland stay up but Ricky resigns


Sunderland 2-3
(HT 0-0)
Chelsea
Richardson 53
Jones 90

Anelka 47
Kalou 74
A Cole 86
Bookings:
Bardsley 39



Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Davenport, Ferdinand, Collins, Malbranque (Healy 78), Whitehead, Tainio (Reid 65), Leadbitter, Richardson (Murphy 87), Jones.
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Edwards, Cisse, McShane.

Booked: Bardsley.

Goals: Richardson 53, Jones 90.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien (Kalou 65), Mikel (Mancienne 78), Belletti (Ballack 27), Malouda, Drogba, Anelka.
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Di Santo, Sinclair, Stoch.

Booked: Ashley Cole.

Goals: Anelka 47, Kalou 74, Ashley Cole 86.

Att: 42,468

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).



Bookings:
A Cole 34

Caicedo scores only goal after 8 mins


Man City 1-0
(HT 1-0)
Bolton
Caicedo 8

Man City: Given, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Bridge (Berti 84), De Jong, Ireland (Weiss 71), Kompany (Zabaleta 82), Wright-Phillips, Caicedo, Robinho.
Subs Not Used: Hart, Bojinov, Petrov, Mwaruwari.

Goals: Caicedo 8.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Shittu (Andrew O'Brien 83), Samuel, Mark Davies, Muamba, McCann, Taylor (Basham 59), Elmander (Riga 83), Kevin Davies.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Puygrenier, Cohen.

Att: 47,202

Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).





Hyypia plays his last game at Anfield


Liverpool 3-1
(HT 1-0)
Tottenham
Torres 31
Hutton o.g. 64
Benayoun 81

Keane 77


Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Agger, Skrtel, Aurelio, Mascherano, Alonso, Kuyt (Riera 66), Gerrard (Hyypia 84), Benayoun, Torres (Ngog 78).
Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Lucas, Insua, Degen.

Goals: Torres 31, Hutton 64 og, Benayoun 81.

Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Corluka, King, Assou-Ekotto, Modric, Zokora, Jenas (Bentley 40), Bale (Bent 78), Defoe (Pavlyuchenko 70), Keane.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Gunter, Campbell, Chimbonda.

Booked: Corluka.

Goals: Keane 77.

Att: 43,937

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)


Bookings:
Corluka 83

Phil Brown so happy he sings


Hull 0-1
(HT 0-1)
Man Utd


Gibson 24
Bookings:
Barmby 43
Marney 59


Hull: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Kilbane, Dawson, Garcia (Cousin 81), Marney, Boateng, Barmby (Mendy 68), Geovanni (Folan 54), Fagan.
Subs Not Used: Duke, Hughes, Halmosi, Zayatte.

Booked: Barmby, Marney.

Man Utd: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva (Eckersley 60), Neville, Brown, De Laet (Possebon 79), Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Welbeck (Tosic 87), Martin, Macheda.
Subs Not Used: Amos, Corry Evans, Drinkwater, James.

Booked: Gibson.

Goals: Gibson 24.

Att: 24,945

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).


Bookings:
Gibson 42

Toffee's win at home


Fulham 0-2
(HT 0-1)
Everton




Osman 45
Osman 88

Blackburn play out a goal less game


Blackburn 0-0
(HT 0-0)
West Brom


Bookings:
Borja Valero 80
Sent off:
Roberts 71



Blackburn: Robinson, Andrews, Ooijer, Givet, Warnock, Diouf, Tugay (Olsson 85), Pedersen, Samba (Roberts 59), McCarthy, Grella (Mokoena 69).

Subs Not Used: Bunn, Khizanishvili, Villanueva, Treacy.

Sent Off: Roberts (71).

West Brom: Kiely, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Koren, Borja Valero (Kim 83), Greening, Brunt, Menseguez (Wood 90), Fortune.

Subs Not Used: Carson, Moore, Simpson, Downing, Sawyers.

Booked: Borja Valero.

Att: 28,389

Ref: Mike Jones (Cheshire).





