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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 [.
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 [.
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 [.
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 [.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 [.
Upsets left right and centre in today's FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry
somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1.
Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and
injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at [.
The second slice of steaming transfer scheming... Despite Manchester United's firm denial that they
will be bringing anyone in over the January transfer window, they are being linked with a swoop for
Hertha Berlin's left-back Gilberto who could be used as back-up for Patrice Evra. (Daily Mail)
Bolton gaffer Gary Megson will bring in AZ [.
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 Times today reports on the latest episode of the Anelka transfer malarkey, apparently:
"Chelsea's hopes of signing Nicolas Anelka before the London derby with Tottenham Hotspur on
Saturday increased after the France striker demanded yesterday to be allowed to leave Bolton
Wanderers." And whilst Gary Megson originally thought that his club would [.
The Times has lovingly compiled the Top 25 January signings, and in at number one is David
Bentley's transfer from Arsenal to Blackburn. Times journo Tom Dart writes: "Already on loan,
Blackburn made the deal permanent two years ago. Whatever the undisclosed fee was, it was a bargain
– Bentley blossomed and was [.
Now this is one hot transfer speculation that you wouldn't like to miss and the best part of the
tale is that this could well be true. Remember Djibril Cisse, the French striker who failed to
settle at Liverpool even after sticking to the Merseyside club for two years? Well, he is reported
to be [...
This must be the live commentary and play by play live radio broadcast and tv telecast that
everyone is waiting for tonight in the English Premier League (EPL) between Newcastle and Bolton.
It is the second coming of the Newcastle messiah Kevin Keegan after having been appointed the new
Newcastle manager and all fans on Tyneside and waiting in anticipation and bated breath for the
return of beautiful football as how it is supposed to be played - fantasy attacking soccer with the
intention to score more goals than the opposition to win instead of scoring one and defending like
your life depends on it which is not what Newcastle fans want to watch after paying their hard
earned money after a long week at work.
In true Sam Allardyce style, the Newcastle manager is hitting back at his critics, as reported in
the Daily Telegraph. The former Bolton coach is unhappy with the treatment he has received at the
hands of the media, especially considering his many predecessors failed to deliver any silverware
to the success-starved fans.
The Guardian reports that Juande Ramos has told his scouts to look far and wide for a decent
'keeper as a replacement for Paul Robinson, whose season has been a complete unmitigated disaster
with regular gaffes between the sticks. In terms of other targets the Guardian's Dominic Fifield
writes that Ramos: "has [.
It looked like the deal was off, but Chelsea now appear to be on the brink of signing Nicolas
Anelka from Bolton Wandererers, according to the BBC. BBC Sport understands that only formalities
remain and the 28-year-old will sign in time to figure in Saturday's game against Spurs. Bolton
have confirmed terms have been agreed and [.
The autobiography of Nicolas Anelka might make for interesting reading. After all, how many players
can claim to have played for Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris St
Germain, Fenerbahce and the mighty Bolton Wanderers? However, The Times reveal that the Frenchman's
wild days of one-season stands and brief love affairs are over, [.
Gerald Cid is yet another foreigner unable to adjust to the English Premier League and is all set
to pack his bags at the end of this month. Sky Sports reports that the player signed from Bordeaux
in the summer would switch leagues during the January transfer season. Sky Sports has quoted a
L'Equipe report suggesting [.
The Times today reports on Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger who reckons that Nic Anelka would have
preferred to be playing for Arsenal right now. Wenger insisted that the Frenchman would have
preferred to have returned to Arsenal to make amends, but unspoken Arsenal club policy dictates
that once players leave, they are not [.
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 [.
Hailed by all and sundry as one of the best buys in the history of football (ok, that is possibly a
tad over the top), Blackburn Rovers defender was actually considering leaving the UK because of
homesickness and a primal fear of rotten Lancastrian weather. Thankfully, faced with cowering in
fear and loneliness under [.
Last night I went to see a friendly game between Conference South side Dorchester Town and
Conference National Salisbury City. Both sides fielded a mixture of first team players, fringe
players and reserves. The game finished 0-0.
Also last night Bolton played Fulham in the Premier League with sixteen international players on
view.
The Times are today running with an exclusive that Chelsea and Bolton have entered into formal
negotiations regarding Trotters striker Nicolas Anelka. The French international has been the
subject of transfer rumours for many weeks and, with the Blues certain to be missing Didier Drogba
for at least another month, it appears they are close [.
"A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Panic stricken Chelsea boss Avram Grant needs an
all-action gallopping stallion of a striker to fill the massive Didier Drogba sized hole in his
team, and Nic Anelka is the man to do it. And with Chelsea looking disconsolately at their massive
missing and [.
Good afternoon folks. Apologies for the slowdown in posts but I'm working on a few stories and
also preparing for SBI's trip to Florida for the MLS Combine.
Here are some European soccer news tidbits for those of you who have been busy doing things like
working and studying:
Newcastle sacks Allardyce.
And why should he be? The former Newcastle manager has probably received a handsome pay-off from
his ex-employers, making him a considerably richer man than he was last summer after leaving
Bolton. The Daily Telegraph has reported that Sam Allardyce is refusing to criticise the
powers-that-be at St James' Park and is keen to return [.
Chelsea might start to lose interest in Nic Anelka soon, as Bolton valiantly stand by their £15
million transfer demands, reports the Guardian. Quite how Chelsea, owned by a Russian Billionaire
who probably uses 50 pound notes instead of loo roll, cannot afford 15 million quid is beyond us
but as tension over [.
Nothing much to report tonight, although I'm sure you've all heard about Nicholas Anelka's reported
$30 million US move to Chelsea today. When he makes his first appearance with the West London side,
Anelka will have played for his eighth different professional team since 1995.
You heard it here first: Tottenham will end Chelsea's record home league unbeaten streak at 73
matches tomorrow.
The footballing journeyman that is Nicolas Anelka is now back in London. No, not at his old club
Arsenal (who were speculated to be eager to embrace him once again) but at the Gunners' bitter
rivals Chelsea. Sky Sports has confirmed that Chelsea have signed the volatile and temperamental
French striker from Bolton Wanderers for a [.
So Chelsea have finally landed Nic Anelka after they increased their offer from their original
£12m bid up to the £15m that was in line with Bolton's valuation. And Bolton cannily played
Chelsea's bluff after the Londoners claimed that they would look elsewhere if the deal wasn't
accepted swiftly.
