Raymond Loumeau es un artista gráfico que nos muestra su arte de manera muy agradable y plástica, por eso me encanto la imagen del niño Torres.

Sin duda Fernando ¨el niño¨Torres es otro de los jugadores menos apreciados por la prensa que se desvive por Ronaldo y Messi se olvidan de que este jugador pusieron en tela de duda su éxito en la Premier League inglesa .

Before the Christmas football period, Fernando Torres stood on the cusp of greatness. Scoring 49 goals in 69 games meant that he was on the verge of becoming the fastest Liverpool player ever to reach 50 goals in the least number of games. Though it did not come against Portsmouth or Wolves, it finally came against top four hopeful, Aston Villa.

Following last weekends demolition of Blackburn Rovers, one man came away with a ton of praise and rightfully so. Dimitar Berbatov scored five goals, or a glut of goals if you prefer, but was it the beginning of a new dawn for the Bulgarian striker or will he flatter to deceive as has been the case so far in his Old Trafford career.

Well here it is, the third and final chapter of my mid-term player review. And a topical area for discussion, as speculation remains over a move for Leeds Utd's Jermaine Beckford, or A.N. Other should we fail in that bid. The No.9 shirt is almost as synonymous with Newcastle United, as St James' Park, the black [.

There is only one other goal I have seen in the Premier League this season that can hold a candle to Wayne Rooney's goal for Manchester United against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday and that is Maynor Figueroa's long range effort for Wigan Athletic at Stoke.
Nothing else comes close.
I don't think I need to say much to convey the sheer magic of this brilliant, ruthless counter attack to be honest.

The other day I wrote an article debating which team would come out on top in a match between the promotion side of 1993 and the promotion side of 2010. The response was mixed, although the poll is still open, and opinion was pretty evenly split when deciding just which team is stronger and what the [.

United 2 2 The Rivals

Jaap Stam, Ronny Johnsen, Andy Cole, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Clayton Blackmore, Quinton Fortune and Dwight Yorke played for United in a Charity game for United Relief today.

Ralf Little put the Rivals 1-0 up after scoring past Blackmore, who bizarrely was playing in goal.

Andy Cole has spoken with regret about choosing to leave Manchester United 2001 in the hope of getting in to the England squad for the World Cup 2002.

Speaking to The Independent, Cole claims that he thought more regular football and more goals would help sure up his place with England, but he faced the double disappointment of missing out on the squad and no longer being a United player.

Four 6-0 defeats in just 20 Premier League matches! So what's going on? Could there have been such a yawning gap created between the top and bottom of the league? Manchester United could have easily...
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Just read an interesting (ghost-written) piece by former goal machine Andrew/Andy Cole, in which he revealed the roots of his bust-up with Kevin Keegan at Newcastle, which set in motion his shock move to Manchester United. The piece was ostensibly about Cole's relationship with his former agent Paul Stretford who is now Wayne Rooney's agent and how Stretford engineered the striker's big-money switch to Old Trafford.

Dimitar Berbatov has become the first foreign player in Premier League history to grab five goals in one game during Manchester United's 7-1 humbling of Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. He has...
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Another critical week in the Premier League saw Champions Chelsea lose their grip on top spot, Dimitar Berbatov finally justify his exorbitant transfer fee (?), Spurs steal points late... again, and Wolves win but stay in the bottom three.

Berbatov arrives.

Interesting video featuring big Sam today from the Mirror. Let's hope his side never have to run a 4-3-1-2.

Here's the links:

• Bendtner faces Denmark Axe [Mail]
• Manchester United vs. Arsenal preview [ManUTD24]
• Inside Soccer – Jen Chang [Sports Illustrated]
• Tangerine Dream [Gib Football Show]
• Letter to Tevez [The Fifth Official]
• Chelsea analysis [A Different League]
• Andy Cole on Manchester City [Goal]

Feel free to follow me on Twitter and let me know if you'd like to suggest an article, video or photo for inclusion on the Premier League Links Of The Day.

Fernando Torres scored 50 league goals in just 72 games. Wow. Incredible. He is the only Liverpool to achieve such a feat.

We'll ignore the fact that Andy Cole and Ruud van Nistelrooy did it faster.

