After a tough season, Wayne Rooney should no longer be the first name on the England teamsheet. That’s the opinion of Trevor Sinclair, a member of the Three Lions squad that reached the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002. Speaking to JOE on behalf of 888poker.com Sinclair said the Manchester United captain needs to be in Roy Hodgson’s squad, but […]

11 years ago

In football, talent clearly passes down through the generations. Cesare and Paolo Maldini. Henrik and Jordan Larsson, Johan and Jordi Cruyff and many more. Justin Kluivert, son of Dutch legend Patrick has been doing the famous Ajax kit proud (albeit for their youth team), scoring a solo go reminiscent of one Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in his time […]

11 years ago

If you use Safari to browse the internet on your iPhone, you might have had trouble this morning. A new update has left many users with a bug that crashes the web browser as soon as you open it. We’re not sure if everyone is affected, but it’s certainly p*ssing off a lot of people. […]

11 years ago

Your manager’s under fire, you’ve got senior figures on the verge of quitting and you’ve won two of your last 10 games. What do you do? The correct answer shouldn’t be ‘announce a new isotonic drinks partner’, but Manchester United aren’t like most football clubs. The club has signed a deal with Indonesian brand YOU.C1000, […]

11 years ago

What’s Portuguese for ‘Mystic Mac’? Rafael Dos Anjos has said Conor McGregor’s “next step is his fall”, as the two title-holders prepare to face off at UFC 197. “He thinks he’s the boss, he thinks he’s God,” RDA is quoted as saying by MMAFighting. The Brazilian, whose last victory came against Donald Cerrone in December, believes […]

11 years ago

There can’t be too many players who have turned out for Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea, but Robin van Persie could soon become one of them. If reports are to be believed, the Dutchman is already prepared to cut short his spell in Turkey to team up with former international boss Guus Hiddink. According to […]

11 years ago

Liverpool made hard work of Stoke City, but managed to crawl over the line into the Capital One Cup Final/ Marko Arnautovic scored the only goal of the game in normal time, cancelling out Jordon Ibe’s first-leg winner to take the game into extra time. And Simon Mignolet, much maligned by Liverpool fans of late, […]

11 years ago

The man is 54 and absolutely ripped!

11 years ago

Ask any Newcastle fan about Shola Ameobi, and they’ll tell you he’s a stand-up guy. The former Magpies striker showed himself to be a decent bloke during more than a decade with his hometown club, but the great gestures haven’t stopped there. Back in October, he joined Bolton Wanderers on a short-term deal which ran […]

11 years ago

Jurgen Klopp and Mark Hughes have both rung the changes ahead of the Capital One Cup semi-final second leg between Liverpool and Stoke City. The most eye-catching change is the return of Jon Flanagan, who makes his first start for the hosts in more than a year. The full-back is one of several changes from […]

11 years ago

He hasn’t played a competitive minute since May, but Emmanuel Adebayor is ready to step onto a Premier League pitch once more. The former Tottenham striker was told to find a new club back in September, but remained on the club’s payroll and was remarkably still their highest-paid player despite being unattached. Adebayor’s last appearance […]

11 years ago

Following multiple rumours and false dawns, it appears we now know the identity of the mystery child in the Lionel Messi plastic bag shirt. If that makes no sense to you, let us refresh your memory. A youngster, thought to be an Iraqi Kurd, was pictured wearing a blue-and-white plastic bag mocked up to resemble an […]

11 years ago

Liverpool will reportedly have to double their initial bid of £10m in they want to bring in Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The German international has been in and out of the Barça team, with Chilean shot-stopper Claudio Bravo preferred to him in the league, but the Spanish club are holding out for big money. While […]

11 years ago

Borussia Dortmund’s impressive season under Thomas Tuchel has been dominated by the attacking flair of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and the goals of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The duo are both thriving in their third season with the German club, and Mkhitaryan has credited Tuchel with helping him improve on a less-than-impressive final season under Jurgen Klopp. Dortmund struggled […]

11 years ago

Remember the foreign exchange stays you went on as a teenager. When the time came for exchange students to come over to the UK from overseas, who didn’t secretly hope that the one who joined your class would be brilliant at football? Of course, if they were more Stephane Guivarc’h than Eric Cantona you were still […]

11 years ago

His touch is exquisite

11 years ago

After making short work of Mark de Mori in his comeback fight in London, David Haye is already hungry for more action. The former world champion will return to the O2 Arena on May 21, to take on an as-yet-unnamed opponent, and has an eventual heavyweight title bout in his sights, even if Tyson Fury […]

