He wants it so badly, Assem Allam, to change Hull City to Hull Tigers, despite strong opposition from fans. However, the FA has now - for the second time - decided to decline his proposal meaning that Allam can not protest against the decision. The Egyptian has earlier this year threatened to leave the club if he failed to be granted permission for his name switch. Will the fans finally get rid of their number one target?

Wednesday April 9th - Manchester United are out

After 1-1 at Old Trafford, Manchester United fans were hoping their team could surprise once again at Allianz Arena and send Bayern Munich out in the cold. After a rather boring first half where none of the teams looked as they were there to win - Munich could settle with 0-0 result - things started taking speed in the second half. First Patrice Evra scored a goal of a lifetime giving the fans hopes and believe in a semifinal, but less than two minutes after Mandzukic killed the hope. Manchester kept trying and that opened for first Müller and then Robben to finish off Manchester United's Champions League adventure.

Wednesday April 9th - Barca are also out!

Atletico Madrid's win against Barcelona ended the Catalan's unprecedented run of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for six consecutive seasons. However, the Barcelona players were outplayed by an Atletico side in great form who deserved the win more than the Catalans did. A player as Lionel Messi was very disappointing and  only ran about 6km - the same as José Manuel Pinto in the goal. Koke gave Atletico the lead after just five minutes, and the Madrilenes kept the lead till the end of the match. Could Atletico win the Champions League this season?

Friday April 11th - Cardiff accuse Crystal Palace of spying

Controversial Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan have written to the Premier League accusing former Head of Recruitment Iain Moody, who is not Sporting Director at Palace of spying. According to Tan, Moody should have used contacts at the club to ascertain the starting line-up before the sides met on Saturday. After the 0-3 loss to the Eagles, Tan wrote to Premier League chief Richard Scudamore demanding an investigation, but the Premier League have told Cardiff to make a formal complaint if they wish to take things further.

Nicolas Anelka's West Bromwich Albion career ended Friday night when the French nomad was sacked for "gross misconduct." The striker was given a five-match ban and a £80,000 fine by the FA for the quenelle gesture he mad at Upton Park in December. Just hours before he was sacked, he Anelka announced that he was terminating his playing contract with the club, but it turned out he was sacked. His hunt for a new club might turn out to be a hard one as FIFA is considering a global ban for the 'quenelle.'

Sunday March 15 - Mourinho

Aston Villa won against Chelsea on Sunday, but it was Willian, Ramires and Mourinho who stole the picture. First, Willian was sent off after two yellow cards, then Ramires, rightful, was sent off before Mourinho was asked to leave the bench for arguing with the ref. William only had himself to blame after receiving a second yellow card for a cynical challenge to stop a Delph run. Ramires challenge was not much better, and finally Mourinho felt the referee was against him. Mourinho was yesterday charged for improper misconduct.

Sunday March 15 - Zlatan breaks PSG record

The Swede took his season tally to a club-record with 40 goals in the 2-0 win against St Etienne. Ibrahimovic surpassed Carlos Bianchi's record from the 1977-78 season where the Argentine scored 39 goals. Zlatan surely is one of the best strikers in the world, but credits have to be given to the team behind him and the league he is playing in. Many still believes that Zlatan could be playing in a much better league than the French. However, the Swede can now add another record to his long cv.

Monday March 16 - Lionel Messi breaks Barcelona record

He is only 26 but have already made his 25th hat-trick for Barcelona on Sunday. As it wasn't enough, the hattrick helped the Argentinian to become Barcelona's all-time leading scorer when he helped his side to a 7-0 win over Osasuna. Messi have now scored 371 goals and eclipsed the record set by Paulino Alcantara who scored 369 goals in 356 appearances between 1912-1927. This is the sixth consecutive season in which the Argentinian has scored 30 goals, and currently on 18 goals this season.

Tuesday March 17 - Ronaldo is set to break record

After Real Madrid's Champions League win against Schalke on Wednesday, where Ronaldo scored twice the Portuguese is only 2 goals away from breaking the Champions League goalscoring record. The record holder at the moment is Ronaldo's rival from Barcelona with 14 goals. However, with 13 goals on the account Ronaldo is more than likely to take the Champions League goalscoring record this season.

Every year FIFA honor the goal of the year with the Puskás Award. Great Dane Football Blog has taken a look at the goals, and found what we think are the 5 best. Remember to vote before December 9th! 

