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January 2009 Transfer Lists

SoccerLens 01 January @ 05:12 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The January 2009 transfer window has opened, and our coverage of transfers is back in full swing. Along with providing daily coverage of transfer news and rumors, you can keep up with confirmed transfers from several leagues. English Premier League Transfers English Championship Transfers La Liga Transfers Serie A Transfers Bundesliga Transfers Ligue 1 Transfers Scottish Premier League Transfers Click [.

Transfer Rumors (5 Jan 09): Ireland to Arsenal, Defoe to seal Tottenham return, Juve after Owen, and more

SoccerLens 05 January @ 12:28 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Usually I'm not one to look forward to Monday, but the start of a new week during transfer season usually means that there's plenty to talk about. Jermain Defoe has dominated the roundups recently, but now that he's finally being sold (you can guess where), we'll have to find a new flavor of the [.

Transfer Rumors (4 Jan 09): Juve in for Defoe, Arsenal in Bendtner-Upson swap, Downing to request Spurs transfer, and more

SoccerLens 04 January @ 12:51 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's a somewhat quiet day in transfer news and rumors, but there are still several tidbits to report on from multiple leagues. England Talks between Carlos Tevez and Manchester United over a permanent deal are reportedly at a stalemate due to Tevez's demands for £120k a week. Analysis: The deal will get done, simple [.

Transfer Rumors (3 Jan 09): City tie up Bridge deal, Fabiano and Zhirkov to Chelsea, Man United after Delph, and more

SoccerLens 03 January @ 12:48 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Oh, the surprises that are in store! No, I'm not talking about the FA Cup third round, but the January transfer window. The window's started, and soon, a flurry of footballers will be flying in and out to new destinations. How many of them will end up at Manchester City? Well, at least [...]

Soccer Bargains: All EXPIRING CONTRACT Players for 2009

mCalcio 04 January @ 04:55 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred... these are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these "old timers" a chance they are still [.

Transfer Rumors (13 Jan 09): Ronaldo to Real Madrid (again), Manchester City after Kaka (again), Chelsea’s Anelka linked with Tottenham, and more

SoccerLens 13 January @ 01:10 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's always nice when the transfer news and rumors are spiced up by speculation involving top names, and today's transfer roundup includes a few rumors involving some of the beautiful game's big stars. Do these rumors have any foundation? Well, judge for yourself below. England The Cristiano Ronaldo-to-Real Madrid rumors have picked a nice [.

Transfer Rumors (16 Jan 09): Manchester City bid for Hamburg’s De Jong, Tottenham close on Wigan’s Palacios, Barcelona line up double swoop for Manchester U

SoccerLens 16 January @ 01:26 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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We're already halfway through the January transfer window, and while there has been more speculation than signings thus far, that could be set to change in the next week. As you would expect, we have the latest on Manchester City's attempts to sign Kaka, but he's not the only player they're after, and there [.

Donovan, Bayern Win In Bamberg Snowball Match

Letters From Vagabondia 17 January @ 06:17 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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After all those years in sunny southern California, Landon Donovan may have forgotten just how cold and snowy it can be when German football enters orange ball season. If practicing all week in the cold and blowing snow wasn't enough top remind him, playing the second half of a friendly today at Regionalliga side Eintracht Bamberg should have done the trick.

Football Bargains: Players with EXPIRING CONTRACTS in 2009

SoccerLens 05 January @ 04:44 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred... These are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these "old timers" a chance to prove they [.

Ouch! Bradley Named To Kicker's Flop List

Letters From Vagabondia 07 January @ 01:01 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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German soccer weekly Kicker has just put out its annual mid season list of "Tops and Flops" and Borussia Moenchengladbach's Michael Bradley made the list - the wrong one.
The annual list is complied based on interactive results from the magazine's fantasy soccer managerspiel but the results are usually pretty reliable.

