Wesley Sneijder has been linked with Manchester United in the past few days, and not for the first time. The Dutchman has continuously been linked with Manchester United for the best part of two seasons but each time the move was apparently close to completion something cropped up an prevented it from being finalized.

The Philadelphia Union announced that they had purchased the contractual rights of Roger Torres from Colombian team America de Cali.

The 20-year-old has played with the Union on loan for the past two seasons, scoring three goals and assisting on eight more in 46 games played (1889 minutes).

It doesn't matter how honourable intentions may be at the Football Association of Singapore they always seem to put their foot in their mouth big time. The latest faux pas comes with the news that their newly appointed SLeague deputy CEO, and former Etoile chairman, is a declared bankrupt back in his home country of France and banned from running a business there for five years.

I'm not going to bother you with my personal issues this time (it's going to be couples therapy), but my God, what a game.

I told you last week we were at that school, right? Last Saturday we were using that same field, but now there were at least a thousand people, maybe more. Everybody was dressed up to go to a fancy AC New Years Party, there was a great atmosphere.

An investigation into how the Man Utd has transformed itself into a £1.2billion franchise shows why the much-maligned Glazer family, who bought the club in 2005 and saddled it with huge debts, have hung on.

The Best Things In Life Dukla Prague 1-3 Jablonec (22:10:11) So, things we learnt from watching football in Prague: Slavia Prague are the big boys but Sparta Prague are bigger. Bohemians 1905 are the cool guys - saved by fans who paid off a portion of the clubs debts - whereas FK Bohemians Praha are the villains of the piece; buying out the logo and using the name Bohemians even though court

Here we go again... new rides for these futbolitos! Last Friday, Real Madrid attended an Audi go-karting event where they all pretended to be Formula 1 drivers. This week, it's the Rossoneri's turn to carry out their marketing duties, where they received new cars with customized front plates.

Well, this is a bit odd. For the first time in 15 years my morning routine has changed. When we got the dog my first task of the morning would be to get up, let him out and clean up the mess he'd made overnight. Given his age he'd kind of come full circle but it's very weird to see the space where his bed used to be.

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Having already been liquidated once back in 2010, Polish IV League outfit Klub Sportowy Hutnik Krakow are once again facing financial rack and ruin with debts mounting etc, etc.

Good news then, that several of Hutnik's more altruistic female fans have volunteered to strip off for a nude calendar to help raise a bit of cash in aid of relieving the (monetary) tension.

Gambling addict Hartson reveals debts

"At one point I owed between three and four hundred grand. I'm a good guy, I was struggling with an illness gambling," says former Wales striker

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Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina claims the club blocked him from making a £20million move to Arsenal in the summer of 2010.
Reina admits he was tempted to leave Merseyside after returning from Spain's victorious World Cup campaign last year to find the Reds in a downward spiral.
Manager Rafa Benitez had been sacked, while director Christian Purslow was desperately seeking new owners to replace Tom Hicks and George Gillett as the club struggled under a financial crisis.

Reina Reveals All in New Book

Liverpool's Pepe Reina has revealed all about the highs and lows of his career at the club in a new book serialised today by the Daily Mail . The star stopper tells of his ‘depression' under the previous regime, and how he came close to leaving last January but was talked out of it by his wife.

Short on cash it looks like Manchester United will look to fans in Singapore to help pay off their debts.
United of course are the second biggest team in Singapore after Liverpool.

Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family, are considering a share sale in Singapore to help raise money to reduce some of their debts.

If you look down Everton's squad it is hard to see why their fans are so restless at present.
They have a team packed full of internationals and promising youngsters with one of the best young managers in the game at the helm.
But look beyond that and you will see the fragile nature of the current side.

Last night I listened to Talksport radio and heard an account by Graham Hunter. He is someone that I respect concerning his inside information about Spanish football. This blog is initially to report Graham Hunter's comments, and finally to comment upon the wider issues. Graham Hunter confirmed to Talksport that the previous buy out clause for Mata expired upon Sunday night.

Valencia have said they will sell midfielder Juan Mata this summer.

Mata has been linked with a move to Arsenal and Valencia coach Unai Emery recently said the club may sell the player to help ease their debts.

However, Mata himself has said he wants to stay at Valencia and now president Manuel Llorente has dealt a further blow to Arsenal's aspirations of signing the player.

Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Bolton defender Gary Cahill for an estimated £17 million with Cahill ready to agree personal terms.

Earlier this month the Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis met with his Bolton counterpart Phil Gartside to discuss the possibility of the 25-year-old's transfer, with Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger also ready to seal the transfer of Christopher Samba from Blackburn Rovers.

Barcelona President gave a wide ranging interview on the ‘Ágora' show on TV3, where he insisted that the club will be taking an austere approach to the transfer market this summer. On Arsenal star Fábregas he said

"I don't know if we will sign Cesc or not. What I am sure of is that he is very keen to come to Barça.

When Rotherham United departed from Millmoor at the end of the 2007/08 season, the departure of this football club from its home of one hundred and one years was, perhaps, not granted the attention that it should have been. Rotherham, who had a wretched few seasons during the last decade, had failed to reach agreement with their landlords over disputes that had been running for several years, and left for pastures new at The Don Valley Stadium in nearby Sheffield.

It has come to pass, then, that German football sees its first Arab investor with last week's announcement that Hasan Ismaik bought a 49% ownership stake in 1860 Munich. The thirty-four year old Jordanian reportedly signed away €18 million in order for the Bavarian club to avoid a calamitous descent from the 2.

