Apparently everybody wants a piece of Gooch, not just the bangin' bird in the photo. Exactly who I can't say, but Soccer 365 has been in contact with his agent, Will Sherling, who says that since the big man's Champions League appearance 24 hours ago he's received bids & overtures from France, Spain and the BPL. Click to continue reading...

Based in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik, Minyor (sometimes transliterated as Minior or Minjor) make their return to the A Group after seven years in the wilderness. This will be Minyor's 34th season in the first division but despite all those years at the top they've yet to win a major trophy - a pair of 4th place finishes and a losing cup final appearance being the best they've done. Click to continue reading...

Glenn Roeder may have the appearance of a fourth grade geography teacher, but you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of the Norwich manager. The former Newcastle and West Ham gaffer has done a tremendous job at Carrow Road to date, and he's managed to keep them in ... Click to continue reading...

Owen Hargreaves hopes to be fit to help England I the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup that take place against Andorra and Croatia in September. The Manchester United midfielder has been out injured with tendinitis but is hoping to make an appearance against Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Super .. Click to continue reading...

If Wes Brown plays today, he will be making his 200th league appearance for us (308 overall), meaning he is just a few games short of matching Brian Kidd, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside's totals. However, Gary Neville should be in contention for starting, which would be his 350th start for the club, and his 543rd [. Click to continue reading...

This was a yawner of a scoreless game punctuated by a few - I stress few - scoring opportunities, mainly for Chivas USA who had the better of the play for much of the game.

Still, the Earthquakes probably had the best chance of the game, Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton saving with one hand a Ronnie O'Brien shot in the 86th minute from the top of the box that appeared destined for the back of the net.

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Bournemouth have signed Liverpool's teenage striker Craig Lindfield on loan until the end of December.

Lindfield has yet to make a first-team appearance for Liverpool, but had loan spells at Notts County and Chester City last season.

He will be in Bournemouth's squad for Saturday's League Two game with Exeter City and Kevin Bond is happy with his new recruit. Click to continue reading...

I can almost imagine Arsene being asked out by his wife for dinner:

Arsene's wife: Arsene, do you want to go for dinner tonight?

Arsene: There is interest, always, in dinner.

Wife: So where do you want to go?

Arsene: You know the place I want to go, but I cannot tell you much more than that. Click to continue reading...

Nick Ward and Archie Thompson will both miss another round, while Michael Theoklitos has also picked up an injury and won't make an appearance against the Wellington Phoenix. The big story this week, though, is the return of Grant Brebner. Brebner hasn't played since December 2007 and looks ready to make his reappearance after a long time [. Click to continue reading...

It's so crazy, it has to be true. Man who came up with this?

"His rise from obscurity to international stardom, his universally acknowledged gifts as a supreme sportsman, and his Hollywood lifestyle all have the elements of an aspirational fable," librettist Mark Archer told the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph.

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Berbatov to Man U: Berbatov forcing his way north

Tottenhams Berbatov is now clearly forcing his way to Man U. Reports are filtering out that he has handed in a transfer request, hence his weekend appearance on the bench.
Berbatov has been quoted as saying: "I'm now in Tottenham but no-one can disagree with me wanting to follow my dream,"

Berbatov's agent Emil Dantchev was even more direct in his comments on the player's future. Click to continue reading...

It's something of a blow to lose your best defender just one match into the season, especially when you're gunning for a top six finish in the Championship after an FA Cup final appearance last season. However, Dave Jones is going to have to cope without Glenn Loovens, who has ... Click to continue reading...

The Special One is back and better than ever this season. It would be difficult for an ordinary man to manage Inter Milan and host a hit TV show at the same time, but Senore Mourinho is no ordinary man. He is fantastic.

In this episode, José chats with his co-host, Sven-Göran Eriksson, aka "It", about managing Mexico and how the cultures in Mexico and England are different. Click to continue reading...

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The Bruce Arena era in Los Angeles is about to begin.

The Los Angeles Galaxy has hired Bruce Arena as the team's new head coach, multiple sources told SBI on Friday.

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Arsenal new-boy Samri Nasri looks set to make his full debut in the Premier League opener against new boys West Brom tomorrow. The £12million Frenchman missed Wednesday's Champions League qualifier against FC Twente because of a niggling thigh and knee complaint. And the appearance of the former Marseille man will be a huge boost for manager Arsene [. Click to continue reading...

West Brom have signed Abdoulaye Meite, Marek Cech and Gianni Zuiverloon as defensive options this summer as they look to reatin their newly found Premier League status. All the new additions mean that there is no room left in the squad for Portuguese defender Tininho. Tininho signed from Beira Mar in a £230,000 deal but only managed one appearance for the Baggies last season. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United took their second consecutive Community Shield trophy on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Portsmouth at Wembley. The Community Shield (formerly known as the Charity Shield) pits the defending Premier League champion and FA Cup winner and Man United repeated last year's success at the spot, the previous version finishing 1-1 in their match with Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs, the ever injured American center back who signed with MLS yesterday has joined the LA Galaxy pending a medical examination sources close to the negotiation say.  Gibbs was with Charlton Athletic for two years, but he never made an appearance for them, spending most of his time on the injury table. Click to continue reading...

Mark Van Bommel is back in the Dutch Squad. The Bayern Munich midfielder's last appearance for Holland was in the 2006 World Cup but had been axed from the squad after a disagreement with Marco Van Basten. New Dutch coach Bert Van Marwijk, who coincidently is Van Bommel's father in law, ... Click to continue reading...

With Gary Neville injured and Ryan Giggs only making an appearance from the bench, Rio Ferdinand was entrusted with the captain's armband for Manchester United's appearance in the European Cup final last season. "He dominated on the ground and in the air" read the Manchester Evening News report on Ferdinand in that match. Click to continue reading...

Making their third appearance in Romania's Liga I are Gaz Metan Mediaş from the city of Mediaş in Sibiu County, Transylvania. Their 1947-48 debut season was their best, finishing 12th. Three years later they were losing finalists in the Romanian Cup, their best ever performance in that tournament. Click to continue reading...

Leicester have signed Liverpool goalkeeper David Martin on a six-month loan deal.

The 22-year-old agreed a new contract with the Reds this summer to keep him at Anfield until 2010, but he has been allowed to leave temporarily to get some regular football.

He becomes the second Liverpool player to join up with Nigel Pearson's side following Jack Hobbs' arrival last month. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United travelled down to face Sir Alex's Ferguson's son's team, Peterborough, winning with a rather generous 2-0 scoreline. Whilst this was another good opportunity for our lads to get to match fitness, the main talk revolved around the appearance of our Brazilian twins, who we've been hearing trickles of news about every 6 months or [. Click to continue reading...

I considered making the hour drive to RFK on Sunday morning to see the DC Reserves in action, but decided to play an impromptu game of tennis for the first time in 8 years against by brother-in-law. The good news: I still got it. The bad news: The Reserves lost.

But just in reading the summary of the match, there are several juicy tidbits that could have an impact on the first team:

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Eduardo da Silva made an appearance before Arsenal's 1-0 win over Real Madrid on Sunday. Here are a few photos from the occasion. Click to continue reading...