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The transfer window is open, and that means the rumors and news items are going to be flying off
the wire with blistering speed for the next month. The Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea rumors are heating
up now that both parties have admitted their undying lust for one another. Anelka, a man of
ambition, wants [.
This is not officially announced by the club official, but it looks like Newcastle United has
just signed Deco from the Spanish club Barcelona, according to Talksports radio.
More to follow about this.
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Today's transfer roundup is pretty light, so you don‘t have to worry about your lunch getting
cold while you read. Wigan have made a couple of signings to help bolster their survival hopes,
bringing in former Tottenham defender Erik Edman from Rennes on a 500,000 pound deal, and Honduran
defender Maynor Figueroa from Olimpia.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Liverpool are in grave danger of losing one of their best players
to date this season. Defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano has admitted that the uncertainty
surrounding the club's finances means it's likelier that he'll leave in the January transfer
window, with Barcelona the hot favourites to take advantage.
While football accomplishments and failures are usually measured season to season, the end of an
year gives an opportunity to view a team's (or a player's) performance from a different
perspective. Here's a look at the teams and people who deserve to be nominated as the worst
performers in 2007, allowing for slumps in form and [.
Ronaldinho appears to hit the headlines all over again and as always for the wrong reason. With AC
Milan President Silvio Berlusconi seemingly pulling out of the bid to sign the Brazilian ace in the
summer, Chelsea appear to have hit the button. Goal.com has quoted a report in DairioSport stating
that Super Agent Ernesto Bronzetti [.
**Note: I still haven't found a place in New York City to watch the African Cup of Nations. If
anyone knows a place to watch, please e-mail me at cesarman@yahoo.com and let me know!
Thanks!**
An update on Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o's Cup of Nations situation. As reported in yesterday's
entry, Barcelona and Cameroon have been arguing over when the star striker would report to
Cameroon's pre-Cup camp in Burkina Faso.
The Daily Telegraph have reported that Thierry Henry is keen for an Arsenal return. Maybe not
today, maybe not tomorrow but some time in the future, the Barcelona striker would like to return
to the club he clearly holds dear in his heart. Henry said: "It doesn't matter what happens with my
new club, I will [.
Whilst the English papers continue to link all and sundry with transfers, grappling with the
particularly persistent rumours of Berbatov and Anelka's moves to Manchester United or Chelsea,
here in Spain the transfer talk is somewhat calmer. This is for various reasons. Firstly, a rule of
which most foreign commentators are ignorant states that no [.
Come on, this is absolutely ridiculous. Tribalfootball reports that Tottenham Hotspur are actually
planning to land Carles Puyol from FC Barcelona this month! Well, not to be too harsh on Spurs,
maybe they have gone out of their minds. Why on earth would Barca let go of the player who has been
at Camp Nou for [.
It's Friday, so if you're going out this weekend, be safe, and don't do anything that Cristiano
Ronaldo wouldn't do. The Corriere dello Sport reports that Chelsea are getting ready to make a bid
of 15 million pounds for Palermo striker Amauri. Amauri and nearly everyone around him are saying
that he won't [.
A veritable swarm of transfer rumours for friday.... Newly re-crowned Toon king Kevin Keegan is
attempting to hit the ground running. Armed with a huge vat of cash but with just two weeks to
spend it, Keegan will try and nab both Jermain Defoe (to add to Newcastle's phalanx of strikers)
and Shaun Wright-Phillips [.
Two transfers involving Argentine players are moving towards a definition at the moment, the more
solid-looking being Andrés D'Alessandro's transfer from Real Zaragoza in Spain to work under his
former manager Ramón Díaz with San Lorenzo. Ezequiel Garay, the Racing Santander defender, could
be on his way to Barcelona - or Lyon, or Real Madrid.
Mallorca 0 - Barcelona 2 (La Liga, enero 5, 2008) Como regalo de reyes el defensa mexicano Rafael
Marquez anoto de cabeza el primer gol del Barca para ganar su partido al Mallorca.