The Toon go down


Aston Villa 1-0
(HT 1-0)
Newcastle
Duff o.g. 38




Bookings:
Taylor 34
Edgar 82

Aston Villa: Friedel, Gardner (Heskey 75), Davies, Cuellar, Shorey, Milner, Petrov (Reo-Coker 84), Barry, Ashley Young, Carew (Sidwell 89), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Delfouneso, Knight, Albrighton.

Goals: Duff 38 og.

Newcastle: Harper, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Edgar, Duff, Guthrie, Nolan (Owen 66), Butt, Lovenkrands (Jose Enrique 57), Viduka (Ameobi 75), Martins.~
Subs Not Used: Krul, Smith, Gutierrez, Ryan Taylor.

Sent Off: Edgar (90).

Booked: Steven Taylor, Edgar.

Att: 42,585

Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).

Sent off:
Edgar 90+4

Newcastle are relegated

The last day for this season and all the results



All the Premier League results for 24th May 2009 , an incredible day and a very sad day for some.
We saw some legends play their last game in the Premier League , Tugay KerimoÄŸlu played out his last game at Ewood Park and got man of the match. For a senior player at 39 years old he played with amazing skill. We also saw Sammy Hyypia play his last game at Anfield , 10 years with Liverpool a real servant.

Gunners cruise to a win



Arsenal 4-1
(HT 4-1)
Stoke
Beattie o.g. 10
van Persie (pen) 16
Diaby 18
van Persie 41

Fuller (pen) 31
Bookings:
Denilson 4

Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna (Eboue 57), Toure, Song Billong, Gibbs, Diaby, Fabregas, Denilson, Arshavin (Vela 71), van Persie, Walcott (Bendtner 46).
Subs Not Used: Szczesny, Ramsey, Silvestre, Djourou.

Booked: Denilson.

Goals: Beattie 10 og, van Persie 16 pen, Diaby 18, van Persie 41.

Stoke: Simonsen (Sorensen 21), Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Dickinson, Lawrence, Diao (Pugh 64), Whelan, Delap, Beattie, Fuller (Cresswell 69).
Subs Not Used: Olofinjana, Kelly, Tonge, Sonko.

Goals: Fuller 31 pen.

Att: 60,082

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).






Latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

Read the snipits here then click on the hyper link to to to the news paper that published the story:

David Beckham could be on his way back to England with AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti hoping to take the midfielder with him in a switch to Chelsea. (Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Chelsea are already making plans for life without Didier Drogba as they consider bids for Atletico Madrid's £50m-rated Sergio Aguero and Wolfsburg's Bosnian striker Edin Dzerko. (Full story: News of the World)

Cristiano Ronaldo has reiterated his desire to stay at Manchester United, claiming that manager Sir Alex Ferguson is like a "second father to me". (Full story: News of the World)

Ferguson, while confident that United's recent success is enough to keep Ronaldo at the club, is resigned to losing Carlos Tevez over the summer. (Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Arsene Wenger has left the door open for Thierry Henry to return to Arsenal, revealing that he still talks to the Barcelona striker who watches all the Gunners games on television. (Full story: News of the World)

Texan millionaire Ellis Short will complete a buy-out at Sunderland next week and hand a new manager, possibly Martin Jol or Steve McClaren, a £200m transfer budget to turn the Black Cats into a major force. (Full story: Sunday Express)

Manchester City are also stepping up their interest in Emmanuel Adebayor and are ready to meet Arsene Wenger's £21m valuation of the striker. (Full story: News of the World)

Mark Hughes has switched his attention away from Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz to Aston Villa's John Carew as he continues his hunt for a new striker at Manchester City. (Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Martin O'Neill has told Liverpool they will have to pay £10m if they want to successfully revive their interest in Gareth Barry, despite the midfielder having just one year left on his Aston Villa contract. (Full story: Sunday Mirror)

Manchester City and AC Milan also looking at Barry could push the bidding past the £19m mark. (Full story: People)

