Jermaine Pennant had an interesting career as a footballer and it is 20 years since that journey started when Arsenal signed him as a 15-year-old. On February 8, 1999, the Gunners signed the teenager for a deal worth £2million from Notts County and it was a record for a trainee at the time. From there…
Newcastle’s record signing Miguel Almiron says he is dreaming of “achieving something big” with his new club. The forward joined the Magpies last week for £20.7million – beating the previous record of £16.8m for Michael Owen in 2005 – as they bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League this season. Paraguay international Almiron joins…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is already building Manchester United in the future vision he has of the club, even if he will not be in the dugout beyond the end of the season. Solskjaer has been in the Old Trafford hot seat just shy of two months now, having succeeded Jose Mourinho the day after the…
Beat Paris Saint-Germain and the Manchester United job is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s. The caretaker manager wants a full-time gig at Old Trafford and has made a fantastic start to life in the hotseat, which has pushed his name to the top of the shortlist of candidates. Under Solskjaer, United have won eight and drawn one of…
Cristiano Ronaldo may have recently turned 34, but he is showing no signs of slowing down in his ‘old age’. In fact, last year he said he has a biological age of 23. “I’ve still got a long time left, I can keep playing until I’m 41. I’m feeling good, happy, I can’t complain.” Juventus certainly…
“Don’t act like you’re not impressed.” Kevin Phillips has told talkSPORT of the moment he was left totally star struck when he met Hollywood comedy hero Will Farrell. Oh, and did we mention he was completely naked? Phillips played with and against some of the Premier League’s biggest stars during his storied playing career. But…
Nantes have revealed plans to retire their no.9 shirt in honour of Emiliano Sala after the striker’s body was recovered from the English Channel and formally identified. The striker’s death was confirmed almost three weeks after his plane crashed en route from France to Cardiff. Sala had only completed the details of his transfer to Cardiff…
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been added to Liverpool’s Champions League squad for the knockout stages. The England midfielder has not played since injuring knee ligaments in the Reds’ first leg semi-final win over Roma last April. Oxlade-Chamberlain was expected to be sidelined for the entire campaign. But his inclusion in Liverpool’s Champions League squad is an…
Micky Gray believes Liverpool ‘ran out of ideas’ in their back-to-back draws against Leicester City and West Ham which have blown the Premier League title race wide open. The Reds have dropped points in their last two games, which has seen their lead at the top of the table cut to just three points. Manchester…
talkSPORT.com rounds up the latest transfer news and biggest football gossip from Tuesday’s papers and online… Liverpool have had a £61million bid for Lorenzo Insigne, the forward, rejected by Napoli. The Italian club don’t want to sell the 27-year-old for anything less than £131million. (La Repubblica, via Sport Witness) West Ham have joined the race for…