According to the latest news in the London Times, Chelsea are planning to make a world record signing of Kaka from A.C. Milan. To me thats Kaka. With the amount of money they are going to spend on 1 player who may still be in his prime, but also is nearing the end of it, they could be rebuilding the entire squad for the multiple campaigns that they have to mount in England and Europe. Click to continue reading...

I recently (and more than a little prematurely) hailed Martin O'Neill as a genius for holding on to Gareth Barry via the tactic of quoting Liverpool a high price for his best player and not accepting a penny less. But that's not the only tactic for preventing your players from leaving. Our latest football comic from [. Click to continue reading...

Following on from our look at each individual Premier League club, Luke Simmons compares and contrasts the fortunes of the 'big four'.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool comprise the biggest names in English football, some of the greatest in Europe, and four of the most reowned names in the Wworld. Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan has defended 37 game, 0 goal striker Alan Smith,

"Alan Smith is a Newcastle player and that's it. He may not always be the best player on the pitch but no one will try harder."

Number of 2007/08 EPL forwards with a worse strike-rate than Alan Smith: 0
EPL goals Alan Smith has scored since the end of the 2005/06 season: 0
EPL goals Alan Smith has scored since the end of the 2004/05 season: 1
Alan Smith's effort (out of 100): 100

Keegan's Message: It is fine to be crap so long as you try hard. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea to bid world-record £78m for AC Milan's Kaka, Didier Drogba is set to stay

Chelsea are set to sign AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka for a world-record transfer fee of £78 million, according to the player's agent.

Despite stating that they have made no official bid for the current Fifa World Player of the Year, sources close to both the west London club, and Kaka himself, are confident that he will be a Chelsea player by the close of the transfer window on Aug 31. Click to continue reading...

West Ham have sacked dumped Freddie "The Pants" Ljungberg. Or to put it nicely, West Ham announced on Wednesday that they have released midfielder Freddie Ljungberg after an agreement was reached to terminate his contract. Who is the country's best player? Ljungberg, who captained Sweden at Euro 2008, moved to West Ham last July 2007 for approx £3m. Click to continue reading...

There is no doubt that Robinho is a fine player. He hasn't quite hit the heights as being one of the 'greats' yet but he is very, very good. Having said that, it seems that he may have beliefs about his own ability that haven't really yet been proved on the pitch. Robinho's agent has revealed the Brazilian's anger and dismay at his treatment by Real Madrid, saying that he should be treated as the best player in the world, but they treat him just as a normal player. Click to continue reading...

The best player in the world is coming back to Old Trafford for another go.

But can this next season really be better than the 2007-08 campaign? With EPL and UCL titles? Doubtful.

And you already know he's not a lifer, like Giggsy and Scholesy.

But just in case you forgot, here's some misremembered Ronaldo greatness. Click to continue reading...

Everybody pretty much agrees that the regular season in MLS is a little bit long. There are so many ups and downs that it's difficult to maintain maximum focus every time you step on the field. In short, there are very few (if any) critical regular season MLS matches played in August: except maybe for this past weekend at R.

Click to continue reading...

£6m...That's Ljungberg's reward for being a Premier League flop as Hammers show him the door

Freddie Ljungberg's disastrous spell at Upton Park is over after only 12 months as West Ham agreed to pay a staggering £6million to get him off their spiralling wage billl.

As the full extent of Ljungberg's incredible salary details emerged - he is paid £85,000 a week and had an option for another year if he made just 15 appearances this season - West Ham are still suffering from the aftershock of one of the most expensive mistakes in British football history. Click to continue reading...

I was fortunate enough to be one the 68,000 at Old Trafford yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed getting to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer off. Of course, with Ole now working with the Reserves, there was no need for a tearful farewell. For me, Carlos Tevez was easily the best player on the park. Whilst Solskjaer showed some [. Click to continue reading...

The oh so tiresome Ronaldo saga drags on and the latest news is that despite Real Madrid's claims that they've played no part in unsettling the player, the Spanish club's German coach Bernd Schuster has confirmed that they ARE doing all they can to secure the player when saying "I think the club is working hard to get a solution to this matter. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez last night expressed his relief as the draw for the final Champions League qualifying round paired his side with Belgians Standard Liege.

The Liverpool manager feared a long away trip would disrupt his preparations for the new season with the opening Premier League game against Sunderland coming potentially just three days after the first leg. Click to continue reading...

The one player I would want at Arsenal. He runs, runs and then runs some more. And oh ya, he scores great goals. Best player in the world in that position Click to continue reading...

Just as its junior brother, the UEFA Cup, conducted a qualifying round draw this morning, the Champions League did as well with its Third Qualifying Round. We won't know the full slate of matchups until August 6, when the Second Qualifying Round finishes up, but the opponents for Liverpool and Arsenal have already been determined. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona echoed many fan feelings from around the world when he told Cristiano Ronaldo he would be "bloody stupid" if he was to quit Man U to opt for Real Madrid. "Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world right now," Cantona said in the Daily Star. "He is a genuine [. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake vs Toronto FC
result 2-1

Yes he let in two goals but he's the only reason we didn't loose 5-1. Blame it on the altitude, blame it on the heat, but in truth the defensive line really failed Sutton and the team. Sutton you're still the man and with Dichio out you're the best player we've got.

Click to continue reading...

I'll admit, Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Wisla Krakow wasn't the most exciting pre-season match I've ever seen. But it did feature the appearance of Daniel Pacheco, who was the best player on the pitch in Liverpool's win over FC Lucerne.... Click to continue reading...

In one of the more shocking developments of the European summer transfer market, Brazilian superstar Kaka is reportedly ready to move to Chelsea in a record-breaking transfer.

How much money are we talking? Try a $158 MILLION. Yes, say that one in your best Dr. Evil voice. WOW.

Don't go buying the snazzy new Chelsea black uniform with Kaka on it just yet.

Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry was named this week as the best player in Arsenal history in a series revealed on the club's website. The striker, who now plays at Barcelona, sounded humbled when asked about the award by the website. Thanks to... Click to continue reading...

You would think from the accolades last week that Zinedine Zidane had just retired. In fact DaMarcus Beasley somehow compared Claudio Reyna to ZuZu before the 2006 World Cup saying: On the field, technically he's our best player. He's so smooth. He's very nonchalant. He always reminds me of [Zinedine Zidane]. Click to continue reading...

Robert Green isn't a very happy Hammer right now. The 28-year-old keeper, and arguably the team's best player, wanted an improved deal this summer but it doesn't look like he'll get it. And he's upset. Hammers chief executive Scott Duxbury... Click to continue reading...

"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but people just don't notice him, don't notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew, the players all knew he was the most important.

Click to continue reading...

MARKHAM - What started off as a mismatch, soon turned into a nightmare, before Pistolas FC soon reloaded and fired a late goal over Those Guys FC 2-1.

The game started with Those Guys only fielding 8 players, but PFC failed to capitalize on the advantage and played slow and lacklustre, a tendency they seem to have playing at the level of their competition. Click to continue reading...

The Liverpool youngster appears to be sticking it to Rafa Benitez -- who warned the winger the Olympics might cost him a place on the first team at Anfield.

Babel, who missed Euros with an ankle injury, would be the team's best player.

Roy Makaay, Gerald Sibon and Kew Jaliens were picked as the over-age players. Click to continue reading...