Tottenham winger David Bentley could be the next Premier League player on his way to MLS.

According to reports, Bentley is seeking a loan move to MLS. The 27-year-old midfielder spent the last half of last season on loan with Birmingham City and the first portion of this season on loan at West Ham before suffering a knee injury in mid-October.

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On day three of cleaning out my garage, I found a pleasant surprise in a 1962 collection of 25 cards entitled "Football Clubs and Badges" from a company named Lamberts Of Norwich. The cards were included in packets of tea ...
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Arsene Wenger has said that his team's recent run of good form is a result of their failures in the 2010/11 season.

Arsenal were on the verge of ending their six-year long trophy drought at this time last season when they faced Birmingham City in the Carling Cup final. But in a surprising turn of events, they lost that match and their confidence took a serious hit.

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TweetFabrice Muamba is now in a stable condition and has begun to start speaking again according to a close friend who visited the stricken Bolton ace in hospital. Reports from the Associated Press revealed that a close friend of Fabrice Muamba has made clear that the 23-year-old has begun speaking "minimal words" as he recovers [.

It has been revealed today that Arsenal are set to sign a young Birmingham City starlet called Foday Nabay who has already been called up to the England U16 side when he was just 12 years-old. Now 13 it seems that he has been at Birmingham for six years, but Arsene Wenger is arranging for [...]

Mail: Liverpool eye Birmingham winger Nathan Redmond

Liverpool are interested in Birmingham City winger Nathan Redmond. The £10million-rated 17-year-old has two years left on his contract but has attracted strong attention from Manchester City.

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This morning I was listening to BBC Five Live commentator Alan Green complaining about poor attendances in this weekend's FA Cup matches. The two examples he gave were the crowd of less than 15,000 for a west Midlands derby between ...
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Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb, with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent, after talks over cancelling his contract.
The move comes two weeks after Hleb returned to Barcelona following a failed loan spell with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg, who had asked to terminate his season-long agreement six months early, after the 30-year-old struggled with form and fitness, making just four appearances this term.

I'm not going to lie to you. As much as I'd like to sit here and tell you about all of the great action that is taking place this weekend, I'm having a hard time coming up with enough to fill up this entry. There are a pair of great matches on Sunday, that are taking place at the same time, unfortunately, but other than that, the pickings are pretty slim.

We have five matches on the cards in the 5th Round of the FA Cup today, the tournament that was founded in 1871. Chelsea are at home to Birmingham City in the early kick-off at 7:30am ET/12:30pm GMT, which is ...
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Real Madrid's coach, Jose Mourinho is in a positive mood after his team once again picked up all three points in the league, keeping their lead over Barcelona in tact and also not throwing away much energies as their win happened in a convincing fashion. Mourinho revealed that's the victory over Racing Santander was obviously important but getting it without much trouble is even more appreciated by the tactician considering Madrid are facing tight schedules ahead of them.

The League Cup may not hold the appeal it once did, marginalised in England as the once proud UEFA Cup has been in continental play (though when it comes to re-branding, England's second cup competition got there first—it's been changing its name for thirty years now). From the first competition in 1960 through its first six years, the final was a two-legged home-and-home affair.

Qatar advanced to the final round of World Cup qualifying while Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were eliminated in a wild day of matches across the Asian continent.

The 2022 World Cup hosts, currently ranked 96th in the world, scored a late goal to draw 2-2 with Iran. The draw moved Qatar into second place in Group E at the expense of Bahrain.

The Ides of March came early for the latest governor of Roman's empire, then. Don Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas leaves Chelsea Football Club today after eight and a half months in the job, having apparently failed to rein in the player-power of the club's dressing room. The tipping point came with a single goal defeat away to West Bromwich Albion yesterday afternoon, but this has been a sacking that has been coming for a while, as the team has stumbled from result to result in recent weeks, including a humbling home draw against Birmingham City in the FA Cup and a comprehensive defeat against Napoli in the Champions League.

As the debate surrounding the identity of the next Chelsea manager heats up, skipper John Terry has spoken out in support of former boss Andre Villas-Boas, who was sacked on Sunday.

It has been an eventful week for the Blues as they won their first game in the post-AVB era by defeating Birmingham City 2-0 in the FA Cup amidst non-stop rumors that the likes of former Liverpool gaffer Rafa Benitez, Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, and Real Madrid's former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho are all potential candidates for the Stamford Bridge hot-seat.

Premier League: Yakubu, Fletcher, Bent and the value of goalscorers in avoiding relegation is a post from: Just Football

by Amit Singh

Yakubu's 100th league goal secured Blackburn Rovers a 2-0 victory over Sunderland on Tuesday to push them five points clear of the relegation zone and highlight the importance of how goals can keep sides up.

The 2012-13 Arsenal home shirt was leaked yesterday and no matter how you look at it, you cannot avoid the obvious fact: it looks like it belongs to Manchester United. More specifically the 2010-11 away jersey.

