Premier League News

Benjani: You can't trust anyone at cut-throat City
Independent - Thursday 2nd of September 11:00 pmHaving left Manchester City earlier this summer, Blackburn Rovers' new striker Benjani Mwaruwari has wasted little time in letting his former employers know what he thinks. He claims that there is "no trust" at his old club and that some of their players are motivated primarily by money.

Rift with McLeish denied by Birmingham chairman
Independent - Thursday 2nd of September 11:00 pmBirmingham City's acting chairman Peter Pannu, has dispelled concerns about a dispute with manager Alex McLeish over contract negotiations.
Independent - Thursday 2nd of September 11:00 pmThe former Aston Villa player Alan Curbishley has emerged as one of the candidates to succeed Martin O'Neill as manager of the club.

Complete roll call of Premier League squads until January
Independent - Thursday 2nd of September 11:00 pmFrom this season, Premier League clubs were required to register a squad of up to 25 players over the age of 21 born before 1 January 1989 to represent them in the top-flight until the new year.
Sky Sports - Thursday 2nd of September 10:21 pmGabriel Agbonlahor has urged Aston Villa's academy graduates to be patient with Premier League football.
Soccernet - Thursday 2nd of September 7:08 pmPortugal boss Carlos Queiroz believes new Liverpool signing Raul Meireles will prove a success in the Premier League.

Di Santo is happy with the Wigan Transfer
The Football Reviews - Thursday 2nd of September 6:00 pmWigan Athletics' new signing Di Santo admits that due to short chances at Chelsea forced him to leave Stanford Bridge.Di Santo's move to Wigan was completed just minutes before the transfer window closed, He arrived at Chelsea in 2008 and just made eight appearances for the club and never started a game.Di Santo said"I need to play regular football at this age and this move is important for me considering that and I hope to secure a place in team and want to keep that through hard work" .Di Santo wants to remain in England and wants to play in the premier league which is the world's best league.

Cash-Strapped Aduana Stars Could Be Forced To Drop Out Of Glo Premier League
Goal - Thursday 2nd of September 5:29 pmThe league champions of west African nation Ghana are cash-strapped and have hinted they may drop out of the 2010-11 season.
The Football Reviews - Thursday 2nd of September 5:22 pmRookie Adam Bogdan is ready to replace Bolton Wanderers first choice goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.The Hungarian goalkeeper has a chance to perform at the premier league after teams first choice goal keeper is facing a ban after facing a red card in their clash against Birmingham Coty and will miss next three games.The young Bogdan has a chance to shine because clubs first back up keeper Ali AL Habsi is on loan to Wigan which lefts very few options for Owen Coyle.Let's see what happens will this young lad be able to cope with the fast game of the premier league this question will be answered soon.The Football Reviews TFR
Sky Sports - Thursday 2nd of September 5:09 pmGordon Taylor has welcomed the introduction of the new 25-man squad rules for Premier League clubs.

Jamie Carragher Rules Liverpool Out Of Premier League Title Race
Goal - Thursday 2nd of September 4:48 pmDefender also hopes Michael Owen gets good reception at his testimonial

Carragher: Titel is out of our reach
The Football Reviews - Thursday 2nd of September 4:21 pmLiverpool’s most experienced defender Jamie Carragher accepts that Premier League Title is out of their reach.32-year old English defender has claimed that Liverpool’s best chance of getting silverware is to grab the cup competitions.Carragher told that it is very difficult to snatch the Title from the Blues this season and he also claimed that he feel disappointed when he think that he never won Premiership Title in his 14-years of professional career.Carragher told “People have said ‘You’ve done this and that for Liverpool’ but we’ve not won a trophy for four years and that is annoying me a little bit.”“I certainly don’t want to go on another couple of years not winning one before I finish at Liverpool. I don’t see any reason why we can’t win a trophy this season or the next couple.”“The one I haven’t won is the league but I suppose that will be very difficult this season going from seventh last season.”The Football Reviews TFR

Blues star hungry for Champions League success
Clubcall - Thursday 2nd of September 4:19 pmMichael Essien believes Chelsea are good enough to win the Champions League and defend their Premier League title this season.

Rio And Ando Make Reserves Return
United Army - Thursday 2nd of September 3:44 pmRio Ferdinand returned to action last night when he played 45 minutes for the Manchester United Reserves in the Senior Cup clash Vs Oldham Athletic. The defender who was unable to captain England in South Africa due to knee ligament damage completed 45 minutes at Bower Fold , and showed no ill-effects of the injury that prevented him from playing in the World Cup as well as the opening month of the Barclays Premier League.The senior side was further boosted as Brazilian Anderson also made a return and played the full 90 minutes after suffering from knee ligament damage as well.Manchester United went on to win that game 2-1 thanks to a scorcher of a goal from Federico Macheda!! © john for United Army Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

Benjani ready to fight for place
ITV - Thursday 2nd of September 3:41 pmBenjani Mwaruwari admits he will have a fight on his hands to get into Blackburn's team - but is just happy to have made a Barclays Premier League squad list at all.

Carragher: Winning the title will be very difficult for Liverpool
LFC Globe - Thursday 2nd of September 3:30 pmJamie Carragher admitted that Liverpool will find it hard if they want to win the Barclays Premier League this season.The Reds finished 7th last season, and Carragher believes Liverpool’s best chance at silverware this season is in cup competitions, not the league.“People have said ‘You’ve done this and that for Liverpool’ but we’ve not won a trophy for four years and that is annoying me a little bit,” said the 32-year-old.“I certainly don’t want to go on another couple of years not winning one before I finish at Liverpool.“I don’t see any reason why we can’t win a trophy this season or the next couple.“The one I haven’t won is the league but I suppose that will be very difficult this season going from seventh last season.”
Clubcall - Thursday 2nd of September 3:27 pmWigan boss Roberto Martinez has named just 19 players in his Premier League squad, with four under the age of 21.

Hicks and Gillett - They will always come up short
LFC Globe - Thursday 2nd of September 3:07 pmThe transfer window shut on Tuesday, and will only start again in January. Many would that is a blessing in itself.We now move into the international break and with Liverpool not taking to the field again until 12th September, when they travel to Birmingham City, I found myself stepping back from football, to a degree. I was tired. Tired of transfer rumours, tired of failure at business level by those that lead our club and tired of Tom Hicks’ “big summer” promise.Skip 24 hours, and a few words from a film bring my thoughts back to Liverpool Football Club. Having, unlike me, successfully avoided a number of conversations about Tom Hicks and George Gillett on Twitter, I opted for some sofa time, to watch the film “A Knight’s Tale” and let my world slow down a little.If you have seen the film, a reasonable one at that, which stars Heath Ledger; he goes in search of his dream to become a knight and “change the stars”. Dring the course of his journey to success, the plot of many a film are thrust open him – “you have been weighed, you have been measured and you have been found wanting”.For me,

Carragher says Liverpool will struggle to win title
Soccernet - Thursday 2nd of September 2:38 pmJamie Carragher admits it will be "very difficult" for Liverpool to challenge for the Premier League title this season.

Liverpool won't win title admits Carragher
Independent - Thursday 2nd of September 2:22 pmDefender Jamie Carragher accepts Liverpool's best chance of silverware this season will come in cup competitions as they have too much ground to make up on the likes of title-contenders Chelsea and Manchester United.



