Went past the Mercedes garage yesterday. Big, shiny car in the window, apparently the best model in its class that money can buy. So went inside, and offered a quarter of the asking price, because I reckoned that car wanted to come home with me. Know what happened?
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is ready to try again for Crystal Palace superkid Victor Moses.
The Daily Star says Arsene Wenger has tracked the Eagles forward, 19, for two years and came close to snaring him in August 2008.
But the Gunners baulked at the south Londoners' £5m asking price and were only prepared to fork out £1m plus add-ons for a player they saw as unproven. Click to continue reading...

Wenger to make move for England Under 19 international.

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Arsenal are set to make a move for Crystal Palace youngster Victor Moses, who is rated as one of the best young footballers around.

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Landon Donovan has been regarded the best USA outfield player in the last few years. He's the all-time leading goalscorer for the national team and has been one of the top players in MLS for several years. While there are many who criticize Donovan, there's no denying that he has the ability to play in one of the top leagues in Europe.

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CSKA star appears on Emirates Radar.

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Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are considering a move for CSKA Moscow winger Milos Krasic according to reports.

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Nacional President Rui Alves expects to set a Nacional transfer record when the team sells Portuguese midfielder Ruben Micael. The 23 year old midfielder is being held in high record and Nacional will not let him go without a team matching their asking price of $10M Euro. Micael has scored two goals in Europa League play this season. Click to continue reading...

Oh Sweet Jesus!

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Newcastle United have angered fans with plans to rename their ground the sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium until the end of the season.

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Mr Ashley manages to make two decisions in one morning and still finds time to consume as much lard as possible.

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Chris Hughton has been named as the permanent manager of Newcastle, while the Magpies have also been taken off the market.

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Mike Ashley, yesterday, looking as Obese and Odious as ever.

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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is understood to have reduced his asking price for the club by a further £20million to £80million.

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Sir Alex wants to add even more firepower to his already potent Old Trafford strike force.

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Man United are understood to have revived their attempt to sign Valencia striker David Villa.

United had hoped to sign Villa last May when they met Valencia's £35 million asking price.

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Rio Ferdinand is perhaps one of the more unlikely of digital ambassadors. Before yesterday's online-only broadcast of Ukraine v England, the defender offered his opinion on the unique way the game would be broadcast to the nation.

"I'm sure it'll be the way forward and in the future it'll probably be the reality.

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ESPN and Fox Sports are reporting that the deal for the Matarrese family to sell AS Bari to American real estate magnate Tim Barton has been cancelled. Barton had until yesterday to make an initial payment for the club, which he failed to make. The Matarrese family says it will still sell the club.

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Wenger decides to give up on January move.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he has no plans to revive his bid to sign Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh in January.

Chamakh was a target for Wenger in the summer, but the Gunners were unwilling to meet Bordeaux's asking price for the Morocco international.

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Wenger won't revive Chamakh bid
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he has no plans to revive his bid to sign Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh in January.

Chamakh was a target for Wenger in the summer, but the Gunners were unwilling to meet Bordeaux's asking price for the Morocco international.

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Wenger won't revive Chamakh bid
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he has no plans to revive his bid to sign Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh in January.

Chamakh was a target for Wenger in the summer, but the Gunners were unwilling to meet Bordeaux's asking price for the Morocco international.

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Reports in The Mail and The Mirror are suggesting that Newcastle United may be sold by the end of this week. We've heard it all before of course but one of the newspapers will get it right one day and maybe it's today. Last week Newcastle issued a statement saying that Ashley's £100m asking price has [. Click to continue reading...

A statement issued by Newcastle United yesterday to a local newspaper confirmed that they had accepted a bid of 100 million pounds (and meeting Mike Ashley's asking price).

The sale, dragging on for almost five months, could soon reach a conclusion with the deal said to be at the 'Sale and Purchase' stage.

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According to a statement the club made to The Journal, Ashley's £100m asking price has been met and 'all parties are at the sale and purchase stage', which sounds a bit different to any parties I've been to. The Journal then goes on to speculate that it could still be some time before the takeover situation [. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle United club issued a statement today to the Newcastle Journal, which seems rather strange, on the status of the club's potential sale. The statement read: "The £100M asking price has been matched, however, we are still in negotiations and all parties involved are at sale and purchase stage. Click to continue reading...

