Following a meeting with the manager of the English soccer team, Fabio Capello, the captain of the England Team, John Terry was stripped of from captaining his side. Fabio Capello’s decision came in the light of the allegations that Terry was going around with the ex-partner of his former teammate.
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The loss of striker Robin Van Persie has really been a disaster as far as the Arsenal team is concerned. The Dutch striker who is head and shoulder over the other strikers in the team has really left his club looking out desperately for different options. Although, Arsenal has Eduardo who is a brilliant player, the fact is that he has not been performing up to his standards following his injury. Then there is the Mexican ace Carlos Vela who unfortunately has not been given enough chances to prove his mettle in the Premier League.
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Sergio Aguero is apparently very happy at Atletico Madrid, though he has also insisted that he is very pleased at the fact that he is being linked to Chelsea. The speculations ran high over the summer that Aguero was moving to Stamford Bridge and that Atletico had refused a bid of £35 million. Sergio Aguero made the most of the opportunity to impress Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea boss, the other night when he played beautifully to score two stunning goals against the Premier League club in a match that ended in a draw with the score of 2-2.
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It will be very interesting to see how the top four credentials of Aston Villa measure up when they go under the scanner against Chelsea at Villa Park. Aston Villa is going to host Chelsea, the Premier League leaders in the next game. The Chelsea team has played remarkably well this season in spite of their poor start and presently stands at the seventh place in the table. Aston Villa, on the other hand, has been very inconsistent and need to pull up their socks before this crucial encounter.
Carlo Ancelotti, the head coach of the Chelsea team has confirmed that their team has accepted the deal to sign the 17 year old Inter Zapresic goalkeeper, Matej Delac. The bright newcomer would continue to play for his Croatian club until 2011. However, Chelsea has taken the responsibility to pay his wages from now on till he becomes a part of their team.
Emmanuel Adebayor of Manchester City has been charged for improper conduct by the Football association for running the length of the pitch as he celebrated after scoring in front of the Arsenal fans. The striker faces a three match suspension for violent conduct in the match which Manchester City won 4-2. Adebayor stamped on Robin van Persie who happens to be his former teammate and the Duthchman had to get a treatment for the cut to his face. Adebayor did apologize for his actions later on.
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The first weekend of the Premier League lived up to its reputation of producing some great games and the Big Four produced some intrigue and kept the speculations alive. The most startling outcome of the weekend was a 6-1 thrashing received by Everton at the hands of Arsenal at Goodison park. The Arsenal team played beautifully and at no point seemed to be troubled by the Everton side that had finished at fifth position in the last season of the Premier League. Although Arsenal is known to face problems later in the season, they could not have hoped for a better start.
David Moyes, manager of the Everton team looked really out of sorts at Turf Moor on Sunday. Speculations are that it was due to the consecutive defeats that Everton has suffered in the beginning of the Premier League matches. The manger has the onus to rebuild his team after Everton accepted the Manchester City’s offer for Lescott. After Wayne Rooney’s sale to Man U, the Lscott deal is being considered as the most lucrative deal for Everton making Lescott the costliest British defender.
Manchester City has spent a whopping amount of money in signing star players like Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa. The funding has been done by their owners based in Abu Dhabi. David Taylor who is the general secretary of UEFA is of the opinion that it would be very dangerous for the Premier League clubs to match the Manchester City financially. But, he also feels that Real Madrid and Eastland club are close to matching City financially. However, the positions can change very quickly, suggested Taylor giving the example of Leeds United who play in League One now had to do away with Premier League in 2004 due to financial constraints. There have been similar stories from some major clubs as well very recently.
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Carlos Tevez became the fourth signing of Manchester city in the summer 2009 transfer window after the completion of the transfer of the former Man U striker last Tuesday. The Argentina striker had a two year stint with Sir Alex Ferguson’s side prior to joining their local rivals. Carlos Tevez has played forward for Corinthians West Ham and Boca Juniors. The deal is worth £25.5 which the Manchester City has reportedly paid to the advisors of Tevez who own his economic rights.
At the press conference on Tuesday where the Manchester city manger Mark Hughes was also present, Tevez admitted that he was very happy to join Manchester City as the club has the ambition to be one of the biggest clubs in the world. Tevez also expressed his excitement about working with the City manger mark Hughes and hoped to build a good relationship with him.
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