Southhampton’s Dutch Coach Ronald Koeman has become the first Dutch coach to win the monthly award, this is also his third monthly managers award.
Southhampton won three of their four games in January claiming a famous away win over Manchester United at Old Trafford managed by another great Dutch Manager Louis Van Gaal. Southhampton also defeated West Brom and Watford.
Ronald Koeman named Barclays Manager of the Month for January after Southampton claimed impressive victories over Watford, West Brom and United
Southampton boss scooped monthly award after three victories in January.
Manchester City’s top striker Sergio Aguero has also been named Barclays Premier League Player of the Month for January. Aguero returned from injury to help his team end the month of January with one assist and five goals as his team ended a busy January unbeaten.
.@aguerosergiokun has been named Barclays Player of the Month for January
The England number one goalkeeper has been in blistering form keeping 10 clean sheets in the Premier League this season. He had an outstanding performance against West Ham at the weekend making a world class from West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet’s free kick.
Right back- Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea):
The Serbian defender had a stand-out performance against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium on Sunday and capped it off with a lovely assist for Diego Costa’s goal.
Centre back- Ashley Williams (Swansea):
The Welsh defender continued his excellent form at the weekend making 15 clearances against Everton.
Centre back- Craig Cathcart (Watford):
Craig Cathcart has been fantastic for Watford in defence this season and last weekend was not an exception. He capped off his fine defensive display with a lovely goal against Newcastle United.
Left back- Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland):
Patrick van Aanholt continued his impressive form with a top-class performance at the weekend against Bournemouth. His attacking and defensive ability is a joy to watch. He scored his team’s only goal to salvage a draw at home on Saturday.
Newfanzone BPL Team Of The Week (Game week 23)
Centre midfield- Dele Alli (Tottenham):
The young English midfielder had an outstanding performance at the weekend and he capped it off with a fantastic volley which would definitely be a contender for goal of the season.
Centre midfield- Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City):
Danny Drinkwater had an awesome game on Saturday at the King Power stadium. He scored a lovely goal and got an assist in his team’s 3-0 win over Stoke City.
Attacking midfield- Andre Ayew (Swansea):
Andre Ayew had an outstanding performance against Everton on Sunday, scoring a lovely goal and winning a penalty for his team.
Left-forward- Enner Valencia (West Ham):
The Ecuador forward was at his best at the weekend scoring two well-taken goals against Manchester City.
Right-forward- Roberto Firmino (Liverpool):
The Brazilian forward had an awesome game at the weekend,scoring two beautiful goals and made an assist for Jordan Henderson’s goal
Forward- Sergio Aguero (Manchester City):
The Argentine striker was at his best at the weekend scoring a well-taken penalty and a beautiful strike to salvage a draw for his team against West Ham.
Manchester City and Argentine striker Sergio Aguero might just be set for a return to City’s Starting lineup in time for the teams home game against Jurgen Klopps’s Liverpool.
Aguero as been recuperating from an Injury he picked up while on international duty last month, his injury saw him miss out on the high profile “Manchester derby”.
Giving it my all on recovery work. There's still more to go but getting better by the day! pic.twitter.com/b62rdBgc7i
Coach Manuel Pellegrini’s team is currently left with Nigerian Striker Kelechi Iheanacho as the only fit striker after Wilfred Bony also picked up an injury in their last game Aston Villa which ended in a draw.
Agüero has tweeted images of his progress and hopefully he’ll be back just in time for the Liverpool game at the Etihad
The prestigious Golden Boy award which is reserved for players under the age of 21 was first established by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport. The award was won by Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling last year and boasts Wayne Rooney (2004), Lionel Messi (2005), Sergio Agüero (2007) and Mario Götze (2011) among its former winners.
The winner of the award, which is voted for by journalists from 30 newspapers around the world, will be announced in
December.
The full shortlist:
Andrija Zivkovic (Partizan Belgrade)
Nathan Ake (Watford; on loan from
Chelsea)
Moses Simon (KAA Gent)
Dele Alli (Tottenham)
Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal)
Jordon Ibe (Liverpool)
Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)
Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
Divock Origi (Liverpool)
Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Adama Traoré (Aston Villa)
Marco Asensio (Espanyol)
Zakaria Bakkali (Valencia)
Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid)
Danilo Barbosa (Valencia)
Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona)
Dahoud Mahmoud (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Alen Halilovic (Barcelona)
Francisco Rodríguez (Wolsfburg)
Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)
Pierre-Emile Hojberg (Schalke)
Adnan Januzaj (Borussia Dortmund; on loan from Manchester United)
Max Meyer (Schalke)
Ricardo Kishna (Lazio)
Adama Traoré (Monaco)
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio)
Alessio Romagnoli (Milan)
Mario Pasalic (Monaco; on loan from Chelsea)
Adrien Rabiot (PSG)
Jason Denayer (Galatasaray; on loan
from Manchester City)
FIFA and France Football have today announced the names of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football awards.
The awards recognise the best in each category, without distinction of championship or nationality, for their respective achievements between 22 November 2014 and 20 November 2015 inclusive.
