After Barcelona captain and club legend Carles Puyol announced that he will be quitting the club after the current season, the Catalan club has renewed its interest in Chelsea’s David Luiz. It is expected that Barcelona will be placing a bid of 30 million Euros (24.7 million) for the 26 year old Brazil international. According to sources, the Barcelona bosses are hopeful that they will be able to close the deal swiftly before the World Cup finals kick off in…
Aston Villa’s Jores Okore will be out of action for 3 months as he crushed his anterior cruciate ligament when playing his 4th match for Villa when facing off against Newcastle United. This is certainly not good news for a club that is fighting to stay in the middle section of the Premier League standings. This isn’t the 1st time that Aston Villa has seen some of their defenders out injured for a significant amount of time as Rob Vlaar,…
After a difficult start to the season, Aston Villa’s form has been slowly improving and it has been reflected in the table. They are 11th in the table after taking 14 points from the opening 11 matches. Villa used to spend big during the days of Martin O’Neill, but they have been very prudent in the last few transfer windows. This is expected to be the case in the upcoming January transfer window as well according to manager Paul Lambert….
Aston Villa have made several changes to the team over the summer. So far, it has been easy going for the club in the pre-season. Their biggest test will be Spanish club Malaga, who will be the opponents at Villa Park. This is also the final friendly match for the club before the season starts with an away match against Arsenal. Villa were almost relegated last season only for the club to go on a good run of form in…
Manchester United manager David Moyes has once again said that star striker Wayne Rooney is not for sale despite reports claiming that Chelsea are extremely close to sealing the signing. The West London outfit made an offer of around £ 20 million for the striker, which was instantly rejected by Manchester United. Rooney has just come back from the pre-season tour after suffering a hamstring injury. He is expected to be out for a month. The 27-year-old England international is…
Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan has been one of the standout points of the season for the Midlands club. He has now been praised by manager Paul Lambert for the way he has come back extremely strongly into the team. Guzan was one of the players released by Aston Villa recently, but he was quickly re-signed by the club under the management of Lambert. He has not only managed to force his way into the first-team squad, but he has…