Manchester United consider cheeky move for Michael Ballack as Arsenal prepare to let William Gallas go
Well the opening few games of the World Cup have proved to be a little bit of a let down so we thought we’d take a break from what’s going on in South Africa and bring you a couple of interesting stories from today’s papers.
The first one we have for you involves Arsenal and the...
Soundoff: Which Injured Star Will You Miss Most at World Cup 2010?
I’ve almost (but only almost) lost track of all the big name players that have picked up pre-World Cup injuries. There was David Beckham’s tendon tear back in March, there’s Michael Essien’s messed up knee, Michael Ballack’s ankle, Rio Ferdinand’s knee ligaments, Lassana Diarra with complications from sickle-cell anemia, and many more. Portugal’s Nani joined...
Flurry of Premier League Stars’ Injuries Could Tarnish World Cup
Just as the hype and excitement for the World Cup is building to a feverish pitch, over the last two days we have had to read devastating headlines about star players (most of them Premier League stalwarts or ex-EPL stars) going down to injury in exhibition warm-up matches.
Devastating because in the World Cup you want...
Michael Ballack: We Hardly Knew Ye
When Chelsea signed Michael Ballack as a free agent in the summer of 2006, it was regarded as a coup. With both Manchester United and both Milan clubs apparently tracking the dynamic German Midfielder, reports actually indicated a fear for Lampard’s presence in the Chelsea midfield.
Four Years On: The 2006 All-Star Team.
In life, four years is a drop in the bucket, unless it involves hard time and a bully of a shower mate named Benny. In football, four years is eons; if we were to reappropriate football time to equate real time, Germany would have a brontosaurus in net instead of Manuel Neuer. (Which sounds like...
Germany’s continuing midfield mayhem
Germany's midfield conundrum has been made much more difficult with the injury to Christian Traesch, the man who had been expected to cover for Michael Ballack.
Ballacks Pain Of Missing The World Cup
You have to feel for a player of the calibre of Michael Ballack and for fans of Germany. Things haven’t always gone swimmingly for Ballack at Stamford Bridge since he joined in 2006, but there is no doubt he is Germany’s most accomplished player of his generation. Be it at Munich, Leverkusen or the...
Injured Michael Ballack Will Miss World Cup 2010
Another one bites the dust. An MRI scan on Michael Ballack’s ankle – injured in the FA Cup Final win on Saturday – has revealed ligament damage, which means no World Cup 2010 for the 33 year old Germany captain. And he’s not happy: “It’s very disappointing, but I have to accept it,” said Ballack....
Ballack suffers World Cup injury woe
German midfielder Michael Ballack faces a race against time following his injury against Portsmouth in today’s FA Cup final. Ballack, who captains his country, was the victim of a badly timed tackle by Kevin-Prince Boateng that left the midfielder writhing in pain, and the ankle injury could force him to miss out on next month’s...
World Cup 2010 Jerseys: Germany
We’re going through all the World Cup jerseys one by one, and reviewing the home and away shirts of each of the 32 World Cup nations. Today we’re getting a look at Germany, and the shirts Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and company will be wearing in South Africa.
The Deutcher Fussball-Bund has a long...
Germany World Cup 2010 Profile
It feels like a lazy stereotype to say that Germany are always there or thereabouts at World Cups. But if you look at Germany’s World Cup record (down at the bottom of this post) you’ll see that that stereotype is based on fact. Even at World Cup 2006, when expectations for the team were lower...
Chelsea Should Sign Bastian Schweinsteiger This Summer
With another FA Cup final, three games remaining on the Premier League fixture list and one point between Chelsea and second placed Manchester United, it may be a little premature for the Blue’s management and players to think about summer transfers. Mercifully, as pundits and fans, we do not have to play Liverpool with the...
