Danny Simpson has said the Newcastle players were delighted at the coup that brought Papiss Cisse to Tyneside. Danny Simpson after scoring at Nottingham Forest in Carling Cup It seems Newcastle and Budesliga club SC Freiburg agreed the deal at 8:00 pm on Monday night and Cisse was told to be at the airport at 10:00 pm, and he then [.

It was a huge coup that Newcastle were able to get the great Papiss Cisse to the club yesterday. Alan Pardew looking forward at Newcastle And it reflected well on the club that they were able to get the job done yesterday, and nobody seemed more excited at the coup than manager Alan Pardew, who is building a [.

Quite a transfer coup for Newcastle with the signing of £10 million pound number 9 Papiss Demba Cisse from German side Freiburg. The Senegalese striker will wear the famous shirt, as worn by previous Newcastle legends Alan Shearer, Jackie Milburn and Malcolm Macdonald. He will make up half of a potentially lethal strikeforce alongside Newcastle's other top striker, also from Senegal, Demba Ba.

Newcastle United pulled off a coup today in the signing of Senegalese striker Papisse Demba Cisse. The former Freiburg striker has nine goals from 15 appearances so far this season, and finished last season as one of the top goalscorers in the Bundesliga with 22 goals to his name.

The striker signs on a 5 and-a-half year deal, and the transfer fee is thought to be in the region of £7.

Could the Dynamo pull off two SuperDraft coups in a row?

Would you be willing to give up allocation money (which the Dynamo most likely would not use anyways) for a chance to end up with yet another Draft Day coup? After last year's draft, I think the Dynamo might very well consider moving up to the 4th pick as there are some hot commodities there.

Liverpool target Esteban Granero is available for transfer this month and can be bought for around £8million according to talkSPORT.
The 24-year-old Spanish midfielder has been told he is surplus to requirements at the Bernabeu by Los Blancos boss Jose Mourinho, but is unwilling to let the former Getafe man leave the club on loan.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has pulled off a major transfer coup after securing the signing of Arsenal youngster Emmanuel Frimpong until the end of the season a move which will help Wolves bulk up in the middle of the park.

Dear David Beckham,

I just wanted to introduce myself first. My name is Matt, I'm 29-years-old and, to be honest, I didn't really get involved in soccer all that much until 2006. At that time, I was in Iraq. As you can imagine, soccer is beloved in Iraq, but what got me caught up in it was the fact that I couldn't friggin' escape it.

Barcelona beware: Real Madrid is ready to stage a coup in La Liga. No word as to whether it will be a peaceful coup of speedy, attacking soccer, or a... Read more »

Name: Jean-Guy Wallemme In his 1990s prime for: Coventry City Lowdown: Although Jean-Guy Walleme isn't exactly a household name in Premier League terms, he was seen as something of a coup for Coventry when they bought him from Lens in 1998, where he had captained the French club to the league title the previous season.

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side are already facing a major injury crisis, only three matches into the Premier League season. Last night it was revealed that center back Thomas Vermaelen underwent an achilles operation in Sweden, ruling out the influential Belgian for at least a month.

The injury, combined with Jack Wilshere's persistent injury problems, means that the struggling Gunners will continue to be without some of their key players.

Chelsea have clinched a sensational 11th hour transfer coup as they've announced the official signing of Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles. The Portuguese central midfielder surprised many pundits today by handing in a transfer request at Anfield, and Chelsea have revealed on their official website that they've signed the 28 year old.

It was about as late as they come, but, in the end, we've added some exquisite tattoo work to the first team. Nicely done, Chelsea.

Moving in

Chelsea left it late really fucking late. It hardly matters now, though, as they have pulled off quite a coup in my mind.

Alot of headlines are going across England+ Denmark today with Nicklas Bendtner on the verge of an exit from his somewhat second home Emirates Stadium, London. Alot of parties have been interested all summer, but it could be Stoke City who are on the verge of winning the race for the multi-talented Danish attacker.

It has now been confirmed that the much rumoured transfer of former Inter Milan full-back Davide Santon to Newcastle United is now completed.

Santon, an Italian International has signed for NUFC on a currently undisclosed fee (thought to be around £5 million). The Italian defender will wear the number 3 shirt and has signed on a five year deal.

Arsene Wenger never fails to surprise us, and it looks like he has pulled off a coup by hijacking the move of Monaco's South Korean striker Park Chu-Young, who had agreed terms with Lille and was supposedly on his way to the north of France to complete a medical with the Ligue 1 Champions. Instead [.

By Rumour Monger

According to the Guardian, Arsenal have opened talks with Rennes over a move for their £12 million-rated holding midfielder Yann M'Vila a player who has been attracting a fair amount of interest after establishing himself in the France national side over the course of the past year or so.

What a glorious evening of soccer. Three points were taken at home! This, for me, was the best win of the season so far (he comments hopefully). It had solid play from the new comers, quality play in the defensive end, Sean Johnson being Sean Johnson, Marco Pappa playing defense (!), a coaching sub I agreed with, and most importantly NO TIE.

Another great episode of this RBNY-themed podcast. This week Mark and Dave discuss the night the season died @RSL and how it is that our season has gone south so quickly. A major coup this week, as they have brand new RBNY President Chris Heck as their featured guest. The always great Brian Lewis, of the NY Post, also makes a guest appearance in this one.

Interesting development this. Apparently we've snagged highly touted teenager Islam Feruz from Celtic. Say word?

Nothing concrete of course but a plethora of sources are reporting that the 15-year-old Somali-born attacker will join Chelsea when he turns 16 next month.

