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Freddy Adu figured to be weighing transfer and loan options this winter, but he has apparently let the public know just which options he is considering the most seriously.

Adu revealed on Twitter on Sunday that he is choosing between English side Hull City and Greek club Aris FC.

After having him on loan in December 2008 and with the scouts monitoring him on a regular basis, Brazilian under17 International Wellington Silva has recently completed his move to The Gunners in a £3.5million deal. The player however will not arrive at the Emirates until January 2011, as rules state the player must stay at his club until he his 18.

While scouring that new fangled interweb thing for interesting 2010 World Cup news, I came across this piece on GhanaWeb.com.In it, the author suggests that the fact that many of Ghana's key players - Michael Essien and John Mensah among them - are injured for the African Cup Of Nations is, in fact, a very good thing for Ghana.

Apologies for my absence this weekend. I was at a conference in St. Louis and had no internet access for the better part of three days. It was awful.
I will be attending this morning's introduction of Carlos de los Cobos and plan to post shortly after the press conference ends. Stay tuned.

Last week it emerged that Norwich City's debts had risen to £23m, a figure that would overwhelm most other League One clubs. However, while the Canaries' books are certainly a cause for concern, the club is able to call upon a highly significant asset: its Carrow Road stadium. Opened in 1935, the ground has been demolished and rebuilt stand-by-stand over the last thirty years and now boasts a capacity of 26,034.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has called on his team-mates not to dwell on the injuries to Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.
Rafa Benitez's star duo face a combined eight weeks' absence as Liverpool's season of woe continues to plumb new depths, with Saturday's opponents Stoke preparing to add to it.

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Freddy Adu figured to be weighing transfer and loan options this winter, but he has apparently let the public know just which options he is considering the most seriously.

Adu revealed on Twitter on Sunday that he is choosing between English side Hull City and Greek club Aris FC.

Anyone hoping for a giant-killing this FA Cup weekend needn't have bothered looking round these parts. Instead, the proverbial ‘giants' in Lilywhite were required only to yawn, stretch their legs and casually brush the threat from their lap like a stray crumb of toast.

The Arsenal defensive midfielder Alexandre Song has now left for the African Nations Cup, and Arsene Wenger has indicated that he will have to make some adjustments for the team to cope in his absence. "We will miss him because he's an important player. In the system we play he plays in front of the defence [.

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I came to realize the recent comment by the MM does actually makes sense.
Don't draw your guns at me because I'm not referring to those content of those comments, but I drawn this conclusion after a brief chat with a co-worker of my over the discussion of the upcoming Lions' Asian Cup Qualifier fixture against Iran.

According to ESPN Soccernet, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that striker Dimitar Berbatov may undergo exploratory knee surgery.

In his absence Ferguson has used Mame Biram Diouf but if Berbatov is out for a while, will Ferguson make a purchase this month?

We've said it once and we'll say it again: nothing good ever comes of the January transfer window. But while rumours of big-money moves and blockbuster trades persist, here is our pick of four relegation-bound players ripe for the plucking:

Morten Gamst Pedersen. Having threatened to drop off the radar under Paul Ince's stewardship, the Norwegian winger looks to be re-discovering his best form with Big Sam in charge.

Madrid will miss Higuain.

Ricardo Kaka is finally fit after months of struggling with a groin injury. The Brazilian played for the first time since November on the weekend and will be keen to stay fit in the lead up to the World Cup in South Africa.

Kaka has said he is looking forward to being at his best for Madrid.

Ambitious Bundesliga side Hamburger SV have turned their attentions to on-loan Palmeiras forward Vagner Love in their search for attacking reinforcements, according to a report in Hamburger Morgenpost.

The Rothosen are in the market for a new attacker due to the lengthy injury absence of Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero and head coach Bruno Labbadia seemingly sees Vagner Love as the perfect candidate.

It's very tragic when a promising player from the youth ranks ends up stricken and helpless, like Real's Ruben de la Red. Yesterday, the club rolled out a decision to consider Ruben an "indefinite absence", which means they will pay him a 'disability pension' of €1,500 a month for the rest of his 2-year contract.

inspired performance by the welshman denies spurs

Before the game I didn't consider that Myhill would offer us too many problems; but he managed to single-handedly take a point back north for his club after an amazing performance denied our players of a single goal. Simply put this will be seen as one of the shut outs of the season as chance after chance was saved; including two double saves.

Sunderland steamrolled into surprised,sad,sorry,stunning,severe,sevenfold,submission.7 words starting with 's' to emphasise the significance of the win in the absence of 's'ien and Drogba.

