Last week, CSKA Sofia one of the biggest clubs in Bulgaria flew a Frenchman named Greg Akcelrod
in for a trial (video) where they're training in Austria. Ackelrod boasted of time in PSG's reserve
squad and interest from a laundry list of clubs across Europe over the last few years interest he
generated through a level of lies and fakery that make him the world's foremost footballing con
man.
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The Offside 24 July @ 10:21 AM EDT
Luca Toni's move from Bayern Munich to Borussia Dortmund was announced this week, much to the
surprise of everyone involved. Including Luca Toni, Bayern and BVB. Seems a computer hacker managed
to get access to the BVB website and post the fake news story. There was a photo of Toni in a BVB
shirt along with [.
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The Offside 17 January @ 11:00 AM EDT
I am bored with our standard quiz format, so we're going to try something different this week.
Remember MadLibs? Those little booklets your mom gave you in the car to keep you from pummeling
your sister on the way to grandma's, where you come up with a noun, a verb, etc. and then [...]
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The Offside 18 January @ 05:45 PM EDT
First off, if you haven't given your responses to our Completely, Totally, Unquestionably True Fake
News Story, stop by this post to see what we're up to. Then come back here and leave your own
answers. Thanks to everybody for getting into the spirit of things. You are a very creative [...]
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According to ESPN Soccernet, Juventus are not going to sell defender
Giorgio Chiellini. Sporting director Alessio Secco told the
club's official website,
"We are used to reading of possible interest in our players from other clubs .
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