PEP GUARDIOLA is to take over as boss of Bayern Munich next season - as I predicted seven days ago.
I said that Pep would disappoint English clubs vying for his signature because he only wants to manage one club in England - Man United.
I also said that Pep would be the next manager of Man United when Fergie resigns - and that it is a done deal - and that is why he would manage abroad in the interim.
Bayern is merely a stepping stone to the really big job at United.
Most commentators in England have been saying all week that Pep would be the new manager of Man City in summer.
Well, the cat is now out of the bag. So stick with me if you want to know what's happening first - as the old footie song goes, So now you're gonna believe me!
FRANK WORRALL
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
FRANK LAMPARD WILL SIGN FOR MAN UNITED
I WONDER how Chelsea fans will react to Frank Lampard when they learn that he is going to sign for Alex Ferguson in the summer?
Right now, he is the hero of the terraces - and rightly so after the service he has given to the club.
I just hope the fans will be as magnanamous with Frankie when he puts pen to paper on a 12 month deal at Old Trafford, with the option of another 12 if things go well.
Fergie plans to use him to replace Scholesy as one of his two 'old heads' - along with Giggsy who will do one more year at the club, then probably bow out along with the manager himself/
Right now, he is the hero of the terraces - and rightly so after the service he has given to the club.
I just hope the fans will be as magnanamous with Frankie when he puts pen to paper on a 12 month deal at Old Trafford, with the option of another 12 if things go well.
Fergie plans to use him to replace Scholesy as one of his two 'old heads' - along with Giggsy who will do one more year at the club, then probably bow out along with the manager himself/
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
CAITLIN MORAN IS THE BEST WRITER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
When i was younger I used to love reading Julie Burchill's stuff.
Nowadays there is no one in her league..apart from Caitlin Moran of the Times.
Her piece on Bowie's return in today's paper was brilliant, it brought tears to my eyes and summed up everything I would like to have said but struggled to do because I am simply not as talented as her.
She deserves a much bigger platform for her skills - maybe the Mail or the Sun will come calling.
Nowadays there is no one in her league..apart from Caitlin Moran of the Times.
Her piece on Bowie's return in today's paper was brilliant, it brought tears to my eyes and summed up everything I would like to have said but struggled to do because I am simply not as talented as her.
She deserves a much bigger platform for her skills - maybe the Mail or the Sun will come calling.
GUARDIOLA PLANNING TO GO TO MILAN OR BAYERN BEFORE MAN UNITED
I have heard today that Pep Guardiola may take a job in Italy (Milan) or Germany (Bayern) before he moves to the big one at Man United.
He is reluctant to go to Chelsea or Man City in the summer as he really only wants to manage United in England, but must wait for Fergie to call it a day.
I hear Chelsea are still more likely to end up with Mourinho back in charge, or Jurgen Klopp from Dortmund.
He is reluctant to go to Chelsea or Man City in the summer as he really only wants to manage United in England, but must wait for Fergie to call it a day.
I hear Chelsea are still more likely to end up with Mourinho back in charge, or Jurgen Klopp from Dortmund.
By the way, it's Bo-wie, not Bow-ie!!
Just to set the record straight - David pronounces his surname Bo-wie (as in Zoe) not Bow-ie as in cow.
Thought you should know!!
Thought you should know!!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
MICHAEL LAUDRUP FOR ARSENAL
I HAVE hears some interesting talk from my contacts at the Emirates.
Namely that Swansea boss Michael Laudrup is being talked about within the corridors of power as the man who just might take over at Arsenal when Wenger finally calls it a day.
I have also heard that his name has been mentioned at Man United - although Pep Guardiola remains the man they want to take over from Fergie, and who will do so barring a late change of mind on his part.
But I can see the logic of Laudrup at Arsenal and I can see it coming off.
He is a highly intelligent man and an advocate of fine football - in other words he is a young Wenger.
Certainly I would rate him ahead of Brendan Rodgers, his Swansea predecessor who was lucky to get the Liverpool job.
Laudrup for Arsenal - you heard it here first.
FRANK WORRALL
Namely that Swansea boss Michael Laudrup is being talked about within the corridors of power as the man who just might take over at Arsenal when Wenger finally calls it a day.
I have also heard that his name has been mentioned at Man United - although Pep Guardiola remains the man they want to take over from Fergie, and who will do so barring a late change of mind on his part.
But I can see the logic of Laudrup at Arsenal and I can see it coming off.
