Coming off the 2009 U17 World Cup in Nigeria, midfielder Carlos Martinez will be looking to earn a professional contract with a club in 2010 starting with training spells in Mexico and Argentina.

Little Twin Star - is that you?! Come on futbolitas, it's a great photo (not only because Kaka is in it). Just look at the lovely snow in Madrid! Sometimes you just need to stop and kneel down in the middle of the pitch to truly experience it. Even Greaseano couldn't help but feel a little bit envious, so he too gave up after being brought down for the 34,455th time and allowed the snowflakes to fall on his well-moisturized million-dollar.

Maxi Rodriguez is willing to take a pay cut to seal a move to Liverpool.
The Atletico Madrid midfielder wants to play regular first-team football to cement his place in Argentina's World Cup squad.
The 29-year-old, who has also been linked with Boca Juniors and Juventus, is out of contract at the end of the season but, according to Spanish newspaper AS, will lower his £4.

By Ollie Irish

At last, a player comes out and says what so many fans have been thinking for almost 20 years.

Carlos Tevez called Gary Neville a "boot-licker" and a "moron" in a radio interview with ESPN Argentina:

"My celebration was directed at Gary Neville.

By Ollie Irish

Diego Maradona, in his genius prime, prepares to dribble past Big Terry Butcher and then Little Kenny Sansom during Argentina's infamous 2-1 win over England at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, aka the 'Hand of God' match. Inspired by their brilliant captain, Argentina went on to win the tournament, beating Belgium 2-0 in their semi final (Maradona scored both goals) and West Germany 3-2 in the final.

El mejor deportista del 2009, fue Usain Bolt. Igual que para muchos reporteros y aficionados deportivos Bolt ganó el galardón de Mejor deportista del año de L'Equipe con 1.289 puntos (votos otorgados por los internautas de la página web), superando a Roger Federer (568) y a Valentino Rossi (296).

Good to see Carlos Tevez and Gary Neville doing their bit to improve Argentina - England relations. No love lost between the two countries, either in the football sense or politically, but I have to say that Carlos Tevez certainly came out best in that little contretemps.Speaking to ESPN Argentina, Tevez is quoted as saying:"He [Gary Neville] acted like a complete boot-licker when he said I

Realmente me quede espantado con las declaraciones del nuevo presidente de River Plate, Daniel Passarella, quien en una entrevista al diario Clarín menciona como encontró al equipo millonario.

A continuación citaré algunas palabras del "Káiser" Passarella en la entrevista.

Nada tiene que ver Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield (18.02.1800 – 30.03.1875), hijo de Dalmacio Vélez Baigorri y Rosa Sársfield Palacios, nacido en Córdoba, abogado y político durante los primeros años de una Argentina nación (secretario de Bernardino Rivadavia, jurisconsulto en derecho internacional durante el gobierno de Rosas - con quien mantuvo una tensa relación- , luego senador, canciller, Ministro de Hacienda de Bartolomé Mitre - con quien mantuvo disputas intelectuales - y Ministro del Interior de Sarmiento) con el espíritu de los pibes que fundaron el club que llevaría su nombre.

La IFFHS es una organización alemana dedicada a las estadísticas sobre fútbol y deportes, según la FIFA es de lo mejor para valorar rankings,.
En mi opinión este ranking no esta tan alejado de la realidad y aunque hay polémica principalmente por las ligas latinoamericanas , la liga azteca bajo al lugar 15 y me llama la atención ver a Suiza en la lista; veamos como quedaron las votaciones por las mejores ligas mundiales este año 2009:

Rank País Puntos
1.

Liverpool will conclude a £1.5 million deal for Atletico de Madrid winger Maxi Rodriguez in the next 24 hours, according to The Times.
A source from the club previously revealed exclusively to Goal.com UK that the midfielder had been convinced by Argentina captain Javier Mascherano that first-team football would be in the offing, should he make the switch and join the Reds.

Am I reading too much into Landon getting Dixie Dean's old jersey number? I realize they don't retire numbers in association football, but Brazil and Argentina don't give the backup goalkeeper #10, either.
It's just that 9 is a very low number to give to a guy that's just going to be renting, is all.

