Rafa Benitez said he would quit Liverpool if Fernando Torres is sold. The Spanish striker could have been sold last summer to Manchester City if Benitez had accepted their offer – and there will no doubt be more enquiries coming in for Torres until the day he does actually leave.
But what is remarkable about the offer made to Liverpool last summer is the scale of the City bid: £70million for Torres plus and additional £30million for Javier Mascherano. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are planning a £15m double swoop for West Ham pair Matt Upson and Herita Ilunga.
Kop boss Rafa Benitez is already eyeing a £12m move for Hammers striker Carlton Cole, 26.
But the Londoners are holding out for around £20m for the England star which is likely to stretch the Reds' budget too far. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards 2009 season on the field wasn't that great, but off the field, the team has had a good offseason. Jimmy Conrad brought home the Humanitarian of the Year, Chet North brought home Head Athletic Trainer of the Year, and now the Wizards grounds crew has been awarded the Field of the Year for the Wizards home field, Community America Ballpark. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has not given up hope of qualifying for the later stages of the Champions League this season.
Escaping the group stages is looking like an uphill struggle for the Reds after losses to both Lyon and Fiorentina, who currently occupy the top two places in the group. Click to continue reading...

Goal video highlights from the Liverpool vs Birmingham City Premier League game on Monday, November 9, 2009. Game kicks off at 20.00 UK time/ 21.00 CET at Anfield, Liverpool. Liverpool are seventh in the league going into this game, but could jump to fifth if they beat Alex Mcleish's Blues. Liverpool vs Birmingham City goal highlights [. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez has held talks with his Liverpool bosses over the implications if the club fail to reach the last 16 of this season's Champions League.
Discussions were also held on if the club fail to qualify for next season's lucrative European competition.
The Liverpool manager revealed today that the club did not budget this term for anything beyond the group stages. Click to continue reading...

We haven't done this for a while here are our best three picks for this week and the weeks ahead... Although we make no assurances they will be successful.

1. David Dunn

He's fat, he's round, he's only five point seven million pound... David Dunn. By a margin Blackburn's outstanding performer this season, Dunn has already notched four goals, and in only seven appearances.

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We had reported in September that Chelsea were banned by FIFA till 2011 for their alleged involvement in inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens. However the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS) has temporarily stayed the sanctions until it takes a final decision in the matter. "Such sanctions are now stayed until [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.

Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break his Lens contract. But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said on Friday:

"Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter.

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                                                                        Carlton Palmer after tasting the Real wankfest

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That's right boys and girls it's time for your new favorite board game, La Liga Presents Stealing the Stars.Â

The only game where all you have to do is make it rain Monopoly money on all of the other contestants and in turn they give you their most coveted players.

Here's how the game works:Â

The first player to scream "La Liga" becomes the games main manager or president who we will call, Mr.

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For those that don't find personal finance interesting on its own, VISA has released Financial Soccer. It's a web game that uses shiny colors, flashy graphics, and the lure of electronic soccer to trick you into learning how to balance your budget:

Part game and part educational tool, Financial Soccer teaches the fundamentals of money management, such as saving, budgeting, responsible spending, and the wise use of credit and debit cards.

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As much as I respect Jamie Carragher and everything he's done for Liverpool, I do think he's starting to dip.
Him and Martin Skrtel have had a shaky start to the season and again at West Ham he didn't have the best of games.
Once again Liverpool conceded goals from set-pieces and Carragher does not look as solid as he did. Click to continue reading...

...you may find that there are a number of people outside the stadium with collection buckets. They will be collecting for Blue Square North side Hyde United, who are still fighting a winding up petition brought against them by HMRC. Manchester City are, of course, one of the richest football clubs in the world at the moment, but Hyde United are battling to save their existence over a debt of £122,000 an amount of money which is but a mere fraction of City's weekly wage budget.

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West Ham's chief executive and technical director have reportedly taken substantial wage cuts in order to pay for the wages of Mexican striker Guillermo Franco.

The Hammers are financially knee deep in dog shit and in order to sign the Mexican, the pair took pay cuts to keep the wage structure within budget.

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The former Aston Villa and Liverpool striker Stan Collymore believes his former Anfield teammate Jamie Carragher is on the wane, and Rafa Benitez should begin to consider replacing him.
Carragher has endured a troubled start to the Premier League season looking vulnerable during their defeats to Aston Villa and Tottenham, whilst also being culpable at Upton Park against West Ham on Saturday, and Collymore believes the defender is beginning to look past his best. Click to continue reading...

Everton manager David Moyes is keen to land former West Ham United defender Lucas Neill. Everton are short of options at the back following Phil Neville's recent injury, and Neill certainly fits Everton's budget. The Australian has been on a free transfer since the expiration of his contract at Upton Park at the conclusion of last season.

