Thursday, May 16, 2013

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• Frank Lampard signs new contract at Chelsea
• Mauricio Pochettino says he could leave Southampton, talks about himself in the third person
• Chelsea’s Petr Cech almost missed bus to Europa League final against Benfica
• Diego Maradona returns to Argentina in typical violent, crazy fashion
• FAIL – Australian reporter pranked whilst discussing Europa League final
• Mark Van Bommel shows that he’s more than a hard man at PSV training
• Did Michael Carrick vote for himself as Manchester United’s Players’ Player of the Year
• Top five conclusions: Chelsea 2-1 Benfica
• Newcastle trying to sign Wayne Rooney from Man Utd, claims Mike Ashley’s website
• Chelsea captain John Terry again dons full kit for trophy presentation
• GIF It: Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez’s men with long hair fetish
• Kitman: New Newcastle 2013/14 away kit revealed
• Mario Balotelli says ‘obviously there were some problems inside’ Manchester City
• OTP Rebounds: Limping John Terry, Brian Kidd lonely at Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal face possible play-off and Liverpool based manager steals Fergie’s thunder

Frank Lampard signs new contract at Chelsea Posted: 16 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT Frank Lampard has signed a deal that will keep him at Chelsea next season. After months of ushering their all-time leading goalscorer towards the exit, the Blues have decided they couldn’t afford to let Lamps leave after all. His existing deal expired at the end of the season. With no sign of a new contract, [...]

Mauricio Pochettino says he could leave Southampton, talks about himself in the third person Posted: 16 May 2013 04:43 AM PDT Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino says he could leave the club if executive chairman Nicola Cortese quits. Cortese is in dispute with Saints’ owners, the Liebherr Trust, about the running of the club and is seeking assurances from them that he will continue to have the final say in major decisions. Now manager Pochettino has waded [...]

Chelsea’s Petr Cech almost missed bus to Europa League final against Benfica Posted: 16 May 2013 04:16 AM PDT There were none of the heroics of last season’s Champions League final from Petr Cech last night, but the goalkeeper still played a crucial role in ensuring that Chelsea won a European trophy for the second successive season. However, it was revealed that Cech almost missed the game completely thanks to poor timekeeping. Sky Sports [...]

Diego Maradona returns to Argentina in typical violent, crazy fashion Posted: 16 May 2013 04:03 AM PDT You can normally tell when Diego Maradona has landed in Argentina. It starts with a swarm of journalists around the former footballer, and ends with El Diego kicking off and kicking out at anyone that bothers him. After a flight from Dubai to Argentina (which also created reports of violent behaviour), Maradona walked into an [...]

FAIL – Australian reporter pranked whilst discussing Europa League final Posted: 16 May 2013 03:49 AM PDT We all love a childish prank now and again, and this Australian news reporter got fooled (or should that be merked) by the script writer this morning. The reporters were discussing Chelsea’s victory in the Europa League final, and the lady in question started things badly by tripping up over Chelsea player names and even [...]

Mark Van Bommel shows that he’s more than a hard man at PSV training Posted: 16 May 2013 03:38 AM PDT Mark Van Bommel was known throughout his career as something of a footballing bastard, so much so that he was even sent off a couple of weeks ago in his last ever professional match. However, in this video of PSV training shows that Van Bommel also had a more delicate side. The enforcer pings football [...]

Did Michael Carrick vote for himself as Manchester United’s Players’ Player of the Year Posted: 16 May 2013 02:58 AM PDT Manchester United seem to have suggested that midfielder Michael Carrick voted for himself in the Players’ Player of the Year award. A report on the club’s official website says that Carrick was the “unanimous” choice after a vote by members of the squad. If nobody else received any votes, that means Carrick must have picked [...]

Top five conclusions: Chelsea 2-1 Benfica Posted: 16 May 2013 02:03 AM PDT 1. Chelsea know how to win these trophies against the run of play. They were inferior to Benfica for huge chunks of this match, but Bayern Munich will testify that counts for little. 2. “Winners of Europe’s second most prestigious club competition, we know what we are” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. [...]

Newcastle trying to sign Wayne Rooney from Man Utd, claims Mike Ashley’s website Posted: 16 May 2013 12:37 AM PDT Newcastle are in early-stage discussions with Wayne Rooney’s agent about a move from Manchester United, according to an article on the news section of Mike Ashley’s business website. The Sports Direct website claims the Magpies are preparing a bid for the England international. The article read: “Newcastle United are preparing a shock bid for want-away [...]

Chelsea captain John Terry again dons full kit for trophy presentation Posted: 16 May 2013 12:27 AM PDT Despite starting one of the internet’s most enduring memes when he changed into full Chelsea kit for last season’s Champions League trophy celebration, John Terry did exactly the same for last night’s Europa League final. At the start of the evening, JT looked more suitably dressed to gatecrash a snooker trophy presentation. But by the [...]

GIF It: Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez’s men with long hair fetish Posted: 15 May 2013 01:49 PM PDT Winning a cup competition can bring out strong emotions. In the case of Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez, a dramatic victory in tonight’s Europe League final appeared to stimulate a fetish for men with long hair. His first port of call after the final whistle was to approach Benfica manager Jorge Jesus from behind and [...]

Kitman: New Newcastle 2013/14 away kit revealed Posted: 15 May 2013 10:06 AM PDT Newcastle’s away kit for next season has been revealed… through the medium of a rather sultry looking Steven Taylor. He must have been working on his pout. It’s the first Magpies shirt to be released since a controversial sponsorship deal with payday loan company Wonga.com was announced. The Puma kit comes in an insignia blue [...]

Mario Balotelli says ‘obviously there were some problems inside’ Manchester City Posted: 15 May 2013 09:42 AM PDT AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli says there were obviously problems at Manchester City that led to the club failing to retain the Premier League title and to the sacking of manager Roberto Mancini. Asked about Mancini’s departure, he told CNN World of Sport: “I am not really surprised. When I was with him he was [...]

OTP Rebounds: Limping John Terry, Brian Kidd lonely at Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal face possible play-off and Liverpool based manager steals Fergie’s thunder Posted: 15 May 2013 09:26 AM PDT Playing tiki-taka with the interwebs After the departures of Roberto Mancini and David Platt, Brian Kidd has been left all by himself at Manchester City [YouTube] Chelsea skipper John Terry is not expected to feature in tonight’s Europa League final (which experience tells us doesn’t preclude him from dressing the part) after being spotted limping [...]

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