Perhaps this is a new strategy for Arsenal seeking a bit of luck in claiming their first piece of silverware since 2005.

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Aston Villa: what if the problem is the club and not McLeish? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

This Premier League season has been a memorable one, with the title race again going down to the wire and potentially being settled by a Manchester derby, the new arrivals Norwich and Swansea reminding everyone that the gap in class between the Premier League and the Championship actually isn't all that great, and the relegation battle is probably one of the tightest battles there has been in the Premier League since it's inception 20 years ago.

10 Most Overpriced Footballers - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

There are many, especially those who don't have very much of an interest in sport, who think that top athletes are overpaid to do nothing more than ‘play a game'. However, there are many like Lionel Messi, Tom Brady, Derrick Rose, and others who are the best or among the best in their respective sports that look like they at least somewhat deserve the high salaries that they receive.

By Alan Duffy

Stoke City 1-1 Everton Premier League 1st May 2012

Former Birmingham City hitman Cameron Jerome came off the bench to net an equaliser for Stoke at the Britannia, in a game lacking much quality.

Spindly striker Peter Crouch had given the visiting Toffees the lead just before half-time when he deflected a Tony Hibbert cross into his own goal.

On the heels of a campaign in which Sacha Kljestan was a focal point in helping lead Anderlecht to a Belgian league championship, the club is hoping to lock up the U.S. midfielder for the long term.

Kljestan's current deal with Anderlecht runs through 2014, but according to Belgian outlet Het Niuewsblad, Anderlecht is looking to extend Kljestan's stay in Belgium for two or three more years beyond then.

Jonathan Spector's Birmingham City will attempt to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final at St. Andrew's tonight. The Blues are optimistic on the back of only one defeat in ten games. They have only been beaten once at home this season and defeated the Seasiders 3-0 in Birmingham in December.

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What Are The Prospects For Aston Villa? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Aston Villa on Monday sacked Alex McLeish. You can hardly blame them for sacking him. McLeish is so negative magnets in his presence never attract and only repel. He could fall on some tube tracks and not be electrocuted.

By Alan Duffy

Former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett passed away last night after a 16-month battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The 46-year-old was one of a select band of players to enjoy extended stays with both Liverpool clubs after starting off with the red half of the city as an apprentice in 1982.

Former Liverpool and Everton player Gary Ablett has dies at the young age of 46 following his battle against non-hodgkin's lymphoma over the past 18 months.

Ablett played 109 games for Liverpool between 1985-1992, while also notching up over 100 appearances for Everton and Birmingham City.

Kenny Dalglish led the tributes today, here is what he said to LiverpoolFC.

Former Liverpool and Everton player Gary Ablett has dies at the young age of 46 following his battle against non-hodgkin's lymphoma over the past 18 months.

Ablett played 109 games for Liverpool between 1985-1992, while also notching up over 100 appearances for Everton and Birmingham City.

Kenny Dalglish led the tributes today, here is what he said to LiverpoolFC.

Former Liverpool and Everton player Gary Ablett has dies at the young age of 46 following his battle against non-hodgkin's lymphoma over the past 18 months.

Ablett played 109 games for Liverpool between 1985-1992, while also notching up over 100 appearances for Everton and Birmingham City.

Kenny Dalglish led the tributes today, here is what he said to LiverpoolFC.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Landon Donovan did not lead Everton to victory in his return match for the club, but he will not have to wait long to get another chance at that.

Donovan and Everton will take on lowly Tamworth of England's fifth division in a third round FA Cup match on Saturday.

Goal: Liverpool challenge Manchester City for £12m-rated Birmingham City prospect Nathan Redmond report

After beating the league leaders to the signing of 16-year-old Jordan Ibe, the Reds are apparently hoping they can lure the Championship winger to Anfield this month

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Liverpool is making progress on establishing grounds to negotiate a deal for Birmingham City winger Nathan Redmond, who is being valued at £10 million by the midlands club.
Redmond has 2 years remaining on his current deal at St. Andrew's, but has recently attracted interest from Manchester City and other Premier League clubs.

Liverpool is looking into the possibility of loaning Inter Milan forward Mauro Zarate, according to The National.
However, for any deal to happen, Inter would have to release Zarate back to his parent club Lazio because the 24-year-old is currently on a temporary contract at the San Siro until June.

Just eighteen miles separates Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City geographically. The West Midlands rivals are also separated by 18 places retrospectively between two divisions. On Saturday, they were separated by nothing but fresh air as...
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Just eighteen miles separates Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City geographically. The West Midlands rivals are also separated by 18 places retrospectively between two divisions. On Saturday, they were separated by nothing but fresh air as...
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Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur host Tim Howard, Landond Donovan, and Everton in a Premier League clash at White Hart Lane, while Jonathan Spector and Birmingham City face Ipswich Town.

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