'English football has finally lost the plot' (Independent Online)Reality, if it ever existed, finally went flying out of the window of English football this week, writes Peter Bills.
Big money in football (Financial Times)A group of Abu Dhabi investors this week agreed to buy Manchester City from Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, in a deal that highlights the global interest in owning football clubs in the English Premier League.
English football a billionaire's playground (CNN.com)English football clubs have always attracted wealthy owners. Traditionally, club chairmen were bluff local businessmen with a few spare millions in the bank, perhaps looking to put something back into their local community, somewhere to schmooze clients and colleagues, and seduced by the idea of being a player -- albeit at boardroom level -- in a sport that is an obsession for millions.
Man jailed for blackmailing top Premier League player (AFP via Yahoo! News) A goalkeeper who blackmailed a top English Premier League footballer over a sex video was jailed for 20 months on Friday.
Champion League, Your Having a Laugh! (Ipswich Town Mad)Derek Bowden says Town are aiming for the very top of English football.
Leading article: The football bubble (Independent) To say that fans of top-level English football are living through exciting times would be an understatement. The acquisition of Manchester City this week by a consortium from Abu Dhabi has turned an under-achieving club into one with ambitions to be the biggest in the world. It is the latest, and most spectacular, episode in the transformation of the Premier League into a playground for ...
Barack Obama a longshot for second career in English Premier League football (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)LONDON - From the West Wing to West Ham, Barack Obama is in the running for two big jobs.
Premier League soap opera lurches from one drama to another (AFP via Yahoo! News) From soap opera to the theatre of the absurd, the cash-drenched world of the English Premier League just keeps getting wackier.
Football: Di Canio wants West Ham job, says agent (AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News)Paolo Di Canio wants the vacant manager's spot at English Premier League club West Ham United, the controversial Italian's agent said Thursday.
Football: Keegan quits as Newcastle boss (Channel NewsAsia)LONDON: Kevin Keegan on Thursday resigned as Newcastle United manager bringing to an end his second spell in charge of the English Premier League side.
