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Who would have Wayne Rooney?
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Written by Tom Fleming
David Moyes begun his tenure at Manchester United this week, and like the new teacher at school, had a problem child in Wayne Rooney to deal with immediately. Moyes and Rooney’s relationship has been fractious at best since the former gave the latter his debut in professional football way back in 2002.
“Better than Pele” screamed the American hype machine as 14 year old Freddy Adu made his debut in the MLS. It is clear from that statement that much was expected of the young man from Ghana (c/o the USA) but that is nothing new for football, there is always an heir apparent waiting in the wings to be one of the best players in the world.
After seven seasons in the Premier League, Carlos Tévez finally looks to have been pushed out of the door at Manchester City, but will anyone actually miss him?
Newcastle Utd: More Embarrassing Than Geordie Shore?
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Written by Richard De Val
BBC Radio Five Live’s Danny Baker once described Chelsea FC as the ‘ever exploding clown car of football.’ Times have of course changed in West London. Chelsea win trophies, lots of them and regularly, leaving any messing around by ‘them upstairs’ largely forgiven by fans and media alike.
I love football. I’ve been a fan of the beautiful game for as long as I can remember and no matter what happens I will love it for the rest of my life. The reason I mention this now is because I don’t wish for the following to come across as a criticism of the game we all adore. But, like anything, football is not perfect. There are some things that we can’t really change, things that we just have to live with. But other sports have demonstrated that there are certain aspects of our game that can always be improved. Here are a few...
