Gianfrance Zola is said to have been left "shocked" after being sacked by West Ham despite guiding the club to Premier League survival. Zola's contract was terminated following a meeting with Hammers managing director Karren Brady on Tuesday morning, and the club will now be looking to make a quick appointment, according to co-owner David Sullivan.
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Given should go to Italy, he deserves a shot there.
He should stay and fight for the place at City.
Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given is having more time on the bench since boss Roberto Mancini prefers to field young Joe Hart between the sticks and Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni insists there is a lot of interest from Italy for the Irish 34 year old shot stopper. Roma are said to be ready to make a move for Given, should he stay in England or move to Italy?
Aston Villa and Chelsea will meet at Villa Park on Saturday in a game that means a lot to the hosts. While Chelsea are proving to be strong and determined to defend their title Aston Villa are looking to be revived by new manager Gerrard Houllier.
Tottenham are coming from a historic victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League but they will probably have to recover from that game as it surely was demanding on the players' fitness. Bolton will be quite eager to get at least a point since they lost their home game against Liverpool last weekend.
The two teams will meet at White Hart Lane on Sunday with the Spurs in top form after beating Arsenal last weekend and Werder Bremen in midweek to advance to the knockout stage of the Champions League. Liverpool beat bottom of the table West Ham last week but they'll surely have to play much better if they want the same result against Tottenham.
I'm afraid not, he wouldn't adapt to Chelsea's playing style.
Reports claim that Carlo Ancelotti is an admirer of Luka Modric and that he will try to bring him at Chelsea as soon as possible. Modric's creativity could solve Chelsea's current problems, what do you think?
New manager Kenny Dalglish will lead Liverpool in the first league game of his term next Wednesday when the Reds will meet promoted Blackpool away from home. Blackpool lost their last league game at home against Birmingham last Tuesday while Liverpool got beaten 3-1 at Blackburn which led to Roy Hodgson's departure. The interesting thing is that the two teams are very close in the league table: Liverpool are 12th on 25 points while Blackpool are 13th, also on 25 points.
