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Liverpool could halt their plans for their brand spanking new £700m Stanley Park stadium because
of the ‘funding for it has been hit by the volatile credit markets' – Liverpool fans shouldn't
start warbling in despair just yet though – have a look at the source – which slightly
diminished the reliability of this story.
If Newcastle owner Mike Ashley wants to rid himself of Sam Allardyce and his staff he'll have to
shell out a whopping £20m in compensation. (Sunday Express) ...And in the face of yet more rumours
about dressing room discontent and player rebellion, with some squad members baying for the savior
Alan Shearer to come in; Big [.
Part one of today's blizzard of transfer rumours... Aston Villa, Bolton, and Newcastle are set for
a January transfer scuffle over Sporting Braga's Peruvian defender Alberto Rodriguez. The 22
year-old is nicknamed 'El Mudo' (The Mute), but his £5.8million transfer fee could mean that
Newcastle will have to drop out of the race for his signature.
The second half of our big batch of Sunday transfer rumours... Liverpool's interest in Czech
Republic defender Tomas Ujfalusi has abrubtly stopped after he rebuffed a £500,00 move to join
Rafa's men...for now... (Observer) Manchester City's Sven Goran Eriksson is planning to splash his
vast amounts of cash and swoop for Arsenal's Lassana Diarra, Athletic Bilbao's Andoni [.
Arsene Wenger is keen to bring Barnsley keeper Heinz Muller to Arsenal. The cost? A very Arsene
Wenger-like £1m. This move would also pave the way for Teutonic gaffe-lord Jens Lehmann to move
back to Borussia Dortmund. (Various) ...And there is "no chance" of a Cesc Fabregas move to Real
Madrid according to Cesc's agent.
Some Boxing Day transfer guff... Liverpool have leapt ahead of Celtic and snapped up Ross County
youngster Alex Cooper. The 16-year-old winger was bought for an undisclosed 6 figure sum. (The Sun)
Everton head honcho David Moyes won't think twice about dropping Yakubu if he suffers another
stutter in form.
Batch two of the day; our contribution to the rumour abyss of white noise that is the internet.
Arsenal's Spanish keeper Manuel Almunia could be England's next number 1, in one year he'll be able
to get British Citizenship. (Various) Everton and Man City are to launch an improbable four-way
transfer tug-of-war with AC Milan and Juventus [.
The second half of our transfer rumour frenzy, with plenty of slices from the succulent transfer
roast. Everton have turned down a Celtic loan move for James McFadden. The Scot has only started
three games for Everton this season and McFadden himself claims that he will wait to see if he gets
more first team football [.
Everyone saw the Premiership matches they cared about, and it's a rather lengthy process trudging
through the match reports of every club that matters little to you - especially if you're still
carrying the shameful stench of defeat. So instead, after every round of matches here's the chance
for everyone to share the three things they [.
Sportingo's Michael Walsh brings us the latest transfer gossip. There's a menacing new threat to
Newcastle's Big Sam in today's rumour and transfer gossip bag, while Portsmouth want £10m Mutu.
Aston Villa, Chelsea, Fiorentina and Roma also feature. Sir Alex Ferguson must have choked on his
Corn Flakes this morning when he woke up to [.
It's prediction time for the last set of Premier League fixtures for 2007, and I am aiming to make
my predictions as transparently clear as Crystal Gravy. Saturday, 29 December 2007 West Ham 1-3
Manchester United - Carlitos' return to Upton Park should yield a strong away win for Man Utd, with
the Red Devils firing on [.
A batch of yuletide transfer goodies for you to rifle through and squirrel over... Fabio Capello is
set to earn a pretty penny for sitting down in the legendary England hotseat, he'll be the highest
paid England manager ever, and at £6m-a-year he'll be even more expensive than balding Swedish
love-god Sven.
Watch Blackburn live online Watch Aston Villa live online A bulging burlap bag of mewing transfer
rumours. Liverpool's Rafa Benitez is adamant that he needs to buy in January, with defence being
his number one priority. (The Sun) Steve Coppell's Reading have shelled out £250,000 on 17 year
old Bulgarian wunderkind Radoslav Vasilev.
Saturday, 08 December 2007 Barclays Premier League Aston Villa 1-2 Portsmouth: I'm going for an
away win here - Aston Villa have been superb recently, especially at home - but Portsmouth are
red-hot, and in an outrageous Arsenal-esque run of form. Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland: Mourinho is
apparently in town nattering with the FA about the England job and [.
A literal explosion of transfer rumours... Tottenham boss Juande Ramos today cut through all the
transfer chuntering and Jimmy Hill-style chin wagging about Berbatov like a sizzling machete
through a warm tub of margarine. The Sun reports that Ramos has categorically denied that Berby
will be moving to Man Utd in January.
Chelsea 4, Aston Villa 4 The Battle of Stamford Bridge yielded three red cards and eight goals.
The end result sees Chelsea still clawing to stay near the leaders, Man Utd and Arsenal. It started
pretty for Martin O'Neill and the Villans as Shaun Maloney - seen to be shipped off to Scotland
soon - secured his place [.
The ever-popular Three Things series has expanded to include matchday action. Some people saw this
match in all its live glory, others on the telly, and some not at all. Either way everyone probably
saw it differently and here's your chance to tell each other what you learned. So forget the
numpteys at Sky Sports or [.
