English Premier League 2011/2012

He's a ned getting noised u[ by other neds

 

Thibaut Courtois has extended his loan deal with Atletico Madrid from Chelsea for another season

 

Di Matteo close to landing Chelsea job full time

 

Chris Hughton is expected to be announced as the new Norwich City manager this week

 

Will be looking forward to seeing how he does there, assuming this goes ahead.

 

Anyone else hearing Bergkamp linked with the Swansea job and Steve Clarke now favourite for WBA.

 

Norwich confirmed press conference 2:30 Chris Hughton will be the next Norwich boss.

 

Alan Carr's dad, and the man behind many inspired signings NUFC give Chief Scout Graham Carr a new eight-year deal.

 

Steve Clarke appointed as new #wba head coach. Signs a 2-year contract. More to follow at http://www.birminghammail.net

 

Can't say I'm very excited.

 

RDM accepts Chelsea one year contract as manager

 

Roberto Di Matteo to become permanent Chelsea manager when he gets back from holiday.

 

Robert Huth has signed a 3-year contraact extension with Stoke. He stated he aims to fulfill his ambitions at the club

 

DI MATTEO SIGNS TWO-YEAR CONTRACT
Posted on: Wed 13 Jun 2012
Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce that Roberto Di Matteo has been appointed manager and first-team coach on a permanent basis.
The Italian returned to Stamford Bridge today following his holiday to finalise a two-year contract.
Chief executive Ron Gourlay says: 'Roberto's quality was clear for all to see when he galvanised the squad last season and helped the club make history, and the owner and board are very pleased he will be continuing his good work.
'We all believed he was a young coach with much to offer when we first asked him to take charge of team affairs in March and the manner in which he worked with us, the players and all the staff, and the success that followed, made him the clear choice when it came to selecting the person to take us forward in the seasons to come.
'We will be working closely with Roberto in the weeks ahead, some exciting signings have already been made and Roberto has had input into those.
'Although he has set the bar very high in the short time he has been in charge, we know that Roberto is the right man to lead Chelsea onto further success.'
Di Matteo, who turned 42 last month, was interim first-team coach for the final 11 weeks of last season, leading the club to an historic Champions League and FA Cup double triumph.
He stepped up to the role following the departure of Andre Villas-Boas during the first weekend in March and won the next four matches including a tricky FA Cup replay away to Birmingham City and the memorable second-leg turnaround against Napoli.
He said: "I'm obviously delighted to have been appointed as Manager and First-Team Coach. We all achieved incredible success last season that made history for this great club. Our aim is to continue building on that and I'm already planning and looking forward to the squad's return for pre-season."
We lost only three matches after he took charge. And although ultimately Chelsea finished outside the top-four places, our success in Europe, that saw Benfica and Barcelona beaten before the victory against Bayern Munich in their home stadium, meant that not only had Di Matteo guided the club to our first Champions League title, but we had also ensured our place in the competition next season.
The Wembley win over Liverpool in early May continued his already sparkling FA Cup history at Chelsea.
Di Matteo is the fourth Italian to manage Chelsea, continuing his association with the club that began in 1996 when he signed as a player from Lazio, the choice of Ruud Gullit.
An international midfielder, he ended his first season by scoring in the FA Cup Final as major silverware was brought back to Stamford Bridge for the first time in 26 years. He also found the net in a League Cup Final win and another FA Cup Final before injury forced his retirement at the age of 31 having played 175 games and scored 26 goals for the club.
He returned to Chelsea as assistant first-team coach under Villas-Boas at the start of last season having become a manager for the first time at League One MK Dons in 2008. A year later he moved up a division to West Bromwich Albion whom he then took into the Premier League at the first time of asking. He was named the top-flight manager of the month in September 2010 but left The Hawthorns in February 2011.
Gourlay adds: 'We are already looking forward to the 2012-13 season which kicks off when Roberto, his staff and players return for pre-season.'

 

Fixtures for the 2012/13 season with be released Monday at 9am. Exciting :icon_mrgreen:

 

Japan has confirmed that Shinji Kagawa will not be part of it's football team for the Olympics to enable him have enough rest.

Great news nice and fresh and ready to go.

 

Rafael is signing a new 4-year (until 2016) contract with MUFC

Add Davide Petrucci extends his contract with Manchester United new 3year deal big talent reserve team captain .

Rejected Roma, Genoa and Inter Good lad