As the Thierry Henry story rumbles on into its fourth day, a story is starting to break which might begin to put it into perspective. It is a story that is breaking from Germany and involves the arrest of seventeen people in connection with what would be the biggest, most systematic match-fixing ring that European football has ever seen.

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Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie headed to Serbia earlier this week to get 'special' treatment for the torn ligaments in his ankle.

We didn't actually follow RVP all the way over, but our Eastern European correspondent (Croatian if you must ask) insists that this is exactly how Serbian witchdoctors administer placenta treatments to patients.

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Eduardo da Silva is confident of filling the void left by injured Arsenal teammates Robin van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner.
Eduardo replaced Bendtner in the 3-0 win over Tottenham and missed a couple of good chances to chalk up a first strike since mid-September.
The Croatian, though, would be entitled to feel somewhat aggrieved not to have been credited with Arsenal's second goal at Wolves, when his chip was deflected in off defender Jody Craddock, and he remains confident the rewards of continued hard work will come. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are planning a £10 million bid for Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva.
The News of the World says the 26-year-old Croatian forward is unhappy that he has still to be offered improved terms at the Emirates.
His contract has just over 18 months to run and that has alerted Rafa Benitez, who desperately needs to strengthen his attacking options. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are ready to poach Eduardo from rivals Arsenal in a £10million deal.
The 26-year-old Croatian forward is unhappy that he has still to be offered improved terms at the Emirates.
His contract has just over 18 months to run and that has alerted Rafa Benitez, who desperately needs to strengthen his attacking options. Click to continue reading...

Wow, waking up just to see all those journalists crying on how Bilic (or Markovic rather) picks his friendlies ain't the best way to start the morning. But seriously though, the journalism in Croatia is rubbish. Like fast food. It's all around, lacks the attention & nutrition of a real meal, and in the end will leave you plunging the nearest available restroom.

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The Croatian international, who also suffered the heartache last week of seeing his country fail to qualify for the World Cup finals, was expected to be back in action by now.

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Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish insists the infamous Eduardo leg break incident is long forgotten, as the Blues prepare to meet Arsenal on Saturday some 20 months after the incident at St Andrews.
Martin Taylor's horror tackle on Eduardo left the Croatian forward with a broken left fibula and an open dislocation of his left ankle. Click to continue reading...

Croatian striker Nikola Kalinić believes himself not ready for an International call up. The 21 year-old, having only made three appearances for the senior squad, has been left out for most of the World Cup qualifying campaign; however, it's expected that he will get a call to join the U-21 ... Click to continue reading...

Robin van Persie inspired Arsenal to an impressive win over Olympiakos as the Gunners fluent football was too good for the Greeks.
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How do Arsenal propose to become more ruthless? By ditching the goalpoacher of course.

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Here are the highlights of that inspirational comeback by Arsenal against Standard Liege on Wednesday. The Gunners were 2-0 down after 5 minutes at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne, and looked as if they had no chance of getting anything out of the game. However, Arsenal fought back, as Bendtner scored just before half time, Thomas Vermaelen equalized in the 78th minute, and Croatian striker Eduardo completed the comeback in the 81st minute. Click to continue reading...

Eduardo scored the winner in Arsenal's victory.

Arsenal were under the gun early as Belgian side Standard Liege jumped to a 2-0 lead after only five minutes. It was a nightmare start for young Italian keeper Vito Mannone. Not that the goals were his fault but two goals conceded in five minutes is a horrible start for any keeper.

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Chelsea may have just been handed a controversial transfer ban for illegally signing an under-18 player, but that's not stopping them from using their money to buy more under-18s. This time, though, Chelsea are doing things right - not only do the Blues have the blessings of their new signing's club, but Croatian club Inter Zapresic say that Chelsea have saved them from financial failure.

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Take back your boos, England fans Arsenal striker Eduardo has had his two-match ban for an alleged dive in the Champions League qualifier against Celtic reversed. Uefa has performed a U-turn stating that they could not prove that the Croatian international had deliberately deceived the referee after the Gunners appealed. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal striker Eduardo who was banned by UEFA after he was awarded a dubious penalty against Celtic in a Champions League qualifier saw his sentence overruled and will now be eligible to play tomorrow against Standard Liege.

Following the news, the Croatian told the club's official website:

I'm very pleased that we have finally arrived at the truth,

All we needed to do was to prove what happened and we have managed to do that.

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Eduardo's two match ban has been overturned by Uefa! This has just been reported on the BBC Sport website, more news is to follow....

The Croatian was suspended after being found guilty of simulation in the Champions League qualifier against Celtic on 26 August.

But on Monday, Uefa accepted Arsenal's appeal and he will now be eligible to play in their Group H games against Standard Liege and Olympiakos.

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Wenger makes a valid point on the culture of simulation.

