England International and Manchester United defender Gary Neville has put in his opinion over the rise in players’ salaries and the direction they’ll continue to head with television and fan support internationally.
Cameroon International Samuel Eto’o wants 15% of his Transfer Fee to Inter Milan, an amount in the 3 Million Euro range. And with Barcelona arguing that they should be on the hook only if the move had been within Spain, it’s now looking more likely a settlement will have to be agreed upon and distributed through the courts rather than an agreement between the club and it’s former player.
Hong Kong billionaire Carson Yeung, who hopes to complete his $130 million purchase of Birmingham City in the next three weeks, wants the Premier League club to spearhead a revolution in Chinese soccer. (more…)
While celebs in England (like Sting) show support for England’s 2018 bid, the US may have just bolstered their chances (for 2018 or 2022) by changing the MLS schedule next year, and Australia may have serious issues…
Politicians and the media like to talk about the relationship between Wall Street and Main Street, but investigative journalist Leslie Cockburn’s debut feature gets to the guts of the matter, visiting defectors from Bear Stearns and Standard and Poor’s and other high-level players in the subprime mortgage gamble and, on the flipside, visiting the working-class Americans who were the unwitting chips on the table. Screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. For more information and tickets, visit www.tribecafilm.com/festival.
With his career done and dusted since 2002, Matthew Le Tissier has gone on to become a TV Analyst, led a takeover bid to buy Southampton and written an autobiography in which he alledgedly has admitted to betting the spread on the first throw in against Wimbledon during a 1995 Premier League Match, an admission that could lead to a Police Investigation.
Argentine International Lionel Messi is about to get paid in a big way after news came out the Barcelona is set to offer the 22 year old a 230,000 Pound a week contract that will run through the end of 2016.