He is a highly intelligent man and an advocate of fine football - in other words he is a young Wenger.
Certainly I would rate him ahead of Brendan Rodgers, his Swansea predecessor who was lucky to get the Liverpool job.
Laudrup for Arsenal - you heard it here first.
FRANK WORRALL
BOWIE, THE KING IS BACK - AND ON FORM AFTER 30 YEARS OF MEDICORITY
HE is, without doubt, the greatest 'pop star' of all time - and my musical hero.
So it was wonderful to watch as David Bowie stunned us all by releasing a new single today, the day of his 66th birthday.
Ziggy/the Thin White Duke has always had that ability to take us by surprise. The biggest shock of all, of course, is how - in this world of constant communication and news feed - he managed to keep it quiet for two years that he was even back in the studio working on new material.
Indeed, only a year ago a friend of mine claimed he had seen Bowie 'at a cancer clinic' in Manhattan - and that he might not be long for this world.
Yet here he is on my TV screen this morning, singing his new number in a video that left me smiling and shaking my head in wonder.
The video - of Bowie's head on top of a small puppet - was amusing but also telling: it flicked through images of David's time in Berlin, when he produced the mind-blowing change of direction that was Low and Heroes, plus the rather less distinctive Lodger.
This is Bowie at his best: Bowie's Johnny Cash moment, whereby the Man in Black glanced back over his life with a mesmerising commentary on just what he had been through, what it all amounted to and the frailty of humanity as
(im)mortality beckons.
Bowie's new single, Where Are We Now, brought me close to tears. It is a great artist's valedictory statement and one of his best songs since Five Years, from Ziggy. You could probably say it is Five Years now - Bowie's final lament in 2013 as he faces up to the final curtain.
I can tell you for certain now that he will never tour again. But if this and the imminent album are his final statements, and the album is half as good as the single, we Bowie fanatics can at least be grateful for that. This latest recording was something we did not expect - it is a bonus from a genius.
The single is also undoubtedly is best piece of work in 30 years - yes, since Let's Dance. I often think it is a tragedy that he never called it a day then, certainly the catalogue of rubbish that followed was never worthy of the man.
For me, Bowie ruled from 72 to 83 and all after was instantly forgettable.
But, maybe at the final bend, he has come up with something that is up to the standard of that period.
Bowie is back, it may not be for long, and it may be his final hurrah, but I for one am just grateful he is back with something worthy of his name.
The king isn't dead....long may he reign....
FRANK WORRALL
So it was wonderful to watch as David Bowie stunned us all by releasing a new single today, the day of his 66th birthday.
Ziggy/the Thin White Duke has always had that ability to take us by surprise. The biggest shock of all, of course, is how - in this world of constant communication and news feed - he managed to keep it quiet for two years that he was even back in the studio working on new material.
Indeed, only a year ago a friend of mine claimed he had seen Bowie 'at a cancer clinic' in Manhattan - and that he might not be long for this world.
Yet here he is on my TV screen this morning, singing his new number in a video that left me smiling and shaking my head in wonder.
The video - of Bowie's head on top of a small puppet - was amusing but also telling: it flicked through images of David's time in Berlin, when he produced the mind-blowing change of direction that was Low and Heroes, plus the rather less distinctive Lodger.
This is Bowie at his best: Bowie's Johnny Cash moment, whereby the Man in Black glanced back over his life with a mesmerising commentary on just what he had been through, what it all amounted to and the frailty of humanity as
(im)mortality beckons.
Bowie's new single, Where Are We Now, brought me close to tears. It is a great artist's valedictory statement and one of his best songs since Five Years, from Ziggy. You could probably say it is Five Years now - Bowie's final lament in 2013 as he faces up to the final curtain.
I can tell you for certain now that he will never tour again. But if this and the imminent album are his final statements, and the album is half as good as the single, we Bowie fanatics can at least be grateful for that. This latest recording was something we did not expect - it is a bonus from a genius.
The single is also undoubtedly is best piece of work in 30 years - yes, since Let's Dance. I often think it is a tragedy that he never called it a day then, certainly the catalogue of rubbish that followed was never worthy of the man.
For me, Bowie ruled from 72 to 83 and all after was instantly forgettable.
But, maybe at the final bend, he has come up with something that is up to the standard of that period.
Bowie is back, it may not be for long, and it may be his final hurrah, but I for one am just grateful he is back with something worthy of his name.
The king isn't dead....long may he reign....
FRANK WORRALL
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