Forgotten men Bebe and Anderson return to training with Manchester United at the clubs training facilities in Carrington after loan spells last season.
No doubt the sight of the pair garnered some confused looks from the security staff on the gate.
A beautiful animation of the best moments from the World Cup
The always superb, Richard Swarbrick has produced a beautiful animation of the best moments from the World Cup.
Beginning with Neymar’s opening goal for Brazil vs Croatia all the way through to Mario Gotze’s wonderful winning goal in the final, If you have seen his animations before, you will not be disappointed.
OFFICIAL: Atletico agree transfer deal with Chelsea for Luis Filipe
Atletico Madrid and Chelsea have reached an agreement to transfer the rights of Filipe Luis, pending the medical with the English club. The Brazilian footballer had told our club at the end of the campaign his willingness to join the London entity.
continue reading Club Atlético de Madrid · Official website – Agreement with Chelsea for the transfer of Luis Filipe.
And the winner of the Golden Dive award is………..
With diving in football only becoming more prevalent with each year that passes, its seems only right to hand out a Golden Dive award at the end of the World Cup to accompany the more (for now!) prestigious awards of player of the tournament and top scorer.
The site, TheGoldenDive.com have up with the novel idea of producing a Gif of all the terrible dives during the World Cup, along with a top 5.
No surprises that Arjen Robben walks away with the highest honour – or should we say falls away – but do you agree with the rest of the top 5?
Visualizing.org produce graphic illustrating each and every World Cup injury
visualizing.org have produced a graphic illustrating each and every one of the injuries sustained by players during the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
Unsurprisingly, most of the lines point towards injuries in the lower half of the body ie the legs, with there being a total of 6 knee and hamstrings injuries.
So, the obvious conclusion is, footballers need to some how find a way to stop using their legs quite so much.
Lazar Markovich’s 1st interview as a Liverpool player
In his 1st interview as a Liverpool player since singing from Benfica for £20m, Lazar Markovich said all the right things and has apparently done his home work after claiming he watched ever Liverpool game last season.
His message to the fans: “I came here to win titles and will give 100%”
James Rodriguez celebrates winning the golden boot
Sat nervously on the edge of his seat, James Rodriguez was filmed as he waited the few anxious moments to find out if he would win the World Cup Golden boot.
Eventually the moment is realised, cue the celebrations.
Mario Gotze’s world class strike clinches World Cup for Germany
Mario Gotze controls Andre Schurrle’s cross expertly and then fires home to win the World Cup for Germany against Argentina.
It took 113 minutes for the deadlock to finally be broken, but when it did come, it was a world class finish by Gotze. A goal worthy of claiming the title.
Neymar gives Phil Scolari a solemn hug during post-match presser
Neymar interrupted Phil Scolari’s post-match interview to give his manager a slightly awkward hug.
The hug resembled more of a farewell, which could well prove the case if (when) big Phil gets the axe.