Velez Sarsfield attacking midfielder Ricardo Alvarez (23) becomes Arsenal's first Summer signing having snubbed Palermo for the Gunners, it's believed Alvarez will cost the Gunnersin the region of £11m.

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Can Arsenal have a straight transfer story for once? Football's groundhog day is surely the inevitable summer ritual of Cesc Fabregas's "will he won't he this time around." Now, we have the story of Velez Sarsfield winger Ricardo Alvarez suiting up in Arsenal kit.

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is closing in on his long awaited £32 million move to Barcelona with a deal set to be put in place by the end of the week.

The Spaniard has been the subject of much transfer speculation this summer with Pep Guardiola having pinpointed the Catalan-born star as his number 1 priority ahead of the new season.

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On Saturday night, despite the loud presence of a Sons of Ben contingent, the Union finished the domestic leg of their preseason on a down note with a 1–0 loss to Orlando City SC. For Orlando—of the USL Pro League, the third division in the American soccer pyramid—it was both their first match and first win since the club was announced in October of 2010.

Spanish TV presenter, Lara Alvarez, has handed in her WAG Club Membership, Kickettes. Three weeks ago, to be exact.

Even more surprisingly so, it seems Ms. Alvarez severed ties with The Ramos after growing weary of the Real Madrid defender's possessiveness. Although neither of the two ever publicly acknowledged their relationship, they were rumoured to be shacking up together in his La Moraleja casa.

The Arsenal transfer rumour mill is hotting up, and about time.

Lille have confirmed that Arsenal are in talks with Ivory Coast striker cum attacking midfielder Gervinho. The player appears to have indicated that Arsenal are his preference, it now remains to be seen if we offer him a derisory £30K a week or a decent contract.

It's not time to panic, the transfer window does not officially open until 1st July, the season only finished 4 weeks ago, however, signs of a busy summer as stated by both Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis, we not seen.

Matters started well with Arsenal rumoured to have agreed a deal for Argentine winger Ricardo Alvarez.

It's not time to panic, the transfer window does not officially open until 1st July, the season only finished 4 weeks ago, however, signs of a busy summer as stated by both Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis, we not seen.

Matters started well with Arsenal rumoured to have agreed a deal for Argentine winger Ricardo Alvarez.

The pre-season tour to the Far East is over and we are entering the transfer season. Wenger told us that clubs will wait until the end of the month to make their moves and Wenger will be one of those. Ivan Gazidis said he spent the week in the Far East to discuss Arsenal's transfer strategy with the boss.

After the discouraging words from Nicklas Bendtner and Denilson at the end of the season, who both made it clear that they would rather be anywhere but at Arsenal next season, it is refreshing to hear that Ricky Alvarez and Gervinho are both desperate to play for the Gunners. Their enthusiasm to play in the [.

After the discouraging words from Nicklas Bendtner and Denilson at the end of the season, who both made it clear that they would rather be anywhere but at Arsenal next season, it is refreshing to hear that Ricky Alvarez and Gervinho are both desperate to play for the Gunners. Their enthusiasm to play in the [.

Samir Nasri is now being hotly pursued by Man City with a reported bid of £19m but their crosstown big brothers Utd are also in the chase. Meanwhile Chelsea has also added their name to Nasri's suitors.

Ricardo Alvarez has joined Inter for £10m but Arsenal should not really feel too bad for a midfielder not even in consideration for Sergio Bautista's squad.

0-1 Muriel L. 20' 1-1 Pazzini G. 34' 2-1 Milito D. 49' 3-1 Cambiasso E. 73' 4-1 Alvarez R. 81' Vuoi conoscere le classifiche, i risultati, le statistiche e le quote scommesse da tutto il calcio mondiale? Visita Calciometria.com DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e

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Say hello to Lara Alvarez. She's kind of the new Sara Carbonero, in as much as she's a very cute Spanish TV reporter with a taste for 'ballers. I bet Sara hates her.

The word on tabloid street in Spain is that she is dating Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.

Barca resume league action following the international break with a trip to Villarreal on Saturday. At the moment they have the comfort of a five-point gap back to second-placed Real Madrid.

