Steven Gerrard Ready To Return To Liverpool

The 35-year-old, who won 10 trophies at Liverpool, moved to the United States to join Los Angeles Galaxy last season.
In a chat, Gerrard said:
“I’m not 100% sure but I think it will probably be my last year as a player. I have had a chat with Liverpool boss Jurge Klopp. The club have let me know they’re keen for me to come back.”
According to the midfielder, who made 710 appearances for Liverpool and 114 caps for England, he is still in love with the Anfield club.
“I am always going to be biased towards Liverpool and the FA and basically when I am back home I am going to carry on with my punditry work and try and move around clubs and gain more experience, going to watch managers and learning more.
“I am basically available from November, December 2016. Everyone in the football world will know I am available and hopefully I will be 75% into my coaching badges.”
The former England captain expressed disappointment that he is yet to bag a coaching certificate, but vowed to begin a coaching course as soon as possible.
“I have regrets I didn’t start my coaching badges at 21-22,” he said. “All that time wasted in hotels as an England player when I’ve been bored and was watching ‘The Office’ and ‘The Sopranos’.
“I wish I’d done my CBA (coaching) licence then so I’d be doing my pro-licence now.
“I had a meeting with the FA and said these players that are earning a certain amount of caps – don’t let them go away from the game, do more to keep them involved.” Those were his words and we hope to see the transfer happen.

10 Richest Football Clubs In 2015

Football is a really expensive sport with vast investments and crazy bills for transfers. Here are the 10 most expensive teams.
10. AC Milan – £510million
9. Juventus – £550million
8. Liverpool – £646million
7. Arsenal – £850million
6. Chelsea – £900million
5. Manchester City – £910million
4. Bayern Munich – £1.5billion
3. Manchester United – £2.03billion
2. Barcelona – £2.1billion
1. Real Madrid – £2.17billion

Di Maria's Manchester United Exit Looms

Argentine international Angel di Maria's
proposed move from Manchester United to
Paris Saint-Germain has moved closer after the
winger passed a medical with the French
champions in Doha.
The 27-year-old had extensive tests at the
Aspetar sports hospital after being given
permission by the Premier League giants to fly
to the Qatari capital for talks with PSG officials.
The two clubs have already agreed a fee of
£44.3 million for Di Maria who will end his one-
year stay at Old Trafford.
United snapped up Di Maria for a British record
£59.7m from Real Madrid last summer, but the
winger's form slumped dramatically after
making an encouraging start to life in north-
west England.
After netting three goals and making four
assists in his opening six games for the 20-
time English champions, Di Maria spent time on
the sidelines with injury and fell out of favour
with Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal.He started just one of the final 10 games of last
season with his final United goal coming in a
2-0 FA Cup third round win over Yeovil Town in
January.
Di Maria was also unsettled off the field after an
attempted burglary on his home in Cheshire in
February.
Since that incident, the Argentine has been
living in a city-centre apartment in Manchester
- owned by former United player Phil Neville -
with his family.
The former Benfica player had said he wanted
to stay at United but after failing to report for
the second part of the club's pre-season tour of
the United States on July 25, his future at Old
Trafford appeared to be over.
Di Maria - who has 65 caps for Argentina -
scored four goals in 32 appearances for United.