5. Juan Manuel Olivera

4. Lisa De Vanna

3. Peter Ankersen

2. Panagiotis Kone

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Remember to vote befroe the 9th December HERE

After Sweden lost the World Cup Playoff against Portugal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic said the World Cup is not worth watching without him. We love Zlatan, so here is five of his best quotes to make up for his absent in Brazil.

Last week the men's shortlist from FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 was released with 23 of the best footballers in

The shortlist contains 23 male candidates, which have been, drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and by a group of experts from France Football and looks as follows:

Gareth Bale (Wales), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Ramadel Falcao (Colombia), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Franck Ribéry (France), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire), Robin Van Persie (Netherlands), Xavi (Spain) and finally, Great Danes true winner, Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden.

The list is full of world class players, however, in my oppinion Zlatan is the right winner this year. True Gareth Bale, Edinson Cavani and Ramadel Falcao was class in their previous clubs but after their summer transfers they haven't really lived up to the past. True Phillipp Lahm, Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer, Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger won the Champions League. True Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi keeps scoring in Spain, and Neymar became on of the worlds most expensive players. But, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has had an amazing career and deserves to be rewarded for it. In every club the Swede have played for he has won a trophy; 2 Eredivise, 1 KNVB Cup and 1 Johan Cruijff shield with Ajaz, 2 Serie A titles with Juventus, 3 Serie A titles and 2 Supercoppa Italia with Inter Milan, 1 La Liga, 2 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 FIFA Club World Cup with Barcelona, 1 Serie A and 1 Supercoppa with AC Milan, and so far 1 Ligue 1 and 1 Trophée des Champions with PSG. 

And if that isn't enough, Zlatan scored 16 goals for Barcelona where he had the worst period of his career. Despite his age of 32, Super Zlatan keeps entertaining us with world class goals week after week, and he really deserves to win the Ballon d'Or this year! Why? Because Zlatan makes football beautiful! Nicklas Bendtner once said that he aims to be as good as Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Well, there is a long way to go Bendtner! Especially because Zlatan despite his age may have at least four years left on the highest level and I believe we can expect to see more from the big Swede. Until then, celebrate him with the best price a football can get!

Zlatan Imbrahimovic is a man with a big ego, and his autobiography is all about it. The book takes us through his entire career, from the youth in Malmö to the bench in Barcelona. Furthermore, Zlatan deliveres some great quotes bout people around him. One of them is about his time in Barcelona:

‘Messi, Xavi and Iniesta always obeyed without protest. They were like schoolboys. I am not like that. I couldn’t be myself.’

Roy Keane. Saying the name makes your shake a bit. The autobiography is certainly worth reading as you get a full picture of the man or the beast if you like. Roy Keane has always been known for his hard attitude, and it shines through in this book. The autobiography cost Keane a £150,000 for admitting that he intended to hurt Alf-Inge Håland:

'I'd waited long enough. I fucking hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you cunt. And don't ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries.'

Since his debut for Newcastle United, Gazza has been the centre of attention. The midfielder was a warrior on the picth, and made it hard for anyone to stop him. However, this book take you through the lowdowns of his career as well as his mental health problems, alcoholism and family disputes.

"...he had been drinking three bottles a day.." I couldn't see further than a bottle of whisky. I wanted to die. I really wanted to just die"..The Paul Gascoigne who sits in front of me today has not had a drink for a year. And he feels much better for it."

What makes a successful goalkeeper jump in front of a train? Teresa Enke, the widow of Robert Enke is trying to explain this in A Life Too Short. The book gives an stunning view on the pressure professional footballers are under and how they keep their problems for themselves. This time it ended in a devastating suicide. One of the strongest and most moving football books on the market.

"In our achievement-oriented society a goalkeeper, the last bastion in defence, can’t be a depressive. So Robert summoned up a huge amount of strength to keep his depression secret. He locked himself away in his illness.”

The Secret footballer is surrounded by mystic. No one knows whom he is, but he knows all about life as a Premier League player. The writer contributes to The Guardian with articles about money, managers, WAGS etc. The writer has even gotten his own website where fans tries to find out whom he is. Now he has published a book that should be well worth reading!

5. Zlatan vs. Brescia

4. Zlatan vs. France

3. Zlatan vs. D.C. United

2. Zlatan vs. NAC Breda

1. Zlatan vs, England

This week's football list features the five best goals from the EURO 2012!

1. Philip Lahm (Germany - Greece 4-2)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden - France 2-0)