Tag: Swansea City

  • Eden Hazard Kicks Ball Boy and is Sent Off

    Eden Hazard Kicks Ball Boy and is Sent Off

    If it wasn’t bad enough that Chelsea were knocked out of the Carling Cup after a 0-0 draw against Swansea (lost 2-0 in the first leg), they lost Eden Hazard to a red card and probably for a very long time after the Belgian player kicked a ball boy while trying to retrieve a ball.

  • Swansea City – Michu Isn’t Going Anywhere

    Swansea City – Michu Isn’t Going Anywhere

    Too late big clubs, you had your chance. Michu could have been playing somewhere else, but Swansea were wise enough to land the scoring midfielder, turning out to be one of the bargain of the season.

  • English Premier League vs Spanish La Liga Football

    What is “Real football?” The success of Barcelona and the Spanish national team over the last four-five years has made many people believe that anything that isn’t a short-passing, attractive style of football is an inferior way to play the game. Michu, Swansea’s Spanish star, proves that school of thought in a recent interview.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Liverpool to Sign Joe Allen

    Finally, someone from Swansea and the previous life of manager Brendan Rodgers might make it to his new job at Anfield as Liverpool chief. Joe Allen, the Welsh international who is also part of the British Olympic Squad to London 2012 is reported to be on the verge of completing a deal that will make him a Liverpool player.

  • Gylfi Sigurdsson as Liverpool’s First Summer Signing?

    Liverpool’s first signing this summer, manager Brendan Rodgers, can’t sign players from his previous clubs, Swansea City, for the next 12 months. That isn’t preventing him from trying and get Gylfi Sigurdsson, who scored 7 goals for the Swans last season.

  • Brendan Rodgers – The Manager Liverpool Need?

    Liverpool’s first choice for the manager to succeed Kenny Dalglish was Brendan Rodgers, but he turned down the initial offer. Maybe it was money, maybe he wasn’t yet convinced. Two weeks later, after the rumor mill circled around all potential and imaginary candidate, Rodgers is the man who gets the job.