Transfer Rumors (21 Jan 09): Arshavin to buy out contract to get Arsenal move, Tottenham to seal double deal for Wigan’s Palacios and Chelsea’s Cudicini, Ma

SoccerLens 21 January @ 01:53 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Finally, the transfer deals are starting to come through in bunches. Am I just getting my hopes up that I'll have a lot more of these to talk about over the rest of the window, or is this is a sign of things to come? England Could Andrei Arshavin buy out his contract to make his [...]

Transfer Rumors (25 Jan 09): Manchester City after Valencia’s Villa and Werder Bremen’s Diego, Arsenal to bid for Manchester City’s Richards, L.A. Galaxy

SoccerLens 25 January @ 02:08 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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We're edging towards the final week of the January transfer window, and while you'll likely hear more about a few new signings tomorrow, Sundays seem to be set aside for speculation from the tabloids. England Manchester City are prepared to offer £70m plus either Jo or Elano for Valencia's David Villa in the summer.

Transfer Rumors (26 Jan 09): Robbie Keane to leave Liverpool?, Tottenham sign a pair, Bundesliga leaders after Manchester United’s Tevez, and more

SoccerLens 26 January @ 02:03 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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We're into the final week of the January transfer window, and there are several signings to report on today. Nothing big, but the least attention-grabbing ones can have the biggest impact down the line (see Zaki, Amr). And since I'm in such a giving mood today, there's a big ol' batch of spec [...

Transfer Rumors (19 Jan 09): Manchester City close on Bellamy and de Jong, Wigan’s Palacios turns down Tottenham, Liverpool eye Sevilla defender, and more

SoccerLens 19 January @ 01:31 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Even without much to report on in the Kaka-Manchester City situation (besides more people weighing in with opinions, talks of meetings between the Kaka camp and AC Milan, and possible fan protests), there's still plenty to run over in transfer news and rumors. England Manchester City are close on deals for Craig Bellamy (£12-14m - [.

Daily Dose: January 13th, 2009.

The Offside 13 January @ 10:30 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Stuff to read while you make an arse of your newspaper (answer is in the comments)..... Top 50 young rising stars in football. (Times) Interview with Bill of the excellent Bill's Sports Maps. (EPL Talk) The hilarity of Chelsea's next away locker room visit. (Unprofessional Foul) The Bundesliga's goalkeeper-cum-pirate.

Transfer Rumors (20 Jan 09): Manchester City miss out on Kaka but sign Bellamy, Tottenham win race for Wigan’s Palacios, Chelsea to bid for Wigan star Valenci

SoccerLens 20 January @ 01:15 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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In case you hadn't heard or read already, Manchester City have failed in their bid to sign Kaka from AC Milan. However, the January transfer window has not come to a stop, and there's plenty to talk about in today's roundup of transfer news and rumors. Spain Though Kaka has turned down City (or [.

Transfer Rumors (8 Jan 09): Manchester City bid for Newcastle’s Given, Blackburn reject City’s Santa Cruz offer, Manchester United after Villareal shot-stop

SoccerLens 08 January @ 12:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Today's transfer roundup isn't light on the latest news and rumors about who definitely will be headed to new clubs and who could be in the near (or distant) future. England Manchester City have opened the bidding for Newcastle keeper Shay Given, tabling an offer of £8m for the Irishman. (Daily Mail) Analysis: Newcastle might [.

Donovan Scores in Bayern Friendly Win

Letters From Vagabondia 13 January @ 08:05 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Bayern Munich won its second straight winter break friendly last night, beating Al-Wehda 3-1 in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Making his second appearance for the Bavarian juggernaut, American Landon Donovan came on as a second half replacement for Luca Toni at forward.
Goals by Frank Ribery and Tim Borowski in the first half had the visitors up 2-0 before Al-Wehda's Al-Kuwaikabi made a brilliant carry through the Bayern defense to slot home a 53rd minute goal to make it 2-1.

