Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Ronaldo Happy To Be Moving From Physcial English Premiership?:



"Football in England is different, it is more physical," he told Sky Sports News while on holiday.

"No matter how good you are it takes time to adapt to any type of football. I just hope I can get used to it as quickly as possible." (Source)

Friday, June 12, 2009

Italian League In Crisis:

“English football is better,” said Bruno Longhi, a prominent television commentator for Serie A matches. “They have taken care of their violence. In Italy, it still creates problems. People don’t want to go to the stadium with children. In Spain, they play with style. In Italy, the coach is only compelled to play to win. If you don’t win, you are dead, with the press and the fans.” (Source)

Monday, June 8, 2009

Lippi: Italian League May Have Lost Ground To The English Premier But Italian Football Still Strong:



"The big teams in England, Italy and Spain have dozens of foreigners and they cannot be considered as representative of English, Italian or Spanish football.

"I am totally satisfied with Italian football, from the Under-18s through the Under-21s to the national team.

"This is the real expression of Italian football, not what happens at club level." (Source)

Wenger Defends Arsenal's High Foreign Content:



"The French manager had come in for criticism over his transfer policy, usually buying talented but developing talent and rarely purchasing English players. Wenger rejected nationalistic calls for more English players, saying the Premier League had outgrown that approach.

"If the Premier League is the best league in the world, it means the players of the world play in England. So it would be a coincidence that all the best players in the world would be born in England," Wenger said. (Source)