The first football of the new year is already underway in Argentina; on Saturday Banfield and Huracán played out a 0-0 draw in which the champions of Argentina had more chances but couldn't put them away with Santiago Silva, whilst in the first of the AFA's official triangular tournaments (there's no round robin of the [.

Lo que empezó como un rumor ya es noticia confirmada y por el mismo jugador: Gastón "La Gata" Fernández se va del equipo para regresar a su país a arreglar asuntos personales.

Según nuestras fuentes, la esposa ya tenía tiempo viviendo en Argentina y quiere seguir su carrera de modelo en aquél país y no quiere regresar a México.

It wasn't all that long ago when the Internets were a simpler, kinder place. A place that was roughly 98 percent low-grade Czechslovakian porn with the remaining two percent left for usenet.alt.newsgroups of people worldwide bitching about the quality of the 'The Simpsons' on their 28.8 kbps modems. (Mo-dem?

According to the Jamaica Observer, Jamaica's national team will play Argentina in the resort town of Mar del Plata on 10 February. It's not a FIFA international date so both sides will have lineups of players from out-of-season leagues (in Jamaica's case, its Scandinavian- and US-based players). The last time Argentina and Jamaica met on the field, Argentina routed the Reggae Boyz 5-0 in the group phase of the 1998 World Cup.

Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard were both forced out of Liverpool's FA Cup match with Reading today due to injury.
More details will follow, but this is further terrible news for Liverpool fans in what has been a nightmare season for Liverpool.
Things were looking up this week with the acquisition of Argentina winger Maxi Rodriguez but it looks like the club could be without their two best players this weekend.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has called on his team-mates not to dwell on the injuries to Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.
Rafa Benitez's star duo face a combined eight weeks' absence as Liverpool's season of woe continues to plumb new depths, with Saturday's opponents Stoke preparing to add to it.

In 1976 Argentina's government was overthrown by a military coup. The country had been awarded to host the world cup two years before, and when the coup happened, FIFA, led by the new president João Havelange, found no reason to suspend the tournament as news from Argentina of the military junta's harsh repression and violence against political dissidents started coming out of the country.

Everyone always made fun of Inter in the past for being predominantly Argentinian, giving them names like "Intergentina" or "Argentinter". However, Inter have developed into just one big multi-cultural team, and now only have 4 Argentinian players on their roster. It is another team in Serie A that has become a colony for Argentinian players: Catania.

OK, I know that you have probably seen this video hundreds of times but what the heck it stills sends shivers each time I see and listen to it. When you combine the genius of Maradona and the passion of Victor Hugo Morales (who by the way is Uruguayan ), probably the best football commentator that ever was, you just get a pure moment of magic.

Passarella is ranked second on the list.

The German organization IFFHS has just published a list of the top goal scoring defenders in football history.

Argentina has many players on the list, four of them are in the top ten.

Daniel Alberto Passarella is the highest ranked among them.

MilanKakaBaros - Maxi Rodriguez Goals and Assists Compilation- Argentina and Atletico Madrid

The lad looks good, lets hope we get him.

Liverpool could sign Rafael van der Vaart as well as his Real Madrid and Holland team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy in January, according to a report.
With manager Rafael Benitez urgently needing reinforcements, The Sun reports that the much-touted loan deal for former Manchester United striker Van Nistelrooy will be agreed "in the next few days".

El subcampeonisimo de México el equipo Cruz Azul, el ya merito de cada final protagonizada, cree que lo mejor que puede hacer para tapar los errores de su directiva y desviar la atención es contratando jugadores bomba y que mejor que el nombre de Messi, si ,aunque sea un familiar lejano, bueno lejano de equipo con el que jugaba el Flamengo de Brasil.

First of all, happy new year, HEGS readers! On Sunday the first of Argentina's clubs returned to their training facilities to prepare for the pre-season of the Torneos de Verano and (for some) Copa Libertadores qualification. The new year brings familiar issues though: Banfield are starting to accept that they're likely to lose Santiago Silva, whilst [.

