The rumor mill in Europe is working overtime on the rumor that Barcelona star Thierry Henry is coming to MLS next summer to play for the New York Red Bulls.

Today the Spanish newspaper AS reported that Henry, who is 32, would like to end his career in the U.S.

Henry is still part of the France national team that is expected to qualify for next summer's World Cup in South Africa, which would delay Henry coming to MLS until late in July.

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With World Cup qualifiers about to take place, there isn't too much happening at club level. But there are a few articles and updates that caught my eye.

The biggest news is the medical update on Bafetimbi Gomis. Two days ago at Guingamp, Gomis collapsed during practice with the France squad.

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Things aren't going so hot for the French national team right now. They're only sitting second in their World Cup Qualifying group, coming off a pair of 1-1 draws, everyone hates their manager, and now, ahead of a cupcake match against Faroe Islands (a side they only beat 1-0 last time), their players are losing consciousness during training.

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While many fans have voiced their dissatisfaction with French national team manager Raymond Domenech recently, it's quite clear he knows exactly what he's doing.

For example, here we see his squad undergoing rigorous training for their upcoming matches against Romania and Serbia by using rugby balls.

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This transfer window is over for Lyon after the club signed Saint Etienne's Bafetimbi Gomis for a fee which could rise to €15 million. The powerful striker will sign a five-year contract with Gerland outfit and he is set to partner Lisandro Lopez in newly shaped attack.

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Barcelona won something moderately important this week. Wolfsburg also won something pretty big - and for the first time, too. Thanks to Louis Braille, there's going to be lots of touching at France's next friendly. Thanks to Playboy, a lot more ogling at Germany's training. Should football be statified? Click to continue reading...

Yoann Gourcuff, who is on loan at Bordeaux from Milan, has been voted the Player of the Year in Ligue 1 by his fellow professionals and the outstanding playmaker has expressed his desire to remain at Bordeaux when his loan deal ends. The young midfielder has really blossomed under Laurent Blanc after struggling on the fringes at Milan and he is definitely the player who has to take most of the credit for the club's uptrend in fortunes this season.

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I plan to post a much longer entry tomorrow about Lyon's winter transfer season (or lack thereof), but for now, here are some other things that I wanted to mention that don't deserve their own post.

First off, it's INTERNATIONAL TIME!!! That's good news and bad.

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Here's your weekly (or whatever) pile of things that caught my interest or made me smile this week, but didn't warrant a whole post. Newest Member of the Village People Here we have Michel Platini, head of UEFA, dealing with the financial crisis by preparing for his new career: Construction Worker. Click to continue reading...

Interesting quote last week from Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Gregory Coupet, on why he left Lyon for Madrid: "I felt there was too large of a gap between myself and the young players of OL. So much so, that I didn't see anything of myself in the new generation. That to me is harder and harder to [...] Click to continue reading...

Remember how I said that China were becoming Lyon's new best friends? Well, it looks like Aulas takes this BFF business seriously because today Lyon launched a Chinese version of their official website, thanks to a partnership with TitanSport, a Chinese sports media giant.

Pretty soon OL will be signing token Chinese players a la Manchester United.

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It must have been quite a reunion for the 2Bs.

Oops, how did this picture get in here?

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It's international week, so things are rather quiet on the Lyon front. Here's what's been going on:

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Fabio Grosso is back in training and is expected to play against Lille on October 18th. This is good news because if he does well, he play against Steaua a few days later.

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Wanna talk about Thursday's game?

Yeah, me neither.

So instead, I'd like to say that anybody who's in New York on Oct 2 can stop by and see former Galaxy guy Kyle Martino playing in a fundraiser game for a

Green'-Carpet Event and Live Auction to Benefit Nonprofit Grassroot Soccer and its Mission to End HIV/AIDS Using the ‘Power of Soccer'

Other players will include:

WHO: Michael Strahan (frmr NY Giants) ** Anthony LaPaglia ("Without a Trace") ** Brandon Routh ("Superman") ** Jimmy Jean-Louis ("Heroes") ** Gilles Marini ("Sex and the City") ** Annie Churchill ** Skeet Ulrich ("Jericho") ** Donal Logue ("The Tao of Steve") ** Costas Mandylor ("Saw") ** Richard Gough (frmr Scotland National Team) ** Frank LeBoeuf (frmr France National Team) ** Kyle Martino (frmr LA Galaxy) ** Lydia Hearst ** Brian Dunseth (FOX analyst) ** Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) ** Heather O'Reilly (Gold-Medalist, 2008 Olympiad; U.

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Tottenham are preparing a £12 million bid for Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra. The former Arsenal ace could be set to exit Fratton Park after Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp was told he needs to sell to lessen the club's financial problems. (The People)
Diarra, 23, has been one of Pompey's top performers in recent months and inspired the club to their first major trophy in 90 years, when they won the FA Cup last season. Click to continue reading...

I've totally been avoiding writing about this because part of me still believes that it's only a nightmare...But man, out of the eleven OL players in Euro 2008, only one will be showing his face in the quarterfinals.

I have nine other identical pictures just like this.

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By 1970s Gooner The news coming out of the France national team's camp is that Mathieu Flamini has cut short his international week and is flying back to London to be attended by Arsenal's doctors. Flamini 'suffered a little something', Domenech said without explaining the extent of the injury. He will not travel to Kiev to face the Ukraine in France's last qualifying game. Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner There are good news for Arsenal coming out of the France camp prior to their next Wednesday's crucial game against Lithuania at Beaujoire. Domenech is set to make some changes from the team that started in their 6-0 thrashing of the Faroe Islands last Saturday and there are mixed fortunes for the Arsenal players. Sagna is expected to be rested with Diarra taking his place; Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner Bakary Sagna has been speaking from the base of the France National team at Clairefontaine about Arsenal's fantastic start to this season's campaign. He feels that this is a result that has been partly prompted by all the critics and doubters. ‘We did not expect to be first and to have such an outstanding beginning to the season. Click to continue reading...