It took Cole just 65 Premiership games and Van Nistelrooy 68 games. Well done lads.

"STATS: Cole + RvN > Torres" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

The FA Cup draw can be absolutely brilliant. It is rare, but when you are drawn against your hated rivals it makes up for all the shitty low league no mark draws your team has ever had.

This year is our year for a brilliant draw. United were the second to last ball to be drawn, Leeds the last.

Links to click after you examine this conclusive video technology proof that Miroslav Klose's controversial winner for Bayern last night was not offside... Three Americans + one Englishman = USA's 23 man roster for 2010 (USA World Cup Blog) How the news played keepy uppy with the John Terry story (Sport Without Spin) A conversation with [.

101greatgoals has unearthed football's latest musical 'crossover' star, Neil Danns. I question the crossover bit because from everything you hear about Crystal Palace's financial situation, Neil simply may be supplementing his Championship paycheck to keep the electricity on. You can judge for yourselves I won't be buying his album, and I'm sure Eric Clapton [.

1992/1993
8th Eric Cantona (15), Mark Hughes (15)

1993/1994
8th Eric Cantona (18)
16th Ryan Giggs (13)

1994/1995
5th Andy Cole (21)
13th Andrei Kanchelskis (14)

1995/1996
9th Eric Cantona (14)
16th Andy Cole (11)

1996/1997
3rd Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (18)
14th Eric Cantona (11)

1997/1998
7th Andy Cole (15)
26th David Beckham (29)

1998/1999
1st Dwight Yorke (18)
2nd Andy Cole (17)

1999/2000
3rd Dwight Yorke (20)
4th Andy Cole (19)

2000/2001
6th Teddy Sheringham (14)
15th Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (1)

2001/2002
2nd Ruud van Nistelrooy (23)
6th Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (17)

2002/2003
1st Ruud van Nistelrooy (25)
7th Paul Scholes (14)

2003/2004
3rd Ruud van Nistelrooy (20)
22nd Paul Scholes (9)

2004/2005
11th Wayne Rooney (11)
21st Paul Scholes (9)

2005/2006
2nd Ruud van Nistelrooy (21)
4th Wayne Rooney (16)

2006/2007
3rd Cristiano Ronaldo (17)
4th Wayne Rooney (14)

2007/2008
1st Cristiano Ronaldo (31)
9th Carlos Tevez (14)

2008/2009
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (18)
11th Wayne Rooney (12)

2009/2010.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Footballer Andrew Cole arrives for the Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Award at Odeon Leicester Square on March 1, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Andrew "Andy" Cole (he wants to be called Andrew) is one of the iconic players of the Premier League, a legend at two clubs, one of which is Newcastle.

Chelsea's third seven-goal haul of the season against Stoke yesterday took the club within shooting distance of Man Utd's Premier League record for number of goals scored in a season.
Man Utd scored 97 Premier League goals in the 99/00 season, winning the league by a staggering 18 points.

Chelsea's third seven-goal haul of the season against Stoke yesterday took the club within shooting distance of Man Utd's Premier League record for number of goals scored in a season.
Man Utd scored 97 Premier League goals in the 99/00 season, winning the league by a staggering 18 points.

Former Manchester United goal scoring wizard Andy Cole admits he regrets leaving Old Trafford in 2001 because not only did it cost him numerous honours including two Premier League titles, but also...
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On Tuesday, the Guardian's Chris Arnot and Chelsea's 'Head of Corporate Responsibilty', Simon Taylor (no relation to the Guardian's well known Newcastle hater, Louise Taylor incidentally) suggested that there were racist protests at St James's Park against the signing of Andy Cole in their story "Search for a British Asian football star kicks off", something [.

On Tuesday, the Guardian's Chris Arnot and Chelsea's 'Head of Corporate Responsibilty', Simon Taylor (no relation to the Guardian's well known Newcastle hater, Louise Taylor incidentally) suggested that there were racist protests at St James's Park against the signing of Andy Cole in their story "Search for a British Asian football star kicks off", something [.

On This Day In Spurs History: 4th June

1966 On this day in 1966, we were in action against Celtic in a friendly in Vancouver. After going in at half-time at 1-0 down, Terry Venables scored an equaliser in the second half and the game ended as a 1-1 draw.

