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Manchester City chief executive wants to win five trophies in five years

Published May 25, 2013 | By 888Livescore

Manchester City

Manchester City has been trying to show its optimistic approach towards future games ever since it fired its manager for not securing their EPL title. Roberto Mancini, who mentored the club for three and a half years, faced the heat after shadow performance in the FA Cup final and in the EPL where it ended with a long gap of eleven points from United. Current City chief executive Ferran Soriano, who took over from Garry Cook back in August 2012, is now in charge until City finds its new manager, and according to him, City would now prepare to win at least five trophies in next five years. This statement could look like a hyperbole especially looking club’s last run, but it could also be taken as a reviving turn of a club who was severely blamed for its low minded approach and lack of will to win in last few months. Soriano also hinted that City has no plans to follow their arch rival and appoint a manager that could serve them for more than two decades; perhaps he supports a maximum of five-year term for any manager who joins City. Supporting his decision of just five year tenure, he said, “In football, teams have cycles and you can have managers who go through several cycles and managers who go through one cycle. Obviously, we want the next manager to stay for a number of years, but I think it would not be wise to speculate on the next manager being there for 26 years. This is an exception and I think three, four, five years is one cycle.”

Sacked manager Mancini helped City achieve some long awaiting titles, like FA Cup back in 2011 which was missing from City’s hall of fame since last 35 years. Similarly, he also took away EPL title in 2012 and became one of the few managers who could be as successful as he was in his short spell. Soriano also added about his ambition to win five trophies that “I would say I want to win five trophies in the next five years. That may mean we win no trophies one year and two in another, but on average I want one trophy or title a year. That is the Champions League, the Premier League or the FA Cup.”

So, let’s see how Soriano manages to deliver what he is saying at the moment, or he is trying to calm down fans’ anger for not winning FA Cup and EPL?

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Lionel Messi is up for Argentinean national team

Published May 25, 2013 | By 888Livescore

After smashing several records on a club level in last one and half year, the world would now see the magic of Messi on an international level. Yes, the Barcelona starlet has been included into the Argentinian squad for upcoming world cup qualifiers. The decision is quite surprising for many, coz Messi is already recovering from his hamstring injury; hence it could not be possible for him to play any of upcoming qualifiers if his injury does not show any sign of improvement. Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella named 23 possible players who could be a part of national squad including Angel Di Maria, Sergio Aguero, and Gonzalo Higuain among Messi. Apart from Barcelona, Pablo Zabaleta, who plays for Manchester City, defender Fabricio Coloccini, who plays for Newcastle, Roma midfielder Erik Lamela, and Anderlecht’s Lucas Biglia are also in the list of probable. Most of the names listed play for foreign clubs hence coach also hinted to add some more names who play with domestic clubs later this week. First two weeks of coming month are going to be busy for Argentina where it has to play with Colombia on June 7, Ecuador on June 11, and then it will visit to Guatemala for a friendlier on June 14.

Full Squad:

Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid), Augusto Fernandez (Celta), Erik Lamela (Roma), Ever Banega (Valencia), Ezequiel Garay (Benfica), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris St Germain), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Federico Fernandez (Getafe), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Hugo Campagnaro (Napoli), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Jose Basanta (Monterrey), Jose Sosa (Metallist), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Pablo Guinazu (Libertad), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Rodrigo Palacio (Inter Milan), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Walter Montillo (Santos), Sergio Romero (Sampdoria).

Lionel Messi has made several records last season but last few weeks were not as promising as were expected from a player like him, but on the other side, many are blaming extensive pressure fans have put on him and that is why he is now getting more provoked to perform well and risking his fitness he has maintained until now. Many are also saying that signing another promising star like Neymar would definitely help both Messi and Barcelona coz he can then concentrate more on his gameplay rather satisfying fans expectations. Barcelona full-back Dani Alves also said that “Two phenomenons are better than one. They are two good players and play in different positions. They would understand each other. It doesn’t bother Neymar to be the protagonist or not, although his way of playing will always attract attention. Neymar would be a relief, he would help Leo a lot.”

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Rio Ferdinand extends his stay at Old Trafford

Published May 23, 2013 | By 888Livescore

Rio Ferdinand

The 34-year-old legendry midfielder has been given another one-year term to his glorified career with Manchester United. He has ever been a respectable in United camp and after he retired from international soccer last week, everyone was expecting his retirement from club soccer as well, but on the contrary, new United manager David Moyes, who promised earlier to offer him an extension, finally sanctioned his new contract that will allow him to play for United until summer 2014. Despite his growing age, Ferdinand has been a consistent player for United; perhaps he marked his presence in 34 matches for United this season– more than any other defender. On signing a new extension despite his age, jubilant Ferdinand said, “I am delighted. It has been an incredible journey and I am glad it will continue. Who wouldn’t want to play in this fantastic team in front of 76,000 fans each week? I can now fully concentrate on my club career, which has worked well for me over the past few years. This is a great team to be part of and we are now moving into a new era with the club which is very exciting. I have met with David. I am really looking forward to working with him and winning many more trophies with this great club.”

