A day after he announced he was not renewing his Liverpool contract after 17 seasons with the Reds, Steve Gerrard said on Saturday he was leaving for Americaafter the current English Premier League season ends. By the end of the day, reports had him moving to the LA Galaxy on a 18-month contract. Gerrard said […]
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Gerrard Confirms Summer Move Abroad
Steven Gerrard has confirmed that he will leave Liverpool and the English Premier League at the end of the season. The Reds captain has spent his entire 17-year career at Anfield, but in apress conference on Friday said he simply wants a new experience before he hangs up his boots for good. Since the announcement, […]
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Rodgers: Liverpool 'Getting Back to Performing Well'
Liverpool is “getting back to performing well” coach Brendan Rodgers said after his team thrashed Swansea 4-1 at Anfield on Monday. Two goals from AdamLallana followed Alberto Moreno’s opener and came before a Jonjo Shelvey own goal. Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the only goal forSwansea. “It was a great performance against a very good side. I […]
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Rodgers: Balotelli's Style Not Suited for Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers on Tuesday suggested that Mario Balotelli’s style is not best-suited to Liverpool’s game, saying that the former AC Milan striker, who has scored just twogoals in all competitions so far this season, doesn’t play the high pressing game that worked so well with Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge last season. “We’ve seen that […]
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Balotelli Receives One-Game Ban, Fine for Instagram Post
Mario Balotellireceived a one game ban and a fine of 25,000 pounds after being found guilty of breaching English FA for a controversial post on his Instagram account that showed the Nintendovideo game character Super Mario accompanied by racist and discriminatory language. The ban, which was accepted Friday by Liverpool, the striker’s club, will take […]
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Report: Odegaard to Sign for Bayern Munich
Norwegian wonderkid Martin Odegaard turned 16 on Wednesday, and reports in Germany claim that the Stromsgodset teenager will officially sign for Bayern Munich later in the day. However, abevy of top European clubs are said to be interested in the youngster, who has held trials at Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ajax, among others. In October, […]
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Report: Actual Cost of Suarez's Barca Move: $315 Million
Luis Suarez’s move from Liverpool to Barcelona last summer topped Goal.com’s 2014 Goal Transfer List study, which calculates the maximum outlay of each of the 10 biggesttransfers of the past year. The study looks beyond the face value and reported transfer fees to uncover the true cost of the biggest summer acquisitions by analyzing factors […]
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Van Gaal 'Happy,' Rodgers 'Searching'
Louis van Gaal indicated that if Manchester United keeps winning and improving, the Red Devils would soon be back in contention for the Premier League title. The storied club has risen tothird-place in recent weeks on the back of six consecutive wins and currently trails leader Chelsea by eight points, following Sunday’s 3-0 win at […]
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Three takeaways from Manchester United-Liverpool
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Now that the crowds have departed from Old Trafford and thelights have been turned off, here are three takeways from Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat of Liverpool on Sunday. 1. A game of two halves. Normally this cliché applies to the 45-minute intervals played before and after halftime, but in this case, […]
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Rodgers: No Regrets Over $25 million Balotelli
Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers insists that he has no regrets over signing former AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli on transfer deadline day even though the Italian has underwhelmedsince his 16 million pound ($25 million) move. However, the Northern Irishman was quick to add that he felt he had no other choice: “In the summer, we […]