Pictures of Manchester United's 2009/2010 home and away kit have been leaked. The kit was designed to commemorate United's first FA Cup, against Bristol City. I hope these are not the real kits, they are hideous, Nike could do so much more with this concept  and make an amazing looking kit. Bookmark This Post

After all the spectacular incomings, the stellar squad at the Santiago Bernabeu is set for some movement in the other direction. Real Madrid have captured all the headlines for their big-spending so far this summer, but the club are now set to start selling and need to find new clubs for at least seven players, Florentino [.

This may very well be the jersey for 2009-2010 season. I saw the pictures and recognized the Nike add, and it looks pretty authentic.

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Landon Donovan's loan move to Everton has been completed, sources confirmed to SBI on Thursday.

The U.S. national team star and Los Angeles Galaxy captain will join the Liverpool-based club when the transfer window opens on Jan.

1909 saw Ernest Mangnall's men win United's first FA Cup, against Bristol City. Now Nike has agreed to remake Manchester United's historic 1909 FA Cup Final kit for the 2009-2010 season. Nike will be using modern high-tech materials and not heavy cotton,  with a white V-shape on a red shirt instead of the red V-on-white [.

Thad over at The Back Post has the breaking news, with the press release coming soon, that Coach Onalfo has been dismissed by the Wizards. The move comes after the Wizards embarrassing 6-0 loss to Dallas on Sunday. Along with Onalfo being let go, assistant coach, Kris Kelderman was also let go. That leaves Kerry Zavagnin and John Pascarella as the two remaining coaches.

 

The Houston Dynamo didn't have a high pick in the 2009 MLS Draft but the Western Conference power still might boast one of the most exciting young players coming into MLS this season.

The Dynamo has completed the signing of U.S. Under-20 star Felix Garcia, acquiring his rights from the PDL Laredo Heat for an undisclosed transfer fee, sources confirmed to SBI on Tuesday night.

According to The Daily Mirror, Manchester United have struck a deal with Corinthians for Brazilian defender Jose Rodolfo Pires Ribeiro, better known as Dodo.

At only 17-years-old the centre-back is being compared to Rio Ferdinand, because of his ability on the ball and power in the air.

Dodo is currently at the South American Under-17 Championships with Brazil.

The U.S. men's national team's Confederations Cup 23-man roster has been selected and it has no surprises but a few injury absences that had to be expected.

Sources have told SBI that Brian Ching and Frankie Hejduk will not be making the trip to South Africa, but Conor Casey will be.

Last summer, we heard numerous reports that Ronaldo was to move to Madrid. A deal was in place. It was definite. It was going to happen next week. But then, there was some delay; and the deal would go through the week after that. It never did. No matter for the Spanish press, as they continued to rinse and repeat the story.

The opening match of the English Premier League season will now be shown on ESPN2.

The network finalized a deal with Fox Soccer Channel late on Friday for the rights to air English Premier League matches for the upcoming season, including the Chelsea-Hull City match (7:40am).

The Los Angeles Galaxy have called a press conference for tomorrow at ESPN Zone to make a 'major player announcement'. Head coach Bruce Arena and captain Landon Donovan are scheduled to be in attendance. It is expected that the team will announce a short-term loan that will send Donovan to English club Everton FC as soon as the winter transfer window opens up in January.

Ronaldo's luxury sports car's front end was smashed to pieces and it lost a wheel as he collided with a roadside barrier while driving to training, the morning after a disappointing defeat for his team. Ronaldo's team-mate Edwin van der Sar, United's goakeeper, was following in his Bentley at the time of the crash but was [.

Both Manchester United and Barcelona's appeals to overturn suspensions were denied by UEFA on Monday.

In the statement released by Europe‘s governing body it stated "All three players are therefore suspended for one UEFA club competition match and will serve their suspensions when Barcelona FC meet Manchester United FC in the UEFA Champions League final in Rome on 27 May"

Honestly, I am more than happy to give up Fletcher for both Abidal and Daniel Alves.

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The MLS expansion Philadelphia Union has selected its first head coach and it has chosen a man with championship experience and a gritty style perfectly-suited for his new home.

Manutd.com will unveil the new kit on July 1st, but we already have it here.

As you could see from the Rio and Rooney pictures, AIG is still the front shirt sponsor. You could also see the black V across the chest

The players will don the kit for the first time during their pre-season tour of Asia next month.

Some breaking news today. The Guardian reports that Man City have agreed a fee with Arsenal to bring Adebayor to Eastlands.
Just yesterday, Manchester City finalized the signing of Carlitos Tevez, and with the imminent Adebayor signing, the team will complete it's 1-1-8 formation.
The final piece of the puzzle, defender John Terry - may not be too far behind.

Should United wear the Club World Champion Badge of Honor? If you don't know what I'm talking about, it is the badge AC Milan wore after winning the club world cup in 2007 (Coincidentally FIFA didn't introduce the badge until a European club won the trophy.) After beating LDU on December 21st of 2008, United gained the [.

Right, I want your opinions on the Cristiano Ronaldo/ Manchester United/ Real Madrid situation. The breaking news is that Manchester United have accepted a bid of £80 million from Real Madrid and...
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According to Goal.com according to the English website "a source close to Barcelona" is reporting that a deal between FC Barcelona and Valencia has been reached for the transfer of David Villa. No details of the agreement were given. As of now this is speculation as the team has not confirmed this latest report but it does come one the heels of news that Laporta and Barcelona officially made an offer to Valencia for the striker.

