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The second half of today's transfer rumours haul... Reading's Steve Coppell will prise open his
wallet and shell out £700,000 on Czech Republic international midfielder Marek Matejovsky.
(Mirror) Bolton's Gary Megson wants to bag Real Madrid's Javier Saviola and hopes his arrival will
paper over the cracks of Nicolas Anelka's iminent departure.
Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has a list of players he wants to kick out, and it consists of eight
players: 'keeper Paul Robinson, Jermain Defoe, Pascal Chimbonda, Lee Young-Pyo, Anthony Gardner,
Paul Stalteri, Wayne Routledge and Hossam Ghaly. (The Sun) ...And on the other side of the coin
Rangers full-back Alan Hutton has yet again reached [.
In preparation for every game, Arsene Wenger gives his players a motivational handout that helps to
focus his team on the task ahead. A copy of the handout was found in a Bolton hotel for this past
weekend's 3-1 win by Arsenal at the Reebok Stadium. Here's a transcript of what the handout said:
Confidential Team meeting [.
Drum roll please for Nike Playmaker a glorious idea that relieves you from being forced to meander
around your local parks and parking lots in search of some lads kicking around something vaguely
spherical in order to get your daily football fix. Now through Nike Playmaker you can sort it out -
it is [.
If you're looking for super-senasational rumors in today's roundup, there aren't any, but there are
some juicy bits. So, I'll keep the intro short and get to the news and rumors. England Bolton have
clinched the signing of Birmingham midfielder Fabrice Muamba in a deal worth more than 5 million
pounds.
Didier Drogba will leave Chelsea for AC Milan for around £40million. But only once the "Special
One" Jose Mourinho takes the reigns at the Rossoneri. (People) ...Meanwhile the Ginger Mourinho
Gary Megson is trailing Javier Saviola and will attempt to take the Real Madrid striker to Bolton.
(People) Blackburn and Sunderland are both after Chelsea's Steve Sidwell [.
Chelsea appear to have coped rather well without the services of Didier Drogba for the past
month-and-a-half. The Ivorian has been injured for the Blues and managed just a quick cameo
appearance against QPR in the FA Cup before jetting off to Ghana. However, the striker insists in
The Sun that new £15 million signing [.
Everyone likes having defenders from the Big Four clubs, but picking the regular starters can be
deceptive. Ranking defenders for minutes played last season, of the top 25 only 5 come from
Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal. Many of the big fours' defenders get injured or rotated
during the season - picking the few players who regularly start can be tough in the preseason.
Click here to watch Ronaldo's penalty and here to see Wayne Rooney's first of the season.
"VIDEO: Ronaldo and Rooney's Goals Against Bolton" was originally published at The
Republik of Mancunia.
Lots of rumoured transfer cross-polleination in today's batch of rumours. Arsenal's Lassana Diarra
told Arsene Wenger that he wasn't in the right frame of mind to play against Spurs in the Carling
Cup, and now Man City look to be at the front of the queue for the unstable midfielder. (Guardian)
...Midfielder Gilberto Silva will deal with [.
Moving away from tomorrows League game against Bolton. Here's a couple of pics which should get
some fans laughing - take a look at this. From Redstate: Manchester United is arguably the largest
sports team in the world and its team shirt is recognized just about everywhere. Emblazoned on the
front is the logo of the team's [.
According to the Daily Mail, the FAI are keen to recruit former Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce to
be the new Republic of Ireland manager - I suppose anything is an improvement on the hapless Steve
Staunton. However, Irish legend doesn't seem too keen on Big Sam taking charge of his country's
team, in fact you [.
The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to
the original sources like I normally do, but if you want them, let me know.
OUTGOING:
FRED: Is it just me, or does Fred spend an inordinate amount of time making
life difficult for the rest of us?
All the latest transfer guff from the papers... The latest manager expressing a desire to take a
swig from the St James' poison chalice is ex-Liverpool supremo Gérard Houllier. (Various)
Manchester United chief exec David Gill has told anyone who will listen that the Old Trafford
transfer S.W.A.T. team will remain dormant for the January transfer frolics.
