Rio Ferdinand assessment of England’s Three Lions team on micro-blogging site, twitter, before they filed out against the Selecão of Brazil in the newly remodeled Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janiero on Sunday June 2, 2013 is fast becoming a bone of contention. “Last ten years, when have England played consistently well?” he tweeted. He went further and added, “So called ‘Golden Generation’ wasn’t golden because we won nothing. Great players don’t always make great teams.” A big indictment on the way English football is run by the loftily and majestically set-up England Football Association under Chairman David Bernstein.
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If recent reports are to be believed, then it appears as though David Alaba, the Bayern Munich left-back, is pushing for a move to the Emirates.
The 2012/13 season was a turbulent one for Chelsea. Many including respectable football betting sites such as 
The curtain calls on another thrilling, entertaining and dramatic season in the La Liga and it’s no surprise there’s plenty to mull over in the aftermath. The 2012/2013 campaign saw Barcelona crowned league champions, Atletico Madrid winners of the Copa Del Rey and Real Madrid claim the Supercopa. The aforementioned trio along with Real Sociedad take the Champions League places, Valencia, Real Betis and one of either Rayo Vallecano or Sevilla will be in the Europa League and Celta Vigo escaped the dreaded trap door on the last day pushing Real Mallorca, Deportivo and Real Zaragoza into the Segunda
So the media are currently in the process of regurgitating all their Twitter feeds into transfer speculation and ‘in the know’ bullcrap. Some of the deals being spouted make sense but a lot are written just to sell papers. This got me thinking about the possible transfer targets Arsene may be weighing up and which players would actually makes sense and improve the current squad. Below are the players I think would make the difference between our yearly fight for fourth place or the more attractive proposition of winning a trophy.
Norwich City fans should be nothing less then ecstatic for capturing the signing of Ricky Van Wolfswinkel for a record breaking 8 million Pounds from Portuguese Giants Sporting Lisbon. According to many 
So the worst kept secret in the history of football is out. Jose Mourinho has returned to Chelsea as manager for a second spell in charge, much to the delight of Chelsea fans. The Special One, who has always remained a favourite at Stamford Bridge, signed a 4-year contract with the London club. Aside from being a fan favourite, Mourinho brings guaranteed success, something that’s always a bonus.
Some things aren’t meant to co-exist no matter what…Good and evil doesn’t. Light and darkness don’t co-habit, neither does blood mix with water. By the time money and television got introduced to sports in the 20th century, however, football and scandals began living side-by-side. Misdeeds that would normally hand a tax-paying citizen a jail term only attracted sympathies to a remorseful footballer and in the worst case, a slap on the wrist. How football and scandals managed to break the laws of nature and contrived to co-exist remains an awesome wonder.