You know what really stood out about the recently closed transfer window?  Not the brinksmanship, the complaints about tapping up, or even the idea of billion-dollar teams squabbling over a couple million pounds.  The one thing that really stood out to me was all the talk about "dream moves." It seemed like every high-profile star that [. Click to continue reading...

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait until January to resume, teams may still sign players as free agents (and that until March 31, 2009). So, inspired from this Top 11 Serie A [. Click to continue reading...

Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even put on their new shirt. Eliminating loans made sure somebody has actually bought up the entire contract this summer, and everyone of these guys happened to come in at under [. Click to continue reading...

As I sit here watching the start of the CONCACAF Champions league second leg I have to look back at all the happenings this past week in football. This week featured more tournament play, the start of La Liga and Serie A and the close of the fall transfer season for the EPL. The big transfer news is that Man City stole Robinho out from under Chelsea and Manchester United finally got Berbatov from Tottenham. Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

1. Manchester City as a new superpower When Blues fans woke up yesterday morning they cannot have been expecting the rollercoaster day ahead. Just a couple of weeks ago they were outraged by rumours Vedran Corluka and Stephen Ireland were to be sold. Yesterday, Corluka slipped out the day to Spurs virtually unnoticed as City fans [. Click to continue reading...

There's really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deal that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab with their newly-acquired mega-riches, many watched the window to see if someone would come through the [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle have completed the signing of Spain Under-21 striker Xisco, 22, on a five-year deal worth £4.8m from Deportivo. Necessary move before Owen heads to Tottenham so that Berbatov can head to United so that Campbell can go to Hull so that everyone go home and sleep? "Newcastle sign Xisco for £4. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club have agreed to sell Brazilian Robinho to Manchester City. Calderon (speaking to Spanish TV): "We have agreed to sell the player for human reasons, and for footballing reasons and for an important quantity of money. The fact the player accepted the offer from City proves he isn't moving for sporting [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of 26-year old Albert Reira from Espnayol on a 4-year contract for £8m. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is confident his new recruit will have no problems in adapting to life in Premiership football: "Riera has the qualities we were looking for. He's a left footer who normally plays on the left wing, [. Click to continue reading...

There are several clubs who were left on the altar, so to speak, with respect to a few big signings this summer. Liverpool lost out on Barry, Real Madrid lost out on Ronaldo, Chelsea and United may still lose out on Robinho and Berbatov, Tottenham reportedly lost out on Villa (although to be fair they [. Click to continue reading...

After hundreds (at least) of news bits over the last few months, we're finally almost at the end of the summer transfer window. There's a lot yet to happen on the final day of the window, but I'm here to get you caught up on all of the latest signings and speculation. England So, [...] Click to continue reading...

The repercussions of Robinho's absence on the pitch are just now beginning to be felt by MADRIDISTAS everywhere. Last year, whenever Madrid played this bad, Robinho bailed them out, which is what great players do, they create something out of nothing. No one else on this team has that ability to be the 'rompe esquemas'(spanish for gamebreaker). Click to continue reading...

Spanish Football is BACK! Yesterday two matches were decided & tonight the rest of the games have been played of Round 1º. Here is SFS weekly round up of results, scorers & images in a... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

We're about to head into a new week, and if you've missed anything on SL over the last week, here's your chance to get caught up on some of the top topics from the site and the SL forum. UEFA Champions League 08-09 - Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG Marco Pantanella brought you the complete Champions [... Click to continue reading...

Robinho is a liar. He doesn't want to play for Chelsea. He wants to leave Real Madrid because he thinks he's never going to get the money and the respect that he feels he deserves. Chelsea are just the richest club to have come along and offer him a spot. If Liverpool had the money [...] Click to continue reading...

In addition to our daily transfer news and rumours column, we also cover all the transfers happening in the Premier League. This summer we're taking our coverage to the next level, and you can now track confirmed transfers for the following leagues: English Premier League English Championship La Liga Serie A Bundesliga Ligue 1 You can click on any of the [. Click to continue reading...

There are only a couple more days left in the summer transfer window, so there's less spec and more deals right now as the deadline approaches. England Tottenham look set to complete their front line and pave the way for Dimitar Berbatov to get his move to Manchester United, as they've agreed what could be [. Click to continue reading...

DISH customers can practically kiss their chances goodbye of seeing GolTV back on their satellite provider. The 24/7 soccer network says that it doesn't see any compromise with DISH being reached in the near future and is recommending that DISH customers select an alternate source such as DirecTV. On August 1st, DISH Network dumped GolTV from its [. Click to continue reading...

Week 1: LFP La Liga: Season 2008/2009 Deportivo la Coruna are meeting Real Madrid in the first round of Primera Division Sunday 31th of August. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Click to continue reading...

Week 1: LFP La Liga: Season 2008/2009 CD Numancia are meeting Fc Barcelona in the first round of Primera Division Sunday 31th of August. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Click to continue reading...

We're into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it's sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I'm back to give you the latest transfer news and rumors, and there is something to report on with Dimitar Berbatov, but I don't know if it's what [...] Click to continue reading...

Attached is a link for the UEFA Champions League draw, the only truly interesting league in Europe. The reason that I say that is very simple, what other league in Europe has so many teams that could possibly win it? None of the other leagues are even close. In the English Premier League, how many teams really have a shot at winning it? Click to continue reading...

Week 1: LFP La Liga: Season 2008/2009 Valencia are meeting RCD Mallorca in the first round of Primera Division Saturday 30th of August. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Click to continue reading...

Week 1: LFP La Liga: Season 2008/2009 Espanyol are meeting Real Valladolid in the first round of Primera Division Saturday 30th of August. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Click to continue reading...