Top 6 Hottest Tennis Players

I share with you a great list of the top 6 hottest
female tennis players who glue us to the big TV
screens. A lot of other females hot tennis
players are around the world, but take a look at
the top 6 hottest tennis players here.
1. Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams born September 26,
1981 is an American professional tennis player
who is ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis.
The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked
her World Number 1 in singles on six separate
occasions. Serena Williams is currently third on
the all-time Grand Slam singles titles list with
20 and she is one of the top female tennis
player in the world.
2. Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic born November 6, 1987 is a
Serbian professional tennis player who as of
May 27, 2015 is ranked No. 7 in the world by
the Women’s Tennis Association.
Ana Ivanovic became the first Serbian player to
be ranked No. 1 as she was inspired by
watching the great Monica Seles on
television.
3. Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka born July 31, 1989 is a
Belarusian professional tennis player from
Belarusian. She is a former world No. 1 and is
currently world No. 24 as of 29 June 2015.
Victoria Azarenka is known for her Olympic
wins.
4. Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie “Genie” Bouchard (born February 25,
1994) is a Canadian professional tennis player
currently ranked world No. 12. She became the
first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam final.
Eugenie Bouchard has Tuesday’s shot of the
day at the Aegon International Eastbourne.
she’s young and beautiful lady.
5. Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko born January 25,
1987 is a Russian tennis player and model.
Kirilenko won the 2002 U.S. Open Girls’ Singles
and won her first WTA Tour title in 2005,
defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China
Open. Maria Kirilenko was married in Moscow,
she’s strong and beautiful even with her
age
6. Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová born April 23, 1983 (age
32) is a Slovak tennis player. She turned
professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough
year in 2002, when she won her first WTA
tournament, the Indian Wells Masters. She
Plays Right Handed (Double Handed
Backhand).

Pique Gives Barcelona Drab Win Over APOEL

A goal by Gerard Pique gave
Barcelona a winning start to their Champions
League campaign, but they were far from
convincing 1-0 victors at home to Cypriots APOEL
Nicosia on Wednesday.
Pique headed home the only goal of the game
from Lionel Messi's free-kick midway through the
first-half, but APOEL managed to subdue a much
changed Barca side despite the presence of Messi
and Neymar up front.
And Luis Enrique's men had debutant Marc-Andre
ter Stegen to thank for a fourth consecutive
victory to start the season as the German 'keeper
made a flying save in stoppage time to deny
Gustavo Manduca.
Barca do though go to the top of Group F as Ajax
held French champions PSG 1-1 in Amsterdam
with Barca set to travel to Paris on matchday
two.
"We struggled. We tried to move the ball quickly
and we didn't manage to do it," Barca midfielder
Xavi Hernandez told Canal Plus.
"It is true we dominated. We tried through the
middle and wide, but they defended very well.
"In the end it was a tiring game, but we have won
and we have to treat it like it is. It is always
good to start the group stage with three points,"
added Xavi, who equalled compatriot Raul's all-
time record of Champions League appearances
with 142.
Enrique made nine changes from the side that
started Saturday's 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao
with Messi and Munir El Haddadi the only players
to retain their place.
Sergi Samper became the latest youngster to
make his debut in the early stages of Enrique's
reign, whilst Neymar was handed his first start of
the season after coming off the bench to score
both his side's goals at the weekend.
The number of changes appeared to affect
Barca's rhythm in the first-half as they dominated
without creating many clear-cut chances from
open play.
Messi was first to threaten with a curling free-
kick that Urko Pardo in the APOEL goal did well to
turn to safety.
Barca then went in front from another Messi free-
kick as this time the Argentine's in-swinging
delivery was headed home at the near post by
Pique.
Messi and Neymar were continuing to link-up
well after the former provided the Brazilian with
two assists at the weekend and the roles were
reversed five minutes before the break as Messi
fired Neymar's cutback towards goal and Pardo
made another impressive save.
A similar pattern ensued after the break, but the
visitors also provided more of a threat and
wasted two half chances as Tomas De Vincenti
saw a goalbound effort deflected wide by Marc
Bartra before Mario Sergio's cross was cut out by
Dani Alves with two unmarked teammates waiting
for a better delivery.
Barca should have put the game to bed when
Alves picked out Neymar at the back post, but
his header was heading off target before Munir
turned the ball home and was rightly flagged for
offside.
Neymar and Messi were foiled again as the game
entered stoppage time, Neymar's deflected shot
was well saved by Pardo and Messi's follow up
brilliantly blocked by Sergio.
And the hosts could have been made to pay for a
lacklustre display when Ter-Stegen was forced
into the first serious save of his Barca career
when he tipped Manduca's well-struck effort
behind for a corner.

