Footballers are not often celebrated for their love of understated chic and period sensitivity when it comes to property – but it would be difficult to accuse them of a lack of ambition. When Sol Campbell bought an eight-bedroom townhouse near the river in west London from the actor Minnie Driver's mother for £5.4m, he wasn't entirely satisfied with its facilities. So he built a 40ft tunnel...
Djibril Cisse struck a late double as Panathinaikos booked their place in the last 32 of the Europa League after rounding off their Group F campaign with a straightforward home victory over Dinamo Bucharest.
• Police clash with rioters outside Olympic Stadium • Delayed match finishes Panathinaikos 3-1 Atromitos Tear gas fired by police at rioting protesters outside the Olympic Stadium caused a 25-minute interruption during Panathinaikos's 3-1 win over Atromitos in the Greek Super League on Sunday. As people clashed in Athens during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting...
Sunderland travel to White Hart Lane this Saturday to face a Tottenham Hotspur side looking to put a mistake ridden north London derby behind them. Steve Bruce’s men can take heart in the fact that they took four points from Spurs last season, drawing at home and winning this fixture 2-1 with Djibril Cisse scoring the winner seven minutes from time in an evenly contested match. Kieran Richardson...
“There is a massive difference in money but we have better fans than United.” I don’t know whether I’d describe the difference as ‘massive’, but yes, Rafael Benitez has spent more money than Sir Alex Ferguson. Money Liverpool 2004/2005 In: Djibril Cisse – £14m Xabi Alonso – £10.5m Fernando Morientes – £6.3m Luis Garcia –...
Very interesting game in Europa League between Panathinaikos and Dinamo Bucuresti.Henk ten Cate will play with 4-2-3-1 formation.Lone striker in this game will be only Dimitris Salpigidis.Member of Greek national team who's scored almost 50 goals for Panatha is a really dangerous man on the pitch.But ten Cate he has also option with Ante Rukavina,as a regular in his national under 21 side, he is yet...
Atlético Madrid ensured a place in the group phase of the Champions League after a 2-0 win over Panathinaikos which gave them a 5-2 aggregate success. The hosts went ahead in the third minute when Loukas Vyntra put through his own net. Panathinaikos' slim hopes virtually ended 20 minutes from the end when Djibril Cissé was sent-off for a second booking. And the result was certain in...
• Former manager Steve Bruce keen to re-sign Cattermole • Fraizer Campbell set to have medical at Sunderland Sunderland have signalled their interest in the Wigan midfielder Lee Cattermole by tabling a formal offer. Cattermole was a first-team regular under former manager Steve Bruce, and Sunderland are understood to have followed up Bruce's interest in taking the 21-year-old with him to...
• Greek side claim agreement reached with Marseille • Cissé previously linked with Tottenham and Stoke Panathinaikos are reportedly close to signing Djibril Cissé, despite the player being linked with a move to Tottenham or Stoke. Cissé spent last season on loan at Sunderland but the Wearside club did not take up their option to buy the Marseille striker. The 27-year-old...
It’s a break from football for most Arsenal players at the moment and they are enjoying the little free time that they have. Nasri was seen in Miami with friend Djibril Cisse. Wenger has been enjoying in Malaysia. Arshavin is back home in St. Petersburg. But as for Nicklas Bendtner, he has been trying out [...]