Rafael Benitez is closing in on a £15m deal to take Portsmouth and England defender Glen Johnson to Anfield. The Spaniard is also weighing up a bid for Heerenveen winger Daniel Pranjic. (Sunday Express)

German giants Bayern Munich are also monitoring Johnson and are ready for an auction against the Reds, Manchester City and Totenham. (Full story: People)

Xabi Alonso could be on his way out of Liverpool, however, after his agent told Benitez his client wants to move on. Real Madrid are favourites to land the Spain international, but could face competition from Arsenal , Manchester City and Juventus. (Full story: News of the World)

Chelsea's pursuit of Zenit St Petersburg forward Danny could be put on hold however after the 25-year-old suffered a knee injury in training. (Full story: News of the World)

Liverpool's Jermaine Pennant could choose between either Real or Atletico Madrid with both clubs keen on taking him to the Spanish capital this summer when he becomes available on a Bosman. (News of the World)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce is ready to do battle with Everton and Blackburn for the signature of Newcastle's Alan Smith. (News of the World)

Fulham's frontline could feature 6ft 4in Austria international Marko Arnautovic if an approach to FC Twente is successful. (News of the World)

3 hours to crunch time




























Thats all they have left now is the fact that they each have a look a like

Monday 18 May 2009

Premier League result for 18th may 2009


Portsmouth 3-1
(HT 0-0)
Sunderland
Utaka 60
Bardsley o.g. 68
Traore 88

Jones 59
Bookings:
Utaka 60


Portsmouth: Begovic, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Davis, Mullins, Hughes (Traore 46), Kanu (Kaboul 46), Crouch (Primus 90).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Nugent, Basinas, Belhadj.

Booked: Utaka.

Goals: Utaka 60, Bardsley 68 og, Traore 88.

Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Davenport, Ferdinand, Collins, Tainio (Cisse 80), Malbranque (Edwards 54), Whitehead, Leadbitter (Murphy 85), Richardson, Jones.
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Reid, Healy, McShane.

Goals: Jones 59.

Att: 20,398

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).



Sunday 17 May 2009

Latest Premier league gossip and transfer news

All the latest snipits from the tabloids with hyperlink going straight to the newspaper where the story came from :

Carlos Tevez broke down in tears as he waved an apparent final farewell to Manchester United supporters, following the goalless draw with Arsenal that clinched their third successive Premier League title. He had earlier told Argentine TV: "I know that I am not going to continue at Manchester United."
(Full story: Observer)

Angry supporters hurled bottles and sprayed beer at the entrance to Old Trafford in protest against the club's alleged treatment of Tevez.
(Full story: News of the World)

Liverpool are the front-runners to sign the Argentine, in a deal variously reported to be worth between £22m and £26m.
(Full story: Sunday Express)

Sir Alex Ferguson is "not contemplating retiring" and has set his sights on at least another five years in football management.
(Full story: News of the World)

Ferguson is lining up defender Rio Ferdinand for a coaching role once his current contract expires in 2013, while Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are both expected to take on some coaching responsibilities at the club this summer.
(Full story: News of the World)


Robin Van Persie could be set to leave Arsenal, who are considering cashing in on the striker after contract talks stalled. (Full story: News of the World)

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger's summer transfer kitty at Arsenal has been reduced to just £13m.
(Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Mark Hughes wants to bring Benfica pair Luisao and Oscar Cardozo to Manchester City.
(Full story: News of the World)

Michael Owen will take a 50% drop in pay if it helps him secure a summer move away from Newcastle. (Full story: Sunday Express)

But Alan Shearer has asked Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to make sure the services of defender Sebastien Bassong are secured on a permanent basis, to ward off interest from Arsenal.
(Full story: Sunday Telegraph)

Aston Villa have joined Liverpool and Spurs in the queue to sign Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing.
(Full story: News of the World)

Fulham are confident they can lure Paul Scharner from Wigan in a £6m deal.
(Full story: News of the World)

Bolton boss Gary Megson is keen on a £2m deal to sign Joey Barton from Newcastle, but first has to convince the Bolton board the midfielder is worth the gamble.
(Full story: News of the World)

Wigan are set to snatch Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher from under Celtic's noses.
(Full story: News of the World)

Premier League results for the 17th May 2009

Chelsea 2-0
(HT 1-0)
Blackburn
Malouda 4
Anelka 59


Bookings:
Bosingwa 27

Bookings:
Doran 64
Khizanishvili 84

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba, Anelka, Malouda.
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Sinclair, Belletti, Mancienne, Stoch.

