Premier League Archives: 08/2010

Caretaker Aston Villa manager Kevin MacDonald has confirmed his desire to be handed the Villa Park role on a permanent basis

Following the usual frantic pace of events on transfer deadline day, The Sport Review brings you a list of all of the confirmed deals of the summer for every Premier League club

Former Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34

Manchester United effortlessly overcame West Ham in Saturday’s evening kick-off courtesy of a Wayne Rooney penalty, a Nani solo goal and a strike from Dimitar Berbatov

Steven Gerrard has admitted Liverpool will face stern competition in their Europa League group, but the 30-year-old skipper remains confident his side can progress to the knock-out phase

Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce has dismissed the possibility of David Beckham moving to Ewood Park

Manchester City highlighted their title credentials with a dominant victory over Liverpool as a Carlos Tevez brace and a Gareth Barry strike led them to their first win of the new campaign

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has declared that new signing Mario Balotelli has the ability to outshine Liverpool’s Fernando Torres

Theo Walcott scored his first Arsenal hat-trick as the Gunners brought newly-promoted Blackpool back down to earth with a bump at Emirates Stadium

Stephen Ireland says he was “forced out” of Manchester City after completing his transfer to Aston Villa earlier this week

Aston Villa’s James Milner yesterday completed his protracted transfer to Manchester City for a reported £26 million fee

Slovakia international Martin Å krtel has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep the defender at Anfield until 2014

iverpool were denied a hard fought victory after a calamitous Pepe Reina error allowed Arsenal to snatch a 1-1 draw at the death after David N’Gog’s powerful strike had given the home side an early lead second half lead

Joe Hart produced a man of the match performance to help keep a lively Tottenham Hotspur side at bay as the new Premier League season kicked off at White Hart Lane

New Manchester City signing Mario Balotelli has revealed he would have preferred to stay in Italy and continue his career in Serie A

Arsene Wenger says he has been offered a contract extension at Arsenal and he expects the deal to be tied up “very soon”

Mario Balotelli edged closer to a move to Manchester City on Thursday night after his agent revealed there had been a “step forwards” in negotiations between the Eastlands club and Inter Milan

The owner of Southampton Football Club, Marcus Liebherr, has passed away at the age of 62

Craig Bellamy claims he would consider walking away from football if Manchester City ditch the striker this season

Real Madrid are set to complete the signing of Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho after the two clubs agreed a £6.7m fee for the Portuguese defender on Tuesday night

Referee Mark Halsey will return to action this weekend when he takes charge of Wigan versus Blackpool - his first Premier League match since being give the all-clear from throat cance