Liverpool will fight it out with Tottenham for Nigerian starlet Moses Daddy-Ajala. The Premier League pair have been tracking the winger, 17, who is compared to Cristiano Ronaldo in his homeland. He is tipped to become the next Nigerian wide man to make his mark in Europe and follow in the footsteps of Chelsea's Victor Moses.
Keisuke Honda of PFC CSKA Moscow (Photo by Dmitry Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Images)
Everton have been in fine form all season in the English Premier League. Now it appears that they are already looking towards summer reinforcements to keep up their present class. According to TalkSport on Mar.
Liverpool wants to thrash out a pre-contract deal with Keisuke Honda over a summer switch to Anfield. The versatile CSKA Moscow attacker is out-of-contract at the end of the season, and Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is allowed to approach the player now over a summer transfer. Honda, who has 41 caps for Japan and is considered one of their best ever European exports, had been in talks with CSKA over an extension to his current deal, but with less than four months left to run, the club have confirmed he has ended negotiations and wants to move on.
Liverpool has been handed a transfer boost in pursuit of Japanese international Keisuke Honda. TalkSPORT claims the 40-cap international could leave CSKA Moscow, with Merseyside and Dortmund two potential destinations for the 26-year-old. The report goes on to suggest that Liverpool is ‘long-term' admirers of the former VVV-Venolo star, and could be in the market for a midfielder as manager Brendan Rodgers looks to take the goal-scoring burden away from Steven Gerrard.
Keisuke Honda of PFC CSKA Moscow (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images)
Liverpool were strongly linked to a move for CSKA Moscow wide midfielder, Keisuke Honda over the summer but nothing ever materialized with the players price tag believed to have been too high at the time. However, the latest reports from TalkSport on Dec.
Arsenal's investment in youth development and the Academy seems to be paying dividends, with the under 19s having reached the semi-finals of the European NextGen competition after beating CSKA Moscow at the Emirates Stadium last night. That means that the young Arsenal players are just two games away from winning the whole thing.
Thankfully tonight is the last we have to deal with international football as this most tedious of Interlulls draws to a close. I have no idea who is playing who but I'm hoping that Arsenal's Brittle Bone Brigade come through against the iron-clad, Rollerball tactics of the savages and barbarians they're facing.
Nigerian youngster wants to play for Arsenal by AM
CSKA Moscow attacker Ahmed Musa has said that he wants to play for Arsenal sometime in his future. The Nigerian international is highly rated and was brought by the Russian side this summer from VVV-Venlo. The Dutch side does have a considerable reputation in producing young talents.
There seems to be for the first time a serious debate on introducing salary cap restrictions a
la NFL into the Premiership. This comes on the heels of a strengthened TV deal that would generate
£3bn to be shared by all 20 clubs towards player transfers and wages.
The bottom line is that increasing and out of control wage demands have eaten into that pie
leaving clubs with less to spend.
I fully expect Andrei Arshavin to make a decision on his future today and it is expected that he
will be returning to Russia with either Dynamo Moscow or CSKA Moscow being his expected
destination. Just like the January transfer window when Arshavin went to Zenit at the last-minute,
today is the deadline day for [.
With Andrei Arshavin being in the last year of his contract, he can walk away for nothing from the
Emirates at the end of the current football season. However, reports have been circulating that
Arsenal is willing to let the Russian international head back to Russia before that country's
transfer window closes on Sept.
NextGen Series 2012/13 Guide: The teams, the players to watch all you need to know is a post
from: Just Football
The second season of the pioneering continental European youth tournament the
NextGen Series kicks off this week. After a look at the story so far in Part I, in
Part II we present to you a guide with everything you need to know about NextGen 2012/2013
including the teams, expectations and top five players to watch:
by Joe Krishnan
After a magnificent opening season, the NextGen Series' reputation
soared to such a high level that clubs were applying to get involved, with organisers then having
to choose who to accept and reject.
