Liverpool's chase for Fernando Torres has become much more interesting as Atletico Madrid fans have
taken to the streets over the potential sale of their star striker.
"Atletico fans have staged a protest in a Madrid square against the sale of the 23 year-old, a
youth product of the club who has constantly professed his love for the team he has supported since
childhood.
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Newcastle United's new owner Mike Ashley has said that he plans to hand Sam Allardyce a £50
million purse in order to start the rebuilding of the club (mirror.co.uk). Ashley has the long term
in mind, and is making the funds available to get Newcastle on track for the next season.
JDJ says: Does this move brighten the faces of Toon fans?
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Newly acquired LA Galaxy defender Abel Xavier, formerly of Middlesbrough, recently spoke to
England's The Sun claiming that Beckham's arrival to the team could be the turning point of the
season. However, most interesting was the quote in which Xavier proceeded to give the reporter the
laundry list of what would improve the Galaxy:
"Things will get better when we get Beckham and all our injured players and those on international
duty with America are back.
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Arsenal is now offering Arsene Wenger a £25,000 a week pay raise, a £30 million purse for summer
spending and a clause that would release him next year if he chooses to leave (dailymail.co.uk).
The pay raise would increase Wenger's weekly earnings to £75,000 (a 50% pay raise).
JDJ says: It seems that David Dein's firing was as big of a deal as it was made out to be.
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After some previous ambiguity over when Miroslav Klose would join Bayern Munich, a deal has finally
been struck that will see Klose join the team July 1st. Werder Bremen has agreed to sell their
German international striker for an undisclosed fee to the Bavarian giants in order to gain some
financial compensation for Klose's move before his contract expires in a year (sportinglife.
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Peter Crouch's name has come up in Liverpool's hunt for Fernando Torres (sportinglife.com). The two
club's are reportedly £8 million away in their valuation of Torres, which seems to have prompted
Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre to push for Crouch's arrival as part of the deal instead of
Rafael Benitez's initial offer of Luis Garcia. However, Benitez has made his intentions of
acquiring a crowd of top-notch attacking players public, which may send the deal into further
negotiations.
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Oswaldo Sanchez and Mexico have now been beaten in their last two tournaments by wonderful volleys.
Many of you probably remember the volley by Maxi Rodriquez in the 2006 World Cup that sent
Argentina past Mexico and was named among the goals of the tournament by several media sources.
Then, this past Sunday Sanchez was beaten by a Benny Feilhaber volley that proved to be the 2 to 1
game-winner that claimed the 2007 Gold Cup for the United States.
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Finally something truly newsworthy from a rather dull week. Thierry Henry has, through several
sources, reportedly agreed to a deal with Barcelona which will see Arsenal receive £16 million for
the French ace.
Rumors had been swirling for a year, and more intensely over the past months as close friend and
club official David Dein was let go from Arsenal.
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Chelsea have been awarded a top-8 seed by UEFA for next year's Champions League (mirror.co.uk).
This will grant the blues an easier group stage and guarantee that they will not have to go up
against top teams, like Barcelona in past years, until the group stage.
Also, an interesting side note: England is the only country to have all 4 of its teams seeded for
next year (Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United).
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In a TimesOnline interview, Samuel Eto'o made it clear that he will not be leaving Barcelona by his
own will. In fact, the Cameroon international said that "The club cannot force me to do anything,
nobody can."
For some time rumors have been swirling about foreign interest in the egotistical striker, who
addressed that issue by saying that "someone is building a huge lie, so big that everybody believes
it – only I will decide my future and I will continue here.
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Barcelona head official Joan Laporta has said that "The club wants Ronaldinho and Eto'o to stay and
the coach agrees" (sportinglife.com). This statement effectively ends the summer transfer rumors
involving Eto'o to Arsenal or AC Milan, and Ronaldinho to Milan. As well, Laporta has confirmed the
coach Frank Rijkaard will remain Barcelona's boss.
JDJ says: I don't think Ronaldinho was really ever in question for a move, but Eto'o certainly was.
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Thierry Henry talks about three of his best EPL goals, and the last one is an absolute EPL classic
(if you don't remember it you might want to reconsider calling yourself a 'fan' of soccer). Watch
and enjoy!
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"The last time I spoke to Galliani, which was a couple of days ago, the probability of Shevchenko
returning to Milan was 80%. Had that percentage gone down, I'm sure Galliani would have told me."
These are the words of AC Milan owner Sivio Berlusconi speaking of his conversations with club
president Adriano Galliani (
Gazzetta dello Sport).
According to Berlusconi, the hang up in the deal is negotiations with Chelsea, specifically a
price.
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"It's time for one final big choice. Should I stay or should I go? I am tempted to discover another
world and to see what footballing life is like outside England," said Drogba. Timesonline.co.uk
suggested that he may be looking for a move to Italy or Spain.
JDJ says: It seems that the Blue with the golden boots is stirring up old rumors.
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