Buzzin Football Blog

Former Spurs manager Juande Ramos has been sacked by CSKA Moscow after only seven games in the Russian League, following the 3-1 defeat to rivals FK Moscow on Sunday.
Ramos who has enjoyed most of his managerial career in Spain accepted the CSKA job following a six month temporary spell at Real Madrid where he replaced [...]

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Sunderland manager Roy Keane has quit rather than being fired, after being named as one of the leading “sack race” contendors for several weeks now. The Sunderland AFC website contains a statement:
“Keane, who decided the time had come to stand down took over Sunderland in August 2006 when the team were languishing at the [...]

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Aston Villa have completed the signing of James Milner from Newcastle in a deal in the region of £10million.
The England Under 21 player was almost signed by Martin O’Neil for Villa back in 2006, having spent a season at Villa Park on loan from Newcastle, at the time the Magpies pulled out of the deal [...]

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Manchester City have been awarded a place in next season’s UEFA Cup via the Premier League’s fair play table.
England were awarded an extra UEFA Cup place for the 2008/09 tournament as the Premier League came top of Uefa’s fair play rankings.
Sven Goran Eriksson said:
“It’s a step in the right direction because the target for this [...]

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Former Rangers striker Mark Hateley has defended Walter Smiths controversial tactics saying they have been vindicated by reaching tonight’s UEFA cup final.
Rangers style was famously referred to as ‘Anti Football’ by Lionel Messi when Barcelona met them in Europe last year.
Hateley accepts that Rangers football may not be pretty, and says “We’ve had unfair criticism [...]

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