British newspaper reports say that Chelsea are closing in on a deal for Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid which could be worth £50million.

The deal would make the Argentina striker the highest-paid player in the Barclays Premier League at more than £170,000-a-week.

Over the summer Chelsea had a £31m bid for Aguero turned down last summer but are now prepared to increase their offer after seeing Aguero score two stunning goals against Chelsea in the Champions League earlier this month.

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Chelsea's interest in Aguero has been rumored for many months.

Is Aguero really heading to England?

Chelsea is reportedly going to pay Atletico 44 million euros for Aguero.

telegraph.co.uk

Chelsea on verge of signing Sergio

Agüero for £40m from Atlético Madrid

Chelsea are expected to clinch a British-record £40 million transfer deal to sign the Argentine international

Sergio Agüero at a meeting scheduled with his agents next Monday.

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Spain v Argentina Live Streaming & Match Preview
International Friendly Spain vs Argentina Live Online
Saturday, 13th November 2009
Kick Off : 21:00 GMT
Venue : Madrid, Spain

Argentina make the long trip to Madrid to face Spain in this International friendly match, with Argetine legend Diego Maradona returning to the country where he played for Barcelona in part of his incredible career.

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It doesn't take a genius to work out that Man Utd are not the team they were last year with the only loss to the team being Cristiano Ronaldo. Wayne Rooney has been given much more of free role and is playing better than he ever has but he can't do it alone. Just like Ronaldo needed Rooney in the team Rooney, needs a Ronaldo and Antonio Valencia just isn't it. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea fans will already know that, last Friday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) granted Chelsea a stay in relation to the transfer ban FIFA imposed back in September. Since then, the papers have been full of wild and wonderful reports on who Gourlay, Arnesen and Abramovich are plotting to bring to Stamford Bridge when the transfer window reopens in January.

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Chelsea fans will already know that, last Friday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) granted Chelsea a stay in relation to the transfer ban FIFA imposed back in September. Since then, the papers have been full of wild and wonderful reports on who Gourlay, Arnesen and Abramovich are plotting to bring to Stamford Bridge when the transfer window reopens in January.

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There are many factors that have contributed to Argentina's poor form throughout World Cup qualification. Some may look to the exclusion of the old guard such as Javier Zanetti and Estaban Cambiasso or to the continued faith in Carlos Tevez; dismissed twice and only scoring one goal throughout qualification.

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Four games played on Saturday of Round 10 in "La Liga". Here is aquick & brief summary of events.Once again REAL MADRID defeated ATLETICO DE MADRID at the"Vicente Calderon" Stadium 2-3 in a dramatic game. Real started without Raúl & Atletico left Sergio Aguero on the bench, the latterdue to leg muscle worries which has caused controversy. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid faced rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in the Spanish Primera Division or La Liga. Who won the match and was Real Madrid able to win to keep pace with Barcelona? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights

Real Madrid beats Atletico Madrid 3-2 Video Highlights

Real Madrid started off strong in the match but Atletico Madrid would make a late charge in the second half.

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The fourth round of group stage matches took place this week and a number of teams booked their places in the knockout stages. Although after this round of games there are no perfect sides left in the competition.

Bordeaux dominated Bayern Munich for a second time in a fortnight. They beat the Germans 2-0 with goals from Gourcuff and Chamakh which puts them in the knockout stages.

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Atletico have not won at the Bernabeu in 10 years. The last time October 30th, 1999 when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink with his brace and Jose Mari won a now historic victory. Sergio Aguero was 11 years old.

Hasselbaink was virtually unstoppable and so was Joan Capdevila, now at Villareal.

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Vale, you gotta admit that Baby Benjie is adorable but bears no resemblance to his grandpa, The Dona. He does however, look a lot like Kun Aguero. Speaking of your favourite Grammy award-winning singer, he has been included in the squad list for tomorrow's Madrid derby.

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Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Lyon)

Hugo Lloris showed Liverpool fans why he is France's number one keeper. While the Reds poured on the pressure he stood firm and made some brilliant saves early on against Kuyt, Torres, and Voronin. It took a wonder-strike from Babel to finally beat him.

Centre Back: Lucio (Internazionale)

Lucio showed why he is rated so highly around Europe.

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Theo Walcott was out for dinner at Langans in Piccadilly last night he looks well-fed and happy.

Interestingly, he doesn't look £140k poorer than the last time we saw him, which is quite a feat. (Yes, we're still going on about it.)
Singer Katy Perry goes for West Ham bootyliciousness.

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Theo Walcott was out for dinner at Langans in Piccadilly last night he looks well-fed and happy.

Interestingly, he doesn't look £140k poorer than the last time we saw him, which is quite a feat. (Yes, we're still going on about it.)
Singer Katy Perry goes for West Ham bootyliciousness.

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Aguero's brace denied Chelsea a perfect start.

Yet again Europe's top talent provided us with some magnificent goals. Argentine striker Aguero may have found his form with two howitzers against Chelsea.

Enjoy!

Babel's goal against Lyon:

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Luca Toni's toque was no match for Bordeaux last night. Image via Getty

Wow. Last night's Champions League group action was more exciting than an Hermes sample sale.

In case you missed it, here's what we observed:

- Frank Lampard's increasing use of thigh-covering under-armour is becoming a serious concern.

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Luca Toni's toque was no match for Bordeaux last night. Image via Getty

Wow. Last night's Champions League group action was more exciting than an Hermes sample sale.