NextGen Series 2012/13 Guide: The teams, the players to watch all you need to know is a post
from: Just Football
The second season of the pioneering continental European youth tournament the
NextGen Series kicks off this week. After a look at the story so far in Part I, in
Part II we present to you a guide with everything you need to know about NextGen 2012/2013
including the teams, expectations and top five players to watch:
by Joe Krishnan
After a magnificent opening season, the NextGen Series' reputation
soared to such a high level that clubs were applying to get involved, with organisers then having
to choose who to accept and reject.
The new Russian midfield sensation Alan Dzagoev is in the brilliant position of only having six
months left on his contract at CSKA Moscow, as well as showcasing his various talents at the
European Championships. The Russian giants will have great difficulty hanging onto Arshavin's
team-mate with so many clubs interested in his services, and [.
Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis has said that in order to offer lucrative terms to
the club's superstar players like captain Robin van Persie, the Gunners are
prepared to make changes to their currently 'flat' wage structure.
This article titled "Euro 2012 live blog: 7 June" was written by Barry Glendenning (morning) and
Paul Doyle (afternoon), for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 7th June 2012 08.18 UTC
9.05am:Good morning everybody, Glendenning here. Let's get the ball rolling with David Pleat's
six players to watch during the tournament.
This article titled "Euro 2012: David Pleat's six players to watch in Poland and Ukraine" was
written by David Pleat, for The Guardian on Wednesday 6th June 2012 15.11 UTC
Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
The CSKA Moscow talent has won a major battle to get fit for inclusion in the squad. Born in
1990, he will be one of the youngest players in the tournament but Dick Advocaat knows the
importance of his linking skills behind either Pavel Pogrebnyak or Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Arsenal target Seydou Doumbia has made it evident that his current season at CSKA Moscow is almost
certain to be his last as the Ivory Coast international goes looking for Champions League football.
Having made a mockery of goal scoring records in Switzerland and Russia over the last few seasons,
24-year old Doumbia is desperate [.
Arsene Wenger's famous eye for talent has seemingly spread all the way to the far reaches of
Eastern Europe with Arsenal be linked with some fine new attacking talents in Russia and Ukraine.
The men in the spotlight are CSKA Moscow striker Seydou Doumbia and Dnipro winger Yevhen
Konoplyanka. Doumbia has been linked with a [.
CSKA Moscow star Pavel Mamaev has revealed that Manchester United tried to sign him in the summer but the deal collapsed after we couldn't get a work permit for him.
"I was in shock, it was such a dream transfer," Mamaev said. "The deal was around 80% complete, but with my limited number of caps for Russia, I couldn't get a work permit.
The transfer in January 2009 of Zoran Tosic and his team mate, Adem Ljajic, was a strange one.
United agreed a deal that could be worth up to £17m for the pair, with Llajic due to stay with
Partizan Belgrade for the rest of the season.
However, United later pulled of out the deal to sign Ljajic, only for him to go on to sign for
Fiorentina the following year.
When competing in knockout football, it is important to gain any advantage possible with such fine
margins. Fans of AIK Stockholm took this to heart (and perhaps too far) before their clash with
CSKA Moscow on Thursday. On the morning of the game, hooligans met at 4am outside the hotel of the
CSKA players.
The UEFA Europa League play-off qualifying round was released with 31 spots up for grabs in the
Group Stage.
Some of the notable match-ups are Hearts v Liverpool, Vaslui v Inter Milan, Atromitos v
Newcastle United, and Anzhi v AZ. There is one slot still to be decided as Dila Gori v Anorthosis
still have to finish their second leg of the previous round as it was abandoned.
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly inquired about the availability of Russian play-maker Alan
Dzagoev, who is also believed to be a target of German champions Borussia Dortmund.
Dzagoev scored three goals over the course of Russia's somewhat surprising Euro 2012 group stage
elimination and it has since been believed that potential suitors must be prepared to bid at least
£15 million for the 22-year old's services.
This article titled "Euro 2012: Sweden's Chuck Norris ready to 'go in hard' on Steven Gerrard"
was written by Marcus Christenson, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 14th June 2012 11.53 UTC
Sweden's hardman Pontus Wernbloom has said he is not intimidated by the "big names" in England's
team ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 Group D game in Kiev.