11 years ago

Dimitri Payet has already established himself as one of the signings of the season. The West Ham playmaker has excelled since his summer move from Marseille, and one of the club’s best-loved former players believes the Frenchman is already close to cult status in East London. Trevor Sinclair, who played alongside another Hammers star in […]

11 years ago

Jose Aldo’s next fight might not be the eagerly-anticipated rematch with Conor McGregor. But if the Brazilian has to go down a different route, he won’t settle for less than another title bout. Aldo made the comments in an interview shared by FightAffect, during which he also discussed his expectations for McGregor’s superfight against Rafael Dos […]

11 years ago

The upcoming UFC 197 Main Event brings together two people about whom Jose Aldo has strong feelings. Conor McGregor, who destroyed the hitherto undefeated featherweight in just 13 seconds at UFC 194, will take on Aldo’s compatriot Rafael dos Anjos in a bid to hold two belts simultaneously. And while Aldo is well aware of […]

11 years ago

We’ve been waiting months for Leicester City’s title bid to fall apart, but what if the unthinkable happens? Well it turns out we shouldn’t even be that surprised if the Foxes cling on to top spot for the rest of the season, now that they have put themselves in pole position. In fact, it’s been […]

11 years ago

Football’s relationship with Twitter has always been a rich tapestry. Some of us miss the early days, when Wayne Rooney had the handle @WazzaRoon08 and Darren Bent used the platform to mouth off about the Tottenham top order in an attempt to force through his move to Sunderland. These days, media training and harsher sanctions […]

11 years ago

Dimitar Berbatov and aggression have never exactly gone hand-in-hand. When you hear the Bulgarian’s name you think of nonchalance, smoking and chicken. At least we do, anyway. Everything is going to be ok, stay calm, but me and my agent, we need to eat too:))..And don’t read to many newspapers,… Posted by Dimitar Berbatov on Monday, […]

11 years ago

Blurred lines

11 years ago

Harry Redknapp is convinced that if Manchester United wanted to appoint Jose Mourinho, they would have done so already. The former Tottenham and West Ham manager believes Louis van Gaal will remain in charge for the remainder of the season, despite strong rumours about the Dutchman’s impending resignation. ‘I think they will wait until the […]

11 years ago

If you can’t get the real thing, a convincing lookalike will often do. It’s worked for Limerick, who hit the headlines with Neymar lookalike Barry Cotter. And when Gareth Bale left Tottenham, a very familiar figure emerged in the form of Kenneth McEvoy. Now it’s the turn of Celtic. After a decade of hoping and […]

11 years ago

It’s fair to say some of Manchester United’s signings this season were gambles. Would Bastian Schweinsteiger’s body hold up to the rigours of the Premier League? Could Matteo Darmian adjust to a new competition immediately? Was Anthony Martial real, or just a fictional character dreamt up in gossip columns? But there was meant to be […]

11 years ago

For possibly the first time all season, all three of our picks found the net last week. David Silva, Benik Afobe and Dusan Tadic were all on target, helping their teams get important wins. It’s now almost neck-and-neck in our JOE vs the Readers competition, as you can see here. Probably wasn’t the smartest move […]

11 years ago

Remember when Roy Keane claimed Arsenal’s obsession with selfies could cost them the league title? Well he might have a point. According to new research, the London club’s players are more prone to selfies than those of any other Premier League club – and by quite some distance. Sports betting social network bettingexpert has found […]

11 years ago

You don’t need to be super-intelligent to get on a daytime quiz show, but this is embarrassing. A student called Hannah went on The Chase, and produced what might be the worst game show performance in living memory. Sure, other people have got answers wrong before. It can be tough under the bright TV lights. But […]

11 years ago

Branislav Ivanovic isn’t exactly a popular man in West London. At one point the Serbian defender was one of our fantasy team’s Chelsea’s top performers, but he has slipped in recent years to the point that fans were disappointed to see him return from injury earlier in the season. Now 31, Ivanovic is understood to have […]

11 years ago

Manchester United have reportedly denied rumours that they held discussions with Pep Guardiola over their managerial position. It had been reported in France that the outgoing Bayern Munich boss had met with representatives of the Premier League club in Paris. But United have denied such talks ever took place, according to the BBC. Guardiola has admitted […]

11 years ago

We wish all potential transfers were announced like this. Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike has been targeted by West Ham, who are without injury victims Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll going into a busy run of fixtures. The 28-year-old, currently at Fenerbahce after a loan spell in the Middle East, has been linked with a temporary […]

