Paolo Di Canio says he is tempted to slap Sunderland youngster Connor Wickham to ensure he fulfils his potential. The Black Cats boss is keen to see the 20-year-old live up to the expectations that came when he arrived on Wearside from Ipswich for £8.1 million two years ago. He said: "Maybe, with this guy, [.
Eng-lish Pre·mi·um/ing'liSH ˈprēmēəm/Noun: An amount to be paid on top of any given
football transfer fee to recognise the paltry significance of said footballer hailing from these
sceptred isles and will hopefully therefore play with 'bags of passion', etc.
Italy's former battering ram of a striker, Christian Vieri has been awarded €1 million
(£800,000) in damages after it was found that former employers Inter Milan and Italian
communications company Telecom Italia conspired to tap the player's phone during his six years at
the club.
During deadline day of the 2011 transfer window, Juventus went out and purchased Eljero Elia, a
talented 24-year-old Dutch winger. Somewhat a controversial transfer, the Torino based club bought
the player for 9 million Euros making him one of the more expensive signings of the summer and only
1 million less than the price paid for Stephen Lichtsteiner.
Liverpool failed to fill the void left by Andy Carroll's departure because the club's owners
refused to sanction a £7 million deal for the former Fulham player Clint Dempsey.
Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, spent transfer deadline day trying to convince his
hierarchy of the need to secure the American international.
Liverpool are being linked with a move for Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, according to
reports.
TalkSPORT claims the 19-year-old has been given permission to look elsewhere this summer, with Los
Blancos ready to let the talented teenager leave for interested parties.
Both Newcastle and QPR are also said to be interested, whilst Wigan Athletic also missed out on a
bargain £1 million deal for the player back in January.
Dirk Kuyt has today ended a 6 year association with Liverpool football club with the news that
he will be signing for Turkish giants Fenerbache for £1 million. The 31 year old is leaving just
as new manager Brendan Rogers arrives, but he has assured fans that it is nothing to do with the
change in management.
With Liverpool attacker Dirk Kuyt's future shrouded in uncertainty, his former club Feyenoord is
hoping to entice him back to Holland with the offer of a player/coach role.
The 31 year-old Dutch international left Feyenoord to join Liverpool in the summer of 2006, after
enjoying three seasons at the club.
Liverpool have reportedly agreed a £1 million fee with Sami Hyppia's Bayer Leverkusen for 18
year old Turkish starlet Samed Yesil. Like recent Liverpool arrival Nuri Sahin, Samed was born in
Germany however is of Turkish descent. Unlike Sahin though, Samed chose to play for Germany.
He notched up an impressive 19 goals in 21 games in the 2010/11 season for the Germany u17
national team.
Shortly after word spread of a deal that would send Tim Cahill to the New York Red Bulls for
about £1 million, Everton confirmed the transfer with a statement on their official website. It
reads:
Everton have agreed with Major League Soccer (MLS) that Tim Cahill can be transferred to the
New York Red Bulls.
The saga is finally over, but it unfortunately is not the result that Philadelphia Union fans
were hoping it to be.
Sebastien Le Toux's trade to the Vancouver Whitecaps is now official, a source close to the
situation told the Brotherly Game. The source did not know of the details of what the trade would
involve, other than Le Toux heading to Canada.
Manchester United are not the only Premier League team with the DaSilva twins on their books after
Chelsea signed a trio of brothers from Luton Town. The Blues have now got their own DaSilva after
they snapped up 12-year-old twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, as well as their 13-year-old brother Jay.
Each sibling cost a [.
Manchester United are not the only Premier League team with the DaSilva twins on their books after
Chelsea signed a trio of brothers from Luton Town. The Blues have now got their own DaSilva after
they snapped up 12-year-old twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, as well as their 13-year-old brother Jay.
Each sibling cost a [.
First he was great and thin then fat and great and now Gaucho is back to looking like his old
self. For those who thought dinho's best days were behind him, guess again.
The 31 year old has lost more than 80kgs (or so i could be wrong) to get back to his lean
physique and if you don't believe me, take a look at these pictures.
Tim Cahill is moving to the NY Red Bulls for 1 million pounds. 1 million pounds. You read that
correctly. The 32 year old Everton stud is on his way to the MLS. We'll miss you playing as an out
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Tim Cahill (left) is set to go to MLS with New York. (Getty Images)
It certainly is MLS Cup or bust for the New York Red Bulls.
EPL side Everton has announced that midfielder Tim Cahill is going to be transferred to the Red
Bulls, pending a physical and paperwork. Cahill will likely become New York's third Designated
Player should somehow he is not then New York got one hell of a steal.
For those of you who theorized that many of the high profile offloads this summer without any
notable additions may have been motivated by money (or a lack thereof), here's more wood for your
fire.
Under the deal that brought Major League Soccer to Chester, the Philadelphia Union agreed to pay
the impoverished city $500,000 a year in lieu of property taxes.
The new look for FC Dallas. (Photo via FCDallas.com)
It has been a long time coming for FC Dallas fans. Today the club announced their first ever
jersey sponsor with Texas-based health and wellness company AdvoCare.
Dallas will debut the new jersey on July 28 against LA.
The partnership puts AdvoCare on the front of every FC Dallas jersey and all team gear.
The New York Red Bulls' big summer acquisition appears to be Everton attacker Tim Cahill.
