Cute to see Wayne Rooney slapping big men around the same way opposing defenses slap him around on the pitch now. Rooney smacked British big boy Wade Barrett at last night’s WWE RAW taping in Manchester. This is the only time I will ever talk about wrestling on this page.
Cristiano Ronaldo is also making the most of his time off. At the premiere of his self titled movie last night in London (which I can not wait to see mind you), CR7 set a Guinness world record for taking the most selfies in a 3 minute period. Now there’s an accomplishment to really celebrate. What the hell is wrong with the world?
David Moyes to Chelsea? Probably not. But boy, that would be something. Real Sociedad pulled the plug, with the squad winning just 12 of Moyses’ 42 games in charge. They’re just two points off the bottom. Was 12 months on the continent enough time for Moyes to get over his United failure? Only time will tell.
I am very excited to see Patrick Viera manage in MLS. But Jason Kreis got a raw deal there from NYCFC. There really is no loyalty left in football. Coaching a brand new team with 3 guys on $6 million a year and everybody else making $60k is not easy. Kreis will not be out of work long though.
I’m not excited at all for this international break. And neither is Roy Hodgson. More than a quarter of the Premier League’s 142 English players are injured right now. That’s 37 England qualified players to be exact. Crazy, but really, who cares?
It wasn’t that long ago we were joking about Garry Monk for the England job. But then Swansea went out and dropped 5 of 8 and now Huw Jenkins expects his former centre-back to hire an experienced assistant to ‘right the ship.’ Yea, good luck with that Garry.
Jesé Rodriguez would be a great pick up for Arsenal. I don’t see that happening. And I don’t think Karim Benzema would be a wise purchase. The Frenchman’s career can be defined with one word: inconsistent. That’s the last thing The Gunners need right now. They’ve had enough of that for a long time.
Dimitri Payet is a big reason West Ham are sixth in the table. But for the next three months, Slaven Bilic’s side will have to try to keep pace without their high-flying French talisman because of an ankle injury suffered in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Everton.
Aston Villa might be keen to unload forgotten Frenchman Charkes N’Zogbia in January, but new boss Rémy Garde has given him two months to prove himself. And his £65,000 a week wage packet.
A couple of former Villa managers in completion for the QPR job. The Super Hoops would be wise to choose Tim Sherwood over Paul Lambert. With Fulham also hiring, I expect both men to be house hunting in London soon.
If you didn’t know, America loves the Premier League. Especially Big Money Amurica. Bournemouth’s Russian owner Maxim Demin has sold a 25% stake in the club to a Chicago-based private equity firm. I can’t wait for the big AFC Bournemouth v Chicago Fire friendly at the end of July!
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Excellent points Brendan, Rooney is definitely making more of a splash off the field than on it as of late. I’m not sure when he’ll start slapping defences around again but hopefully soon. Maybe this international break is what he needs since he’s not really playing.
I’m really not surprised about Moyes getting sacked by Real Sociedad, 12 of 42 is pretty horrendous. It’ll be interesting to see where he lands next, probably back to his native Scotland… Maybe Celtic or Rangers will take him on as a manager, I’m sure he can’t muck that one up. He’s not a bad manager at least not when he was at Everton and I think the United job took a lot out of him, confidence-wise anyway.
Patrick Vieira, the player was incredible, definitely looking forward to seeing him on the sidelines as a manager, if he’s anything like the guy on the field it will be nothing short of interesting. MLS fans are in for a treat with Vieira at the helm of a club.
At this moment in time teams would be smart to stay away from Karim Benzema, not just for the fact as you pointed out that he’s inconsistent but because of his off the field issues as of late. Nobody wants a player that is being charged with blackmailing his own teammate, not just any teammate but one from the National Team. That just spells locker room disaster. He has his moments of absolute glory but with that comes games without goals and lacklustre performances, I mean really he may be the exact player that Arsenal want…. Just take a look at their signing of Danny Welbeck (as a United fan it sucked to see him go to a rival but with his form, it didn’t matter).
I don’t understand the interest from teams trying to get to Real’s level to grab players Real are more than happy to discard. Thanks for reading Anthony