It's never pretty away to Bolton, it's inevitable that those Reebok luvvies will do everything in their power to put us off our rhythm, often that includes a lot of below the belt tactics, so it's always a tough test and a win there is always a hard earned three points. The surprise before the game was Nasri's absence with a hamstring injury, further limiting our midfield options.

Oldie but goodie image via futbolita/getty images.

Gulp.

Dear readers, please: leave Nando to provide the bitchface for our unforgivable absence yesterday.

From you, we ask only for forgiveness. And, if you have them, some gummy bears. But no green ones.

Much to catch up on today.

Oldie but goodie image via futbolita/getty images.

Gulp.

Dear readers, please: leave Nando to provide the bitchface for our unforgivable absence yesterday.

From you, we ask only for forgiveness. And, if you have them, some gummy bears. But no green ones.

Much to catch up on today.

The first of the two matches, the away fixture was dubbed that it would be a tough fixture and tough it was despite that, the score line seemed quite comfortable. Fabregas took the game to another level, if it hadn't have been for him we may have struggled, then in the second half they came back into a game that we had been shutting them out from.

Hey, in the wake of Dan's article and my own piece, I decided to solicit the opinion of one of my favorite authors and good friend Dave Lifton for his thoughts. His thoughts are below.
Quote: I've been coaxed out of soccer-blogging retirement by Aaron, who wanted me to contribute something to what he called "National Rip On Kartik Week.

The absence of Stevie Gerrard through injury this season has been worrying, we have sorely missed our Captain many times this campaign.
However, in the stats below, it shows that he has not made his usual contribution to Liverpool games as he normally does.Five goals in 17 appearances in the league for the Liverpool captain is below his usual high standard, lets hope for better things on his return from injury.

Wayne Rooney scored a sensational four-timer to send Manchester United top of the Premier League as the Red Devils beat Hull 4-0. Everyone is praising Rooney for his solo efforts (even I admire that) but I think this game provided some other good news as well. Return of Rio Ferdinand The game against Hull marked the return of Rio Ferdinand after a 3 month long absence.

Freddie Ljungberg was a no-show at Seattle's first day of training. Teammate Kasey Keller hits back at Freddie Ljungberg. The veteran US goalie stated he rather play with a less talented player than someone who doesn't want to play for Seattle. Ouch!Ljungberg's blog is already filled with comments about his absence.

In the wake of fan backlash, Ljungberg has immediately posted a response in regards to his absence from training. The post seems like its was written in a hurry and out of sheer panic. Ljungberg states, "I can say that the reason I missed training this week was because of a communication error due to the business discussions.

Freddie Ljungberg has once again taken to his personal website to share his thoughts, this time under mounting pressure to explain why he wasn't in attendance during the opening of Sounders FC training camp on Monday. His absence, coupled with an odd back-and-forth public exchange between the star and team officials had led to speculation that Ljungberg may have been trying to book his way out of town before the transfer window closes on January 31st.

Bhoys Brigade
The British ultra scene suffered a bit of a set back a couple of weeks back with the news that the Red Ultras of Aberdeen had disbanded. Hassle from the police, stewards and even ex-players meant they finally laid down their red flags and hoisted up the white ones of defeat. I've no doubt they'll be back though, probably bigger and better.

Arsenal dropped two points last night, according to the manager. The result itself, while disappointing, was hardly a disaster. The injuries we've picked up, especially to Thomas Vermaelen, could very easily fit into that category.

The Belgian has a suspected fracture to his fibula and we'll know more today when he undergoes an x-ray.

Everton manager David Moyes is perhaps one of the best managers in the league and his hard work at Goodison Park often goes unnoticed. Despite a relatively small budget Moyes regularly ensures European football at Everton but this season they struggled at the beginning and some were even suggesting they could be involved in the relegation scrap.

Rafael Benítez has indicated he is keen to draft in a right-back before the transfer window closes. The Liverpool manager wants to act as Glen Johnson is taking time to recover from medial ligament damage.
In the England international's absence, Jamie Carragher has been deployed in that role.

Rafa Benitez hopes to sign one more player for his struggling Liverpool team before the January transfer window closes. The Spaniard is looking for cover for the injured Glen Johnson, and Benitez has made it clear that a right back is needed at Anfield.

Versatile defender Jamie Carragher has been covering for Johnson in his absence, but Rafa wants to move the Liverpool veteran back into the center of defense.

By 1970's GoonerThere are three strong reasons why Arsenal will prove to be more than a match for Manchester United next Sunday at the Emirates.1. A defensive midfield player was missing against Aston Villa The absence of Alex Song who was away at the Africa Cup of Nations meant that Arsenal's midfield lacked his strong and powerful presence.