From The Terraces publishes UNEDITED submissions we receive from you, the readers. It's your chance
to show us how this football blogging is done right, or to embarrass yourself and your
ancestors.Simply write to: editor[at]caughtoffside[dot]com. This time, James Ireson gives us his
take on the African Cup of Nations and the imminent player exodus.
Two Finnish blondes with spiky hair and – as is the way with any sportsmen from Iceland – ice
in their veins. Shit huh.
From The Terraces publishes UNEDITED submissions we receive from you, the readers. It's your chance
to show us how this football blogging is done right, or to embarrass yourself and your ancestors.
Simply write to: editor[at]caughtoffside[dot]com. This time, Skis gives us his views on the
Blackburn-Arsenal love-in.
Hey Big Spenderrrrrr! It looks like Alex McLeish is going to be able to go shoulder to shoulder
with the big boys this January - or at the very least compete with Derby and Wigan. For Birmingham
owner David Gold has assured the Scot that he'll have lots of moolah to fritter away. With Carson
Yeung's [.
Watch Portsmouth live online Watch Manchester City live online Last week Ed got an improved 7/10
results correct, this week he aims to get back on track and trot out the usual mindless drivel..
Saturday, 15 December 2007 Barclays Premier League Birmingham 1-1 Reading - Reading will be up for
this and I like Ingimarsson and Bikey but Birmingham should [.
An interesting weekend of football that has seen Manchester United and Arsenal blast away from
Chelsea and Liverpool, and witnessed Manchester City usurp the Liverpudlians for fourth place.
Elsewhere, Tottenham got an amazing away win at Portsmouth, Everton beat West Ham (again) and Wigan
managed to blast five past Blackburn.
Watch Birmingham live online The Mikael Forssell-Alex McLeish love-in continues! First Forssell
flatteringly compared his new boss to Jose Mourinho. And now 'The Scottish One' has reciprocated
with saccharine adulation, claiming that he tried to buy Forssell while up at Rangers. McLeish
said: "I tried to buy him when he went back to Chelsea after being with Birmingham for [.
Two Finnish blondes with spiky hair and - as is the way with any sportsmen from Iceland - ice in
their veins. Shit huh....
The BBC have just reported that Fulham and Lawrie Sanchez have parted company. Sanchez had only
been in charge at Craven Cottage for eight months, although the Cottagers have been struggling
badly this season and currently occupy 18th-place in the Premier League. "Ray Lewington and Billy
McKinlay will be in charge of the team whilst [.
Saturday, 22 December 2007 Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham - I think that Arsenal at home, against their old
enemies, should be good for three points, but Tottenham have had two glorious results of late with
victories at Portsmouth and Man City, two of the toughest cauldrons to get even a point from, let
alone three - so [.
Birmingham City defender Radhi Jaïdi may well have torched his career with the club after he
announced that he has had a change of heart and will swan off to the African Cup of Nations to
represent his native Tunisia. And Jaïdi, 32, is realistic enough to admit that he may well have a
[...]
Picking out the prayer-worthy and the pooches from this past weekend's Premiership. Now with 10%
extra alliteration.
Three of the Premier League's struggling clubs brought in new managers at the weekend in an attempt
to save them from relegation – but who has the best chance. Steve Bruce was forced from
Birmingham for a second stint at Wigan, which began with a baptism of fire for the former Man Utd
captain against Man City – although he came out with a creditable draw.
The biggest bargain in SquadGod this week was Sebastian Larsson, or "Bissen" to his friends.
Neil Sedaka sang that 'Breaking Up is Hard To Do" and so it appears to be proving for Steve Bruce
and his former club Birmingham City. The new Wigan boss had plenty to get off his chest last week
after his appointment at the JJB Stadium was delayed by a snag over image rights. This [...]
So last week we got to sample the heroics and histrionics of three managers in their new Premier
League jobs, but if your club was marooned on a desert island without a manager, and you had your
choice of these three scamps: Paul Jewell, Alex McLeish, or Steve Bruce...who would you choose? In
terms [.
Watch Birmingham live online Watch Tottenham live online The Daily Mail is reporting that
Birmingham striker Mikael Forsell reckons that their new manager shares some striking similarities
with Jose Mourinho - and given the fact that Alex McLeish doesn't have an unhealthy love for
Yorkshire Terriers we'd say that he is an improved version of the Special [.
With only days to go until they can shake off weirdo-liar Carson Yeung, who was confidently
whooping to BBC's Sportsweek only a few weeks ago that his deal to buy up Birmingham was as certain
as the fact that bears defacate in woods, the blighted brummies now have another confidence
trickster "strange 'un" camped outside [.
Watch Birmingham live online In the least surprising event of the week so far, Brum chairman
David Gold and co-owner David Sullivan have called time on Carson Yeung's doomed takeover attempts.
Gold said: "We have been making contingency plans that the takeover would fail for several weeks
and myself and David Sullivan have been running the club on that [.
As reported yesterday, Carson Yeung's proposed takeover of Birmingham City has fallen through,
leaving the way free for chairman David Sullivan to acrue more shares in the club. Of slightly more
interest are his comments regarding former Blues boss Steve Bruce, which feature in The Guardian
today. "We got what we think is a far better [.