¿Por que se chupa el dedo cada que anota un gol?
After the World's Top Goalscorer of 2007, the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History &
Statistics) has done the impossible: make yet another controversial ranking, and make some more
thousand-something fans pissed off about it. This time, it's the All-Time Club Rankings. So where's
the catch?
The second swig from Caught Offside's potent daily transfer pint... Chelsea's powerhouse Ivorian
striker Didier Drogba has admitted that he would love to team up with Samuel Eto'o at Barcelona
next season. (Various) Fulham gaffer Roy Hodgson wants to snap up Teemu Tainio after Spurs boss
Juande Ramos told the Finnish midfielder that he was finished as [.
Part one of today's batch... Tottenham are attempting to tighten up their porous defence by signing
both Rangers' Alan Hutton and Boro defender Jonathan Woodgate for £16.25m. (Various) ...But Spurs
may face competition from Arsenal for for Woody. (Setanta Sports) ...And Juande Ramos is also
trailing Tiago, having agreed a £9.
FC Barcelona seem to be in shambles. Ronaldinho is already one foot out of the door and it appears
that their star Portuguese midfielder Deco too could be following suit. The 30-year has been
plagued with injuries and mediocre form so far this season and is often in and out of Frank
Rijkaard's starting XI.
Bernd Schuster is going for it. Jose Mourinho almost had it. Only four men in the history of the
game have done it but Gerard Houllier thought he'd got it - only it turned out to be plastic. The
Treble: European Cup (or Champions League) in the same season as the domestic double of league and
[...]
Dinamo Zagreb's 22-year-old attacking midfield star Luka Modric reckons that he had the chance to
waltz into Arsenal last summer as a replacement for Tomas Rosicky, but he snubbed the North
Londoners. Modric claims that although he is a big Arsene Wenger fan he wants to take things slowly
and not just jump into the arms [.
With the silly season well underway, it's time to name the Only Time Will Tell All Transfer Rumor
11.
Goaltender: Jens Lehmann, Arsenal: Probably heading back to Germany to keep him in the running for
Euro 2008.
Right backs: Willy Sagnol, Bayern Munich: could be great insurance for a team
like Manchester United.
The Daily Mail reckons that Arsenal have been thwarted in their attempts to sign Bolton's Jussi
Jaaskelainen and that Barcelona are set to sneak in front of the Gunners and whisk the Finn away.
Arsene Wenger planned to bring in Jaaskelainen as a replacement for lunatic Lehmann but the Daily
Mail thinks that [.
The news from the highlight reels regarding Barcelona and Real Murcia is that Thierry Henry is back
and he badder than ever! Of course, looking at this comp, you can also see he is back to his old
whining self but the man has mad skillz and he's now showing what the Emirates Stadium is missing
against Birmingham but you can never doubt Arsene Wenger's evaluation and I'm sure come the end of
Henry's playing career his highlights would still belong with Arsenal.
In the most coffee spluttering claim of the day, the Daily Mail reckons that Chelsea will offer
loose talking Didier Drogba to either Barcelona or AC Milan, and in return they wont want cash
(Roman has enough of that stuff to last a lifetime - literally) - no, instead Avram Grant and co
will [...]
Chelsea have lost out once again in their bid to woo another major international star to Stamford
Bridge. Goal.com reports that that Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta has signed a new contract with
Barcelona that will keep him at Camp Nou until 2014. At 23, Iniesta has already established himself
as one of the key pieces in [.
The F.A. Cup bores me. Let's talk about Spain, which returned to league action Saturday. In the
yesterday's marquee match-up, third-placed Espanyol Barcelona trounced fourth-placed Villareal,
3-0. All goals were scored in the first half, with Espanyol captain Raul Tamudo notching a brace
Second-placed Barcelona saw off Mallorca on second half goals by Rafa Marquez [.
