A bit of conjecture here. The injury news is looking a bit more positive but that might not be what could be worrying Arsene Wenger now.

He has to get William Gallas and Bacary Sagna to refocus on club football after the Ireland France odyssey. Gallas of course was one of the principal characters in the France farce and might be in for some stick with fans with Irish national players in their club like City and Aston Villa.

Click to continue reading...

Okay, I know, 3 posts in one day is a bit excessive. But one was part of a planned thing, the other was new injury news, and there are several things here that I thought you find interesting.

First, and most importantly, Kieran Gibbs did not break his foot, only suffered brusing, and is expected to be back and ready for action against Chelsea on the 29th.

Click to continue reading...

Can he do it on his own without Torres, Benayoun, and Riera?
Steven Gerrard looks set to start for Liverpool this weekend against Manchester City as his long road to recovery from a groin problem looks almost complete...
Gerrard has used the international break to step up his rehabilitation program - and the news will surely make Liverpool fans happy. Click to continue reading...

I wish Arteta was fit so I could replace Lampard with an absolute on the ball genius
This international break has not been meaningless by any means- in fact, it's been quite exciting as Nic Anelka gave France a 1-0 lead over Ireland, and former Fantasy Premier League stars Obafemi Martins (Nigeria) and Amr Zaki (Egypt) got their countries one step closer to South Africa as well. Click to continue reading...

Usually when the injury news pops up over the International Break it comes in the form of pulled hamstrings or strained thighs - as in Frank Lampard's case with England today.
But this year continues to be the year of sad and scary high speed road accidents in world football.
First the d(r)iver Cristiano Ronaldo wrecked his Ferrari. Click to continue reading...

It is Friday morning and Sir Alex Ferguson has finished his pre-match news conference. There is a bit of good news on the injury front ahead of the all important game between Man United and Chelsea this Sunday.
After missing the midweek 3-3 draw against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov are fit to play on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa will be out for around three months after undergoing surgery on his left knee this week, according to Chelsea's website.

The 27-year-old fullback has been out since mid-October with the problem and will now not return until the new year.

The Chelsea statement said:

"Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Jose Bosingwa underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this week.

Click to continue reading...

What a miserable Tuesday morning, it's dark, raining and just.... miserable!

On top of that we have no club football to look forward to until the 21st November – that's eleven days by my calculations..

Had a little peep around for some news, but there is very little. Suppose there won't be for the next week or so, well not until after the first batch of international friendly's, then it will be fingers crossed that none of our players pick up any injuries.

Click to continue reading...

Liverpool can pull level with Aston Villa (and one point off Tottenham for fourth) on Monday evening with a victory over Birmingham City. That's about the only certain thing we know right now. As for the injury news on Torres, Gerrard, et al well you might as well just consider the starting XI [... Click to continue reading...

Manchester United will be alarmed from Chelsea threat at Stamford Bridge tomorrow. Sir Alex Ferguson is looking for the full three points even United are playing away from home to remain in the title...
Continue to the full story Click to continue reading...

If the Chicago Fire were hoping for reinforcements to bolster their chances against New England in Saturday's second leg playoff match, they'll have to look beyond Gonzalo Segares. The defender is currently listed as out for the upcoming do-or-die encounter set for Saturday at Toyota Park.

Click to continue reading...

If the Chicago Fire were hoping for reinforcements to bolster their chances against New England in Saturday's second leg playoff match, they'll have to look beyond Gonzalo Segares. The defender is currently listed as out for the upcoming do-or-die encounter set for Saturday at Toyota Park.

Click to continue reading...

Well, just as my preview for the first match against AZ announced a monthlong injury to Theo Walcott, I'm afraid I've got more bad injury news to report here.

Gael Clichy reportedly has a stress fracture in his back, and will be out for about a month. Two weeks of that month will be the international break, but he will, at the very least, miss league fixtures against Wolves and Chelsea and Champions League matches against AZ and Standard.

Click to continue reading...

Two large Italian clubs received huge injury news today as they sought to climb up the Serie A table.

Juventus star and striker Vincent Iaquinta revealed today that he has a torn meniscus and will have surgery on his knee Tuesday. He injured it during training Saturday and did not play this Sunday against Siena.

Click to continue reading...

There is mixed injury news for Man United ahead of the massive clash between United and Liverpool this Sunday at Anfield.
Wayne Rooney
Rooney may have taken part in training today but there is still a possibility that he could miss Sunday's game, a decision will be made tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

Good Afternoon everyone!

Sorry, for not being able to blog earlier, but I've had one of those maddeningly busy days where time's just flown by. Today's also the last day that I post as my good mate The Goon shall be back tomorrow to carry on running the fine blog as he has been doing so since over a year.

Click to continue reading...

The international break is over, so it's time to get back to work for the guys in the EPL.

The weekend starts with a bang as Chelsea makes the trip to Birmingham to face Aston Villa and wraps up with a battle of bottom dwellers on Monday when Hull City visit Craven Cottage.

Here's a look at the table.

Click to continue reading...

It may have been a quiet week for the Rapids but all the noise from the other MLS games has left their task very clear. A win in Dallas and they could be in the playoffs. Such a scenario will take place for sure if the Rapids win in Texas and Real Salt Lake fail to beat New York tomorrow night, something they haven't done in the past 10 games against the Red Bulls apparently. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have today confirmed that Ritche De Laet will be a United player until at least 2012. The Belgian defender was offered a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future (not entirely sure in what capacity, but at least he'll be here). De Laet, now 20, was a surprise signing from Stoke, as he had never played for their first team.

Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have today confirmed that Ritche De Laet will be a United player until at least 2012. The Belgian defender was offered a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future (not entirely sure in what capacity, but at least he'll be here). De Laet, now 20, was a surprise signing from Stoke, as he had never played for their first team.

Click to continue reading...

Premier League Team News - Barclays Premier League - ESPN SoccernetAt the time of this writing, Soccernet still doesn't have all of the content entered into the link above (and they seem to be having a few issues with the graphics as well) but it is the best one-page consolidated review so I'm linking to it. Click to continue reading...

AP Photo/David Ramos

Bojan Krkic participated in practice on Thursday after being out of action for a month following a hamstring injury suffered in FC Barcelona's August 31 match against Sporting Gijon.

Following the training session Krkic received the green light from the medical staff and could make his way on to Pep Guardiola's roster for Saturday's match up against Almeria.

Click to continue reading...

A heart-breaking Sounders FC loss to New England was sad not just as a result. But it might have been the last time Revolution midfielder Steve Ralston took the field.
The league's all-time leader in games and minutes played tore his ACL on Saturday.
At 35 years old, he could be done. Click to continue reading...

• Adidas and Puma, founded by two feuding brothers, buried a 61-year-old grudge by playing a soccer match this week [NY Times]

• Some relevant Carling Cup injury news from Tuesday's matches. Stoke's Ricardo Fuller injured his groin, while Burnley's heroic goalkeeper Brian Jensen also went off due to injury [Sky] and [Sky]

• England's one cap wonders.

Click to continue reading...

Spain
It took a couple game, but Cristiano Ronaldo is now in top form. He scored inside a minute and added a second in a 5-0 win against Xerez. And Real Madrid is scoring goals in bunches (who needs defense when you're scoring five goals a game, right?).
Italy
Big injury news in Serie A, Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro (remember when he was on top of the world? Click to continue reading...

Well, before we get to the preview, Adebayor looks to be in trouble. He's facing a 3-match ban for violent conduct for stomping van Persie's face, and could be facing an additional ban for inciting the Arsenal supporters at the Eastlands. Referee Mark Clattenberg said that he didn't see the van Persie incident, but that if he had, he would have sent Adebayor off.

Click to continue reading...

Andrei Arshavin is the latest injury casualty coming out of the international break as the Premier League sets to resume this weekend.
The Russian superstar aggravated a groin injury playing for Russia against Wales.
Arsenal, however, may be able to replace Arshavin with Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky - who could return from injury to slot into the Gunners' midfield. Click to continue reading...

Look, ive had enough of this now. Please, just let it stop.

And my blogging software is was playing up.

Now, I'm English, I'm a fairly patriotic kinda guy but all this talk that diving is below English players is total and utter bollocks in my view. I'm not going much more into it than that but I want England to lose tonight, the mighty, honest, hard-done-by England

I'm not going to say something immature like I hope John Terry breaks his leg diving when Eduardo tries to tackle him.

Click to continue reading...

• Fabio Aurelio (pictured above scoring a nice free kick against United last season) should return to action this weekend for Liverpool. [USA Today]

• Portsmouth sign a former Manchester United star player. Unfortunately for Pompey, it's Danny Webber - who was a star for United in the U-17 team - famously scoring 16 goals in 11 appearances for United in 1998, including 5 against Fulham.

Click to continue reading...

Afternoon people, this isnt going to be the longest blog I have ever written because quite frankly there is not an awful lot out there and what is out there, is utter crap.

That is what The Sun are leading with today and it absolutely stinks. The chances of Usmanov ever completing a takeover of this club are nil as far as I'm concerned, I don't think the board (with the money of Stan Kroenke) would ever be swayed by Usmanov's billions, it must also be remembered that Usmanov has lost a lot of money over the past year or so sitting 200 places lower than Stan Kroenke in the rich list and with a wife who is even richer.

Click to continue reading...

Finally, we have some good injury news. Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that United's new signing Gabriel Obertan should be ready to make his debut in six weeks. The winger...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! Click to continue reading...

LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images

FC Barcelona striker Bojan Krkic was key in the 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon this evening scoring his first goal of the 2009/2010 season but unfortunately suffered an injury late in the match.

Bojan was injured in the 80th minute when he was going for the ball and lost his footing.

Click to continue reading...

He's tougher than you
Some breaking Friday injury news concerning Premier League champions Manchester United. Last season's fantasy premier league superstar, Nemanja Vidic, is fit and ready to face Wigan tomorrow.
However, captain Rio Ferdinand faces a month on the sidelines after suffering a slight tear in his thigh during training last week. Click to continue reading...

Having missed pre-season and the first game of the season because he was on duty with the Mexican National side, it seems Carlos Vela is now a forgotten figure in the Arsenal squad and transfer rumours are saying he will be offered to Fulham in our attempt to sign Brede Hangeland.

But why?

Regular readers of my space will of course know I love Carlos Vela and that is why I am worried about his future as I believe he can be very important this season.

Click to continue reading...

A busy day at Offside HQ, and whole boat load of stuff to talk about. Strap in.

- First and foremost, roster moves. The long rumored, and now finally finalized move for David Habaruguira, defender from Anderlecht in the Netherlands. He had throughly impressed Tom Soehn, enough that he had this to say,

"He is pretty versatile, pretty polished," Soehn said.

Click to continue reading...