The King Speaks

Eric Cantona has his say on money in football  “I have no problem with players taking their share, because without players you have no game, But money cannot be your motivation. If the money is crazy, you can go play for another team. But the demands don’t always come from the player. There are people around him who are trying to manipulate him. I think the question we have to ask the players at the Cosmos Academy is ‘Why do you want

Luiz Surpasses Desailly

David Luiz has made quite an impression since his big money move from Benfica. His eye catching full debut in the draw with Fulham has endeared him to the Chelsea faithful, and none more so than former player Marcel Desailly who reckons the defender is already better than himself  "He's good, he's good, better than me. Technically, anticipation of the ball... he has a

King Kenny Gets The Banksy Treatment

An aspiring artist in Liverpool has left his tribute to Kenny Dalglish stenciled opposite the clubs Melwood training ground. Local youngster David Cain chose an iconic image of the Liverpool boss to show his "appreciation to Kenny for getting us back up the table and being a legend".

Robbie Savage On Gattuso and Flamini

Robbie Savage relives an encounter with Gattuso and also shares his views on "talentless" Mathieu Flamini. Firstly he spoke about coming up against the hot headed Italian "That was nearly nine years ago now, in the Millennium Stadium. We were drawing 1-1 with Italy in a Euro qualifier at the time. Simon Davies had put us ahead, but Alessandro Del Piero had got lucky with a free-kick which deflected off me and in. Just after the hour, Giovanni Trapattoni brought Gattuso on to try and win the game. I rattled into him early with a challenge he would have been proud of. Then it started

De Rossi To United

Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping to secure one of his longest term transfer targets with the signing of Daniele De Rossi from Roma in the summer. Fergie has been chasing the 27 year old Italian midfielder since prior to the 2006 World Cup which De Rossi went on to play in the final and win despite being suspended for four matches for a horrific elbow on Brian McBride. With the United midfield being regularly over run Fergie is in need of some extra bite and he'd certainly get this from the combative De Rossi. The World Cup winner who has been capped 63 times for his

Joe Jordan and Son Speak Out

The son of Joe "jaws" Jordan has spoken about the spat his father had with Gennaro Gattuso during the recent champions league tie. Speaking about the moments after the headbutt he said "I've seen that look a few times, when I hadn't tidied my room or had trod mud through the lounge!". Gattuso has accused former AC Milan striker Jordan of using racist abuse to provoke him throughout the match. These claims have been widely rubbished and today Jaws released the following statement "To come up

Wally Signs For City

Officials from Greek club Aris Thessaloniki were left red faced after the official match programme went to print with a spoof picture of Man City's squad inside. The image shows Rooney, Kaka and just about every other top footballer in City shirts along with where's wally. The programme was presented to Gary Cooke at a pre match function where the mistake was spotted by himself and other officials. The City party found the image amusing but the hosts insisted that every copy had to be destroyed. Some of the match day programmes survived and have appeared on auction site ebay for £35.