Archive for May, 2011
PHOTO: Rio ‘pwns’ Piers Morgan
Rio heaps more embarrassment on clueless Piers Morgan
Is #piershasmoobs the best hashtag ever?
LMFAO – Man City’s Massive Parade
It’s been a few days and I still can’t stop laughing
Man City’s Parade:
Man Utd’s Parade – this is what we’ll seen on the 30th of May:
MANCHESTER IS RED!!!
PHOTOS: Why you REALLY should be excited about David De Gea
His girlfriend, Edurne!
According to her Wikipedia page:
“Edurne García Almagro better known as Edurne is a Spanish pop singer. She came sixth in the fourth edition of the Spanish television series Operación Triunfo in 2005. Edurne is a name of Basque origin and means “snow”, “purity”, “whiteness”.”
Fortunately for David and us, nothing about the above pictures say purity 
Follow her on twitter @Edurnity
De Gea informs team mates that he’s joining Man Utd
Transfer to be announced as soon as Monday
According to Guillem Ballague, one of the worst kept transfers in football could be announced as soon on Monday, as Atletico Madrid’s David De Gea (pronounced De-Heya) had informed his team mates that he has decided to join Manchester United.
Here’s the post from Ballague’s blog:
David de Gea set to complete £17 million United move
Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea has decided to sign for Manchester United following the agreement of a £17 million deal between the two clubs.
The fee was agreed around two months ago, with agent Jorge Mendes at the centre of negotiations, but the player needed time to make up his mind regarding his future. The young keeper has risen to prominence in a very short space of time and after establishing himself as the number one choice in this, his second season in the first team at his hometown club, was unsure whether he was ready to leave the familiar surroundings of home and move to the Premier League so early in his career. However, de Gea has now told his team mates at Atletico that is leaving to join Manchester United and that his parents and girlfriend will be joining him in England.
An official announcement could be made on Monday, but a delay is possible while the player resolves a contactual issue with his agents.
PICTURES: Gary Neville Testimonial
The Class of ’92 reUNITED
Thank you Gary Neville – the best English right back of his generation.
Looking at the next two pictures, I can’t help feeling emotional, proud and fortunate to follow this beautiful football club. 
Man Utd – first club to reach £60m in Premier League earnings
New overseas TV deal sparks revenue increase
According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United have become the first club to top the £60million mark in earnings from Premier League prize money and TV cash.
United earned £60.4million as the new record overseas TV deals saw top-flight clubs bring in up to £7million more than last season.
Blackpool were the lowest earners of the Premier League but still saw £39.1million go into their coffers, while Chelsea earned £57.7m, Manchester City £55.5m and Arsenal £56.2m.
The figures released by the Premier League also show that it has the smallest difference in earnings between the champions and the bottom club in terms of ratio of any major league in Europe.
England’s top club earned 1.54 times as much as the bottom in TV money – down from 1.66 last season. In Spain, where TV rights are negotiated on a club-by-club basis, Real Madrid and Barcelona earn 12.5 times more than the smallest clubs in La Liga.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: “We believe that our income distribution mechanism, the most equitable of Europe’s major football leagues, rewards sporting success while also guaranteeing a significant amount to each club in order that they can plan from one season to the next.
“Many have commented on the competitive nature of this season’s Barclays Premier League.
“The clubs deserve huge credit for putting on a fantastic competition. We believe the way we distribute broadcast income plays a part in allowing each club to compete at the highest level.”
The Premier League distributes TV rights money based partly on performance, partly via equal shares of TV income, and partly on the number of times a club’s matches are screened live on domestic television.
This season, each club received £13.8million as the equal share of domestic TV rights and £17.9million as the equal share of overseas TV rights.
On top of that, every place in the Premier League table is worth £756,000 – West Ham received that amount and Manchester United £15.1million.
Facility fees of £582,000 are paid to a club every time they play in a live TV match – with a minimum income of £5.82million even if a club has been involved in fewer than 10 live games.
The Premier League also pay out £15million each in parachute payments to previously relegated clubs Hull, Burnley, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough. The three relegated clubs this season will receive the same amount.
VIDEO: Man Utd Goals in victorious FAYC Final
Pogba, Tunnicliffe, Morrison and Keane shing in FAYC Final
Pictures of Man Utd’s title celebrations (lots of good ones)
Relive the joy of the trophy celebrations
Here are various pictures gleaned from around the twitterverse and the internet.
Credit for many of the pictures go to @triciaRKG