In case you missed it, here's what we observed:

- Frank Lampard's increasing use of thigh-covering under-armour is becoming a serious concern.

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by TRAVIS CLARK

There was end-to-end action pretty much everywhere you looked on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League. A couple of high profile matches delivered the goods, with late equalizers in Madrid and Manchester scuttling a Chelsea comeback against Atletico and a CSKA upset of United.

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Group A
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux -- A frustrating home loss for the Germans will add some more heat to coach Louis Van Gaal's seat. Bayern will likely miss out of the round of 16 thanks to goals from Yoann Gourcuff and Marouane Chamakh. The French team advanced.
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Juventus -- The Italian side was riddled with injuries, but only needed a 45th minute goal from Camoranesi for the road win. Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlights di Atletico Madrid-Chelsea)
Giochi decisi nel Gruppo D. Il Chelsea di Carletto Ancelotti pareggia due a due al Vicente Calderón e conquista una meritata, ed anticipata, qualificazione agli ottavi di finale, che raggiunge insieme al Porto (secondo), vittorioso di misura a Nicosia contro l'HApoel. Click to continue reading...

Here is the VIDEO of all the goals in yesterdays 2-2 draw in theAtletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC match. Great play from Drogba& two great goals from Sergio Aguero, of which you MUST NOT miss the last free-kick goal:Last nights performance by Aguero lifted plenty of eye browses. ChelseaCoach Ancelotti said he would "enjoy" to have Aguero upfront with Drogba. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champions League had a full set of group stage matches on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 including Chelsea traveling to play Atletico Madrid in Spain. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Chelsea draws with Atletico Madrid 2-2 Video Highlights

It was a quick start as Atletico Madrid came out with confidence playing at home.

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Apoel Nicosia vs FC Porto

FC Porto will look to lock up second place in Group D with a win against Nicosia. The 2-1 victory a fortnight ago did not represent the game. Porto out-played the Romanian side for the better part of the game and Hulk should have had a hat-trick at least.

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Two years ago, in November 2007, this website began. I scoured the continent for young talent and listed eight players who I expected to make huge names for themselves in the football world. I did not list English based players (Walcott, Denilson, etc) who I had my eye on, but only players in the continent. Click to continue reading...

According to the Madrid newspaper Diario AS, Maradona does not want the upcoming friendly against Spain to be played in Atletico de Madrid's stadium.

Maradona wants the game to be played in Real Madrid's stadium because he does not want to be in a stadium full of Atletico fans and have to deal with being pressured by the fans to include Sergio Aguero in the lineup.

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Everybody's favorite international star-to-MLS rumor re-appeared over the weekend, and while nothing has really changed with regard to the long-discussed potential THierry Henry to New York Red Bull rumor, it still managed to resurface and create a little more buzz.

This time around it was the Daily Mail with a story on how Henry is set to pass on a move to Manchester City in order to join the Red Bulls after the 2010 World Cup.

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Everybody's favorite international star-to-MLS rumor re-appeared over the weekend, and while nothing has really changed with regard to the long-discussed potential THierry Henry to New York Red Bull rumor, it still managed to resurface and create a little more buzz.

This time around it was the Daily Mail with a story on how Henry is set to pass on a move to Manchester City in order to join the Red Bulls after the 2010 World Cup.

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Forget about any other World Cup Qualifier tonight, unless of course it is to see all the highlights, which will all be here on COS straight after their completion, stay up late set your morning alarm an hour or two late (or call in sick). The match to watch starts late and is well worth watching.

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The race for South Africa is heading down the final stretch and with the end of each round of fixtures comes the inevitable relief of those nations whose qualification has been secured. Notwithstanding the final set of group stage qualifying fixtures to be played later this week, below are the winners and losers if the road to World Cup 2010 ended today:

Still a couple of summer holidays up for grabs

South America (4; top placed in group) – Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina

With Uruguay and Ecuador breathing down their neck, Maradona's Argentina face a crunch tie in Montevideo in front of 73,000 baying Uruguayans, that will determine if Aguero and Co.

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Argentina boss, Diego Maradona in his desperation has called up Martin Palermo into his Argentine squad for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Peru and Uruguay. The last time Palermo was called up was ten years ago, when he was 25. To say this is a waste of national caps may be too judgemental but I would have thought that there could be better alternatives to Palermo as replacement for the injured Diego Milito. Click to continue reading...

Masche, Emiliano Insua & Aguero also spoke with the media upon arriving in Buenos Aires.

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This is another segment I will do every weekend after a Champions League round. I will name the best starting line-up from this week's games.

Goalkeeper: Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Dynamo Kiev)

Dynamo Kiev's keeper didn't get much help from his teammates but he single-handedly stopped Barca from running rampant on the score sheet.

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Well its been quite the couple of weeks. Sorry about the lack of posting. The Offside did a update and it wasnt agreeing with my computer. But now all is well and you can expect to read my enlightened and grandious opinion once again from week to week.

So how was the week that past.

I guess that it started off sour and then turned out sweet.

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Si è conclusa ieri sera la seconda giornata di Champions League e, come al solito, le sorprese, i gol e ele emozioni non sono mancate. Partiamo dal Girone A, dove il fortino bianconero regge l'assalto dei bavaresi di Van Gaal e porta a casa un prezioso punticino (il secondo dopo il pari rimediato con il Bordeaux). Click to continue reading...