Good news arrived for Liverpool and several other EPL teams that set their eyes in signing Ajax Amsterdam's star striker, Luis Suarez, as the player recently stated that he has finally felt a strong interest in playing in the league thanks to the current success of Carlos Tevez.

Suarez admitted that at first he always thought that the premier league's style wont suit his playing style, however all of his sights changed after following the impact that Tevez made in the competition.

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2011? Really? Already? It's moving too quickly.
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The Guardian has named du Nord as one of the 100 football blogs to follow in 2011! What a great surprise.
-Plenty of our friends in football made the list too!
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Brad Guzan has gone on loan for the month of January to Hull City from Aston Villa.

Aron Winter. Get used to hearing that name. By all reports out of Toronto and Amsterdam this gentleman, currently an Assistant Coach with famous Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam, is about to be appointed Technical Director of Toronto FC. There will be a presser later this week sources tell me when he, along with Paul Mariner and Ajax youth academy coach Bob de Klerk, will be announces as the new Triumvirate in charge.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Former Lazio and Netherlands midfielder Aron Winter has said he will become the new head coach of Toronto FC. Winter, 43, currently on the coaching staff at Ajax Amsterdam, where he began his playing career, told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf a deal was reached last week. "I visited the club last week [.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam have confirmed Frank de Boer in the post of manager until June 2014 to replace Martin Jol who left last month, the club said on Monday. The 40-year-old former Dutch international, an assistant to Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk, took charge of Ajax on a temporary basis last month.

Egyptian striker Mido has left Ajax Amsterdam by mutual consent after terminating his contract with the club. Mido had put in a request to leave the club and Ajax agreed to cancel his contract on January 4, 2011 ( Tuesday) Mido is now free to sign with any other club in the current winter transfer [.

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Toronto FC announced a whole host of front office moves on Thursday, most notably officially introducing Aron Winter as its new head coach and technical director and Paul Mariner as its new director of player personnel.

Bob de Klerk, who worked with Winter in the Ajax Amsterdam academy system, will be the team's top assistant coach.

TORONTO, Ont. Toronto FC's new head coach and technical director Aron Winter answers a question during Thursday's press conference. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) Thursday marked a new era in the history of the Toronto FC, with the Major League Soccer club undergoing a major managerial makeover. TFC named former Dutch national team star Aron Winter [.

Which are the best soccer teams or leagues in the world? Of course we can see which teams win more matches, and for leagues, UEFA's league coefficient allows us to answer that question with a fair amount of precision. Less systematic but popular ways of determining league or team quality involves looking at international head-to-head competition, or evaluating which leagues attract the best players and managers.

Arsenal's center back, Thomas Vermaelen, has been out for quite some time and his recovery status seems absurd at times but finally thing looked a bit cleared after Arsene Wenger unveiled the current condition of the Belgium international.

According to Wenger, Vermaelen will be doing a small operation to remove his Achilles problem and after it is solved the player should return on the pitch in around four-six weeks.

Ajax vs Feyenoord January 19, 2011- Amsterdam Arena Kick off:- 19.45 UK De Klassieker to kick start proceedings in the Dutch Eredivisie after the winter break. Ajax are firm favourites in this Ajax vs Feyenoord fixture given the recent problems plaguing the men from Rotterdam in the league. Related posts:Ajax 2-0 Feyenoord Game : Ajax [.

FC Utrecht vs Ajax Amsterdam January 23, 2011- Holland Eredivisie-Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht Final score:- FC Utrecht 3-0 Ajax ( Edouard Duplan*2, I. Vorstermans) Edouard Duplan's first half brace helps mid table FC Utrecht record a stunning 3-0 win over Ajax Amsterdam in the Eredivisie. Utrecht vs Ajax 1-0 ( Duplan 22′ goal) Utrecht vs Ajax [.

It is official; Milan has made their second January signing after securing the signature of Urby Emmanuelson from Ajax Amsterdam. Since the start of the January transfer window, Milan had been on the search for a left back and now the search is over. The purchase of Emmanuelson will inject some much needed quality at [.

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands PSV Eindhoven enjoyed a one-sided 3-0 victory over strugglers VVV-Venlo to maintain their slender advantage at the top of the Eredivisie. Wilfred Bouma and Jeremain Lens gave the visitors an interval lead before Atiba Hutchinson put the result beyond doubt at the start of the second half.

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Japan will be severely short-handed in Saturday's Asian Cup final against Australia after offensive catalyst Shinji Kagawa was ruled out of the match with a broken foot.

Kagawa, a star for Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund, was injured in the Samurai Blue's dramatic Asian Cup victory over South Korea.

An interesting study was published yesterday on a number of categories in relation to European clubs several hundred European clubs. The surprise wasn't so much in those topping their respective categories, but the simple fact that so many are high-profile, elite European clubs.

* Barcelona have, on average, the shortest team in Europe
* Manchester United have the most stable squad
* European champions Inter Milan have the oldest squad
* Tottenham Hotspur have more active internationals than any other club on the continent

Wouldn't it seem more likely, if only by percentages, that some random second division club from Malta would have the continent's oldest club?

Liverpool's plan in securing Luis Suarez's signature faces a tough task as despite the players' current club, Ajax Amsterdam, are willing to open a negotiation with the Reds, the Holland team aren't willing to give a discount prize for the Uruguayan star.

Latest reports stated that premier league side's representative came home empty handed after their previous 12.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Miralem Sulejmani scored a goal in each half as holders Ajax Amsterdam came from behind to beat NAC Breda 4-1 on Thursday to reach the Dutch Cup semi-finals. Fouad Idabdelhay put Breda ahead after eight minutes when he broke through the Amsterdam defence and beat goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Luis Suarez Liverpool transfer news Here is the latest news on the Luis Suarez transfer saga. Liverpool have now officially agreed an £22.8m transfer fee with Ajax Amsterdam for the Uruguayan hitman. ( January 28, 2011) Liverpool had initially bid £12.7m for Suarez, an offer that was flatly refused by Ajax.