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July 18, 2008

Middlesbrough Unveils New Away Shirt For 2008/2009 Season

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Middlesbrough has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season with a design that's manufactured by Errea and sponsored by Garmin. The blue and black striped shirt is reminiscent of Inter Milan's home shirt. But interestingly, according to the Middlesbrough web site, "the new shirt sees a return of the blue and black vertical stripes [. Click to continue reading...

Transfer Rumors (18 July 08): Eto’o to Uzbekistan (not a joke!), Tottenham to offload four, Manchester United in for England U-21 keeper, and more

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You can't always believe everything you read, but sometimes, it's not as crazy as it seems. That's what kicks off today's roundup, which includes news from Toulouse, to well, you'll find out in a second. Spain Uzbekistani club Kuruvchi recently posted a story on their site about Samuel Eto'o coming to play for [. Click to continue reading...

Stoke expected to complete £5million striker signing today

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Reading striker Dave Kitson is going to return to the Premier League today when the 28-year-old striker signs a deal to play next season for Stoke City. The move is expected to be finalized with the 28-year-old being the first... Click to continue reading...

Manchester United, Ferguson: "Berbatov? Ci sono buone possibilità"

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Nel futuro del bulgaro Dimitar Berbatov si fa sempre più concreta l'ipotesi di un trasferimento al Manchester United. L'allenatore dei Red Devils Alex Ferguson si è dimostrato ottimista riguardo all'andamento della trattativa: "Ci sono buone possibilità che l'affare vada a buon fine".

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Manchester United, Ferguson: "C.Ronaldo resta al Manchester"

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"L'attaccante portoghese Cristiano Ronaldo giocherà al Manchester United anche nella prossima stagione". Lo ha annunciato l'allenatore Alex Ferguson. Il tecnico dei Red Devils e il giocatore poroghese si sono incontrati questa settimana a Lisbona. Ronaldo, che tornerà a giocare ad ottobre, per recuperare dall'operazione alla caviglia dell 7 luglio scorso, aveva espresso il desiderio di andare al Real Madrid, che avrebbe pagato fino a 85 milioni di euro per il suo trasferimento. Click to continue reading...

Arshavin And Falcoa Both Turn Down Gunners

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[Telegraph] - Arsenal have been rejected by two of their top transfer targets, Andrei Arshavin and Falcao, who have both rebuffed the north London club's overtures to sign them, according to reports. Arshavin, the Russian playmaker subject to intense speculation of a move to the Premier League this summer, reiterated his desire to join Barcelona but [. Click to continue reading...

More From QPR re Season Tickets and Fans...Dowie on Pre-Season...Other Tangential QPR Snippets

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BBC - QPR limit season ticket numbers
Queens Park Rangers will cap the number of season ticket sales for the first time in the club's history.
The limit means there are only a few hundred season tickets left before the new campaign gets underway.
Deputy managing director Ali Russell told BBC London 94. Click to continue reading...

Soccerlens 08-09 Fantasy Football

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The Premier League season starts in 4 weeks and the Soccerlens 08/09 Fantasy Football League is now open for business. The private league is free to join, setup with premierleague.com's fantasy football game and like last season, there's prize money for the winner at the end of the season. Here's how you can play: 1. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth - The Team to Watch in 2008/09

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The English Premier League is a unique league where each season brings one surprise package. Last season Portsmouth had a chance at that glory but the African Cup of Nations hampered the second half of their season. This year, however, Harry Redknapp's team is looking primed and ready to take the Premiership by storm. Click to continue reading...

Bitter Tottenham Report Liverpool and Manchester United

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Today's top headlines revolve around the news that Tottenham have officially reported Liverpool and Manchester United to the Premier League. Spurs are accusing the two clubs of tapping up player Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov. Here is the official statement from chairman Daniel Levy:
"Today's public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players.
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Man Utd (Unconvincingly) Deny Tapping Up Berbatov

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In the latest of our football comics from Chris Toy, Man Utd's press secretary does his very very best to assure Spurs fans that they're not tapping up their star striker. And just because Utd have put in a bid for a big name Bulgarian striker who earns his living in North London, that doesn't necessarily [. Click to continue reading...

The Evolution of US Soccer Players in Europe: Part I

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While players are now reporting to their European clubs' preseason training camps, we're all still following the movement of American players between various clubs. This got me thinking that after 20 years of following the fortunes of US players in Europe (9 of them as a reporter), its hard not to notice the evolution of the American presence in the European game. Click to continue reading...

Setanta North America Announces Its BPL Schedule; So, What About Fox Soccer Channel?

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This afternoon, Setanta North America released its complete broadcast schedule for the first two months of the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season, along with confirming its lineup of Sunday and Monday matches for the two months after.  You can take a look at the announced matches at Setanta's website. Click to continue reading...

July 19, 2008

EPL Travel Guide Review

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Looking to plan a trip to see your favorite Premier League club next season? If you need a little help, Chris Harris, aka The Gaffer from EPL Talk, has everything you need to make your trip a success, whether it's near or far, with In Pursuit of Real Football: The Soccer Fan's Ultimate Travel [...] Click to continue reading...

Liverpool To Enter Eto'o Frame

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Samuel Eto'o could make a surprise move to Liverpool if the Premier League club fails in their bid to prise Robbie Keane away from Tottenham Hotspur.

The Cameroonian striker is being offered to Europe's major clubs and many have already previously made contact to ask about his annual salary and transfer fee. Click to continue reading...

Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?

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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should determine its price, not market forces. No, I'm not [. Click to continue reading...

Roma: Nome nuovo per l'esterno, Malouda

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C'è un nuovo nome per l'esterno della Roma: Florent Malouda, in forza attualmente al Chelsea. Secondo i media d'oltre Manica, il rapporto tra i 'Blues' e il nazionale francese sarebbe agli sgoccioli. La scorsa stagione Malouda non ha disputato una stagione all'altezza delle aspettative dei dirigenti londinesi, così la Roma sarebbe in agguato e pronta a rilevare il cartellino del giocatore ex Lione con la formula del prestito con diritto di riscatto. Click to continue reading...

Transfer Rumors (19 July 08): Spurs report United and Liverpool over Berba and Keane, Liverpool still in for Barry, offload Carson, Tottenham’s Kaboul says no

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Today's transfer roundup starts off with a hint of bitterness, or is it the much-needed integrity that we football fans have been yearning for recently, in the wake of all of the disloyalty shown to us by our favorite clubs and players. Also, if Roy Keane is reading this, you might need to [...] Click to continue reading...

Man United Boss Disgraceful and Arrogant?

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Apparently so according to a report in The Sun. I know this might come as a surprise Alex Ferguson has been described as a disgraceful, arrogant hypocrite by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy. Tottenham reported Manchester United and boss Fergie to the Premier League for tapping up their star striker Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

Roma, Baptista si avvicina (Il Tempo)

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Sì che il brasiliano aveva già dato nei giorni scorsi tramite il suo manager Menendez che domani dovrebbe rientrare da Pechino proprio per intavolare la trattativa. Se il viaggio in Portogallo di Mijatovic dovesse portare, come molto probabile, alla conferma di Baptista di lasciare il Real, partirebbe in automatico la trattativa con la Roma. Click to continue reading...

German star: No talks with Newcastle

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Torsten Frings agent wants everyone to know that his client did not meet with Newcastle United and that the 31-year-old would only move to one of the Big Four clubs in the Premier League. Norbert Pflippen addressed the rumors that... Click to continue reading...

PSG: Dopo Giuly adesso tocca a Makelele

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Il Paris Saint Germain pensa in grande e, dopo Giuly dalla Roma, si prepara ad accogliere anche Claude Makelele. Secondo L'Equipe, l'acquisto del 35enne centrocampista francese del Chelsea dovrebbe essere ufficializzato nei primi giorni di settimana prossima. Il giocatore avrebbe già trovato l'accordo per un contratto biennale. Click to continue reading...

Amichevoli Estive: Video Gol Southampton - Celtic 0 - 2

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Fox Soccer Channel & Setanta Sports Announce 08/09 EPL TV Schedule

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The U.S. TV schedules for the first part of the 2008/2009 Premier League season have been announced. Here are the scheduled games to appear on Setanta Sports and Fox Soccer Channel. Thanks to Jeff Hash and Mike Kenna for their help. Saturday, August 16 Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion, 7:45am ET, Setanta Sports Middlesbrough v Tottenham, 10am [. Click to continue reading...

Hypocrite Spurs mad at losing Champions League tickets

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Tottenham Hotspur have every right to be mad. Here's a club dead-set on playing in the Champions League - they've brought in one of the best managers in contemporary football, they have brought in some of the brightest young talent in Europe (Bale, Gunter, Modric, Dos Santos and Bostock - just to name a [. Click to continue reading...

Can Kaka bring attractive football to Stamford Bridge?

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Kaka's assistant is quoted as saying: "Real Madrid offered €90m last summer and Milan did not even think about the bid. This time is different. This is the first time we feel that a deal will definitely happen. Because of the [financial] situation Milan are in at the moment, the deal is good for all [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham, il Presidente tuona: "Ferguson ipocrita ed arrogante"

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Il presidente del Tottenham, Daniel Levy, attacca frontalmente il tecnico e manager del Manchester United, sir Alex Ferguson, definendolo "un ipocrita" e "un arrogante" in un apposito comunicato. Con Cristiano Ronaldo ormai in partenza per il Real Madrid, Ferguson si è concentrato sulla trattativa che potrebbe portare allo United l'attaccante bulgaro Berbatov del Tottenham. Click to continue reading...

Transfers - A Question of Loyalty and Honesty?

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With Frank Lampard's demands at Chelsea firmly on the agenda right now, it's had me thinking about how sad it is that the trust I once had in players at the club has decreased in sharp contrast to their ever-increasing salaries. Funny then, when reading an old article circa 2002, to realise that the Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo Will Continue His Servitude in a Red Shirt. So Says Sir Alex.

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So that's it?

After weeks of immature and pathetic hints to the contrary by Ronaldo himself, after endless opinion from his mother, step-father, brother, sister, national team coach, current teammates, possible future teammates, ex-United greats, newspaper columnists, Sepp Blatter, Berndt Schuster, Ramon Calderon, the Spanish press, blogs, messageboards all that mattered was the opinion of one man, sitting in a Rugby stadium.

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Liverpool to make HUGE move for £24m star: This would be Rafa’s best ever signing!

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According to this source if a move for Robbie Keane fails then Rafa will line up the mother of all big signings! Samuel Eto'o could make a surprise move to Liverpool if the Premier League club fail in their bid to prise Robbie Keane away from Tottenham Hotspur. The Cameroonian striker is ... Click to continue reading...