The story was written by Steven Goff from the Washington Post and I have to say that once again supporters of the US Men's National team are going to get screwed. If you thought that you couldn't find the Mun2 channel for USA Vs Mexico in English then you will be completely out of luck on a possible clinch to South Africa when the live event won't be on Pay Per View.

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Rafa has another youngster to add to his budding crop of talent.

Liverpool, meanwhile, have sealed a £250,000 deal with Southend United for the transfer of Michael Ngoo, a 16-year-old centre forward who was also being watched by Manchester United. Ngoo, who is 6ft 4in and has been likened in style to Peter Crouch, impressed during a recent trial with United but Liverpool have beaten their North West rivals to his signature after meeting Southend's asking price.

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BREAKING NEWS
Within the last hour it's been confirmed that Liverpool have signed Southend United youngster Michael Ngoo for a deal worth £250,000.
Ngoo - a 16 year old centre forward - had trials with Manchester United, but the Merseysiders have beaten their rivals to sign Ngoo, after matching the Blues' asking price. Click to continue reading...

Louise Taylor is reporting in the Guardian late tonight, there is unlikely to be a Newcastle sale soon, and maybe not even this season. Mike Ashley will he still want to sell? It seems the Barry Moat deal could take months, but apparently is dependent on Mike reducing his £100M asking price. But let's get real [. Click to continue reading...

... go into hiding Bayern Munich defender Christian Lell came up with an ingenious plan to avoid a move to Stoke City. The 25-year-old went into hiding until the transfer window was safely shut and his proposed move to the Potteries scuppered. Tony Pulis was keen to meet Bayern's £3 million asking price, but the player himself [. Click to continue reading...

This doesn't make much sense!

Chelsea are aiming to spring a major surprise before the transfer window closes with sources in Spain claiming Sergio Aguero is on his way to Stamford Bridge in a £42million deal.

Although the brilliant 21-yearold Argentinian played and scored against Panathinaikos in Atletico Madrid's Champions League qualifying win last week, Chelsea haven't been deterred in their chase for the South American youngster.

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Dig deep into those pockets Mr Gillett and Hicks!

Rafael van der Vaart is resigned to leaving Real Madrid, but he will only consider offers from England or Germany.

Manuel Pellegrini's decision to leave the Dutch midfielder out of the squad for the Bernabeu Trophy appears to be the final nail in his coffin, and he is preparing for an exit.

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1. Opposition
What more is to be said about tottenham?
If this blog had any grounds whatsoever to complain about being over-worked, then I could be forgiven for simply cutting and pasting Spurs-related articles from one season to the next.
Let's see, this year they are apparently well placed to steal Champions League qualification. Click to continue reading...

Two players looking for a new challenge could find a move to Villa Park to their liking.

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Aston Villa are weighing up a double swoop for Tottenham midfield pair David Bentley and Jermaine Jenas.

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Japanese international Keisuke Honda is the absolute star player at Eredivisie side VVV at the moment, and his outstanding performances for the Dutch side haven't gone unnoticed by the rest of Europe.
The attacking midfielder is continually being linked with a number of clubs, with Wolfsburg, Liverpool, Ajax and PSV all reportedly interested in signing Honda. Click to continue reading...

West London side seem desperate to spend money!

Though the club are keen to deliver a star signing for new manager Carlo Ancelotti with the best will in the world, Yuri Zhirkov does not fit the bill Atletico's asking price has been £50million and despite reports in Spain, no new bid is on the table.

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Well, the deal for Gaxa, the South African right back we were previously close to signing, has fallen through. We were close to signing him at one point but his club in South Africa continued to raise their asking price until it reached one million euros. There was no way AEK was going to spend so much so instead we have signed the second right back that we were looking at, Carlos Araujo.

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Just when you thought the door of the Lyon's transfer season had been locked until December- at least if you believe Puel- with the arrival Bafetimbi Gomis, OL still have some unfinished business to attend to, though it's all "out-bound" traffic, in their minds that is. Really, Puel needs to have his head examined: his minimalist approach to recruiting is really irking the crap-out-of-me.

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According to a report in German newspaper Bild, Bundesliga outfit Hertha are keen to sign Liverpool attacker Andriy Voronin on another one-year loan deal.
The Ukrainian forward played on loan for the Berlin outfit last term, and quickly developed into a key player. Voronin was the club's top scorer, netting 11 goals. Click to continue reading...

UPDATE: According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie admitted that the club has turned down bids for Sylvain Distin as they are not interested in selling him. He said,

"We have turned down offers and will continue to turn down offers .

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