Villarreal are locked on 54 points with third-placed Valencia as the two battle to be the best of the rest.

There have been numerous Arsenal rumours around the web stating that the Gunners have signed the free-agent Ricky Alvarez whose contract is up at Velez-Sarsfield in Argentina. He is currently playing for Sarsfield in the Copa Libertores and the Clausura and (so it goes) he can't reveal the deal until the club are out of [.

Another Saturday comes around and the usual suspects are still being linked with Arsenal.

Ricardo Alvarez, yes the player were supposed to have signed on a free transfer, who then become subject to a tug of war between Arsenal and Manchester United, is back in the frame or perhaps not.

Another Saturday comes around and the usual suspects are still being linked with Arsenal.

Ricardo Alvarez, yes the player were supposed to have signed on a free transfer, who then become subject to a tug of war between Arsenal and Manchester United, is back in the frame or perhaps not.

Late May the news hit the internet and other media outlets that Arsenal had signed Velez Sarsfield winger Ricardo Alvarez. The story soon became muddied by talks of other clubs interested in the player; the story continued that Arsenal executive Richard Laws had visited Argentina but broke off talks once the figure of £12M was mentioned.

Late May the news hit the internet and other media outlets that Arsenal had signed Velez Sarsfield winger Ricardo Alvarez. The story soon became muddied by talks of other clubs interested in the player; the story continued that Arsenal executive Richard Laws had visited Argentina but broke off talks once the figure of £12M was mentioned.

Barca reported to have made bid for Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal said to have landed Ricardo Alvarez, and David Villa rules out summer switch.

Some exciting news out of Italy today points to Ricardo Alvarez becoming Arsenal's first major signing of the summer. Tuttosport (in English courtesy of Google Translate) has reported that Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini revealed in ...

The transfer window is nearly open for Arsenal, this week and next week, once players report back for pre-season is when the movement will start.

A new name of the block, Spain under-21 international Juan Mata is the player for Wenger or so go the reports doing the rounds on Sunday and Monday.

Eight members of the Mexican national team set to play in Copa America have been sent home after a scandal involving the players bringing prostitutes to their hotel rooms.

The eight players, one of which was Barcelona defender Jonathan Dos Santos, were accused of bringing prostitutes into their hotel in Quito, Ecuador.

Argentina no lució en el inicio de la Copa América, los Bolivianos sorprendieron poniéndose arriba en el marcador y controlando bien a la albiceleste. En youtube la cobertura del juego fue muy buena y en las redes sociales fluyó mucha información del juego, luce bien la Copa que apenas inicia.
ARGENTINA 1 - 1 BOLIVIA

Local: Estádio Único Ciudad de la Plata, Ciudad de la Plata, Argentina
Fecha/Hora: 01/07/2011 - 21h45
Arbitro: Roberto Silveira - Uruguay
Asistentes: Miguel Nievas - Uruguay / Luis Alvarado - Ecuador

GOLES: Edivaldo Rojas -BOL 47' / Sergio Aguero-ARG 75'

ARGENTINA: 23-Sergio Romero, 8-Javier Zanetti, 4-Nicolás Burdisso, 6-Gabriel Milito, 17-Marcos Rojo, 14-Javier Mascherano, 5-Esteban Cambiasso (7-Ángel Di María, 46'), 19-Ever Banega, 11-Carlos Tevez,21-Ezequiel Lavezzi (16-Sergio Aguero, 70') y 10-Lionel Messi.

This is going to be a pretty short one, but I'll plan to get a longer blog up sometime tomorrow for us to chew on. Brenton is currently on vacation, and JG is currently packing for a three week trip to Peru. I hear it's nice this time of year. Anyway, I think JG will have something up around Thursday, after he arrives there.

When Arsenal were linked with a move for the Argentinian playmaker Ricky Alvarez it seemed like a tpical Wenger surprise signing, and when the player himself tweeted that it would be "a dream" to play for Arsenal it seemed like Wenger had nabbed yet another bargain. But today it has been announced that the Italian [.

