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Because naturally at a time like this speculation would not tell us very much, let’s go straight to the papers for the facts - something that Rafa himself loved so dearly.
Daily Mail Anfield legend Kenny Dalglish will spearhead the search for Liverpool’s new manager after Rafa Benitez’s six-year reign finally ended on Thursday.
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson and [...]
Michael Calvin, while busy upsetting Liverpool fans with his suggestion that Real Madrid would be welcome to Rafa Benitez on the grounds that he isn’t even the best manager on Merseyside, did reserve a little time to tackle another pressing issue:
Why James Milner winning the PFA Young Player award will spell the end for Aston Villa
Two questions:
a) Who [...]
So yesterday there were a bunch of rumours which you may have picked up on during the course of the day. They all concerned Martin O’Neill, and there was a school of thought that he had walked out on Villa.
Now the first thing to say about this is that this business of rumouring that managers have [...]
The publicised spat between Martin O’Neill and Nigel Reo-Coker in September was a natural time for the media to speculate that he would be leaving the club. After all, plenty of players find that openly questioning their manager is not the way to get ahead at their club. Before the month was out, rumours had [...]
In the hunt for an exclusive now that the ins and outs of weekly Premier League football are done for another season, the Daily Star have wasted little time in rehashing the oft-repeated sentiment that Gareth Barry is loathe to stay at Aston Villa if there’s no Champions League football on offer. On that basis [...]
For the journalist looking to cover football, it’s vital to make the most of limited opportunities to ask questions of professional footballers. Personal interviews are infrequent, but press conferences are not, and even though every reporter has the same level of access to the words, it is imperative to make the most of what is [...]
Every day the BBC publish a series of rumours and gossip echoing around the halls of football. They’re read and forgotten in twenty four hours, readily replaced by the next set of scoops.
Unless, of course, you dig them up and see how silly they look with the passing of time… Which we like to do here [...]
