Sunday, August 12, 2012

Off The Post

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• Manchester City agree to sign Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell
• Video: Luisao knocks out the referee in pre-season friendly (Benfica v Fortuna Dusseldorf)
• Venky’s finally threaten to sack Blackburn boss Steve Kean

Manchester City agree to sign Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell Posted: 12 Aug 2012 05:45 AM PDT Manchester City have had a bid for Jack Rodwell accepted by Everton. The fee is undisclosed, but believed to be in the region of £15million. The 21-year-old England international will undergo a medical today as his prospective new team-mates take on Chelsea in the Community shield. Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said: “We consider Jack [...]

Video: Luisao knocks out the referee in pre-season friendly (Benfica v Fortuna Dusseldorf) Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:18 AM PDT Benfica’s pre-season friendly against Fortuna Dusseldorf was abandoned this afternoon after the referee appeared to be knocked unconscious by Luisao. The Brazilian centre-back clashed with referee Christian Fischer as he and his team-mates protested with him. The ref was about to show a second yellow card to Javi Garcia. The replay is not entirely conclusive, [...]

Venky’s finally threaten to sack Blackburn boss Steve Kean Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT The Blackburn fans’ ‘Kean Out’ campaign has been relentless over the last few months, including flying the message over Ewood Park and displaying banners at the London 2012 Olympics. And yet the under-fire manager has seemed untouchable as far as the club’s owners were concerned… until now. After more than a season of poor football [...]

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