Harry Kewell has been told by Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez that he faces an uphill battle to land a new contract at Anfield.
Australia international Kewell, 29, becomes a free agent at the end of the current Premier League season and no talks have yet taken place to discuss new terms that would keep the former Leeds United forward on Merseyside.
Cardiff cannot presently qualify for Europe if they win the FA Cup but that could all change after the Football Association announced they would look again at their rulebook.
France coach Raymond Domenech insisted Thursday that he has no worries about Thierry Henry’s form, insisting that the Barcelona’s striker has yet to reach his peak.
“If you want to see the real Thierry Henry, buy the DVD of Euro 2008,” quipped Domenech, attending a seminar for coaches here.
Park Ji-Sung insists Manchester United fear no one ahead of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s side will go into the hat along with Premier League rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool along with Barcelona, AS Roma, Schalke 04 and Fenerbahce at European football governing body UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.
Jermain Defoe scored twice for Portsmouth as the FA Cup favourites beat Birmingham City 4-2 to move into seventh place at Fratton Park here Wednesday.
In their first match since their shock FA Cup win against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Defoe put Pompey 2-0 up in front of their own fans inside the first nine minutes.
Ghana-born teen Freddy Adu of Benfica leads the host United States into an eight-team North American qualifying tournament showdown for two Beijing Olympics berths starting here Tuesday.
US teammates for the 18-year-old Portuguese-based playmaker include Jonathan Spector, a defender for West Ham United; Charlie Davies, a forward for Sweden’s Hammarby and Sal Zizzo, a midfielder for Germany’s Hannover 96.
Argentine forward Claudio Lopez is nicknamed “The Louse” but the Kansas City Wizards are hoping to avoid a lousy 2008 Major League Soccer season after signing him Monday.
Lopez, 33, has 10 goals in 58 caps for Argentina’s national team and played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
Inter Milan will be boosted by the return of Cristian Chivu for their crunch Champions League clash against Liverpool at the San Siro on Tuesday night.
Inter trail 2-0 from the first leg of the second round clash in England three weeks ago and coach Roberto Mancini has defensive worries ahead of the return leg.
As the commercial side of the game continues to evolve and create increasingly lucrative revenue streams, Soccerex have put together a panel that will offer a truly distinctive insight into the business of football. Consisting of international industry experts who held senior positions within the three key industry sectors; Clubs, Brands & Federations.
· Trevor Birch, former CEO, Chelsea
· Rolf Beisswanger, former Sponsorship Director, Siemens
· Esteve Calzada, former Chief Marketing Officer, FC Barcelona
· Mike Lee OBE, former Director of Communications & Public Affairs, UEFA & London 2012
Each speaker will be able to offer their unique insight and retrospective knowledge that arose from working with some of football’s biggest organizations. If you have ever wondered how Clubs, Federations and Brands interact and make the deals that continually take the game forward both ‘on’ and ‘off’ the pitch – this is the panel for you.
All keynote speakers retain high level positions within football’s corporate marketplace. Mike Lee OBE founded VERO, fresh from his success with London 2012, providing bespoke communication programmes, brand support and strategic advice to clients within the sports arena. Esteve Calzada established Prime Time Sport, an agency whose client portfolio includes the Spanish Tennis Federation & Victor Valdés (FC Barcelona goalkeeper). Trevor Birch will share his expertise on how Clubs can be guided out of financial difficulty into a new and successful era. After leaving Siemens Rolf Beisswanger founded an IP-TV start-up company and is Managing Director of beisswanger consulting GmbH specialising in strategic consulting for sponsorship, marketing and sales.
By sharing their proven experience and current industry knowledge they will be able to offer Soccerex delegates their perspective on how football is developing.
The 4th Soccerex London Forum will take place at Wembley Stadium on April 9th.
Cristiano Ronaldo has said poor refereeing standards in English football have left him ’scared’ to play his natural game after a controversial performance by referee Martin Atkinson contributed to Manchester United’s shock 1-0 FA Cup exit at the hands of Portsmouth.
Jamie Tobin 4:44 pm on March 20, 2008 Permalink |
Christiano Ronaldo has absoloutely nothing to complain about.
If you ask me he is an absoloute discrace to the English game.
He dives around like a fairy so much there’s no wonder some ref’s don’t give him anything even if he is actually fouled.
What annoys me about him so much is that he obvously has talent , why can’t he just play football without the dramatics?
Ronaldo = Fairy