Football filtered #11
Hello and welcome to my latest look at what has been passing through the football filter this week.
First up transfer rumours and speculation – do we love it or do we hate it? I think it is a little bit of both as I know I have a sneaky look at the back pages to see if my team is linked with the latest teenage wonderkid, even if it turns out to be complete rubbish.
SOCCERLENS is a good place to start for your football rumours fix, condensing them all into one place which is nice of them.
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY PODCAST also discusses the crazy world of transfers, including that £80 million one we have all had enough of – just go Ronaldo now so we can all move on!!
Managers are also on the move as well as players though I didn’t quite see John Barnes’ return to club management coming. WHEN SATURDAY COMES looks at whether he will be a success or not in his new job at Tranmere.
Believe it or not there is actually some football going on this summer and the England Under-21s are beginning to warm to their task at the U21 European championships in Sweden. THE GUARDIAN gives a good account of their recent win over Spain.
And finally…
The fixtures for next season were released much to the joy of football starved fans everywhere. But ever wonder just why you have that 200 mile midweek trip in a wet Tuesday night in November? Well PAUL FLETCHER’S BLOG over at the BBC reveals that a lot more preparation goes into the fixtures compilation than you first thought –who would have thought a West Ham home game would directly affect Norwich City’s home fixtures for starters??