The Sun has uncorked yet another of its top Ten lists, this time the Top Ten Signings of the
Season. The top three were: 1.Fernando Torres 2.Roque Santa Cruz 3. Anderson But we're not too
concerned about what The Sun thinks, what is your top 3 Premier League signings this season?
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A hefty batch of gossip this Saturday... If Nic Anelka decides to pack his bags Ginger Mourinho
Gary Megson has his eyes on Marseilles' punk striker Djibril Cisse. (Sun) ...And Greek midfielder
Stelios will not be joining Sheffield United, despite having fallen out of favour recently. (Daily
Star) Confusion reigns supreme at Goodison Park this weekend.
Discussing deliberate fouls on fellow professionals has become a bit taboo since Roy Keane's
admission about his pre-meditated knee-high tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland, but Bolton's Kevin Nolan
has broken the silence to say that he urged team-mate Jlloyd Samuel to foul Theo Walcott during
their match against Arsenal on Saturday.
With internal turmoil reportedly tearing the dressing room apart, can the young Gunners rise above
it all in this live online broadcast commentary soccer match between Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal
and breathe new life into their title chase? Can Arsene Wenger rally his players to ignore their
differences and rubbish the media reports as they rebuild their title ambitions and push Manchester
United and Chelsea all the way to the end?
1. Chelsea are serious about winning the Premier League Beating Portsmouth 4-0 at home with a
swagger is one thing. But titles are won by going away to Wigan and winning 1-0, without even
playing particularly well. Which is exactly what Big Phil's men did yesterday, courtesy of a 4th
minute Deco free kick.
The African Cup of Nations, which starts later this month, is going to have its own say on
the Premier League title race. Here is the list of players, from The Guardian, that are in the
process of leaving their team to play in the tournament:
Arsenal
Kolo Touré and Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast),
Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
Birmingham
Richard Kingson (Ghana), Mehdi Nafti and Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia)
Blackburn
Aaron Mokoena (South Africa)
Bolton
El Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Abdoulaye Méïté (Ivory Coast)
Chelsea
Mikel John Obi (Nigeria), Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Ghana)
Everton
Joseph Yobo and Yakubu Ayegbeni (Nigeria), Steven Pienaar (South
Africa)
LiverpoolNabil El Zhar (Morocco), Mohamed Sissoko (Mali)
Middlesbrough
Mohamed Shawky (Egypt)
Newcastle
Obafemi Martins (Nigeria), Geremi (Cameroon), Abdoulaye Faye and
Habib Beye (Senegal)
Portsmouth
Pape Bouba Diop (Senegal), Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka (Nigeria), Sulley Muntari (Ghana)
Reading
André Bikey (Cameroon), Emerse Faé (Ivory Coast), Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal)
Sunderland
Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria)
Tottenham
Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast)
West Ham
John Pantsil (Ghana), Henri Camara (Senegal)
Wigan
Salomon Olembe (Cameroon), Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria)
Sky Sports breaks down who is going to feel the loss the most during the next month.
Newcastle United are the latest club to have been linked with France international Bafétimbi Gomis. The St. Etienne striker has already been linked with Arsenal and Bolton despite having just signed a four-year deal with the Ligue 1 club. Sir...
In 11th hour Genoa made probably the most impressive move of the transfer deadline by bringing back
Diego Milito from Real Zaragoza. Arrivals 02/09/2008 Iago Falqué Barcelona to Juventus
01/09/2008 Bosko Jankovic to Genoa 01/09/2008 D. Brivio Vicenza to Genoa (Loan) 01/09/2008 Djordje
Rakic Salzburg to Reggina (Loan) 01/09/2008 G.
Cristiano Ronaldo got all the headlines after Man Utd's 2-0 win over Bolton, mostly for the way he
won Utd's penalty (which he also converted.) You can see what happened in the video above. Did
Ronaldo dive? Or did he just innocently fall and Rob Styles was dumb enough to award a pen? Or
maybe you [.
The first swig of a two-part heady brew of midweek transfer rumours... Everton and Portsmouth are
both after Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell after the ginger maestro turned down a loan move to
Sunderland. (The Sun) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is close to bagging Arsenal midfielder Lassana
Diarra, luring him in with promises of first team football.