As squads begin training for the upcoming African Cup of Nations, two stories of the age-old club
vs. country row that affects football from time to time.
This year, the situation's been magnified by the timing of the Cup of Nations. With more Africans
playing in major football leagues, the mass exodus of players for up to six weeks is worrying big
clubs like Chelsea of England and Barcelona of Spain.
It is Spain's worst kept secret that FC Barcelona defender Gianluca Zambrotta is not happy at Camp
Nou and is looking for a move out. Reports that he and his family cannot settle in the Catalan
capital, even after 18 months, is the main reason why local newspapers are suggesting that the
Italian international is [.
It's been a tough year for Sevilla, and it's just getting tougher now as the rojiblancos find
themselves out of the Copa del Rey with a 0-0 draw today at the Camp Nou. The draw puts Barcelona
through with a 1-1 draw previously at the Sanchez Pizjuan. The game was not worthy of the two teams
[...]
Barcelona and Cameroon striker and all round footballing superstar Samiel Eto'o has today let the
cat out of the bag and admitted that Mourinho conducted hush-hush secret meetings with him. In
fact, Eto'o came so close to signing for Chelsea that he couldn't help fantasizing about the
glorious Music he would have made with Didier [.
He tells the club he wants to leave, then talks about how he and Nicolas Anelka will form a
terrifying striking partnership, before flirting shamelessly with Barcelona through the medium of a
French newspaper. It's little wonder that Chelsea are getting teed off with Didier Drogba, and the
Daily Mail are reporting that they wouldn't [.
Quick hello from Barcelona - and the slow computers of free-internet IES Barcelona. Attended
Barcelona-Racing Santander last night. A 1-0 win for Barça thanks to a Thierry Henry knock-in.
Couple observations and then the next time you´ll hear from me specifically is Wednesday. Thierry
Henry is simply a beast to watch in person.
Sportingo.com's Mark Apostolou reviews all the ridiculous transfer rumours and brings you the picks
of the bunch. There are lies, damn lies, and football transfer rumours – but don't shoot the
messenger! I am only reporting the ridiculous stories cooked up by the press and giving my take on
these half-baked ideas, which sometimes, just sometimes, [.
1/5/2008
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Barcelona ensured they did not start 2008 by losing more ground on league leaders Real Madrid by
picking up a vital 2-0 win over Mallorca.
Rafael Marquez gave Barca the lead in the second half when he converted a Xavi corner, before
Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o completed the win with a screaming 30-yard shot in injury time.
Ramón Cabrero has a little over two weeks remaining to get his charges ready for their first taste
of Copa Libertadores action, but insisted on Monday that Lanús are up to the challenge of going
head-to-head with some of South America's biggest clubs. First, of course, they've got to get past
Ecuadorian side Olmedo.
Barcelona avanza en la copa del rey al empatar sin goles en el nou camp, el gol de visitante
conseguido en el partido de ida les da el pase a la siguiente ronda
Some more transfer mouth farting from the tabloids and broadsheets... Portsmouth have snapped up
Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra who took no time to declare: 'The people at Portsmouth know I
will not spend my life at this club'. (Guardian) Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is hot for Jermain
Defoe, and is desperate to take him to Villa [.
If Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea, Avram Grant will try and nab Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o and are
rumoured to be willing to pay up to £40m. (Sunday Express) ...And Drogba's Ivorian teammate Yaya
Toure has let the cat out of the bag, saying that the striker fancies a move to Barcelona, AC Milan
or Real Madrid.
Jornada 20 down in the books in La Liga and what a Jornada it was. Some of the more notable
happenings in this matchweek. Saturday saw my Sevilla fall to a 12th place Getafe side in the 92nd
minute. A back and forth game saw Sevilla draw first blood, but watched Getafe fight [...]
The big clubs in Spain have long defended the seeded, two-legged format in the Copa del Rey which
means that even if they do lose to a second-level team in the first game, they can be sure to turn
the tie around on their own pitch in the return match. This may appear to serve [...]