El Bayern ficha a Ivica Olic

Liga de Fútbol Profesional 03 January @ 09:09 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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El club alemán, vigente campeón de la Bundesliga, confirmó que ha contratado al delantero del Hamburgo de cara a la próxima temporada. A sus 29 años, Olic viene a sustituir a Lukas Podolski, quién estos días se encuentra ultimando su desvinculación con la entidad germana. Los rumores y sus malas relaciones con Klinsmann han acabado [.

Transfer Rumors (29 Jan 09): Tottenham bid for long-time Manchester City target Santa Cruz, Real Madrid and Manchester United tussle for Wigan star Valencia, Ar

SoccerLens 29 January @ 01:27 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The clock is tick-tick-ticking, and the end of the January transfer window is one day closer. If you haven't signed that top target by now, you need to get a move on, because just like the month has flown by, Monday evening will be here before you know it. With the futures of [...]

Soccer Bargains: All EXPIRING CONTRACT Players for 2009

mCalcio 04 January @ 04:55 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred... these are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these "old timers" a chance to prove they [.

Podolski To Cologne: New Chance For Donovan?

Letters From Vagabondia 09 January @ 06:03 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Reports out of Germany this morning indicate that Bayern Munich is close to sending Lukas Podolski back to his old club, 1st FC Cologne. The five-million euro deal will open the fourth striker space on the Bayern lineup, a space which Donovan will be filling during his loan period.
This long-expected development could open a new opportunity for Donovan to stay in Munich longer, perhaps until the end of the Bundesliga season (if not longer).

The Worst Football Teams of All Time

SoccerLens 30 January @ 03:40 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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We gave you the Greatest Teams of All Time. Now, it's time for the worst! Without further ado, let's go over the criteria that I used: Expectations are Everything. Look at it this way. If you're from Luxembourg, and you know that the only way you're qualifying for the Euros [...]

Cinderella Tears Her ACL

The Offside 15 January @ 06:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Anyone a fan of underdogs has surely loved Hoffenheim's run as pacesetters for the Bundesliga this term. From small village team to cream of the German footballing crop, Cinderella stories get no bigger. And if we were to label one player as Cinderella herself, it's hardly a contest: Vedad Ibisevic, the Bosnian striker leaving the [.

UEFA Football Team of the Year 2008

SoccerLens 24 January @ 01:48 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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After 3.3 million votes cast by 256,000 online users (slightly less than last year), the uefa.com Team of the Year 2008 was revealed earlier this week. As can usually be expected with these things, this starting eleven will please many and disappoint others (especially those whose favorite player was not selected) but this being said, [.

Bayern Stomps Stuttgart In German Cup Quarterfinal

Letters From Vagabondia 27 January @ 05:39 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Bayern Munich put the league on notice that they are taking no prisoners when Bundesliga play resumes this weekend after tonight's 5-1 thrashing of VFB Stuttgart in a German Cup quarterfinal match. Bastian Schweinsteiger opened up scoring for Bayern with a 14th minute goal followed two minutes later by Franck Ribéry in the 16rth for a 2-0 lead.

Lukas Podolski to Köln - A Transfer Rumour You Can Support

The Offside 07 January @ 09:25 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Most transfer rumours make me want to spit. It's usually players wanting money and clubs throwing it at them. And even though we ultimately don't care for the people involved, we wind up following the drama as it unfolds on newspaper back pages and Sky Sports News. See Cole, Ashley, 2006, or Berbatov, Dimitar, 2008.

Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Bundesliga and La Liga Players?

The Offside 11 January @ 05:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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If you haven't already taken our weekend quiz on Bundesliga and La Liga players, stop by here first. Then come back to this post for the answers. Player 1 Eric Abidal, FC Barcelona Player 2 Timo Hildebrand, Hoffenheim And while I was looking for that photo, I found this one of Timo, which I [.

A Few Things...

