English Premier League 2011-12 Season: Latest Club News

Ahead of the new season due to begin on August 13, read the latest news about the English Premiership League.

Arsenal: Do you know that Mark Randall, Arsenal Midfielder has joined Chesterfield on a one-year contract which will expire by June 2012?

Aston Villa: The news is that Ashley Young has been signed by Manchester United on a five-year contract.

Blackburn: A new deal has been offered to the striker Benjani. He most likely will stay on.

Bolton: Do you know that Gary Cahill, Bolton defender will likely leave the club. His eyes are on man City, Liverpool or Arsenal.

Chelsea: The Chelsea boss is Villas-Boas. Chelsea paid 13.3 million pounds to get him from Porto

Everton: Phil Neville the captain and defender will play on for two more years despite the foot injury he picked last season.

Fulham: Fulham’s new manager is Martin Jol. He took over from mark Hughes who resigned.

Liverpool: The new season billed to start August 13, just 3 days after the round of friendly internationals is making the manager of Liverpool Kenny Dalglish unhappy. He reasons that the players would not have enough time to get themselves ready for the English Pemiership League.

Manchester City: Brentford has signed Man City defender Shaleum Logan.

Newcastle:Newcastle rejected Celtic’s offer of 1.5 million pound deal for Fraser Foster.

Norwich City: Defender Ritchie de Laet of Man U will be on with Norwich for one year.

QPR: The newcomers to the premiership will have keeper Radek Cerny who signed a one year contract extension with the club.

Stoke: Tony Pulis the manager expects that with transfer fees likely to go up across the league, we will have an expensive summer.

Sunderland: On July 1, it is expected that Sebastian Larsson the Birmingham winger will join Steve Bruce’s team.

Swansea City: Goalkeeper de Vries will leave Swansea to join Wolverhampton Wanderers. This will be on a free transfer.

Tottenham: They contested the decision to hand over the Olympic stadium to West Ham and Newham council. They lost their bid for a judicial review.

West Brom: Carson the keeper set to join Busaspor of Turkey.

Wigan: Manager Roberto Martinez decides to stay on with the club despite an offer from Aston Villa.

Wolves: Mid-fielder O’Hara of Tottenham has signed a five year contract with Wolves for a transfer fee of 5 million pounds.

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English Premier League- Some Shocking Moments

There are always shocking moments in the English Premiership League. Some of them have been captured below.

David Busst injury

In a match between Coventry City and Manchester United in 1996, Bust collided with Man U players Brian McClair and Denis Irwin which resulted in extensive compound fractures to both the tibia and fibula of his right leg. The English Premiership League is yet to see such horrific injury that led Man U keeper Peter Schmeichel vomit on the pitch. That was the end of Busst’s playing career but he served with Coventry City as Director of Football.

Kieron Dyer & Lee Bowyer fight on the pitch

Both players fought during Newcastle’s 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa in 2005. Later, they appeared after the game with manager Graeme Souness in a press conference where they apologized for their behavior but obviously did not apologize to each other.

Robbie Fowler white line celebration

After scoring for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby against Everton, Fowler used the white line of the penalty area to simulate snorting cocaine as his goal celebration. This was in reference to the accusations of drug abuse from a faction of Everton fans. Fowler ended up with a £60,000 club fine and a 4 match ban for his antics.

Adebayor goal celebration

Adebayor after moving from Arsenal to Manchester City played for the first time against his former club at the City of Manchester Stadium. This was at the start of the 2009-2010 season. Man City beat Arsenal 4-2. Adebayor after scoring his goal ran to the away end full of Arsenal fans and goaded them with his celebrations.

Campbell going to Arsenal

Tottenham’s club captain and defender played a very big role with the club during the 1990’s, in 2001 he got a contract that would have made him the highest paid player in the club’s history but Camplel decided to move to arch rival Arsenal on a free transfer. Spurs fans still see him as a betrayer 10 years after while he is still regarded as one of the biggest traitors in the English Premiership League history.

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