Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has backed Paul Lambert to bring sustained success to Aston Villa.
The end of the 2010-11 season saw Rodgers lead Swansea to promotion to the Premier League from the Championship along with the Scot at Norwich.
The Northern Irishman is expecting the latest in some terrific battles between them in recent years, and also hailed Villa s young players.
You re starting to see the fruits of his labour in the last few weeks. It s a very difficult job to go into, Rodgers told the club s official website.
He was at Norwich and we had some terrific battles over a couple of years, and we speak reasonably regularly. We shared the same upbringing coming through the Championship and then strides into the Premier League, where we bot…
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Looking to punch this spot in the final of this season’s Croatian Cup, Hajduk Split will travel to Koprivnica on Wednesday afternoon when they meet Slaven Belupo.
Starting with the hosts, although Slaven Belupo might have eventually been forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at home against Varazdin over the weekend, the Pharmacists are enjoying what has quickly become their brightest run since opening 2023. However, while Zoran Kekic’s side might be in the midst of a four-match unbeaten flurry, there is no doubt that the Blues will know they face a huge challenge on Wednesday afternoon. While the Koprivnica-based outfit might be enjoying a famous Croatian Cup adventure this season, Slaven are seeking some recent stability on h…
Australia s A-League clubs will be able to boost the number of players on their squads to 35 and operate under an increased salary cap next season, Football Federation Australia said Friday.
In the fourth season of the league to kick off on August 15, the eight clubs will be able to have 20-23 roster players and 10-12 youth league players in their ranks.
The FFA said it has increased the salary cap of each club by 100,000 dollars to 1.9 million dollars (1.78 million USD) and clubs will be able to have one under-23 player exempt from the cap in future.
The 2008-09 A-League season will again be contested over 21 rounds with the grand final set to take place for the first time at night on February 28, 2009.
The season will kick off with a re-match of th…
Bolton Wanderers have signed Craig Dawson from West Bromwich Albion on loan until late April.
The 22-year-old defender moved from Rochdale to the Midlands in August 2010 but has made just 15 appearances for the Baggies first-team.
However, Dawson who represented Team GB in last year s London Olympic Games will now head to Lancashire to help shore up Dougie Freedman s Bolton defence.
I ve worked very hard to try and get Craig to come on board, the manager told club s official website.
He had four or five different options and it is good news that he wants to come and play for us.
When I spoke to him he indicated that he was very keen to come here. He made the decision – and fair play to West Brom for letting him make that decision – becau…
Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli thinks there should be two Ballons d Or; one for Lionel Messi and one for the rest , such is the Barcelona striker s supremacy.
Argentina captain Messi has won the award five times in its various guises and has been included on the 30-man shortlist in 2016.
The 29-year-old helped Barcelona to a LaLiga and Copa del Rey double in 2015-16, and such is his quality Sampaoli believes additional accolades are required to give others a chance of winning.
Speaking ahead of Barca s visit to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday, Sampaoli said: There should be two Ballons d Or; one for Messi and one for the rest.
Since his emergence he has been far above the rest. Wanting to compare the incomparable ends up being a mistake.
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Marcel Desailly picked out Antoine Griezmann as the key player in France s World Cup squad, drawing parallels with his former team-mate Zinedine Zidane.
Griezmann, who committed his future to Atletico Madrid two days before Les Bleus World Cup opener against Australia on Saturday, scored from the penalty spot in his country s penultimate warm-up friendly against Italy and is expected to spearhead Didier Deschamps attack on Saturday.
Desailly, who was speaking in Italy where he was helping Andrea Pirlo find a team to support at the World Cup as part of the #TeamForPirlo campaign, sung the 27-year-old s praises and said he expected him to bring the kind of match-winning qualities that Zidane displayed throughout the 1998 World Cup.
I think that Didier clearly talk…
The boss at the end of the Warrior Path you’ll take in search of Toshi’s relics is the easiest of the three you’ll fight in the village in Kena: Bridge of Spirits, but that doesn’t mean you can get careless Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The Warrior excels at close-quarters combat, so you’ll have to shift your tactics away from getting an opening and swinging away; if you commit to mashing the attack button, the boss will block you and then counter for big damage.
Unlike most other bosses, though, the Warrior is more of a sub-boss than a main event, which means he doesn’t have two phases like the others. This can still be a tough fight, but you should have an easier time than the one…
In what was a heavyweight showdown on Tuesday night, PSG opened their Champions League adventure with a 2-1 victory against Juventus in the French capital.
While Les Parisiens might have faced a tough opening test at the Parc des Princes here, Kylian Mbappe s empathic first-half brace wrapped up an eye-catching win for the defending Ligue 1 champions.
Although second-half substitute Weston McKennie might have halved the deficit just eight minutes after the restart, it is hard to argue that Christophe Galtier s side were not a worthy winner in their Group H opener.
With their sights now firmly set on making real history in Paris this season, what did we learn from Tuesday s stacked Champions League showdown?
Mbappe is the man
While there might have been …
Liverpool will become only the third Premier League club to go unbeaten for more than a full year after Thursday s 2-0 win over Sheffield United.
The Reds last suffered defeat on January 3, 2019, in a 2-1 loss at Manchester City, a reverse that ultimately cost them the Premier League title.
However, their response ever since has been nothing short of remarkable, with Thursday s victory ensuring they will pass the one-year anniversary of that defeat without having been beaten again.
The result was never really in doubt against the Blades, as Liverpool opened the scoring after just four minutes through Mohamed Salah and dominated thereafter.
Although goalkeeper Dean Henderson kept the visitors in the contest at Anfield, Sadio Mane finished them off just …
Benfica football director Rui Costa says the club is a rising force in Europe once again.
The Portuguese club knocked out Newcastle in the quarter-finals of the Europea League 4-2 on aggregate and have been drawn against 18-time Turkish league winners Fenerbahce in the semi-finals.
It is the second time in three years Benfica have reached the semi-finals of the tournament, after they were knocked out by fellow Portuguese outfit Braga in the 2010/11 edition.
Former Fiorentina and Milan midfielder Rui Costa knows it will not be an easy task against the Turkish club but remains confident ahead of the clash.
It s the second semi-final in three years. Benfica is rising and improving. We are happy to be here but we want to go further. The goal is to reach the …