Letters From Vagabondia 14 January @ 02:49 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I'm sick as a dog today so here are a few things to keep the you hungry vagabonds satisfied.
DaMarcus Beasley is not ready to leave Rangers in Walter Smith's January fire sale.
In yet another sign that Fulham's Clint Dempsey is finally coming into his own, a London paper calls him the "One to Watch" in this weekend's match against West Ham.

Philipp Lahm Becomes A Magician’s Pretty Assistant.

The Offside 02 January @ 02:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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So if Bayern was royally pissed a CGI Allianz Arena was blown up on TV for the purposes of a movie trailer (a Keanu Reeves movie at that - vid below), how do you think they'll feel about their star left back climbing through a steel fan? Probably not too well, eh? Because magic's totally [...]

Scarface crashes Bayern bus!

Soccer Pie 11 January @ 11:22 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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On the same day when Cristiano Ronaldo wrecked his Ferrari in Manchester, Bayern's top star Frank Ribery has damaged a bit bigger vehicle in Dubai. German giants' star midfielder felt it was a good idea to take a wheel and give his teammates a ride around the block, but his joke didn't end the way he wanted to.

Rumours 19th Jan - Tevez offered to Barcelona

Soccer Pie 19 January @ 07:35 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The Catalan giants have been given the chance to sign the Argentina international in the summer. Carlos Tevez's long-term future at Old Trafford has been in question for some time now, with Manchester United thus far failing to agree a fee with his owners. MSI, the owners of the Argentina international striker, have offered his [.

Podolski vale 10 millones de euros

Liga de Fútbol Profesional 04 January @ 01:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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El Bayern ya le ha puesto la etiqueta de transferible al internacional alemán. El precio de salida será 10 millones de euros para el que lo quiera. Su salida estaba cantada después de la contratación del nuevo delantero del Bayern para la próxima temporada. "Quien quiera llevárselo tendrá que para la suma de diez millones de [.

Aarón Galindo a Chivas

Contra Remate 08 January @ 02:37 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Parece que en el Fútbol Mexicano esta de moda repatriar a todos los jugadores mexicanos que se encuentran jugando en el balompié del viejo continente y es que el zaguero central del Eintracht Frankfurt, Aarón Galindo, acaba de ser traspasado al conjunto de las Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara. Galindo comenzó su aventura en Europa después de [.

Martin Lanig - Worst Teammate Ever

The Offside 28 January @ 08:00 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Poor Mario Gómez. The German striker had just scored Stuttgart's consolation goal in the 5-1 cup defeat to Bayern Munich, and was doing the sad slow walk to the center circle that only consolation goalscorers know. But Martin Lanig added an extra layer of misery by inflicting some testicle-pain on his goalscoring teammate, instantly making Lanig [.

Bundesliga: Video Gol Amburgo - Bayern Monaco 1 - 0 (18° Giornata)

Calcioplus 30 January @ 05:35 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Bundesliga Returns With Style, Electricity & Controversy

The Offside 30 January @ 07:30 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Fans of the Bundesliga have been waiting for this one a long, long time, and were they ever rewarded for their patience. Though the scoreline would indicate otherwise, it was a wide open game with a plethora of chances at either end - and quality chances at that. You'd think it's just a bit of [...]

Posible trueque de Van der Vaart por Diego

Liga de Fútbol Profesional 05 January @ 07:38 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Así lo afirman desde Alemania. El pobre inicio de temporada que ha hecho el futbolista holandés en el Real Madrid podría llevarle de vuelta a la Bundesliga. Además, se apunta a un probable intercambio con Diego, el mediapunta del Werder Bremen que tanto gusta en la capital. Todo esto, según la publicación alemana 'Bild', que lo [.

Rumours 6th Jan - Tevez unhappy with Fergie

Soccer Pie 06 January @ 06:25 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Manchester United ace Carlos Tevez has risked the wrath of Sir Alex Ferguson by reacting to the manager's comments over his contract situation. "I want to stay but the club have not made any offer. I've been waiting for them for a year and a half." More... COLOMBIAN striker Hugo Rodallega is on his way to [.