Cesc Is The Future-Mourinho

Jose Mourinho heralded Cesc
Fabregas as Chelsea's new playmaker in place
of the departed Frank Lampard and urged fans
to greet him and his squad before Chelsea's
first home friendly in eight years.
Chelsea meet Real Sociedad at Stamford Bridge
and plan to parade their full senior squad on the
pitch before the sold-out match.
"Lampard is our history, but Fabregas is our
future, Mourinho told the club website, adding
that both he and his players believe the
Spaniard is the right man to play in central
midfield.
"Frank is the history of the club, history nobody
can forget," said Mourinho. "Fabregas is the
future. History is history, but the future is more
important at the moment."
"My opinion, and the opinion of my players, is
that Fabregas is the right player to occupy that
central position in midfield."
Chelsea beat Ferencvaros 2-1 in Budapest in a
friendly courtesy of goals from Ramires and
Fabregas, who impressed after his introduction
at the interval.
"They (Ferencvaros) fought for a result until the
last minute and that was good for us," said
Mourinho. "They competed and that was
important."
Fabregas' solo goal capped a fine display that
convinced many observers that he will be a
more than adequate successor to all-time
Chelsea top scorer Lampard.
Lampard, 36, left Chelsea in June to join MLS
outfit New York City. He is currently on loan
with English champions Manchester City.
In another website message, the club said
Mourinho requested that supporters going to
the sold-out match at Stamford Bridge arrive in
time to herald a parade of the entire first team
squad.
"It is the first time we have hosted a friendly at
our home since 2006 - and it promises to be a
memorable evening, with the sold-out crowd
given the opportunity to welcome each of the
players," said the club.
After signing midfielder Fabregas, striker Diego
Costa, left-back Filipe Luis and returning club
legend, striker Didier Drogba, along with recalled
loanees defender Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea are tipped as
favourites to depose Manchester City as
Premier League champions.
The English Premiership starts on Saturday,
August 16 but Chelsea are not in action until
they visit promoted Burnley on Monday - a
fixture for which Mourinho is confident his team
will be perfectly prepared.
"It's been a difficult pre-season because we
started with seven players," said Mourinho.
"After that, step by step, players were arriving
after the World Cup and holidays."
"Finally, in this last week, we've had everybody
together, but obviously not everyone is
prepared. For example, (Branislav) Ivanovic has
been training for one month, (Andre) Schurrle
has trained for five days."
"So there is a big difference between players.
We have to play the first league match next
weekend and we will be ready for that."

Suarez Bid For Ban Reduction

Luis Suarez arrived in Lausanne on
Friday morning to plead his case before the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to halve his
four-month FIFA ban for biting.
Barcelona's Uruguyan striker, in a blue checked
shirt and jeans, was tight-lipped as he ran the
gauntlet of press photographers on his way into
the hearing shortly before 10 am local time
(0800 GMT).
Suarez was banned from all football-related
activity for four months after biting Italy
defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during
a World Cup group game in the Brazilian city of
Natal.
Also read : No biting clause for Suarez
He subsequently left Liverpool for Barcelona in a
95 million-euro ($127 million) deal but will
have to wait until late October before he can
play for his new club.
His legal team said on Thursday they were
confident of obtaining a reduction of the ban to
two months, meaning the former Liverpool
striker would be available to play from 25
August, and for him to be allowed to train with
Barcelona for the duration of his suspension.
The verdict was not expected for several days.

Mikel Defends World Cup Performance

John Mikel Obi has defended his World
Cup performance, claiming he tried to play for
the team rather than seek glory.
The Chelsea midfielder continues to be the
brunt of criticism following what has been
widely perceived as a disappointing World Cup
display, but the 27 year-old claims he is being
unfairly criticized.
"I tried to do my best to work hard for the
team. We play together and nobody wants to
be a Maradona because in our team, everybody
has to play for each other," Mikel told
KickOffNigeria.com exclusively.
"All I wanted to do was work hard for the team
and not to look for glory, but people don't see
that.
"You don't always have to dribble everybody to
help the team. And the coach knows that I was
doing my best."
Mikel admitted that his game fell short of the
standards he set at the Confederation Cup last
year, but says there was a slight change in
styles.
"The Confederations Cup was a learning
experience for us, and I think I was a little more
forward there, but now I had to do more work
for the team.