Archive for July, 2009
Newcastle fire sale picks up pace with latest sale »
Newcastle are continuing to offload their high priced earners with Obafemi Martins agreeing a four year contract with German club Wolfsburg. There will however be few tears shed over the loss of the Nigerian centre forward, he hardly put his heart and soul in to Newcastle and the reported €10 million will certainly help the clubs finances out [...]
Chelsea kick off season with a nice £14 million »
Adrian Mutu the former Chelsea striker who was sacked by the club for taking cocaine has lost his appeal over the compensation he has been ordered to pay by FIFA. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has agreed with FIFA that Mutu must pay the money to Chelsea for breach of his contract. Their statement said "The Court of Arbitration for [...]
Tottenham to squeeze even more money from Bent »
Tottenham are intending to fine Darren bent after the player made some less than dignified comments on twitter even if they are selling him. Bent can expect a fine of two weeks wages for breaking club discipline and it will make zero difference that he is being sold. If Bent thought that by demonstrating his displeasure at Chairman Daniel [...]
Arsenal finally make their move for a player »
Arsenal are very close to making their first significant transfer before the season kicks off. Jean Louis Triaud the Bordeaux president has publicly stated that Arsene Wenger has made contact in relation to striker Marouane Chamakh. Speaking to L'Equipe he said "Wenger has called me," "He told me he has a list of forwards and Marouane [...]
AC Milan V Boca Juniors Preview »
Milan continue their pathetic preseason form last night receiving a 1-4 hammering from Bayern Munich, although 2 of Bayern’s goals came way too late into the game. But the fact still stands, AC Milan under Leonardo will need a miracle to finish in the top 6 in Serie A this season. Not only have their “oldies” passed their expiration [...]
Tottenham boss tells players he don’t care if »
Harry Redknapp never one to mince his words has told his players that he does not care if they are happy, it is their jobs to make him and the fans happy. Redknapp made these comments when speaking about the possibility about bringing Klaas Jan Huntelaar to White Hart Lane and the amount of competition such a purchase would create. "I don't [...]
Bayern Munich V Man Utd Preview »
Both sides have been doing great in their preseason games that it’s really hard to see either losing the game, but there’s only one winner tonight, even if it takes a PK shoot out to reach one. Manchester are steady, consistent, and scoring lots of goals (18 goals scored in 5 friendly games). However, they only kept one clean sheet in [...]
Liverpool facing a stark choice »
Reports are everywhere now that Xabi Alonso has finally submitted a transfer request and now wants out of Anfield, something we reported yesterday. We also questioned why any club would want to keep a player against his will and this is now a question facing Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez. They clearly face a stark choice. It is a world cup [...]
Malmo V AIK Preview »
Malmo finally found their way back to winning way when they managed a 3-0 win over Halmstad in Halmstad 3 days ago. Now they look forward to be building on it and climb up the table on which they hold the 9th place, yet only 12 points away from the top after barely passing the mid-season point. AIK are 5th (9 points higher than their hosts) [...]
Fergie to blame for Berbatov not performing for Man »
Sir Alex Ferguson has now come out and admitted that Dimitar Berbatov did under perform last season but is not blaming the player but himself! By his account Man Utd did not use Berbatov correctly and the best part of Sir Alex's statement is that he now realizes that Berbatov is a centre forward. In Berbatov's defence Sir Alex has [...]
Man City and Chelsea know that £80 Million means NOT »
£80 Million is now the price that Bayern Munich have put on the head of Frank Ribery which should narrow down suitors significantly. In fact probably only three clubs Man City, Chelsea and Real Madrid could afford to stump up that amount of cash and even Real Madrid may find that they are now limited after their own mad spending spree, That [...]
Liverpool holding on to a player that wants to leave »
With so much speculation surrounding Xabi Alonso and his “will he wont he” transfer to Real Madrid it is difficult to know the what the player himself really wants. Alvaro Arbeloa has now clearly intimated that Xabi Alonso does want to leave and has made his feeling known to the manager Rafa Benitez Arbeloa who has almost completed his [...]
