James Milner bidding by Manchester City and Chelsea

English Premier League champions Chelsea occurs Manchester City in the battle for Aston Villa midfielder James Milner.Milner sign has two years left on his £ 40,000 a week contract but Villa manager Martin O'Neill wants to negotiate a new agreement with him to the World Cup in South Africa.
Chelsea insiders say that the association is willing to go far to Milner after missing the city before the Brazilian striker Robinho two summers. "Losing to City for Robinho was then embarrassing, even if it prove to be lucky once," the Sun quoted an insider as saying Chelsea. "But we are determined to use our man this time and are very confident that this will happen," the source said.City with your first offer of 25 million pounds of suspect refused and handed Villa a second offer of £ 30,000. 000.

Chelsea win FA Cup after beat Portsmouth

Didier Drogba scored his 37th to be goal of the season Saturday to double Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in the FA Cup final and the Premier League and Cup. After clinching the Premier League last weekend, Chelsea met five times under the goal at Wembley and Portsmouth a penalty kick, before Drogba curled up in a kick in the 59th Minutes free.
"It was hard to come back and stay focused for this game because we celebrated last week's title," said Drogba. "You begin to think that you are not a goal." Germany captain Michael Ballack Chelsea has been replaced by an apparent ankle injury that could affect his participation in the World Cup.

Competition in English Premier League

There are 20 clubs in the Premier League. During a season (August-May) each club plays the other twice (a double-Robin), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat.

Teams will be out of a total rank points, then goal difference and goals scored. At the end of each season the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal, the goal difference and goals scored determine the winner. If is still same, teams are taking is the same position.

If there is a link for the championship, for relegation, or for the qualification to other competitions, a play-off game will decide in a neutral place rank. The three lowest placed teams are relegated to the Football League Championship and the two best teams in the championship with the winner of the play-offs the third to sixth in the championship clubs are encouraged to place.

History of English Premier League

Despite significant European success in the 1970s and early 1980s marked the end of the 80 years, a low point for English football. Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and English clubs were banned from European competition for five years after the events of Heysel in 1985. The Football League First Division, the highest level of English football was in 1888, was far behind the leagues like Italy's Serie A and Spanish La Liga attendance and revenue, and many of the best English players moved abroad.
However, in the late 1990s was beginning to reverse the downward trend, had an England World Cup success in 1990 World Cup and reached the semifinals. UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990 (translated by Manchester United, the Cup Winners' Cup 1991 UEFA lift) and the report of Taylor on safety standards in the stadiums, proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums in the aftermath of the disaster at Hillsborough in January of this year has been published.

Television money has become even more important, the Football League has received 6.3 million pounds for a two-year contract in 1986, but if the project was renewed in 1988, the price is EUR 44 million over four years. In 1988, negotiations were the first signs of a breakaway league, ten clubs threatened to leave and form a league of "super", but were finally convinced to stay. that the stadiums and better matching present and revenues have increased, the country again as top teams leaving the Football League to sport on the growing influx of money into capital injected.

Introduction of English Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for football clubs' association. At the top of the league system of English football is the football competition of the primary countries. Contested 20 clubs, it works on a system of promotion and relegation to the Football League. The Premier League is a social act in which 20 members of the clubs as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May, with teams of 38 games each of 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday, with some games played during the week in the evening. It is sponsored by Barclays Bank and thus officially the Barclays Premier League announced.

The competition of the FA Premier League, 20 Formed in February 1992 following the decision of the club in the Premier League Division break the Football League, founded in 1888, and enjoys a TV rights business profitable. The Premier League has since become the most watched sporting league world. It is the football league in the world's most lucrative, combined with sales of 1.93 billion pounds Club ($ 3.15bn) in the years 2007-08. It is also the first place in the UEFA coefficients leagues on performances in European competitions in the last five years, even before the Spanish La Liga and Serie A.

On 21 April 2010, the Premier League awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of international trade of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 4] The Premier League for his outstanding contribution to international trade [has been recognized and the value it brings to the English football and the United Kingdom broadcasting industry's International Trade Award for significant growth in overseas sales and business success in traffic for three consecutive periods of 12 months from 2007 to 2009.

A total of 43 clubs participated in the Premier League, but only four have the title: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea and Manchester United won. The current champions Chelsea, who won the 2009/10 season.