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Kenny Dalglish believes the club's new sponsorship deal will aid Rafa Benitez in his quest to bring silverware to Anfield.
Liverpool today announced the biggest commercial contract in its history, with Standard Chartered set to appear on our shirts for four years from 2010-11.
New club ambassador Dalglish claims the deal is another example of how the Reds are evolving on and off the pitch. Click to continue reading...

A pair of extremely good value signings.

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Tim Cahill & Mikel Arteta may well be the best bargain signings that the Toffees have ever made but David Moyes seldom gets the credit for these two bargain signings that together cost a bargain £3.

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Hands up who was surprised to hear Christian Purslow announce that there'll be no work done on out new stadium until the end of the Credit Crunch. Anybody with their hands up should put them down now. Not just because you were wrong to be surprised but mainly because you're a fool sat at a computer with their hand in the air.

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The window has shut and once again Arsenal fans are left scratching their heads. Where has our team re-building gone, were we really that close to success last season that we did not need to add to our squad?

Arsene said, after the purchase of Vermaelen that he would like two more players in before pre-season training starts.

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Thanks to another reader got pointing out that British Columbia's Premier spoke about the Whitecaps retractable roof on the CKNW's The Bill Good Show (click here for the show and select August 31, 2009 9am to listen at around 26 min 12 sec). Below are some quotes from the Premier on this topic:
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Rai due is reporting that Luciano Spalletti will not survive the day as Roma manager and be replaced by ex-Juventus-Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri.
I am not suprised.Roma look uninspired.Roma are woeful defensively and a change though unfair in many ways to Spalletti who has had to deal with no transfer budget and a woeful set of injury circumstances may see his own firing as a blessing with time. Click to continue reading...

Barnsley manager Simon Davey has left the club by mutual consent - thereby becoming the first managerial casualty of the English Championship season. A string of poor and abject performances by the Tykes has seen the pressure mount on Davey - and there were angry scenes as fans protested outside Oakwell stadium following the club's defeat to fellow Championship strugglers Reading on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

The rumours had been circulating for a couple of days, but few people had been brave enough to give it much credibility. But then it happened. Sol Campbell joins Notts County, on a five year contract with a £40,000 weekly wage. Thirty-four year old Sol Campbell. The tipping point. Perhaps the world has finally gone mad.

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It's fair to assume that players that cost a lot, should do pretty well in Fantasy soccer manager game. But finding an able player from little lower from the pricelist is a little tougher task. Let's see who are good budget players for your Fantasy League team.
First goalkeepers:
4M Sorensen, Stoke
Stoke City's Thomas Sorensen has started the season with a bang.

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Rafa Benitez's hopes of challenging Manchester United to end Liverpool's 19-year wait for a title seem to have been extinguished already after he was told last week that the remainder of his transfer budget for the summer would be £2million - a revelation which seems to have prompted the highly-charged midweek atmosphere at Melwood and the reports that the manager was poised to quit. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benítez is unlikely to approve any further sales of Liverpool players as his team struggles to cope with a growing injury list.
The Anfield manager has dismissed speculation that the winger Albert Riera and striker Andriy Voronin could be leaving, with Barcelona and Hertha Berlin, respectively, showing interest. Click to continue reading...

Scott McDonald clearly plays for a better team than Tim Cahill.
Although Celtic lost to Arsenal 2-0 last night, Cahill's mob got hammered 6-1 on Saturday. With the Celtic budget around a couple of Everton players, the cheaper ones, we probably did pretty well.
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The Greek International has signed.

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RAFAEL BENITEZ has moved to ease Liverpool's centre-back concerns by agreeing a deal to sign Greece international Sotiris Kyrgiakos.

The Anfield manager has been keen to bolster his defensive options given the summer departure of Sami Hyypia and ongoing concerns over the fitness of Daniel Agger.

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Can this really be true?

Skysports.com understands Liverpool are closing in on a shock move for former Rangers defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos.

Liverpool are in the market for defensive reinforcements and it is believed they have lined up a move for AEK stopper Kyrgiakos.

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Skysports.com understands Liverpool are closing in on a shock move for former Rangers defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos.
Liverpool are in the market for defensive reinforcements and it is believed they have lined up a move for AEK stopper Kyrgiakos.
The Reds have been linked with the likes of Stoke's Ryan Shawcross and Hull's Michael Turner, but Kyrgiakos appears to be a cheaper option for Rafa Benitez. Click to continue reading...

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VETERAN star Michel Salgado is set to sign a two-year deal with Blackburn.
The ex-Real Madrid right-back, 33, was surplus to requirements after 10 years at the Bernabeu.

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Its the battle of 17th versus 18th in the Blue Square Premier tomorrow night. Boro are still unbeaten, but have struggled so far this term, while opponents Ebbsfleet are still finding their feet after a traumatic summer which saw just 3 players remain from last season's squad. Even their official website is having problems at the minute!

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UPDATE: According to Birmingham City's official website, Birmingham boss Alex McLeish admitted that Sporting Gijon midfielder Michel is still a target. He said,

"We have made some contact (with Sporting Gijon) and I think there are some talks going on.

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