There were complains about Euro 2012's Group A. Not only that the "Group of Life" would allow
two of the tournament's lesser teams to advance to the knockout stages while more revered nations
battle through matches you might not expect to see until the semifinals in other groups. But that
being Group "A" meant that after months of build-up, the third biggest sporting event in the
world's excitement-fulfilling opening matchday would be comprised of Poland v Greece and Russia v
Czech Republic.
In a flowing, potent performance remiscent of Euro 2008, Russia outplayed a disappointing Czech
Republic side in the second game of Group A.
CSKA Moscow's gifted young playmaker Alan Dzagoev bagged a brace (one in each half) while
Roman Shirokov also scored before sub Roman Pavluchenko netted a superb solo goal late on for a
rampant Russian side.
Poland backup goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton was one of the longer shots to be considered a hero at
any point during Euro 2012. After one match, he's a household name across Europe.
Tyton entered for red-carded Arsenal goalkeeper Wojiech Szczesny and immediately stopped a
Giorgios Karagounis penalty kick in the 71st minute to preserve a 1-1 draw for Poland against
Greece in a wild opening match of the tournament.
Euro 2012: The experts predict... (aka come back and laugh at us all in 3 weeks) Part I is a
post from: Just Football
Jonathan F (@JustFootball)
Winner: Germany Youth, experience, more youth, team cohesion, an impeccable
record in qualifying (10 games, 10 wins), tournament know-how and players of the sheer
frighteningly precocious ability of Mario Götze and Marco Reus hovering around the fringes of the
team.
With the European Championships just a day away, it is time to start looking at the tournament's
teams, players and match-ups. SBI will offer you a group-by-group overview to help you get ready
for the tournament.
If you are a die-hard who has already digested multiple previews and have a wall poster with the
tournament schedule already mounted in your home, then you're probably not going to find anything
new here (other than a few opinions).
The most disappointing aspect of Russia's, difficult to comprehend, elimination from the
tournament is that we won't see any more of Alan Dzagoev. Dzagoev's three goals in the opening two
fixtures seemed to have set Russia on a comfortable course for the knockout stages and placed him
as a contender for top goalscorer, but a limp performance in the final game saw them miss out.
The most disappointing aspect of Russia's, difficult to comprehend, elimination from the
tournament is that we won't see any more of Alan Dzagoev. Dzagoev's three goals in the opening two
fixtures seemed to have set Russia on a comfortable course for the knockout stages and placed him
as a contender for top goalscorer, but a limp performance in the final game saw them miss out.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping to land his first signing of the summer after entering
into negotiations with Juventus misfit Milos Krasic.
The Serbia international was merely a spectator last season as he was forced to watch from the
bench as Juventus went unbeaten for the entire season to win the league.
In the 59th minute of Zenit St. Petersburg's final home match of the season, 31-year-old Russian international Roman Shirokov was brought on to boos and jeers. In the first minute of injury time, Shirokov put away the final goal in Zenit's 3-1 win against Volga Nizhny and he celebrated by giving fans behind the goal an "up yours" gesture as payback for his reception half an hour earlier.
The result may not have been one to remember for most, but Hertha Berlin's 2-2 draw with SC
Paderborn 07 will be a game John Anthony Brooks will never forget.
Brooks, a U.S. U-20 men's national team centerback, made his professional debut for Hertha
Berlin in their season-opening tie with SC Paderborn 07 on Friday.
David Stern, commissioner of the NBA, has tossed around the idea of a World Cup of Basketball over
the last few days. (Click here to see more information on WC of Basketball.)
It's been articulated by Stern that the Olympics would start to resemble the style put together by
FIFA, the International Federation of Soccer, and play U-23 (Under 23 years old) players only.
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Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow (Full name: FC Central Sport Club of the Army /
Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА) has launched its
2012/13 home and away kits from new technical...
Japan has the highest proportion of elderly citizens of any country in the world. The irony is when
the Samurai Blue takes to the pitch against Australia tonight, it's the Socceroos who'll attract
all the attention for their age.
The Australian team which drew 0-0 in its opening fourth round World Cup qualifier against Oman had
a combined average age of almost 32.