As far his playing career with United is concerned, he joined them back in July 2002 at an astonishing price tag of £30m, which was the highest at that point of time for a defender. During his eleven-year old stay at Old Trafford, he played around 432 matches and added as many as six Premier League titles, two League Cups, one Champions League, and one FIFA Club World Cup to his name. Before joining United, has had been associated with other clubs like West Ham United and Leeds United and only joined United after reaching a respectable level, in fact he has since been the star midfielder for United.

New United manager David Moyes also issued his statement about his new deal on club’s official website where he said, “It is clear for everyone to see that Rio has had one of his best seasons with the club and I think even from the outside you can see what a big character Rio is around the dressing room so I am delighted he has signed a new contract and I am looking forward to working with him.”

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Liverpool releases Andy Carroll to West Ham off a £15m transfer fee

Published May 23, 2013 | By 888Livescore

Andy Carroll

An understanding has finally been made between West Ham and Liverpool for England’s striker Andy Carroll at a price of £15 million; this amount is much lower than the amount Liverpool paid for the striker back in January 2011. The price given then was £35m coz of player’s form where he scored as many as 31 goals in 81 appearances for Newcastle United, but unfortunately, he could not continue his decent form playing for Liverpool; hence it has to look around for a buyer of its surplus asset. Notably, Carroll has also been withdrawn from England national team for friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil, though the reason told was his heel injury. Actually, he has also been loaned to The London side back in August 2012 when he scored seven goals in the season despite missing the whole December for his injury, and his form highly impressed West Ham bosses and they agreed to match the Liverpool’s asking price and secured a permanent deal for him.

West Ham boss told about Carroll that “If we can start with Andy Carroll, that would be a great achievement for us as he can only get better and better. Then we build around that in terms of how we want to improve next year, with better quality. Andy is a player who is wanting to enjoy his football. He lives for his football and wants to play every game. He wants to use his strengths and score as many as he can – but he also works very hard for the team.”

Despite a signed understating between West Ham and Liverpool, Andy Carroll is still not convinced if he would be able to play for London side on a permanent basis, and if he decides to reject the offer, West Ham would like to go for Vitesse Arnhem’s Wilfried Bony. Notably, Newcastle United was also interested in Carroll until weeks ago, but now their interest looks to be shunned down. On the other side, Andy Carroll also reacted to his loan deal via club website where he wrote, “I have had a great season here at West Ham, really enjoyed being part of a great set of lads in the team, with the staff around us and the fans. Everyone has been so welcoming to me and I have been over the moon to be here. This is a great club.”

So, it looks like West Ham has cracked a good deal for a player whose worth was £20 million until 28 months ago – a flat £20 million profit!

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Sir Alex Ferguson is the League Manager of the Year

Published May 21, 2013 | By 888Livescore

Sir Alex Ferguson

League Managers’ Association (LMA) yesterday announces its manager of the year awards for the season with many known names in the winners list, but one of the most predictable names was Manchester United’s retiring manager Sir Alex Ferguson who has been named as the manager of the year on winning his twentieth league title in his decades old soccer career. The legendary manager has always been a source of inspiration for others with his aggressive statements while defending his players; hence he is termed as the real manager among all. Other winners include Malky Mackay; for Championship League, Gary Johnson; for League One, Martin Allen; for League Two, Roberto Martinez; for FA Cup along with Phil Parkinson and Roberto Di Matteo who were given the merit awards. Manchester United finished its EPL season with a 5-5 draw against West Brom which also happened to be Ferguson’s 1500th match in charge. Ferguson has been most successful manager of all time by winning as many as 38 titles in his career that spanned for more than two decades. He is being taken over by Everton’s David Moyes, who is again a great maestro of the game and has served Everton for more than one decade; hence it is like a legend is taking over another one with expectations to perform at par with the retiring manager.

Responding about his award, Ferguson said, “It has been overwhelming. The club has been fantastic and congratulations to West Brom with the way they handled yesterday. I think Steve Clarke should get an award because anyone who scores five against United deserves it.” He was actually right, coz United defense has been rock solid throughout the season and if a club could manage to fire five goals against such a strongest defense, its manger surely deserves an award!

LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson also talked about these awards and said, “There is no doubt that the LMA Annual Awards are perceived as the most accurate measure of a manager’s ability because there are no better judges of your performance than your peers.

“Finding words to adequately describe the monumental levels of achievement and the indelible legacy Sir Alex Ferguson leaves in the game is nigh on impossible. This evening’s award adds yet another record to that list, making him the only person to secure the much-coveted LMA Manager of the Year Award for a fourth time.

“David Moyes, his choice of successor to the Old Trafford throne, has won it three times and I know that Sir Alex will hope and believe that David goes on to equal and surpass the new record.”

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