Wenger has conceded the striker exaggerated his fall, but he still believes Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc made contact with Eduardo and a penalty was justified.
'Eduardo made a bit more of it but watch the television and it is part of the game,' said the Arsenal manager.

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At least I'm guessing that's the case given the two communities are the epicenters of the English and Croatian ex-pat communities respectively in Southern California after England 's 5-1 win over Croatia today that earned them a World Cup berth.

All is not lost for the Croats, however, and England can help by beating Ukraine next month.

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Former Manchester United midfielder David Beckham is the latest professional to provide his point of view on the Eduardo dive and ban, saying how many failed to understand what was going through the Croatian's mind.

The 34-year old said:

There has been far too much talk about diving.

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Some moments are never meant to be forgotten. The entire world of football witnessed one such shocking moment a little less than two years ago in London. On a rainy evening at Wembley, hosts England were expected to advance to the finals of Euro 2008 with just a draw needed against visiting Croatia.

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Kinda makes you wonder why 'Arry is so fixed on getting a Croatian to replace the downed Modric. Seems like he's got a damned good wide attacking midfielder buried in the depths of his roster in Dos Santos, doesn't it? Hmmm. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that UEFA were right in punishing Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva for his dive in the Champions League game against Celtic. The Croatian international fell dramatically in the box in the second leg at a crucial juncture of the game, and referee Manuel Gonzalez pointed to the [. Click to continue reading...

A selection of the best footy-related videos I've seen this week. Pour yourself a cheeky glass out of a bottle – make sure that bottle has the % symbol on it somewhere though – and enjoy...
First up, an awesome goal from Turkey's top league, featuring a quite brilliant "non-finish" by Roberto Carlos (yes, that Roberto Carlos, who now plays for Fenerbahce):
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I love how Carlos instinctively applies the brakes to let his team-mate (Gokhan Gonul) take the shot; the hallmark of a quality player. Click to continue reading...

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

A� is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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As our currently absent Miss Spur alluded to some time ago, Niko Kranjcar finally completed his move to Spurs yesterday. It's a Croatian to replace a Croatian by the looks of things after Luka Modric picked up a significant injury at the weekend.

After being linked with a number of targets on deadline day, some good and some worryingly bad, we ended up with just the one signing and probably the best of the bunch at that.

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If you are Paul Hart - by far the bookies' favorite to become the first sacked manager in the Premier League this season - you would need a miracle to save Portsmouth from relegation at this point. Four games into the new season, Pompey are yet to scrap up a single point, which is a clear indicator of how the team roster was in desperate need of major bolstering on the final day of transfers.

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Uefa have dished out a two-match ban to Eduardo for the Croatian's dive against Celtic in the Champions League (watch it here). As you'd expect, Arsene Wenger is furiously angry about this ban (this translates as "disappointed" with the...

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Deal Almost complete.

Sky Sources understand Niko Kranjcar has passed his medical at Tottenham Hotspur ahead of his proposed switch from Portsmouth.

A fee in the region of £2.5 million is said to have been agreed between the two Premier League clubs, with Tuesday's transfer deadline looming.

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The Croatian federation has accused English players of purposely injuring their players as the two countries are in the same World Cup qualifying group but Birmingham chairman David Gold has laughed off these suggestions believing them to be ridiculous. Last year Arsenal striker Eduardo broke his leg against Birmingham and on . Click to continue reading...

There are many things you can admire about Arsène Wenger, one of the best managers to grace the Premier League, but there are also many reasons not to, as many will point out that the Arsenal boss is a bad loser. More than a bad loser.

Arsenal were the better team on the day, but Wenger's latest claims of cheating, accusing a certain player as someone 'who plays only to make fouls' and anti-football were just bitter and wrong.

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Time for Harry to raid Fratton Park again?

Even though Portsmouth have now successfully been taken over by Sulaiman Al-Fahim it seems that the club may still see a few faces leave the club and one of those faces may well be Niko Kranjcar if the Croatian international decides that the club is unlikely to prosper after selling off the heart of the team in the past year.

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Eduardo is singled out for diving by UEFA, according to Arsene Wenger. Now, it's pretty difficult to argue that the Croatian didn't take a dive against Celtic, but a retroactive yellow card would've been enough. Unless, of c... Click to continue reading...

Eduardo is singled out for diving by UEFA, according to Arsene Wenger. Now, it's pretty difficult to argue that the Croatian didn't take a dive against Celtic, but a retroactive yellow card would've been enough. Unless, of c... Click to continue reading...

Eduardo is singled out for diving by UEFA, according to Arsene Wenger. Now, it's pretty difficult to argue that the Croatian didn't take a dive against Celtic, but a retroactive yellow card would've been enough. Unless, of c... Click to continue reading...

Eduardo is singled out for diving by UEFA, according to Arsene Wenger. Now, it's pretty difficult to argue that the Croatian didn't take a dive against Celtic, but a retroactive yellow card would've been enough. Unless, of c... Click to continue reading...