Final Whistle

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As we waxed lyrical about the performance of Arsenal on Tuesday night – and spoke of how it pointed to the English Premier League (we are The Premier Football Blog after all!) as one of the strongest in the world – we couldn’t really let messers Rooney and co go about demolishing Italian past-masters Milan [...]

Despite what the news might try to tell us, Twitter is not a good source of valid stories, whether about North Korea, or more important matters, such as football.
However, that was the place where, earlier this week, we started to hear rumours about Michael Owen heading to Manchester United.
Owen had failed to return to Newcastle [...]

And so it seems that Cristiano Ronaldo will finally get his wish: by June 30th 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo will be a Real man. Real Madrid, that is, as Alex Ferguson has agreed to transfer Manchester United’s top scorer to the club for a credit crunching £80 million.
As transfer fees go, this is a whopper, which [...]

All of us with football shaped eyes will be looking at only one thing, come 19:45 this evening: the Inter Milan v Man United Champion’s League Last 16 match!
While most in the media are busy talking up the character’s of Ferguson and Mourinho, those of us who love football are going weak at the knees [...]