The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men’s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football. The winners of all of the awards will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d’Or as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 11 January 2016.
FIFA Ballon d’Or, photo credit FIFA.com
The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and a group of experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and by the FIFA Football Committee, as well as by a group of experts from France Football.
The voting period for the awards commences on 26 October 2015 and closes on 20 November 2015 (midnight CET). In the event that insufficient votes (less than two-thirds of all potential jury members) are cast during the voting period, FIFA and France Football may, at their discretion, extend the voting period by one week to allow only those participating jury members who have not yet cast their vote by 20 November 2015 (midnight CET) to do so.
On 30 November, FIFA and France Football will announce in a web show the names of the three women and three men, as well as the three coaches for women’s football and three coaches for men’s football, who have received the most votes (without announcing the winners). The three nominees for the FIFA Puskás Award (honouring the most beautiful goal of the year) will be also unveiled.
Men’s Football shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015
The following 23 players (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015:
Sergio Agüero (Argentina/Manchester City),
Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid),
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid),
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City),
The Brazilian shot stopper had a top performance at the weekend,he made a save from a stunning overhead kick from Steve cook and also saved a late penalty from Glenn Murray to rescue a point for Watford in their 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday.
Right-Back: Carl Jenkinson (West Ham)
Carl Jenkinson has been one of the top performer this season for West Ham and he continued his blistering form by scoring a smart goal to start his team’s comeback against Sunderland at the weekend.
Centre-Back: Jose Fonte (Southampton)
The Portuguese defender was in total control and his calmness in the defence was a joy to watch against Chelsea on Saturday.
Centre-Back: Gabriel (Arsenal)
Gabriel had an excellent performance for Arsenal against Manchester United on Sunday. He made eight clearances,three tackles and two interceptions to help his side to a comfortably 3-0 win over Manchester United at the Emirates.
Left-Back: Christian Fuchs (Leicester City)
Christian Fuchs had an outstanding game against Norwich at the weekend. His darting runs offered width to his team and helped Leicester get a deserved win at Norwich.
Midfielder: Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace)
The French midfielder was a delight to watch against West Brom at the weekend,his lovely free-kick helped Bolasie open the scoring before sealing the game with a well-taken penalty.
Midfielder: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)
The Danish midfielder is back to his best and announced it with two lovely free-kick goals against Swansea City.
Midfielder: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
The Belgian play-maker continues his blistering form with two assist and a magnificent goal against Newcastle United at the weekend.
Forward: Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Alexis Sanchez was a thorn in the flesh of Manchester United defenders especially Matteo Darmain who he tormented all through the first half,he capped off his outstanding performance with two lovely goals.
Forward: Saido Mane (Southampton)
The Senegalese forward was sensational against Chelsea on Saturday,he ran the Blues defence ragged and scored a lovely goal to seal a famous win for his team at Stamford Bridge.
Forward: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Sergio Aguero was simply unstoppable,scoring five goals against Newcastle with ease. The Argentine striker became the fifth player to score five goals in a premier league game. His five goals came in the space of 23minutes and 34 seconds, making it the fastest five goal haul in Premier league history.
Top 5 performers in Europe’s top 5 football leagues (2015/2016) the story so far…,
We have put together a list of Europe’s top 5 leagues top 5 performers, our focus is on a few highlights of the game, mainly goals, assist and discipline for individuals and for teams it’s got to do with their positions on the Log, comments are welcome and hope you find this useful.
Please note that this is based on results as at the 1st of October 2015 and the Leagues are arranged in no particular other.
It’s Sixty seven days to the Kick-off of the English Premiership and all the clubs in England and all across Europe are busy in the transfer market. here are some of the hot transfer gist and rumours making the rounds at the moment.
Real Madrid Midfielder Isco as been linked with a Summer move to Former BPL Champions Manchester City.
Meanwhile Manchester City’s top striker Sergio Kun Aguero is being rumoured as a target for Spanish Giants Real Madrid.
James Milner lookms set to Sign the dotted lines for Liverpool sometime this week, it is believed the England International would chose Liverpool over Arsenal.
Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko has claimed that Chelsea Boss Jose Mourinho is tracking his progress and he would be open to a move if approached.
Jordi Alba is reportedly set to extend his Barcelona contract till 2020
Napoli Striker is believed to been keen on a move away from Italy And Arsenal Fc and Man United are believe to be interested.
New Real Madrid Coach Rafa Benitez will be unveiled on Wednesday at the Bernabéu.
Dynamo Moscow are believed to be interested in the signing of Free Agent André Pierre Gignac.
Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette has said he would be open to a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona even after top club officials announced that the player was not for sale.
Felipe Melo has denied rumours of any contact with Inter the Galatasaray midfielder has quashed all talk of a potential move to the Italian Club.
Borussia Dortmund’s Former coach Jürgen Klopp has once again confirmed that he would be taking a break from football for an unspecified period
Hugo Lloris as admitted that he’s thinking about his future, the french Goalkeeper has been linked with a move to Manchester United who might loose their number one Goalkeeper David de Gea to Real Madrid.