Booked: Bosingwa.

Goals: Malouda 4, Anelka 59.

Blackburn: Robinson, Andrews, Nelsen (Doran 44), Givet (Khizanishvili 46), Warnock, Diouf, Kerimoglu, Grella, Pedersen (McCarthy 65), Samba, Villanueva.
Subs Not Used: Bunn, Mokoena, Treacy, Olsson.

Booked: Doran, Khizanishvili.

Att: 40,804

Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).


West Brom 0-2
(HT 0-1)
Liverpool


Gerrard 28
Kuyt 63
Bookings:
Greening 26
Olsson 45


Boro not relegated yet

An apology to Boro fans I wrote yesterday that Boro are gone well I suppose if the maths are done and hull loose next sunday by a massive scoreline and Boro win and Newcastle loose then maybe just maybe but thats alot to hope for

Saturday 16 May 2009

Champions at one end strugling for survival at the other











Newcastle loose as Fulham win again and it looks very grim for the Toon at the other end Man Utd celebrate winning the title, are we getting closer to seeing a massive premier league casualty ? Boro cannot get out of of the drop zone and are relegated with the goal differance as it stands as at 16th May 2009 they cant get out with one game left to play

ManUtd win the title


Barclays Premier League results for 16th May 2009

Bolton 1-1
(HT 1-0)
Hull
Steinsson 26

Fagan 47
Bookings:
Samuel 81

Bookings:
Dawson 16
Boateng 44

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Shittu, Samuel, K Davies, Muamba (Basham 82), McCann, M Davies, Taylor (Riga 82), Elmander (Makukula 89).
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Puygrenier, Cohen.

Booked: Samuel.

Goals: Steinsson 26.

Hull: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Dawson, Kilbane, Fagan, Boateng, Garcia, Barmby (Marney 72), Geovanni (Cousin 77), Manucho (Halmosi 83).
Subs Not Used: Duke, Doyle, Hughes, Cooper.

Booked: Dawson, Boateng.

Goals: Fagan 47.

Att: 25,085

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).


Everton 3-1
(HT 1-1)
West Ham
Saha (pen) 38
Yobo 48
Saha 76

Kovac 24
Bookings:
Baines 82

Bookings:
Spector 58
Boa Morte 88


Sent off:
Tomkins 37

Everton: Howard, Jacobsen, Yobo, Lescott, Baines, Osman, Neville, Cahill (Jo 80), Pienaar, Fellaini (Rodwell 69), Saha (Vaughan 80).Subs Not Used: Nash, Hibbert, Castillo, Gosling.

Booked: Baines.

Goals: Saha 38 pen, Yobo 48, Saha 76.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Collison, Noble, Kovac (Stanislas 67), Boa Morte, Tristan (Cole 46), Di Michele (Spector 46). Subs Not Used: Kurucz, Lopez, Nsereko, Payne.

Sent Off: Tomkins (37).

Booked: Spector, Boa Morte.

Goals: Kovac 24.

Att: 38,501

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Man Utd 0-0
(HT 0-0)
Arsenal


Bookings:
van Persie 33
Arshavin 45+2
Fabregas 46
Nasri 50
Song Billong 78

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney (Anderson 90), Tevez (Park 67).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, Berbatov, Scholes, Rafael Da Silva.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Toure, Song Billong, Gibbs (Eboue 76), Nasri (Bendtner 69), Denilson, Diaby, Fabregas, Arshavin (Walcott 69), van Persie.
Subs Not Used: Mannone, Vela, Ramsey, Silvestre.

Booked: van Persie, Arshavin, Fabregas, Nasri, Song Billong.

