Georgios Samaras describes Celtic years as 'pinnacle' of his career

Neil Warnock has stepped down as Aberdeen manager and the best betting sites have prepared a market for his potential successor. The veteran Yorkshireman was handed control of the team until the end of the season and even recorded a 3-1 win in the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup, in what was his last game in charge. However, Warnock picked up…

After leaving his mark in Japan, Kevin Muscat is preparing for a new challenge in China. He speaks with KEEPUP's Sacha Pisani after being named the new manager at Shanghai Port. In 2021, Ange Postecoglou made a point of telling his replacement Kevin Muscat just how special a football club he was walking into at Yokohama F.Marinos. Two-and-a-half…

Kevin Muscat could be set for a return to former club Millwall, if the UK bookies are to be believed. Millwall are looking for a new manager after sacking Gary Rowett this week, with the EFL Championship outfit currently 15th in the standings. Rowett had been out at the helm for four years and he guided them to a top-half finish in every season…

FORMER Norwich and Celtic forward Gary Hooper has signed for non-league side Barnet. The English attacker, 35, left England in 2019 after a three-year spell with Sheffield Wednesday. He went on to play for Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand, Kerala Blasters in India, Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus and Gulf United in the UAE. But now he has returned to the…

Former Liverpool player Graeme Souness has claimed that the club will finish either top or as runners up this season in a big prediction ahead of the Premier League's return. The Reds started the weekend just two points off first placed Manchester City having won their last three matches following an opening day draw at Chelsea. They managed to…

The wait is finally over and Celtic's know who they'll face. The Scottish Premiership champions were the second last team out of the Champions League group stage hat and given how it went, they've probably landed the best draw they could have hoped for by the time their ball was pulled out the bowl by Joe Cole. It's Group E for Brendan Rodgers's…

With the Premier League, Ligue One, and La Liga set to kick off tomorrow and other leagues to follow suit next week, I figured now would be a good time to recap a handful of our KPAs' preseasons and preview what's coming up for them.

No sooner had Manchester United secured the first Treble by an English club in 1999 than Dwight Yorke knocked on Sir Alex Ferguson's door and asked for a year off. It was a joke, but Yorke had a serious point to make. The former United striker said recently: 'I just thought, "What else is there to do now?" What more could we possibly do as a team?…

Winning four successive top-flight titles has proved beyond any team or manager in the history of English football but if any club can break new ground it is Manchester City. Fuelled by the wealth of their Abu Dhabi owners, City have emulated treble-winning rivals Manchester United's dominance of the late 1990s and early 2000s, raising the bar to…

These six ex-Premier League players have dropped down the pyramid for a late-career Football League swansong and some are faring better than others… Last summer's version of this article featured some not-so-memorable inclusions, with former Chelsea starlet Michael Mancienne and ex-Newcastle man James Perch among them. And with the 2023/24 season…

The reigning European champions, Manchester City, meet Yokohama FM in a club-friendly game this Sunday. The hosts are the 2022 J1 League winners and arguably the best team in Japan, and they have a chance to measure their strength with one of the best teams in the past decade. This is the first preseason event for the Sky-Blues, who took their time…

As always there are lots of stories and rumours about possible signings and departures of players at Celtic this summer. After suggestions of interest in Kieran Tierney returning on loan from Arsenal for the season, there is now a second Premier League player being tipped for a possible move to Parkhead. Certainly Brendan Rodgers will be looking…

MANCHESTER UNITED talisman Marcus Rashford is yet to sign a contract and SunSport can exclusively reveal that Erik ten Hag knows why. But unfortunately, the United gaffer has also confirmed top goalscorer Marcus Rashford is a doubt for today's match against Bournemouth due to illness. Meanwhile, there has been a twist in the Adrien Rabiot saga as…

MANCHESTER UNITED have enjoyed having some of the best longest serving stars. So we have compiled a team of the Red Devils' most capped players per position since the Premier League's inception in 1992. United are the most successful club in the competition's history having been crowned champions on 13 different occasions. There are plenty of club…

Celtic hero Lubomir Moravcik reckons Aberdeen have landed a huge bargain by snapping up Slovakian countryman Patrik Myslovic. The Dons signed the Slovakian Under 21s midfielder this month on loan from Zilina where he captained the club and are awaiting a work permit. And Hoops icon Moravcik, who spent four years at Celtic and won two leagues, two…

Our betting expert brings you the latest Leeds manager odds, with Steven Gerrard the early favourite to take over at Elland Road. Leeds are currently without a manager after Sam Allardyce departed the Whites last week after the former England boss failed to keep them in the Premier League after taking over with just six games remaining. The Whites…

There is a sensation particular to watching Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. Most of the time they're thrilling and brilliant, but every now and then something seems to stutter, and a vast cloud of nothingness balloons over the pitch. 98% of the time his teams destroy the opposition. 2% of the time they smother themselves. Lampard - I wanted to…

Erling Haaland's dad has dropped another hint that the Manchester City striker's time at the Premier League club could be short lived. The prolific Norwegian has been in superb form since swapping Borussia Dortmund for the Etihad Stadium in a bargain £52million deal in the summer. Haaland hit the ground running in style and scored a brace in his…

Former Celtic forward Timothy Weah has been enjoying considerable success at the World Cup with the United States joining England in qualifying for the knockout stages at the expense of Wales and IR Iran. You can watch the Weah family celebrations ahead of the round of 16 match with Netherlands, where Weah will come up against another former Celt,…

Omonia Nicosia boss Neil Lennon insists both Celtic and Rangers deserve leeway from punters despite their challenging starts to life in the Champions League. The former Parkhead boss enjoyed three trips to the last 16 as a player and manager combined but he insists Ange Postecoglou and Gio van Bronckhorst need time to adapt to the world's leading…

Chelsea is set to move quickly to appoint a new manager in the wake of Thomas Tuchel's sacking, with the new owners hoping to appoint a long-term head coach to oversee a revolution at Stamford Bridge. Current Brighton and Hove Albion manager Graham Potter is top of their list, and the Blues have already been given permission by Brighton's owners to…

There is a scene in a documentary about Ange Postecoglou's life, The Age Of Ange, where Postecoglou takes his parents Dimitris (Jim) and Voula to Melbourne's Hellenic Museum. The museum had produced an exhibition titled "Through a Child's Eyes", which centred on 12 prominent Greek migrants who moved to Australia as children in the 1960s and 70s.…

Former Celtic boss Neil Lennon has admitted that Brendan Rodgers would be an excellent replacement for Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland boss. Kenny's reign as the Ireland manager has been topsy turvy with results going in opposite directions during his time in the Ireland hot seat. The former Dundalk boss will lead Ireland into the upcoming…

The departure of Carl Starfelt does not frustrate Brendan Rodgers as it once would have. Not because he doesn't rate the Celta Vigo-bound centre-back, but his own exit and return from the place he says feels like home has reframed his understanding of an oft-debated topic among supporters - just why would you want to leave this club? Rodgers knows…