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Cardiff City Football Club have appointed there new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after sacking there old manager Malky Mackay. The former Manchester United forward has signed a short term contract with the bluebirds with an option to extend his contract. At the press conference shortly after his appointment Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed his ambitions for the club “Short-term the most important... Read more
Liverpool Football Club has today confirmed that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has signed a long term contact with the club. The announcement was made following rumours that Suarez was ready to commit his further to the club. The official Liverpool Football Club tweeted a photo of Suarez signing his contact, the official twitter page tweeted “#LFC are delighted to announce Luis Suarez has signed... Read more
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has today confirmed that referees will use a vanishing spray in the 2014 World Cup. The spray will be used once a free kick has been awarded. The referee will pace 9.15 meters before spraying the ground to determine where the wall should stand, minutes after the spray has been used the spray will vanish leaving no marks on the pitch.
The spray has been trailed at the... Read more
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed Sergio Aguero is likely to be out for up to 2 months with a calf injury. City’s leading goal scorer Aguero limped off during the 6.3 win against Arsenal. Following the game Aguero tweeted that he would be missing for at least a month. If Aguero is out for 8 weeks he will miss the mouth watering clash against Liverpool on Boxing Day and... Read more
Tottenham Hotspur has today confirmed that Andre Villas-Boas contact has been terminated. The sacking comes after a 5.0 home defeat to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon. The Tottenham statement says “"The club can announce that agreement has been reached with head coach, Andre Villas-Boas, for the termination of his services. The decision was by mutual consent and in the interests of all parties."... Read more
The draw for the Champions League last 16 has been made!
ARSENAL v BAYERN MUNICH
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG v BORUSSIA DORTMUND
SCHALKE v REAL MADRID
GALATASARAY v CHELSEA
BAYER LEVERKUSEN v PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
AC MILAN v ATLETICO MADRID
OLYMPIACOS v MANCHESTER UNITED
MANCHESTER CITY v BARCELONA
All the English clubs have been drawn against tough oppositions. The standout game is Manchester City V... Read more
Former West Bromwich Albion manager and Liverpool assistant manager Steve Clarke was relieved of his job on Sunday following his side’s 4th strength defeat. The West Bromwich Albion boss suffered a 1.0 defeat to fellow strugglers Cardiff City. Steve Clarke has had a dismal 2013 only winning 20% of the games in 2013 however, in his first season Clarke had a club record total at the end of the 2012... Read more
Group A
Manchester United are faced with a tough test against Shakhtar Donetsk at Old Trafford. Group leaders Man United have qualified for the last 16, however this game could decide who finishes top of group A. Donetsk who sit second in group A and 3 points behind Man United will have to beat Man United by 4 goals to finish top of group A
Real Sociedad have been the surprise side in the... Read more
The 2014 World Cup group stages have been drawn in the last couple of minutes. England has been drawn in Group D along side Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Italy. England will be reasonably happy with the draw having missed out several of the big nations. Here are the 8 World Cup groups
GROUP A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon
GROUP B: Spain, Holland, Chile, Australia
GROUP C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory... Read more
For several years there have been many debates on what is the best system to use when defending set plays. Here at Football Agents we have also had this debate and here is our conclusion.
Zonal marking and man marking both have positives in their own right however we believe that man marking is the better of the two options. When zonal marking you may be exposed in the air as you may not be... Read more