Att: 75,468

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).



Middlesbrough 1-1
(HT 1-0)
Aston Villa
Sanli 14

Carew 57


Bookings:
Barry 53
Milner 53

Middlesbrough: Jones, Bates, Wheater, Huth, Hoyte, O'Neil (Walker 72), Adam Johnson, Arca, Downing (King 23), Sanli, Emnes.
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Taylor, Shawky, McMahon, Grounds.

Goals: Sanli 14.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Milner, Davies, Cuellar, Shorey, Ashley Young (Reo-Coker 70), Petrov, Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew, Heskey.
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Sidwell, Delfouneso, Knight, Gardner, Clark.

Booked: Milner, Barry.

Goals: Carew 57.

Att: 27,261

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).



Newcastle 0-1
(HT 0-1)
Fulham


Kamara 41


Bookings:
Murphy 31
Nevland 49
Dempsey 56
Sent off:
Bassong 60



Newcastle: Harper, Beye, Steven Taylor, Bassong, Duff, Guthrie (Ryan Taylor 62), Butt, Nolan, Gutierrez (Lovenkrands 76), Martins, Viduka (Carroll 80).Subs Not Used: Krul, Coloccini, Smith, Ameobi.

Sent Off: Bassong (60).

Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Dempsey, Etuhu, Murphy, Gera, Nevland (Johnson 75), Kamara.
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Zamora, Dacourt, Gray, Kallio, Baird.

Booked: Murphy, Nevland, Dempsey.

Goals: Kamara 41.

Att: 52,114

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).



Stoke 2-0
(HT 0-0)
Wigan
Fuller 69
Beattie 76



Stoke: Sorensen, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Cort (Pugh 46), Wilkinson, Lawrence, Delap, Whelan, Etherington (Diao 76), Beattie (Cresswell 86), Fuller.
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Olofinjana, Kelly, Tonge.

Goals: Fuller 69, Beattie 76.

Wigan: Kingson, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa (Edman 81), Scharner, Cho (Watson 58), Brown (Mido 73), Cattermole, N'Zogbia, Rodallega.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Koumas, De Ridder, McManaman.

Att: 25,641

Ref: Lee Probert (Wiltshire).




Tottenham 2-1
(HT 1-0)
Man City
Defoe 29
Keane (pen) 86

Bojinov 65



Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate (Hutton 46), King, Assou-Ekotto, Huddlestone, Keane, Jenas (Zokora 67), Modric, Pavlyuchenko (Campbell 75), Defoe. Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Bale, Bentley, Chimbonda.

Goals: Defoe 29, Keane 86 pen.

Man City: Given, Richards, Dunne, Onuoha, Bridge, Kompany, De Jong, Ireland, Elano (Zabaleta 32), Petrov (Bojinov 61), Caicedo (Mwaruwari 61). Subs Not Used: Hart, Fernandes, Sturridge, Berti.

Booked: Zabaleta.

Goals: Bojinov 65.

Att: 36,000

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)


Bookings:
Zabaleta 43

Monday 11 May 2009

The teams in relegation scrap


These are a list of the teams close or in the drop zone as at 11th May 2009 and their remaining fixtures:
Teams are in no particular order:

Newcastle:

Saturday, 16 May 2009
Newcastle v Fulham, 15:00

Sunday, 24 May 2009
Aston Villa v Newcastle, 16:00
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Middlesbrough:

Saturday, 16 May 2009
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa, 15:00

Sunday, 24 May 2009
West Ham v Middlesbrough, 16:00
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West Brom:

Sunday, 17 May 2009
West Brom v Liverpool, 13:30

Sunday, 24 May 2009
Blackburn v West Brom, 16:00
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Hull:

Saturday, 16 May 2009
Bolton v Hull, 15:00

Sunday, 24 May 2009
Hull v Man Utd, 16:00
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Sunderland:

Monday, 18 May 2009
Portsmouth v Sunderland, 20:00

Sunday, 24 May 2009
Sunderland v Chelsea, 16:00
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