Felipe Scolari as best replacement of Dunga

When Dunga was chosen as the successor for Felipe Scolari after a very poor World Cup, many eyebrows were raised at this decision largely because Dunga is a manager who favours pragmatic football more than attacking football.

The football style of the former World Cup winning captain was heavily criticised before he was replaced by Mano Menezes. Dunga has worked extremely hard in order to overcome this reputation when he took over after the World Cup. Since he had especially come in at a difficult time for Brazilian football, Dunga says that the pressure was extreme as well. Continue reading “Felipe Scolari as best replacement of Dunga”

Ledley King retirement soon

It’s been over 2 years since Ledley King announced his retirement from playing football after experiencing a career that was plagued by chronic knee problems which forced the English defender on having to hang up his boots earlier than desired. Even with all of the injuries that troubled Ledley King, he still managed to make over 260 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur and is even considered to be one of the best players to wear the jersey of the club at the White Hart Lane.

Ledley King has recently voiced his opinion concerning the current situation of his former club. Tottenham Hotspur started this season of the Premier League in a superb form as they defeated West Ham United and Queens Park Rangers but things started to take a turn for the worse after losing against Liverpool and a few weeks later against West Bromwich Albion.

The objective that Mauricio Pochettino has for Tottenham and his squad of players is to help guide the team on reaching and securing a Champions League spot but Ledley King believes this will be a very difficult task to accomplish.

“It is going to be tough to finish in the top four this season.There’s going to be six or seven teams thinking they’ve got a chance of the top four.We are one of them but a lot of things would have to go right for us this season’’

“It will be difficult this season but long-term we have the right manager.I’m sure he’ll still want to bring in one or two players.It is going to take a little bit of time for him to get his thoughts and methods across. But we’re confident he is the right man’’Ledley King told the press.

This is debut season of Mauricio Pochettino in charge of the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur but if the Argentine coach is unable on finishing the season in one of the top spots of the English League, his job is likely to be at risk but Ledley King believes that Pochettino is the ideal coach for Tottenham and that he will be able to get things done.

Chelsea Star John Obi Mikel Allegedly Assaults Female Journalist

John Obi Mikel is the midfielder for Chelsea. He has been accused of assaulting a female journalist when on international duty with Nigeria. This happened when he was leaving after his training with his team when the reporter asked him for an interview. The reporter was from KISS FM and had approached him in Ajuba. He was just leaving with his Nigerian fellow mates. The BBC broadcaster reported that the player had completely lashed out when the reporter had approached him and asked for an interview. It was the BBC reporter Oluwashima Okeleji who had brought this into light of the public. He had tweeted about the incident and had described about how Nigerian John Obi Mikel had lost his temper when asked an interview after the training session. However, sources such as the team media officer Ben Alaiya with whom the reporter worked has said that she had forgiven John for his actions and has no hard feelings.

Sources have also revealed that this incident of assault that took place was not long after days of a similar incident. The former media officer of the Super Eagles Colin Udoh had said that the Chelsea player had even assaulted him when back on a plane from Sudan. It was a return from a match where the Eagles were beaten 1-0. The officer had said that John had assaulted the former captain of the team. John has also been accused of having used harsh comments and to have made few word choices for the other team members.

The incident has not been liked by most people and so the star is hoping it gets brushed away as quickly as possible. He wants to concentrate and focus on club football and to be a star for the Blues. You can be ready for an interesting set of week ahead.