Month: January 2012

Now that we’re into the New Year, it’s time to look back on the year that was 2011 and pick out the players that made the year their own. 

Everybody knows that Manchester United are currently lacking numbers and experience in the middle of the park.

January is finally upon us and we all know what that means; the re-opening of the transfer window. 31 days of gossip fuelled news and players making the moves from club-to-club, either on loan or permanently. But, who does need to sign who before February 1^st? Find out below.

Well, where do we start?

King Cesc left for Barca, Clichy and Nasri flew up the Eastlands, and a hatful of youngsters came in, along with the beanpole Mertesacker,  the Ivorian Gervinho, and Arteta from Everton.

La Liga took its month-long break over the festive period with Messi, Ronaldo, et al. kicking back and relaxing while the Premier League pushed into its most intense and exciting three weeks of the season.

Like it or not, the English League Cup, or Carling Cup as it is now known, is not considered a major trophy by some managers, with Arsene Wenger relaying to the press last year that, “winning it would not end his trophy drought”.

Born on March 16th 1929 in Birmingham Ken Barnes made his Manchester City debut exactly 60 years ago today.