Now that the season is over, and everyone knows that Liverpool will have some money to spend this summer (rather than it all going towards paying interest on huge debts), the silly season for transfer rumours has started. The worst part about it is, everyone claims to know someone who has inside info on a deal, when in reality there are very few people that do.

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In our last main report of the 2010-11 season, Damon and Damian review the footballing year for their clubs Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC a season of two halves for one and a roller coaster ride for the other.

In the end, she couldn't leave without one final sideswipe. Stephanie Booth, whose attempts to take control of Wrexham Football Club or, perhaps, just The Racecourse Ground have been characterised by what has occasionally looked at times like a pathological inability to keep quiet when she should have, has exited the ongoing soap opera at The Racecourse Ground with a press statement which invites, as so many of her previous press statements have, more questions than answers.

Lazio have caused quite an uproar throughout the calcio community yesterday. There are quite a few people confused as to what exactly happened, knowing that it involves two stadiums, Lotito, money, and CONI.

On Friday, Lazio were granted a UEFA license to play European matches in the Stadio Artemio Franchi next season.

Manchester U are regularly seen as the richest club in the world. This, despite their debts, is once again the feeling of Forbes 2011 Soccer Valuation, in its latest survey. Manchester U have been number one on the Forbes list for seven years running, which is rather dull, and is now valued at something like [.

Di Benedetto takeover complete: What is the future for Roma? is a post from: Just Football

Last Friday evening, Thomas Di Benedetto entered the world of Italian football. He signed a preliminary agreement to takeover AS Roma, and in June will become the first overseas president in their history, and the first of the traditional big clubs in Italy to be owned by a foreign individual.

Ducky's Note: Long time Arsenal fan and occassional journalist Swaroop has quite a bone to pick with a lot of people, especially the English Media. He may sound distinctly like he's part of the Arsene Knows Brigade but he insists everything he says below are pure FACHTS.

While some Arsenal fans are saying that it is time Arsene Wenger went just to bring in a breath of fresh air inside the Emirates, isn't it a case of changing just for the sake of changing?

Stan Kroenke is poised to launch a full takeover of Arsenal after agreeing deals to buy shares owned by Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith.

Kroenke, who already owns 29.9% of Arsenal will acquire the 16.1% owned by Fiszman and Lady Bracewell-Smith's 15.9% stake for about £11,000 a share, or £225m according to BBC Sport.

Stan Kroenke is poised to launch a full takeover of Arsenal after agreeing deals to buy shares owned by Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith.

Kroenke, who already owns 29.9% of Arsenal will acquire the 16.1% owned by Fiszman and Lady Bracewell-Smith's 15.9% stake for about £11,000 a share, or £225m according to BBC Sport.

Back in March 2008 all was still right with the world for Arminia Bielefeld. The club was in its' fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The stadium's new East Stand with extra VIP boxes, and whatever is needed to please the prawn sandwich brigade, had just been completed. New revenue streams were ready to flow and the club was about to play its' 500th Bundesliga match against Hanover.

The Financial results of the Newcastle club, to be released shortly, will show Newcastle have the lowest debts of any club in the Premier League, according to some reports today Apparently the results will be released tomorrow, and Alan Pardew gave some insights today into what the results will show: "We release our figures on [.

The death of Bruce Winfield on Monday at the age of sixty-one marks the end of a short spell as the co-owner of Crawley Town, but supporters of the club are paying lavish tribute to a man that reinvented the club in the last months of his life. After several years of seemingly perpetual financial crisis, Winfield's revolution began at the start of July.

Plymouth Argyle are languishing at the bottom of League 1, ten points having been deducted by the Football League for an ‘insolvency event', giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators.Players have not been paid since November and their debts are estimated at £13m.

Yet in 2008 they finished 10th in the Championship, had posted a £1.

The first reaction, when the news broke that Dundee's CVA had been passed at a creditors' meeting on Tuesday, was relief. I'd never really thought there would be much danger of it not doing, but it's hard to be sure of such things, and with various different quotes of the total debt and of HMRC's share of it, it did seem there was some possibility that HMRC might be able to block it, particlarly if anyone else voted with them.

UPDATE: According to Everton's official website, Everton have loaned out striker James Vaughan to Crystal Palace for the rest of the season with the option of making the deal permanent in the summer.

September 16th, 2010: According to Ian Doyle at the Daily Post, Everton striker James Vaughan admitted that he would not mind extending his loan with Crystal Palace.

Aaron Davidson was making the rounds on Monday night granting interview requests on a number of radio talk shows. He took time between those interviews to talk to IMS and explain what the NASL has done in response to US Soccer's rejection of his leagues bid for sanctioning of D2 soccer last Thursday.

MANCHESTER, England Manchester United have once again insisted the club is not for sale ahead of renewed speculation that they will be subject to a £1.5bn Qatari takeover. Reports on Sunday claimed the Premier League leaders' controversial US owners, the Glazers, had held preliminary discussions with Qatar Holdings over a deal to sell the [.

According to reports circulating in the UK press, U.S and Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel has been declared bankrupt, despite earning £40,000 a week at Villa Park.

It's believed Friedel's US Soccer Academy has run up debts of up to£5m. The Academy was set up by Friedel in his native Ohio to help train players for European soccer.

By Chris Wright

Aston Villa's American goalkeeper Brad Friedel has been declared bankrupt in his homeland, after his non-profit football academy in Lorain, Ohio racked up debts of almost £5 million after failing to attract enough hopefuls willing to pay the annual £20,000 membership fee.