Everton announced the transfer of the Australian international to the MLS club on their website
Monday, a move that bolsters the Red Bulls' attack even more after the recent acquisition of
Sebastien Le Toux.
Sebastien Le Toux could be announced as a Vancouver Whitecaps player as soon as tomorrow, with
no player going sent to the Philadelphia Union in return, according to Irfaan Gaffar.
The soccer reporter announced over Twitter that the deal to bring Le Toux back to the Pacific
Northwest, known affectionately as Cascadia to North American soccer fans, would happen this
week.
Real Zaragoza look set to complete the signing of Malaga midfielder, Apono on a three-year
deal.
The Spanish midfielder became an important part of Zaragoza's first team last season, whilst on
loan from Malaga. However, he returned to the Andalusian club this summer but has been deemed
surplus to requirements by coach Manuel Pellegrini.
After two seasons in the red, Barcelona ended the 2011/12 season with a record surplus of 48.8
million euros, according to economic vice-president Javier Faus
Last season, Barcelona saw revenue increase to 494.9 million euros (21.5 more than the previous
year) Expenses were 441.1 million, a reduction of 30 million euros from the 2010/11 season.
Just a quickie to let y'all know that Aston Villa have just announced that Paul Lambert has
officially agreed a deal to become their new manager leaving Norwich with a handful of memories and
£1 million in their back pockets after two promotion in three seasons at Carrow Road.
Shay Given has recovered from his groin injury and has returned to training for Aston Villa, but
that does not necessarily mean he is going to supplant Brad Guzan as the Villans' starting
goalkeeper.
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is keeping his options open in terms of who to start between
the goal posts on a permanent basis as a result of Guzan's string of strong performances since
filling in for Given since early December.
Champions League final hosts Bayern Munich are favorites to beat Chelsea at their home ground,
but if they do win, their prize money will be going into the pockets of Bundesliga rivals Schalke
and Hoffenheim.
UEFA will pay Bayern a €9 million prize if they beat Chelsea, which also happens to be the
combined total due in "success" clauses written into last summer's deal to bring goalkeeper Manuel
Neuer from Schalke and the previous January's acquisition of Luiz Gustavo from Hoffenheim.
Sack Vanderlei Luxemburgo or part ways with Ronaldinho? That was the choice Flamengo president
Patricia Amorim had to make yesterday as she picked the star player over the 59 year old
tactician.
It is not quite certain why Luxemburgo was sacked, however, many believe that his icy
relationship with Ronaldinho was a major factor that led to his dismissal.
TV Sports Ratings shared some very eyeopening numbers yesterday regarding this past Monday's derby
between Manchester City and Manchester United, which was televised live on ESPN to a
record-breaking audience of more than 1 million viewers. The most...
Nothing more, nothing less. Just a few photos of Darron Gibson holding his new club colours
aloft (he's been allocated Joseph Yobo's old No. 4 shirt at Goodison) after completing his £1
million yes, Everton have spent real, non-Monopoly money on someone!
PPL Park is set to host its third ever international friendly, according to an article out of
Chile.
Chilean news outlet La Tercera is reporting that the Philadelphia Union's home will be the
location of a February 29 friendly between Chile and Ghana. "The swanky modern stadium" was
apparently the top choice after MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants and New York Jets.
Are the Union shopping Danny Mwanga, as was reported by Ives Galarcep on Wednesday? "For the
record we are not shopping Danny Mwanga," Diego Gutierrez tells Kerith Gabriel. "A lot of teams are
finding themselves in a tough spot in the market and are looking within the league to
supplement.
FC Barcelona have closed the season 2011/12 with record revenues and profits, as announced by the
clubs financial vice-president Javier Faus. During the season 2011/12, the club earned €494.9
million, while expenses were revealed to be €441.1 million.
Dynamo have finally got their man. 27 year-old Honduran Oscar Boniek Garcia who Canetti and Co.
have been trying to get for a year has finally been transferred to Houston. He will be a designated
player. (Houston Dynamo)
Boniek Garcia will likely fit into the right midfield spot, and is expected to propel the
Dynamo to a new level and help in the wide game.
It's difficult to find any negatives in Town's signing of Elliott Hewitt.
He's young, a defender in a position we need back up for and a good prospect for the future.
Isn't that great?!
His arrival at Town is easy to compare to our Player of the Year for 2011/2012 Aaron Cresswell:
he's young, from a lower league and highly rated: former boss and ex-Macclesfield manager Gary
Simpson sent a message to Town fans in the EADT: 'if he continues to play as he has done he'll make
it to the Premiership, without a doubt'.
It's not every day that Sporting KC is mentioned in the New York Times, but today a nice article
about the turnaround of the team came out in the New York paper. Plenty of interesting information
with regards to the growth of the team since OnGoal took over. There's also an uncredited mention
of this blog posting the new logo first.
More than 1.1 million in the United States watched the Chelsea against Barcelona semi-final first
leg on FX and FOX Deportes combined, according to FOX Sports. The Wednesday, April 18 UEFA
Champions League match garnered 592,000 viewers on FX (21%...
Dennis Rodman isn't doing well these days. The NBA Hall of Famer who made a name for himself by
rebounding the basketball owes nearly $1 million in child support, however court documents say he
doesn't have money to pay and that Rodman is "extremely sick".
While it doesn't go into detail, it appears that Rodman's illness being discussed is
alcoholism.