When Arsenal were linked with a move for the Argentinian playmaker Ricky Alvarez it seemed like a tpical Wenger surprise signing, and when the player himself tweeted that it would be "a dream" to play for Arsenal it seemed like Wenger had nabbed yet another bargain. But today it has been announced that the Italian [.

Gazzetta dello Sport Eto'o opens the door to the Russians Balotelli, Mancini has had enough Ibra has never started so well Del Piero has a plan to take back Juve Bari waits for Cassano Tuttosport Elia in a hurry, Vargas meeting Milan ready to tie down Allegri Toro back in for Gazzi and Alvarez Eto'o now keeps Inter in check Chievo, Paloschi netted.

The Comets first game winning goal at home...The Missouri Comets were happy to notch their first home win, even if it did take overtime. " A monkey off our back, it wasn't the prettiest game out there, but we certainly found a way to win" Coach Roentved commented post game.The Comets jumped out to an early lead with a goal by Byron Alvarez just 40 seconds into the match followed by Beasley's

The Comets' improved defense came at a price as they failed to muster any sort of offense in a pivotal match Sunday afternoon at the Independence Events Center against the visiting Vipers, falling to the visitors from Omaha 6-4. The six points by the Vipers were the least amount of points allowed by the Comets all season long, but the Vipers stifled the Comets offense all day long, holding the team to just four points, the team's lowest scoring output of the season.

The Comets just needed to win Game Two of the Playoff Series against the Wave in Milwaukee or, if the Wave won, the ensuing 15 minute mini-game afterwards to advance to the MISL Championship Game against Baltimore. The Comets lost both games Sunday at U.S. Cellular Center, ending an unexpected and thrilling run to finish their season.

Four players from Sporting Kansas City and the Missouri Comets were given awards today by their respective leagues.
First, Omar Bravo was given the MLS Player of the Week award for his two goal performance against Chivas USA. There were some good candidates this week, the 2 goals in 2 games performance by Juninho, and the feel good story of Charlie Davies, who scored two goals this week for Chivas USA.

In the first preseason game of the season for the Swope Park Rangers, the SKC reserves fell 3-2 to the KC Brass, the local PDL side. The big attraction of the game was the inclusion of trialist Chad Ochocinco in the game. Ochocinco came on as a substitute in the second 30 minute session and then played the entire third session for the Rangers.

Lionel Messi scored against a José Mourinho-coached team for the first time at the weekend, in the clásico in Spain, but he wasn't the only Argentine to notch a goal in foreign lands. There were a few beauties in the Mexican ... Continue reading →

Should Madrid fail to win at Sevilla on Saturday night, then a Barca win at home to Espanyol a day later will see them claim their 21st Primera Division crown. Barca's neighbours will be desperate to spoil, or at least delay, the party, however, and also further their hopes of playing in the Europa League next season.

Three Teenagers Do No Make A Summer by Gaz Radamel Falcao, Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard, Gervinho, Ricky Alvarez, Mamadou Sakho, Christopher Samba, Gary Cahill, and so on, and so on. Every day there is a player we are supposed to be "on the brink" of signing, but still we haven't strengthened our squad with the [.

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La consagración de Vélez; el padecimiento de River; Palermo y su adiós a la Bombonera. Esto y más, en el siguiente resumen de la decimoctava jornada del Clausura 2011.
Vélez y la consecución de un titulo merecido
Venció a Huracán y aunque inexplicablemente debió esperar cuatro horas para saber el resultado de Lanús –finalmente derrotado 1-0 por Argentinos Juniors- Vélez pudo festejar la obtención de su octavo titulo a nivel doméstico.

20.06.2011 - Estuvo muy cerca de lograr el doblete que nadie consiguió pero la nafta se le acabó en semifinales de la Copa Libertadores de América. Se repuso del golpe, siguió ganando y consiguió el Torneo Néstor Kirchner Clausura 2011 Copa Malvinas Argentinas, su 8º título AFA, una fecha antes del final y a 4 puntos de su inmediato perseguidor (Lanús).