Tanti successi, lauti ingaggi, insomma una vita di benessere e ricchezza. Almeno, così dovrebbe essere per Lionel Messi, Pallone d'Oro attuale, fuoriclasse argentino del Barcellona. Ma, invece il campione sudamericano non è felice. Tutto colpa delle critiche dei tifosi connazionali che gli imputano di non rendere al massimo con la maglia dell'albiceleste.

Tal vez muchos futbolistas no piensen igual que Verón y vean en los escenarios inmediatos la posibilidad de adquirir más dinero al momento de recibir una oferta pero lo que ha hecho hoy "La Brujita" es para reflexionarse un poco.

La historia comienza con el gran jugador de Estudiantes de la Plata, quien ya fue campeón de Argentina, de América y dando un muy buen espectáculo ante el Barcelona en el Mundial de Clubes 2009.

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Es 6 de enero del 2010, es momento de que los generosos reyes magos lean mi cartita que esta a lado de mi calcetín, que a su ves esta a lado de mi zapato de fútbol soccer, pues mis peticiones futboleras son las siguientes Que:

Se acabe el pacto de caballeros.

According to a report in The Guardian today:

The 34-year-old told Italy's Corriere Dello Sport that he had turned down the chance to join City after a bid of £7m was lodged with his club, Estudiantes. "I did it for my family," said Verón. "But also because I chose to continue my career here at Estudiantes and I want to respect this contract.

Ezequiel Lavezzi's agent does not think the Napoli striker will join Liverpool in the January transfer window.
The Argentina international was linked with a move to Anfield last summer but a transfer failed to materialise and it now looks like there is no chance of the deal taking place this month.

¿Cuántas veces nosotros como aficionados mexicanos no hemos soñado con ganar la Copa Libertadores? ¿Cuántas veces nos hemos lamentado de aquella final perdida de Cruz Azul contra el Boca Juniors?, pues ahora mas que nunca, los clubes de México tienen la oportunidad de ganar su primer Copa Libertadores.

After weeks of rally and support, it has now emerged that River Plate's promising midfielder, Diego Buonanotte may be discharged from the hospital in two days following his horrifying car accident which claimed the lives of his three friends.

"He's a very peaceful guy, he's not a "night-man" and he was not drunk.

There has been a lot of Arsenal transfer gossip in the last couple of weeks, but the Argentina striker Mauro Zarate has never been mentioned in any of them. Zarate was on loan at Birmingham a couple of seasons ago, but they couldn't afford the full transfer fee and he was snapped up by Lazio. After [.

Racing Club, also known simply as Racing, is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Gran Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football. The club is currently competing in the Primera División Argentina tournament.

Rafael Benitez today confirmed Javier Mascherano has resumed training at Melwood - but the boss expects to be without Glen Johnson for at least another month.
Mascherano suffered a medial ligament strain to his left knee against Portsmouth in December, but the Argentina captain is now back in training with his teammates.

Ryan Babel's proposed move to Birmingham doesn't look like it'll happen but there are still question marks about his Liverpool future. Rafa says that the Dutchman rejected a move to St Andrews however the Spaniard doesn't want him to move anyway, as he explained:
'I have not said that Ryan has to leave the club.

photo credit: Paolo Camera

The Team: As soon as someone brings up the soccer team from Argentina, the conversation inevitably turns to Diego Maradona. How could it not? The man defines their style of play and is undoubtedly their greatest legend (and some say everyone's greatest legend).

adidas has released track jackets for several of the teams that it will provide equipment to for FIFA World Cup 2010. Jackets for world football powers Argentina France, Germany, Mexico and Spain have now hit the brick and mortar and online shops. They all feature: - 100% Polyester Interlock stitching - Full frontal zipperss - Zippered side pockets - Elastic [.

A cinco días de que empiece el Torneo Bincentenario 2010 y que juguemos la Jornada 1, estamos de nuevo con cuatro extranjeros en el equipo.

Y hoy nos levantamos con una noticia buena y otra mala. La noticia mala se corrió como reguero de pólvora: Gastón "La Gata" Fernández pedía salir del equipo para arreglar asuntos personales en su país.