11 years ago

With former Liverpool prospect Nathan Eccleston reported to be on trial in Hungary, it got us thinking about some other talents to pass through Melwood. Plenty have worked their way into the first team, but for every Steven Gerrard there’s a Damien Plessis, and for every Raheem Sterling there’s a Suso. Eccleston, once a teenage […]

11 years ago

We may now know why Gareth Bale didn’t move to Manchester United last summer. The Welsh forward has had highs and lows during his time at Real Madrid, but it has emerged that, had he departed back in August, the Spanish club would have had to pay former employers Tottenham £10m. That’s according to leaked […]

11 years ago

If you were watching Conor McGregor’s pre-fight press conference with Rafael Dos Anjos, something might have seemed a little familiar. The Notorious was wearing a very…let’s say extravagant…shirt for the occasion, and a few people couldn’t help but notice it looked a lot like the one worn by drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in his […]

11 years ago

There was a time when Nathan Eccleston was seen as the future of Liverpool FC. The striker made his Premier League debut aged just 18 and turned out for the club in Europa League games under Roy Hodgson. Now 25 years old, the talented forward has seen his stock fall and is now hoping to […]

11 years ago

Victor Valdes’ Manchester United nightmare is about to end. The Spanish goalkeeper has been out of favour, failing to make a single appearance in the Premier League this season. And he has taken to Instagram to say thanks for the support he was shown. https://www.instagram.com/p/BAzDwbxEj0K/ Valdes has been linked with a number of clubs as […]

11 years ago

The five highest-earning Premier League clubs last season brought in a combined £1.7bn, ensuring all feature among the top 10 in the world for earnings. But the increased wealth of the English top-flight can really be seen further down the list, with a total of 17 clubs from England and Wales making the top 30, […]

11 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur have first refusal on Gareth Bale if the player leaves Real Madrid for England, according to documents leaked by the Spanish media. An apparent transfer agreement document – published by AS via Football Leaks – states that the London club have 72 hours to match any accepted bid from another Premier League club. Neither club has commented […]

11 years ago

With Chelsea making moves for the likes of Falcao, Pedro and Alexandre Pato in recent times, you could be forgiven for thinking it was still 2010. At least, we imagine that’s the excuse Adidas will be using for their latest mishap, after a pair of gloves meant for former Blues goalkeeper Petr Čech were delivered to the club’s […]

11 years ago

We’re not sure why, but it’s endearing when a highly-paid professional footballer takes public transport like us plebs. They could be swanning around on 14-minute flights or £300 Uber journeys, but instead they’ve decided to do things just like anyone else. For that reason, when they run for a train and miss it, we’re sympathetic […]

11 years ago

He might have only lasted two minutes against David Haye, but Mark de Mori is clearly still in good spirits about his fate. The Australian heavyweight was put to the sword by his British opponent in Haye’s comeback fight, and was snapped looking more than a little dazed. It took him a few days to return […]

11 years ago

Ever since the dawn of social media, brands have been eager to hijack whatever people are talking about for their own benefit. Pizza Hut tried it with their questionable ‘big deal’ tweet, and now the Swansea tourist board have tried to kill two birds with one stone. The ‘Be like Bill’ meme is like internet marmite, […]

11 years ago

This could be a game-changer!

11 years ago

Anyone who uses Snapchat has probably used the front-facing flash to take a sneaky night-time selfie. So it’s easy to see why the latest update – which has seemingly ‘broken’ the feature – is causing people grief. The worst thing about it is that the flash still seems to work. Users have claimed that it […]

11 years ago

Mario Balotelli’s honesty is what sets him apart from a lot of other footballers. He’s never been one to sugar-coat things, and this has landed him in trouble from time to time, but it’s part of why we love him. One fan decided to show this love by getting a tattoo of the Italy striker’s name […]

11 years ago

It’s not scientific by any means, but the people of Reddit have had their say on the worst town in the UK. In the past, Hull has frequently found its place atop lists of ‘crap’ towns and cities, but the tide is turning and the future City of Culture has been earmarked as one of […]

11 years ago

Manchester United may have made a rod for their backs with some recent inflated transfer fees. After the summer splurge on the likes of Anthony Martial and Morgan Schneiderlin, United are reportedly being quoted huge fees for some of their other targets. According to The Sun, Everton have told their Premier League rivals that Romelu Lukaku […]

11 years ago

Injuries might have seen Daniel Sturridge’s stock fall of late, but it’s safe to say none of us saw this coming. The England striker has been linked with a stunning £18m move to West Ham, where he would team up with occasional international team-mate Andy Carroll. The Brentwood Gazette claim the London club want the former Chelsea man […]

11 years ago