The most emotional goal we've ever seen?

Having decided not to renew his contract at Fulham Zoltan has come back to the club where he started his career in England," said Hodgson.

"The last time he played at West Bromwich Albion he was a very popular figure with everyone at the club, not least of all the fans.

Dennis Doyle/Getty Images(Bleacher Report) According to Portuguese press and Give Me Football.com, Liverpool have agreed to put out a large splash of cash early on in the summer window after having reached a believed £25 million fee with Benfica for the purchase of left-back Fabio Coentrao.
Coentrao is perhaps the most sought after left sided defender in the world at the current moment.

Tweet my Goal! Yossi's overhead face kick and the funniest comments from the Premier League Asia Trophy

There were wins for Chelsea and Aston Villa in Hong Kong's Premier League Asia Trophy. And these were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: Kick-off in the big game and we were excited about Chelsea's opponents @MirrorFootball: Coming up: Chelsea v local Hong Kong side.

When Haris Vuckic was signed by Newcastle back in January, 2009 from NK Domzale, he was a top young player that was sought after by some big clubs in Europe. Haris Vuckic with Pardew after singing new contract in December So it was a bit of a coup when Newcastle signed the then 16 year-old, [...]

Houllier: He's one of the best

Gerard Houllier believes Liverpool have pulled off a real coup by securing the services of 'one of the best crossers in the Premier League'.

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‘Stewart Downing will be a great signing for Liverpool' – Dirk Kuyt lauds incoming Aston Villa winger

The Dutchman believes that the potential arrival of the England international is a coup for the club and feels the extra competition for places will make the side stronger

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‘Stewart Downing will be a great signing for Liverpool' – Dirk Kuyt lauds incoming Aston Villa winger

The Dutchman believes that the potential arrival of the England international is a coup for the club and feels the extra competition for places will make the side stronger

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‘Stewart Downing will be a great signing for Liverpool' – Dirk Kuyt lauds incoming Aston Villa winger

The Dutchman believes that the potential arrival of the England international is a coup for the club and feels the extra competition for places will make the side stronger

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Es ist ein großer Coup, den die Fans von Borussia Dortmund da gelandet haben. Oder ist er gar nicht auf sie zurückzuführen und es ist alles nur ein großer Zufall? Man weiß es nicht in diesen Tage und während sich beim FC Schalke 04 Fans und Vereinsmitarbeiter schwarz ärgern, sieht man in Dortmund viel strahlende [.

Sometimes, the end justifies the means. If you can find the end of the nose.

Of all the rampant match-fixing taking place right now and it's reaching epidemic levels South Korea's K-League, despite its lack of exposure outside of Asia, seems to be the worst. A systemic failing on all levels, requiring a complete overhaul of the league.

Skysports.com understands Blackpool is eyeing moves for Liverpool duo Tom Ince and Gerardo Bruna.
Blackpool is hoping to strike a deal for the pair after selling Charlie Adam to Liverpool earlier this week.
Seasiders boss Ian Holloway is keen to bolster his squad and he is exploring the prospect of taking Ince and Bruna on loan.

As we saw yesterday, Spurs target Leandro Damiao isn't likely to be available until January so with that in mind, could Harry Redknapp now be looking towards a young striker in another part of the world?

Ante Vukusic is a 20 year old Croatian centre forward, currently playing for Hajduk Split.

It's always exciting when we make a signing, and the return of Andy Reid to Forest is a great coup I think. Those people making jibes about his fluctuating weight overlook his undoubted talent on the ball, delivery and passing ability not to mention the fact that he appears to be in good shape too [.

UPDATE: Here's what Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer had to say about the rumor, make of it what you will: "The only thing that I can confirm is that Prince is a player whom we have followed over the past few months. But he is under contract with Hoffenheim, so we will communicate with them directly, if there are any potential contract discussions.

The future of Udinese's Chilean star, Alexis Sanchez still hangs in the balance as despite recent strong indication that the player will ends up in Barcelona, things seems a little bit confusing as the Bianconeri's president, Giampaolo Pozzo, still denies that a deal have been struck with the Catalan.

After the sensational first deal being confirmed today with Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing will become the second player to make the move to Merseyside, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Downing has long been a target for Kenny Dalglish, with the Liverpool manager deciding between the Aston Villa star and teammate Ashley Young.

If a Daily Mail story is correct this morning, then Arsenal and Manchester City are locked in a two way fight to sign Lille's Ivory Coast International Gervinho. Gervinho - Arsenal and Man City battling over this lad Just when we thought Newcastle could pull off a massive coup, by signing the top class winger/striker, [.

LONDON, England Harry Redknapp has already pulled off the transfer coup of the summer, sources have told ESPNsoccernet, by snatching Barcelona youngster Cristian Ceballos from under the noses of Chelsea. Ceballos, 16, was hailed as Barcelona's new superstar four years ago when he became an internet sensation, featuring in a video juggling a ball [.

In the summer of 2009 Juventus proudly unveiled their latest signing, the €25 million capture of Felipe Melo from Fiorentina. The Brazilian International was one of footballs hottest properties after an outstanding debut season in Serie A and an excellent Confederations Cup with Brazil. With Arsenal heavily interested in him it was seen as something of a coup by then Sporting Director Alessio.

I've put the photos from this weekend into a separate post. First up, the game versus NJPC:

Stefani Miglioranzi and Sebastien LeToux during warmup.

Our little hero.

Justin Mapp warms up.

SOB TIFO display at Red Bull game.

Theirry Henry at PPL Park.