Louis van Gaal is confident that he would capture the signature of former Barcelona full-back Dani Alves
Here are the top players in the BPL 2014-2015 Season, as selected by all of us at the Newfanzone. The list is dominated by New BPL Champions Chelsea with 6 players from a possible 11, While Back to Back FA Cup champions Arsenal provided two players in the Newfanzone BPL Team Of the Season 2014/2015 Edition, one player each from Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham Hotspurs, make up our final list of eleven and we have adapted the 3-4-3 formation.
Swansea City Manager Gary Monk has also been chosen as the manager of the season here at the Newfanzone, if you’ve got your own BPL team of the week and you want it published or you’ve got a different view or comment or you simply want to express a view on this or any other sporting issue please feel free to drop your comments below or on our Facebook page (don’t forget to like it) you can also circle us on google+. follow our twitter Handle @NewFanzone and we will follow you back or might want to send a mail to us via fanzone.fans@gmail.com. lets keep the conversation going.
The Spaniard was a shining light in a topsy-turvy season for Manchester United. He won a lot of points for the “Red devils” with excellent reaction saves.
Defender: Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
The versatile defender is a top class player, his ability to set up attack is top notch and he also defends with the same intensity. He was crucial to Chelsea winning the Premier league title scoring a lot of match winning goals.
The Chelsea Captain was a “rock” in the defence throughout the season; Blocking shots and making decisive clearances.
Defender: Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
The French defender’s commanding display in defence throughout the season was a joy to watch. In the second half of the season,he helped Arsenal to keep several clean sheets.
Midfielder: Nemanja Matic (Chelsea)
The Chelsea midfielder is arguably the best defensive midfielder in the premier league. He gives his two central defenders maximum protection. The “Big Serb” won the most tackles in the league this season.
Midfielder: Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)
Cesc Fabregas had an impressive debut season for the league Champions,creating numerous chances from the middle of the pack. He had the highest assist and he made the most successful passes in the league.
Hazard showed the premier league viewers why he is regarded as the most exciting player in the premier league, his dribbling skills was a joy to watch throughout the season. It wasn’t surprising,he was voted the PFA player of the year,Premier league player of the season and Football Writers’ Association player of the year
Midfielder: Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
The Chilean Winger had an impressive debut season for Arsenal scoring 16 Premier league goals
Sergio Aguero, photo credit mcfc.co.uk
Forward: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
The Argentine striker was one of the shining lights in a disappointing season for Manchester City. He scored 26 goals in the league to claim the Premier league golden boot.
Forward: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspurs)
The young England striker is one of the revelations of the season. He helped his team throughout the season scoring crucial goals. He scored 21 Premier league goals this season and deservedly won the PFA young player of the year award
Diego Costa, Chelsea. photo credit actuasport.fr
Forward: Diego Costa (Chelsea)
The Chelsea striker had a fantastic debut season scoring 20 goals in 24 apperances in the league.
European Football’s 2014/2015 Top Five, Teams, Goal scorers, Assist Merchants and Bad Boys…,
Top 5 performers in Europe’s top 5 football leagues (2014/2015) the story so far…
We have put together a list of Europe’s top 5 leagues top 5 performers, our focus is on a few highlights of the game, mainly goals, assist and discipline for individuals and for teams it’s got to do with their positions on the Log, comments are welcome and hope you find this useful.
Please note that this is based on results as at the 1st of June 2015 and the Leagues are arranged in no particular other…,
Top 5 performers in Europe’s top 5 football leagues (2014/2015) the story so far…,
We have put together a list of Europe’s top 5 leagues top 5 performers, our focus is on a few highlights of the game, mainly goals, assist and discipline for individuals and for teams it’s got to do with their positions on the Log, comments are welcome and hope you find this useful.
Please note that this is based on results as at the 30th of April 2015 and the Leagues are arranged in no particular other
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* Luiz Adriano of Shakhtar with 9 nine goals has got more Champions League goals than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who are both tied at 8 goals.
* Real Madrid have Scored more goals than any team in the Top five European European team so far the Spanish giants have scored a total of 102 goals so far.
* Víctor Sánchez of Espanyol’s 15 yellow cards at this stage of the season is the highest in the Top 5 European Football League.
* Cesc Fabregas tops the European Top 5 Leagues on the assist chart with a total of 19 assist so far this season.
* Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi’s Tally Of 39 and 38 goals respectively is more than the number goals that the following 9 teams in the Spanish league have scored. Real Sociedad 37goals, Elche 31goals, Getafe 28goals Levante 32goals, Eibar 29goals, Almeria 29goals, Deportivo La Coruna 29goals, Granada 22goals, Cordoba 21,
Top 5 performers in Europe’s top 5 football leagues (2014/2015) the story so far…,
We have put together a list of Europe’s top 5 leagues top 5 performers, our focus is on a few highlights of the game, mainly goals, assist and discipline for individuals and for teams it’s got to do with their positions on the Log, comments are welcome and hope you find this useful.
Please note that this is based on results as at the 4th of March 2015 and the Leagues are arranged in no particular other…
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