Capello cops it as Tevez times out.

A couple of managers and a couple of strikers lead the news today. Firstly, we have the managers.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in the red corner, coming in at 37 years old, we have Chris Coleman. The Welsman who recently managed Fulham has been appointed as manager of Real Sociedad, who have just been relegated from the Primera Liga in Spain. He was reccomended to the role by John Toshack, the current Welsh manager, who holds a legendary status among the Real Sociedad fans. Congratulations to Chris, I always thought he did a really good job with Fulham and should not have been fired, he kept them in the Premiership with minimum backing from Al-Fayed, who then proceeded to fire him the moment there was any trouble at the Club. I've always liked Fulham but the way Coleman was treated was disgraceful, and I can't see them staying up with Sanchez in charge. But, for Coleman, his sacking may have been a blessing in disguise. At Sociedad he will have the chance to experience foreign football, a different culture and hopefully make a good reputation for himself whilst learning new managerial skills. It's not often you see British managers in charge of foreign clubs, so good luck to him and I hope that he succeeds.

In the white corner we had Fabio Capello,an experienced, tactically astute, and successful manager who has won a league title with every team he has managed...I say 'had' because this manager has been fired from Real Madrid after one season in charge. In this season he won the Primera Liga title, which Real hadn't won for 4 years, but apparently this wasn't good enough for the Real Madrid Board members who 'unanimously' decided to sack him because he didn't play enough beautiful football in the course of winning the league. Where can you start with news like this? I can't believe that Real have sacked him, it absolutely beggars belief, and you just wonder who the hell is in charge over there that they can get rid of the only manager to win them silverware in the past 4 years, crazy.

The next manager looks like being Bernd Schuster, and as long as he wins the league, the Champions League and the Spanish Cup, whilst playing exactly the perfect type of football then he'll be fine...good luck to him.

It looks like Tevez will not be heading to Inter after they imposed a time limit on his decision-making process. Inter had emerged as definite favourites for his signature this summer and though the end of talks may seem like good news for West Ham fans, the fact that he was holding talks with another club in the first place shows that he's probably on the way out of West Ham. I hope the man stays in the Premiership but I don't think he'll be at West Ham this coming season.

It also looks like Darren Bent could be on his way to Tottenham after they apparently reached an agreement with Charlton for the player. I mentioned in an earlier post that Bent may have rejected West Ham because he was holding out for a move to a club playing in Europe, and it looks like Tottenham is the club for him. With a strike force of Bent, Berbatov and Keane, Tottenham are beginning to look very dangerous for this coming season, and they should be pushing for a Champions League spot. Though this probably spells the end for Defoe who looks like he may be on the way to Man Utd, but we shall wait and see on that story.

Copa America round up, and the big news being the Brazil lost 2-0 to Mexico in their opening fixture. 2 brilliant goals with Castillo and Morales scoring. Castillo's goal was a delightful finish and you can see it here, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ear1_brazil-0-1-mexico-castillo, it seems that quite a few European club scouts are taking a peek at him, and on this evidence I wouldn;t be suprised to see him heading to a new club soon. Another player to watch out for in the Mexico side, who was injured for the Brazilian game, is winger Andres Guardado, someone I expect to see in Europe in the future. In the other game, Chile came from behind to beat Ecuador 3-2.

Busy day today, bring on tomorrow.