Quote Of The Day: 4th June

"Our central defnders, Doherty and Anthony Gardner, were fantastic and I told them that when they go to bed tonight they should think of each other.

"Rio said: 'I think somebody cursed me'. That is honestly how he feels. Rio is very down. He cannot understand why this has happened to him."
Rio's agent, Pini Zhavi, on how the defender is feeling

"The way France got to the World Cup with the handball in the play-off against Ireland could have an effect at the finals.

Opening day of the season 2008/2009: United 1 1 Newcastle
Darren Fletcher

Opening day of the season 2000/2001: United 2 0 Newcastle
Ronny Johnsen, Andy Cole

Opening day of the season 1929/1930: Newcastle 4 1 United

"Past Openers Against Newcastle" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

It may be common knowledge but well worth repeating that there is nobody, anywhere who has devoted so many years of his life to Manchester United. Sir Bobby Charlton signed for the club as a...
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Diego Forlan played the first game of the 2004-2005 season and then was sold rather mysteriously. Whilst he hadn't set the world alight during his time with Manchester United, it was fairly odd for him to leave after the season began.

We had paid Independiente £7.5m for him just a month after selling Andy Cole to Blackburn for £8m, but then sold him on to Villarreal a couple of years later.

The old saying we all learned as children that "It takes one to know one" may not always be correct in the harsh reality of life but there must be times when there has to be some truth in it. Former...
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Long gone are the days when United and Newcastle were rivals, with Alan Shearer snubbing us with hopes of titles in the North-East, Kevin Keegan's very public break down on Sky Sports and nabbing Andy Cole from under their noses. Ah yes, those were the days.

Much to everyone's surprise, Newcastle weren't 'too big to go down' the season before last, and were relegated on the final day of the 08/09 season.

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"Hey Andy, nice guts!"

After notching half the goals in Newcastle's impressive 6-0 mauling of Aston Villa yesterday, current No.9 Andy Carroll has been attracting glowing praise from many quarters, not least from former Toon hero Alan Shearer who, by all accounts, had a little money riding on the rangy striker's goal-scoring exploits.

What an amazing start to the new Premier League 2010/2011 season! Defending champions, Chelsea kicked off their campaign with two successive 6-0 wins, prompting Carlo Ancelotti to declare that Chelsea are playing "Playstation football" at the moment. It's not the first time the Blues have thumped Wigan - last season they put eight past Roberto Martinez' Latics.

Since Sheik Mansour took ownership of Manchester City in 2008 there has a been a lot of negative press aimed at the East land's club. Since then they have spent millions upon millions on players left, right, and center. They even made ridiculous claims that they were going to sign Fernando Torres, Cristiano Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas back in 2008.

If previous meetings between Manchester United and West Ham are any indication, there should be plenty of goals put away on Saturday. The two clubs have often turned on the entertainment with...
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This is a confession from an unashamed Eric Cantona tragic. There must have been millions of words written about the man known as ‘Dieu' and given half a chance I would have read every single one of...
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By Ollie Irish

Asamoah Gyan's guest rap got us thinking about other ballers who have stepped up to the mic and wrecked the joint...

1. Clint 'Deuce' Dempsey Deuce fronted up for Setanta to prove that, whilst he's more Vanilla Ice than Eminem, he can actually walk the walk:

2.

By Ollie Irish

In which Sunderland's Ghanaian striker, who is set to make his debut at Wigan this weekend, aims to become one of the first ever footballers to rap on record and not look like a total dick. 'Baby Jet' (Gyan's alter ego) just about gets away with it:

Castro is Ghana's 50 Cent, so I hear.

In life, things evolve. That includes the EPL Talk Podcast which has transformed from its launch in 2006 as an interview show to it's current format which is a mixture of expert analysis on the Premier League and a bonus of an occasional interview now and again. Over the years, we've conducted interviews with some of the biggest names in the sport such as Paul Scholes, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Steve McClaren and over 100 others.

It's amazing what can be found while doing a little bit of Googling! Four Four Two magazine asked their readers to send questions they would like to ask Manchester United legend George Best four...
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