We are still waiting to see Gary Megson take flight and leave Bolton when another big money move
arrives but it probably would not happen until he has brought Bolton down to the Championship and
that might continue to happen in this live commentary and play by play soccer match in the English
Premier League against Fulham.
Middlesbrough might have to shell out an extra £2m in compensation to AZ Alkmaar, as the
polygamist Brazilian actually signed contracts with both clubs. (Daily Mail) The Premier League
will meet next week to try and sift through the crazed mess that is the Benjani transfer from
Portsmouth to Man City.
Moving away from tomorrows League game against Bolton. Here's a couple of pics which should get
some fans laughing - take a look at this. From Redstate: Manchester United is arguably the largest
sports team in the world and its team shirt is recognized just about everywhere. Emblazoned on the
front is the logo of the team's [.
Everton's ginger supremo David Moyes remains confident that Joleon Lescott will sign a new Everton
deal despite being linked in the ‘mee-ja' with a move to Arsenal or Manchester United. (Various)
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has managed to nab Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill , beating Boltonto
his signature.
Seems as if Arsene Wenger was either very confident about today's game or was praying very hard for
a miracle because he decided to rest his leading goal scorer Adebayor for the first hour of the
game. With arsenal already behind Manchester United in points could really use the points but
history wasn't on their [.
Avram Grant, John Terry and Michael Ballack are all confident that Wigan are going to try their
level best against Manchester United on Sunday. Or at least they have stated this in public. Why
shouldn't Manchester United be asking the same of Bolton Wanderers, who now travel to Chelsea
knowing that they will be playing [.
Bolton has unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. Out of all of the new shirts
revealed so far this summer, Bolton's is the most adventurous. Designed by Reebok, the shirt
features the new Reebok logo, navy shoulders and a red trim. Wanderers will also revert back to
their traditional navy blue shorts for [.
In our continuing analysis of Premier League matches on TV, here are the teams that will be shown
most frequently on Setanta Sports for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season, as of press
time Liverpool, 7 times Everton, 7 Chelsea, 6 West Ham, 6 Aston Villa, 5 Blackburn, 5 Bolton, 5
Fulham, 5 Middlesbrough, 5 Sunderland, 5 Spurs, 5 Arsenal, 4 Man United, 4 Newcastle, 4 Portsmouth,
4 Stoke, [.
Soccerword's Premier League Predictions
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Portsmouth
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Aston Villa
9. Newcastle
10. Manchester City
11. Sunderland
12. Blackburn
13.
An excellent three-points at the Reebok against a team that used to intimidate us, and who managed
to put us on the back foot in the early stages of the game.
Despite opening brightly, and comprehensively out-passing Bolton, they took the lead through a goal
which, again, asked questions of our ability to defend from set-pieces.
The second transfer rumour batch of the day... Birmingham's Alex McLeish is still trailing
Everton's James McFadden and he has cranked up his transfer stun gun from 'derisory' to 'bite their
hand off' with a £5.5m bid. (Daily Record) ...And Birmingham will snap up Hibernian's David Murphy
for £1.5m.
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.
Part one of todays bulging and mewing burlap sack of rumours... Liverpool full back John Arne Riise
has claimed (via his agent) that he isn't about to jump the Anfield ship and scuttle over to
Newcastle. (Various) ...Meanwhile on the other side of Stanley Park, David Moyes is confident that
star defender and goal machine Joleon [.
Picking through the wreckage of the late late transfer window dealings.... Kevin Keegan played the
role of 'Transfer Scrooge' this deadline day... ...He vetoed a Swindon bid for England U-19
international Andy Carroll. (The Sun) ...pulled out of a move for centre-back Alvaro from Levante.
(The Sun) .
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley could face the chop after a recent string of crapulous results.
(Observer) AC Milan, still sore from the beating they received at the San Siro at the hands of
Arsenal, will try a cheeky bid for Gooner midfielder Matthieu Flamini. (Sunday Mirror) ....And
Arsene Wenger will offer Cesc Fabregas a jewel encrusted [.
