Inside the stadia
Inside the stadia
The race for promotion to the Premier League is well and truly on, with eight runners and riders in contention for promotion this campaign – either through an automatic promotion spot, or a playoff position. Bournemouth are currently second in the table with two games remaining and are red hot favourites to secure automatic promotion.
It’s almost certain that the Barclays Premier League is going to find a new winner this season as the reigning Champions, Manchester City, seem to be out of contention after their recent surprising defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace.
City has actually slipped to the 4th position in the points table and for them to be able to defend their crown from here on in would be an absolute miracle.
The manager Manuel Pellegrini knows it well and thus, he has forgotten the title for the time being.
Tottenham Hotspur has had to deal with a lengthy court battle with Archway in order to try and solve some of the issues that the football club has been experiencing concerning their plans of building a new 56,000 seater stadium.
Earlier in the month of March, the English club announced that they had agreed to a deal where they have officially acquired the piece of land that was interfering in the stadium expansion process.
Tottenham Hotspur is receiving a string of good news as the club has recently securing the services of Harry Kane at least until 2020 after the young player signed a new contract but there is also something else that is occurring which will benefit the club but it has nothing to do with the actual squad, it has to do with the stadium.
The English club has had plans since 2007 on increasing the capacity of the White Hart Lane stadium and it has now been revealed that the final roadblock that was interfering with this process has now been removed.
There was a piece of land that was preventing construction from being initiated but it has now been made official that Tottenham Hotspur has been granted the right to buy this remaining terrain that was standing in their way.
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Manchester City might not have managed to reduce the points’ margin between them and their title challengers Chelsea the other day at Stamford Bridge, but, Manuel Pellegrini walked out of the arena with his head held high.
The Sky Blues boss was all praise for his boys for their performance in that game which was sort of must win for the reigning champions. Now, with only fifteen matches to go, it’s still possible for City to be able to reach the top of the table, but they have to hope Chelsea slip up.
David Villa believes his former side Barcelona will face a tough task when they face Manchester City in the Champions League last 16.
The two sides go head-to-head for the second year in a row at this stage, and City will be looking for revenge after the 4-1 aggregate defeat to Barcelona last season.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has labelled Dirk Kuyt has one of the most underrated players he has played with.
The former Dutch international represented Liverpool for more than five years between 2006 and 2012.
He is right now playing with Turkish club Fenerbahce. Even though his Liverpool spell only brought him one major trophy in the form of a League Cup, he is widely remembered for the selfless work he did in his time at the club. Gerrard has played with a variety of top players during his time at the club. They include the likes of Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez.
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Tottenham are reportedly close to finalising a short-term move to MK Dons while the new stadium gets ready for use in 2017. Tottenham have been looking at various alternatives in order to stage their home matches when the new stadium comes close to completion.
Spurs are set to enter into the elite clubs once the new 50,000 plus seater stadium is ready for use. The club will be spending major portion of the money through the sales of sponsorships and prime real estate in London. Spurs have considered the possibility of sharing the ground with the likes of West Ham.
Shinji Kagawa’s decision to make a move away from Manchester United was influenced by the statements made about him by the new Red Devils’ manager Louis Van Gaal.
Kagawa’s teammate at Borussia Dortmund, Sebastian Kehl, disclosed that in an interview of his yesterday.
As per Kehl, United actually never gave a home like feeling to Kagawa, but, he still pursued his career there somehow and was willing to get his contract finished, but, after hearing what the new boss thinks, it was almost impossible for him to prolong his stay there at Old Trafford.
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Tottenham Hotspur had been waiting for almost 2 years for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles to approve the purchase of the Premier League club as they acquired the last piece of land that was needed for them to actually begin working on building the new stadium.
Spur has wanted to increase their stadium as well as offer their supporters something fresh and new for them to experience on every visit to their matches and the plans of the club include making a huge evolution and change with a stadium that is expected to have a capacity of around 56,000 seats.
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