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Confirmed, breaking news for those of us living in the USA. EPL Talk is reporting that ESPN will show the Chelsea - Hull match live tomorrow morning on ESPN2.
Updated: Screen shot above just taken from ESPN News, confirming the match.

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Breaking News: Hearts striker Christian Nade has been diagnosed with MRSA, the flesh eating disease. Doctors have given the fat bastard 40 years to live.

   

If you are a New York Red Bulls fan who was already thinking of attending home games at Red Bull Arena later this year, you are going to have to wait a while longer for that experience.

Red Bull Arena will not be completed in time to open during the 2009 MLS season, meaning the Harrison stadium will now open in 2010.

 

The Houston Dynamo didn't have a high pick in the 2009 MLS Draft but the Western Conference power still might boast one of the most exciting young players coming into MLS this season.

The Dynamo has completed the signing of U.S. Under-20 star Felix Garcia, acquiring his rights from the PDL Laredo Heat for an undisclosed transfer fee, sources confirmed to SBI on Tuesday night.

 

Sacha Kljestan will not be heading to Celtic, at least not yet, and a winter transfer move is looking unlikely.

Kljestan's potential January move to the Scottish champions has been scrapped after Celtic decided that it could not afford the asking price for the U.S. national team midfielder, a package worth up to $3.

It's not how you start, it's how you finish. We're not holding our breath, but one day the facts – a popular word this season – might stack up enough for the penny to drop elsewhere. Cast your minds back to 1998/99. Notice any similarities? In that season United won two of the opening five games.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan will meet Manchester United and Real Madrid representatives in the next three or four days to discuss the potential transfer of Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia.

United have made a £16 million bid for Latics star Valencia, while Real are also interested, as are a third, unnamed, club.

I got a breaking news e-mail tonight from a few sources - Michael Vick has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Sigh. How is that even news worthy? No, the big story tonight is the story thatGrant Wahl has broken that...

People tell me Twitter has no value. People tell me degenerate sports gambling has no value. But if you combine both - you sometimes land on some breaking news. Social networking sites are abuzz with the rumor that Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is set to walk out on the team. Presumably, the boss is disappointed at the lack of funds afforded to him by the club's American owners.

United announced a couple of months ago they had reached agreement with Partizan for the duo, since when the Red Devils have been attempting to agree personal terms. At one point it was suggested talks had collapsed as the various parties could not reach a satisfactory conclusion. However, any outstanding issues have now been resolved, leaving winger [.

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Tevez has repeatedly expressed his desire to stay at Old Trafford and frankly, I think he's fed up. He is not getting the playing time he deserves. He would be a star striker on any other top English, Spanish, or Italian League team. And it was only a matter of time before he made it known that he has several offers.

As I mentioned the breaking news yesterday, the whirlwind of a week at Portman Road culminated early today when Roy Keane was officially introduced as manager of Ipswich Town Football Club; becoming just the 12th man in our esteemed history to be honored with the post.
Take your pick of the news articles, and I wont repeat the details of the story, but there will plenty more commentary on the way and, no doubt, plenty of room for debate.

Chelsea were literally 1 minute away from securing a rematch of last years Champions League final. BUT
Andreas Iniesta secured Barcelona's place in Europe's most prestigious final with a wonder strike 3 minutes into injury time!

Although Barcelona squeezed by Chelsea, they paid a high price.

Announcing a game start time change tomorrow. From august 9 to june 13.
Ok. That's more than start time... Sked conflict at Bmo field.
Breaking news...from Twitter nonetheless (what isn't on Twitter these days?). According to Paul Beirne, August 9's home match against the New York Red Bulls has been changed to June 13 at 4:00 PM.

Rafa Benitez put a stop to Real Madrid's incredible spending spree - by rejecting a massive £65million bid for Anfield idol Fernando Torres. Madrid swooped for Torres AFTER sealing deals for £80m Cristiano Ronaldo and £56m Kaka. It was an astonishing move from the Spaniards, given that Torres made his name at their bitter rivals Atletico [.

I'm reading this all over Twitter. (Again, Twitter w/ the breaking news!)
Top American radio soccer talk show World Soccer Daily is broadcasting its last day today. American soccer fans picked up the EPL on ESPN last week - an historic day for footie fans in the US, but today they lose their top radio talk show.

Breaking news? Or is it comedian Matze Knop, who's picked Louis van Gaal as his recent victim to have fun with. In this clip, Van Gaal (Knop) calls Robben (Knop) to tell him he played shit :-)

After a lot of controversy, it's finally official as United seem to have completed the deal to bring 16 year old defender Michele Fornasier from Fiorentina, according to the official site.

United have confirmed the arrival of 16-year-old Italian defender Michele Fornasier. He'll join the Reds' Under-18s squad with the rest of the first-year Academy scholars.

Manchester United will host title rivals, Chelsea, on Sunday. Sir Alex stressed the importance of this match. "That will be a big game. It's unusual to have it in January, it's usually towards the end of the season," Ferguson told Inside United magazine. "It's been later - in the last two or three games - for the [.