Arsene Wenger has made it clear that he is strongly opposed to loan deals such as Emmanuel Adebayor's spell with Tottenham Hotspur.

Adebayor has been in fine form this season, scoring nine goals in 19 games for the Spurs after parent club Manchester City chose to loan him out at the beginning of the season.

Fresh from the news, Chelsea's manager Andre Villas-Boas proposed that the English League adopts the system which uses Premier League Reserve Teams in lower divisions.
It is widely known, that this system is widely used in Spain and Germany, and has benefited the young talents of Spain to progress faster and more efficiently to professional football.

Lille President Michael Seydoux made clear earlier in week that the Ligue 1 club is interested in signing Joe Cole on a permanent basis. The former Chelsea midfielder has been in great form of late and a move would definitely make sense, but according to Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, nothing is happening re a potential transfer at the moment.

Yesterday, during the l-o-n-g wait for the announcement of the MLS teams' protected lists, I tweeted that I expected the Philadelphia Union to protect the following players: Faryd Mondragon, Danny Califf, Carlos Valdes, Sheanon Williams, Gabriel Farfan, Sebastien LeToux, Brian Carroll, Roger Torres, Danny Mwanga, Michael Farfan, and Freddy Adu.

On what one must consider the plus side, we're a sixth of the way through.
Delighted that this topic has been suggested by one of Twitter's good guys @zerozero31
Seb's suggestion was: Willie McKay is onto a good thing. SPL clubs should be used as short-stay shop-windows for talented players.

Last week, Twitter was abound with rumor that Swansea City were interested in taking Josh McEachran on loan come January. Today, the inside sources were proven correct. Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers confirmed Thursday that the Premier League new boys are hot for Josh, and are likely to make an active move for him in the new year.

Liverpool have a number of players out on loan at the moment, and in a new interview with the official site, Kenny Dalglish outlined the positives of the loan system, and provided some timely updates on the club's loanees. Dalglish was keen to stress that he keeps a close watch on the all the club's loan players:"We keep monitoring them.

*The MLS trade deadline is 2 p.m. tomorrow, so clubs looking at adding to their roster for the final run-in to the season (we're looking at you Chivas USA) had better pull the trigger quick.

From the MLS press release:

All player signings, trades, and transactions must be completed as of 5:00 p.

Protest seems to be the words on the lips of two sets of fans in the Premier League this week as they have grown tired of their club's plight.
Everton and Blackburn supporters are not known for their militancy, in fact protest goes against Blackburn's sleepy Lancashire town image. Evertonians meanwhile usually see protests as ‘something Liverpool fans do'.

It's no secret that Everton have been relatively inactive in the transfer market this summer – and also that this inactivity was not necessarily through choice. It has been revealed by Toffees chairman Bill Kenwright that their hands are tied by the financial constraints of operating in post-recession Britain – and there have been more unsettling words to have come from the man in charge of the Goodison Park purse-strings:
"We've come to a stage with our bank where we just can't borrow any more.

Football Manager 2012: Miles Jacobson Interview - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Football Manager 2012 is due to hit the shelves before Christmas, and our good friends over at Football Manager Stories have just snagged an exclusive interview with Miles Jacobson (OBE), Studio Director at Sports Interactive, the company that develops Football Manager.

The Premier League 2011-12 runners and riders: Stats, trivia and crazy bets

With the big kick-off just around the corner we bring you a quick rundown of the Premier League runners and riders, together with some value bets to last you throughout the campaign. Who's YOUR money on?

Rumors had been flying since Friday evening's Stars win against Montreal that Minnesota were looking to bolster their roster with another player. Speculation was that it would most likely be someone who could help in the midfield and would probably be a loan player from a Major League Soccer team.

Rumors had been flying since Friday evening's Stars win against Montreal that Minnesota were looking to bolster their roster with another player. Speculation was that it would most likely be someone who could help in the midfield and would probably be a loan player from a Major League Soccer team.

Sir Alex Ferguson is never content to rest on his laurels, no matter how much success comes the way of the Scot and the players under his control at Old Trafford. So, it won't come as too much of a surprise to fans of the club that the wily United manager is planning on bringing a few fresh faces in over the summer as the Red Devils seek to guard against the predicted rise of the blue side of Manchester.

Having successful loan players playing for a team always brought the club's wishes in securing a permanent deal for those players by the end of season so they can start the summer in a much more consistent fashion. This method is pretty much what also on Sunderland's management mind or at least their manager, Steve Bruce's plan as the tactician is planning to secure some of the temporary based players that they are having at the moment.

I forgot one of our out on-loan players when I made my weekly (?) report yesterday. I'm very sorry, Matt Hill! Your team Barnsley played against Hull away and you were among the starting eleven and I should have noticed that, I agree. I'll put in a picture of you with a Barnsley shirt as [...]

At least a couple of our out on-loan players has played yesterday or today, so let's have a look as usual. The Championship: Greg Halford is still suspended and watched the match against Forest away from the stands. Portsmouth lost it by two goals against one. Andy Keogh didn't get any precious playing time either, [.

Three names that we were "linked" with have all fallen through. And probably for the best.

Roque Santa Cruz:

In total, Santa Cruz started eight games, with another 16 substitute appearances. The Paraguay international has earned around £6m in wages. (via guardian)

City have hardened their stance on the issue of wages for loan players since agreeing to subsidise Craig Bellamy's move to Cardiff earlier this season and Blackburn will pay the majority of Santa Cruz's salary.

Preston North End 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Billy opted for a more conventional-than-expected line-up for the FA Cup third round, none of the returning loan players were included and the line-up could easily have been one that would start a league game (not that they are particularly predictable either, it has to [.

Preston North End 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Billy opted for a more conventional-than-expected line-up for the FA Cup third round, none of the returning loan players were included and the line-up could easily have been one that would start a league game (not that they are particularly predictable either, it has to [.

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