Kevin McCarra Paul Scholes ‘just doesn’t give the ball away, he controls the tempo of games,’ says his club team-mate Ryan Giggs. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Ryan Giggs has said his Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes is at the peak of his form and should be essential to England‘s hopes at Euro 2012. Scholes collected...
The manager’s faith was tested again on Sunday, when QPR were hanging on to a 2-1 scoreline as the match went into injury time, but Mancini maintained that he was never downbeat despite the title looking likely to return to Old Trafford. “I thought always that we could win the game,” he said “The...
On Saturday the 24-year-old former England Under-21 midfielder took to his Twitter account for the first time since the incident, posting a message to thank people for their “prayers, love and support” and wishing his team-mates well ahead of their match at Sunderland that afternoon, which they drew 2-2. Next up for Bolton is...
Marcus Christenson The Germany striker Lukas Podolski has agreed to move from Köln to Arsenal in the summer. Photograph: Thomas Bohlen/Reuters Lukas Podolski has agreed to join Arsenal for the start of the 2012-13 season, leaving FC Köln with one year remaining on his contract. The Germany international, who has been linked with a...
“We want to finish with as many wins and points as we possibly can and the incentive we have is just representing the football club as much as anything else. “We have always set ourselves high standards in terms of the level of performance and there are not too many times when we’ve let...
Press Association Barcelona’s Xavi believes his side will be able to pick themselves up for their Champions League match against Chelsea. Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP The Barcelona midfielder Xavi is confident the Catalan club will pick themselves up from Saturday’s defeat to Real Madrid and land some more silverware this season. The 2-1 loss to...
“I think now he is better,” he said. “I think we did well this season also without Carlos for four, five months.” Mancini was asked what City might have achieved had Tevez been available all season. The Argentinian missed a large chunk of the campaign following the row which erupted in City’s Champions League...
