Newcastle may lodge a £3M bid for Sheffield United's outstanding 18 year-old center-back, Harry Maguire. Harry Maguire outstanding young 18 year-old center-back That was a story in the Sun late last month, and certainly the youngster looks an excellent player in the making, and already stands 6'3″ tall, and is still growing.

Spanish club Real Madrid has for the seventh consecutive year topped the football rich list this is according to auditing and financial advisory firm Deloite &Touche. Madrid posted a turnover of £433m for the 2010/2011 season to finish first ahead of arch rivals and fellow Spanish side Barcelona who came in second with revenues of £407m.

Chelsea fire Andre Villas Boas as Abramovich backs player power - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Roman Abramovich has sacked André Villas-Boas after a string of poor results that has left Chelsea fifth in the league table. Saturday's 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion left Chelsea three points behind Arsenal with 11 games to go.

We have been linked today with Colombian winger Juan Pablo Pino, who is currently on the books of Galatasaray. Juan Pablo Pino - Columbian International winger In July of 2010, Galatasaray announced that Pino had joined the team on a three-year contract, for a transfer fee of €3M, from French club Monaco, which is around [.

Twitter (Follow me on @_Wrighty7) and the interweb is buzzing like a bumble bee today that Chelsea man Salomon Kalou could be on the move to Arsenal.
Now I believe this is the sort of deal that will be like Marmite to Gooners. Some will like it, and some will hate it.
I happen to think that Kalou would be a very good signing for the club.

Liverpool is reportedly considering a move for Montpellier striker Olivier Giroud as they bid to solve their profligacy in front of goal.
The Reds have managed just 1.2 goals per Premier League game this season, only scoring more than two goals in a match on two occasions so far.
Their top league goalscorer, Luis Suarez, only has five goals, and is of course currently serving an eight match suspension.

Papa Babacar Diawara (alias BABÁ ) has been signed in this "Transfer Winter Market" by Spanish Football Club SEVILLA FC from the Portugueses Football League. The player signs over from the "SuperLiga" & Club MARITIMO DE FUNCHAL & has scored 10 goals this season which has caught the eye of Sevilla FC.

The Sunday Sun is reporting today that Newcastle will be signing a defender from the Championship within the next week. Adrian Mariappa Newcastel will pay £3M for this player It seems that Newcastle are after 25-year-old Watford central defender Adrian Mariappa, and the club are willing to pay £3M for him.

There is a report in the Daily Mirror that Newcastle's opening bid for Watford center-back, 25 year-old Adrian Mariappa, was £750K. Adrian Miappa first bid was £750K That was the first offer, and the reports suggest that a later bid was made and was anywhere from £2M to £3M, but it's more likely to be around £2M and that [.

PSG has already pulled the plug, and it appears Inter is doing the same.

"Inter have recovered their champions and there is no need to have him or another, even if Tevez remains a great champion."

City does not want Milan's loan deal. For now it appears Argentinian want-away will remain at the Etihad where with each passing day of not playing having already cost him £9.

Here we go again. Last day of the transfer window and we're all waiting for at least a striker after offloading Vokes as a loan and sold Keogh. Surely 3M must bring in at least one striker, and hopefully one with som class and skills?! Well, that's very important of course, but of more immediate [...

Another young SPANISH FOOTBALL pearl leaves for foreign shores to build upon his talents & hopefully begin a solid Football career. This time English Premier League Club MANCHESTER CITY has paid 3M€ to REAL MADRID for POZO . The U-17 Spanish International is in England but cannot play due to the fact that he is only 15 years old & needs to wait until he reaches 16 years according to English FA

List of football clubs around the world according to revenue, prepared by Deloitte.

Top 20 clubs in 2010-11 Deloitte Football Money League.
1. Real Madrid (£433m)
2. FC Barcelona (£407m)
3. Manchester United (£331.4m)
4. Bayern Munich (£290.3m)
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Dutch Coach Guus Hiddink has signed an 18 month contract with cash strapped Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. Makhachkala are expected to make the official announcement within the next 24 hours however, sources close to the club have revealed that the contract as very 'lucrative'.

Reports in his native Holland suggest that Hiddink is expected to earn €10 million-a-year (£8.

One of the tricks of the transfer rumour mills seems to be to find a big money potential signing and then follow that up with a cheaper alternative should the main target fall through.

Just like Eden Hazard, Omar El Kaddouri is 21 years old. He also plays in midfield and he is a Belgian international – albeit at under 21 level for now.

Top Spurs story in the news today comes courtesy of the Evening Standard who claim that the club's Chairman Daniel Levy is preparing to make Harry Redknapp a personal offer he can't refuse while throwing in a £50m transfer fund to strengthen the squad for next season.

The article by James Olley is an interesting read but this is probably the essence of it,

"Redknapp's contract with Spurs expires at the end of next season and negotiations have begun on a new four-year deal on an increased salary from his present £3m a year before bonuses.

Mars is set to launch a £4.3m multimedia marketing campaign to promote its official partnership with the England football team during UEFA Euro 2012.

Newcastle signed Yohan Cabaye last summer, for the amount in his release clause in his contract which was a meager €5M. Yohan Cabaye great first season on Tyneside At the time that translated to about £4.3M, and he became another bargain buy for Newcastle, and we hope to see more of those type of deals [.

With the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE title in one pocket REAL MADRID travelled to the Middle-East to fill the other pocket with 3M€ with a "Friendly-Exhibition" game against the KUWAIT National Football Team. CR7 The Spanish Club took 22 players & all 22 played during the 90th mins with 2 distinct line-ups in each half.