By Myles Palmer _____________________ France 1 Colombia 0 _____________________ Henry (pen) 39. ______________________________ CENTREBACKS like Philippe Mexes don’t come out of academies. They come out of wombs. This kid was born to be a No.5, just as Franco Baresi was…
By Myles Palmer WE ALL KNOW that Beckham is a champion and we all reckon that Roy Keane wanted him out. All last week I was saying (1) the silence from Keane is deafening and (2) Beckham’s agents are smarter…
By Myles Palmer NOTHING MUCH happens in June, as I keep saying, because players are all on holiday right now.It’s mostly unreliable, agent-inspired stories.CANIZARES? I can’t see Wenger signing a 34-year old keeper.He really likes Flavio Roma of Monaco.But I…
By Myles Palmer _____________________ England 2 Slovakia 1 ___________________________ Janocko 31, Owen 61 pen, 73 ___________________________ England were clueless in the first half but good in the second as Slovakia tired. That game in Turkey took a lot out of…
By Myles Palmer He’s very new,Wayne Rooney. Rooney is not mentioned as an Everton squad member in Rothmans. Slovakia’s coach can’t look him up in the bible. Why has Rooney had such a meteoric career? Because he’s better than Andy…
By Myles Palmer I wondered and wondered why Arsene Wenger never mentioned Harrys handball after the 3-2 game at Highbury.Now I know.He wants to sign him.HARRY KEWELL is Arsene’s type of player: fast, skilful, versatile,mercurial, a goalscorer who will give…
By Myles Palmer I LAUGHED out loud when I read that line from David Seaman yesterday. The line about his own back garden. He said, “I have had 13 fantastic years at Arsenal, winning more trophies than I could ever…
By Myles Palmer Was Arsene Wenger wrong to sell Matthew Upson? A majority of my discerning Gooner friends think that Upson should not have been sold to Birmingham in January. He played nine Premiership games for Steve Bruce and did…
By Myles Palmer ______________________ AC Milan 0 Juventus 0 _______________________ The Juventus fans are on our left and the Milan fans are on our right and Denis Law and Ian Rush are sitting three rows behind us. Before kick-off Law…
By Myles Palmer AC Milan have the flair of Seedorf and Rui Costa and Shevchenko. Juventus are Italian champions with a powerful core of experienced warriors who have been together for seven years. It will be close. But remember this…