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A player that has been continually linked with a move to the Emirates this coming January is Marvin
Martin of French Ligue 1 side Sochaux, but the player himself has ruled out such a move. Martin
signed a new contract at Sochaux last month, but that has not stopped the rumours circulating that
Arsene Wenger [.
Throughout the summer one name kept cropping up when the words transfer and Arsenal were mentioned
in the same breath. That name was Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill. The transfer window may be
closed, but the speculation does not stop and it looks like Cahill will be moving to London in
January after all.
Arsenal are always on the lookout for new young talent, but at the moment the majority of
supporters are crying out for more experienced, big named players to be signed in January not more
foreign teenagers with a future, but the two players mentioned today have first team experience
already at such a tender age.
It would seem that the Belgian youngster Eden Hazard has been linked with a move to Arsenal since
he was in nappies, and he is far and away the one foreign youngster that just about every Arsenal
fan would love to see arriving this summer, whether Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are still at the
[...]
LONDON, England Harry Redknapp has already pulled off the transfer coup of the summer, sources have
told ESPNsoccernet, by snatching Barcelona youngster Cristian Ceballos from under the noses of
Chelsea. Ceballos, 16, was hailed as Barcelona's new superstar four years ago when he became an
internet sensation, featuring in a video juggling a ball [.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbus native and former Crew defender Eric Brunner came back to haunt his old
team on Saturday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Portland victory at JELD-WEN Field. The
second-half goal — a header off a free kick in the 46th minute — helped Portland maintain their
dominance at home [.
MADRID — Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the La Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th
and 40th league goals of the season as Real Madrid hammered relegated Almeria 8-1 at the Santiago
Bernabeu on Saturday. Ronaldo poked home from close range on four minutes for his record-breaking
goal to overtake the previous best of 38 [.
LONDON/ZURICH Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who is standing for re-election admits there is a
ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by Qatar The Fifa president Sepp
Blatter made the startling disclosure yesterday that he could not rule out a rerun of the voting
for the right to host [.
PARIS, France Lille moved to the brink of the Ligue 1 and French Cup double when a second-half
Gervinho goal secured a 1-0 league home win over Sochaux on Wednesday. The northeners, who were
last champions in 1954 and won the French Cup on Saturday, have 72 points with two games left and
lead [...]
LEYTON, England Leyton Orient's players will be jetting off to Las Vegas after hitting the FA Cup
jackpot by securing a £1 million replay against Arsenal. Jonathan Tehoue grabbed a dramatic
89th-minute equaliser for the East London club to give Orient a 1-1 draw with Arsenal that earns
them a replay against Arsene Wenger's [.
MANCHESTER, England Patrice Evra has committed his future to Manchester United and agreed a new
four-year contract, with an announcement expected from Old Trafford on Friday morning. Evra had
considered leaving Old Trafford, tempted by the possibility of playing in Spain, and had been
linked with a move to Real Madrid.
LONDON, England The Great Britain Olympic football team may be forced to withdraw from the 2012
London Olympics completely if the FA board cannot come to a solution to the problems of fielding a
side. It has been widely expected that Great Britain would field a combined side for the first time
in [.
WASHINGTON, D.C. D.C. United waived defender Julius James, the Major League Soccer club announced
on Thursday. In one and a half seasons in Washington, James played in 31 MLS contests, recording
two goals in 2,388. "We would like to thank Julius for his contributions to D.C. United and we wish
him well in the [.
LONDON, England — A football club based near London's Olympic Stadium has written to British
Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to block West Ham's planned move into the venue after the
2012 games. West Ham has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the stadium, beating a
rival bid from Tottenham.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Newcastle scored their first win since the departure of striker Andy
Carroll on Tuesday, winning 2-0 at Birmingham with a goal in each half from Peter Lovenkrands and
Leon Best. Lovenkrands opened the scoring for the visitors after only two minutes, sliding in to
meet a low cross from Jonas Gutierrez at [.
MILAN, Italy - Peter Crouch's goal 10 minutes from time handed Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over
below-par AC Milan in a bad-tempered Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Milan
midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, who will miss the second leg after a booking, is likely to face UEFA
repercussions after appearing to headbutt Spurs assistant [.
BOLTON, United Kingdom — Daniel Sturridge kept up his impressive scoring record for Bolton to
inspire a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. The England
under-21 forward scored for the third straight match since joining on loan from Chelsea on transfer
deadline day, smashing home a swerving finish in the [.
Emmanuel Adebayor experienced mixed fortunes during his time in English football. Still the victim
of some less than favourable chants from Arsenal fans following his controversial big money move to
Manchester City, and with his ridiculous goal celebration against his former club that came shortly
after that move, his time at Eastlands wasn't much more [.
ZARAGOZA, Spain — The city of Zaragoza has honored Spain's World Cup victory by dedicating a
square to the national team. Spanish football federation head Angel Villar was in attendance Monday
as the "Plaza La Roja" square was inaugurated. On local newspaper Heraldo's website, Zaragoza
sports official Manu Blasco describes the move as "a well-deserved [.
POSTED: February 3rd 2011 NewsUpdate LONDON, Feb 03: Andy Carroll skipped nimbly around questions
about whether he is worth £35m with an ease which Liverpool hope he will display against opposing
defences after his English-player-record move from Newcastle on the eve of the transfer deadline.
Carroll, 22, has taken over the No9 shirt abandoned by [.
BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona earned a record 16th straight win in the Spanish league by beating
Atletico Madrid 3-0 with a Lionel Messi hat-trick on Saturday. The historic win provisionally
lifted Barcelona 10 points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table ahead of its fierce rival's
match against Real Sociedad on Sunday.
PARIS, France — Striker Andre-Pierre Gignac fired defending champions Marseille back into the
title race on Saturday with the only goal at home to rock bottom Arles. Coach Didier Deschamps had
demanded a massive improvement after a woeful goalless draw last week against struggling neighbours
Monaco and Gignac's third goal of the season brought some [.
PALERMO, Italy Palermo put a huge dent in Juventus' Champions League qualification hopes after
beating the Turin giants 2-1 at Stadio Renzo Barbera in Serie A. In doing so Palermo leap-frog
Juventus in the table and look a good bet for European football next season. With this loss
Juventus' winless streak reached four matches.
BERNE, Switzerland Japan moved into the top 20 of the FIFA world rankings on Wednesday after
winning the Asian Cup last month while world champions Spain stayed in first place. Japan's record
fourth Asian title which they won in Qatar lifted them 12 places to 17th, making them the Asian
confederation's highest-ranked side.
SANTANDER, Spain — Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed and the new owner of modest Spanish First
Division club Racing Santander turned up to a rapturous welcome at the home league match with
Valencia on Monday and said he dreamed of making them a world force. Syed who made an unsuccessful
300-million-pound (480-million-dollar) bid to [.
LONDON, England Chelsea have completed the signing of Spain striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool
in a deal reported to be worth £50 million. Torres has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract that
puts his earnings on a par with the highest paid players at Stamford Bridge such as captain John
Terry.
LONDON, England— Aston Villa midfielder Stephen Ireland has completed a loan move to Newcastle
for the rest of the season. Ireland's arrival at St James' Park came just hours after reports
emerged that the deal had fallen through because he had failed a medical. The 24-year-old former
Republic of Ireland international had a disappointing start [.
LIVERPOOL, England —Chelsea has agreed a fee with Liverpool to sign Fernando Torres in what could
be British football's most expensive transfer. A Liverpool statement says the Spain striker "has
now been given permission to speak to the London club." British media say Chelsea will pay about 50
million pounds ($79.
Inter Milan have denied reports linking them with a January move for Tottenham Hotspur sporting
star Gareth Bale. Reports had suggested the reigning Serie A champions were preparing a £40million
swoop for Spurs' talented winger after being on the receiving end of two excellent performances by
Bale in the Champions League sport competition.
LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has completed his move to Hoffenheim after signing
a two-and-a-half-year contract, according to the German club. The Reds accepted a fee for the
Holland international, believed to be in the region of £6million, last week but the deal appeared
to be off up until late on Monday when [.
MADRID, Spain Real Madrid confirmed on their website on Tuesday they had signed Manchester City's
Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan till the end of the season. The 26-year-old has been brought
in to add urgently needed firepower after Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain underwent surgery to
fix a slipped disc earlier this month and [.
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel on Tuesday joined Italian side AC Milan,
five months before his contract was due to expire, the German giants have announced. "It was Mark's
express wish to be released from his contract early for sporting reasons, in order to be able to
move to AC Milan [.
DOHA, Qatar FIFA has announced that there are no plans to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to
winter to alleviate concerns over the country's climate. As temperatures can reach 50 degrees
Celsius in the summer in Qatar, there had been strong indications that FIFA was ready to move the
tournament. President Sepp [.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. The Los Angeles Galaxy signed forward Juan Pablo Angel to a multi-year contract,
the Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Colombian, who spent the past four
seasons in New York, was picked up by the Galaxy in the MLS Re-Entry Process in December. Angel
scored 58 goals in 102 [.
Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar has snubbed a move to Tottenham Hotspur days after agreeing to
join the club. Pienaar had also held talks with Chelsea over a move but instead is said to have
agreed to move to a "major European side" according Sky Sports News. The South African has been a
long term target [.
At the final whistle of Blackpool's third round FA Cup tie against League One highfliers
Southampton, the home fans were ecstatic after all they had just managed to beat one of the Premier
League's form teams when it comes to playing away from home, and book their place in the next
round. But amid [.
NEW YORK, NY No one can accuse Bob Bradley of cutting corners in his quest to find a striker who
can actually score goals. Now the search has extended all the way to Siberia. On Friday, the U.S.
Soccer Federation announced the late addition of Eugene Starikov, 22, to the national team's
California camp.
MILAN, Italy Leonardo made a winning start as Internazionale manager after the Champions League
holders downed Napoli 3-1 in a pulsating Serie A encounter at the San Siro. Former Liverpool
manager Rafael Benitez departed due to a disagreement with the Inter president Massimo Moratti in
the aftermath of their win in the Club World [.
LONDON, England Harry Redknapp will try to press home Tottenham's bid to sign David Beckham on
loan this week just as the Football Association was refuting claims that it was lining up the pair
to work together for England after Fabio Capello's tenure at the end of Euro 2012. Redknapp wants
to land the [.
HOFFENHEIM, Germany Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp has confirmed the sale of Luiz Gustavo was one of
the main reasons for Ralf Rangnick's departure from the club. Rangnick and Hoffenheim parted
company after four and a half years together by mutual consent after the Brazilian midfielder was
sold to Bayern Munich behind the coach's back.
