As if the defending MLS Champions needed any more offensive firepower, the LA Galaxy announced today that Edson Buddle would be rejoining the Galaxy after terminating his contract with FC Ingolstadt by mutual consent.

Buddle's addition gives LA the league's best forward tandem, as he and Robbie Keane will lead a line that should feast on the service provided by Landon Donovan and David Beckham.

"Kiss me, I'm orange!"We promised we wouldn't talk about this godforsaken story anymore until there was confirmation - but we are renowned liars... and desperate for some news. With that, there is movement afoot on the most protracted TFC transfer saga of the off-season, Richard Eckersley aka "The Ginger Affair".

By Alan Duffy

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Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.

Carroll starts as Reds bid to end the year at Anfield with a win

CRAIG BELLAMY and Jose Enrique start tonight for Liverpool against their former club but all eyes will be on Andy Carroll as Newcastle visit Anfield – especially the eyes of the usual snipers. Luis Suarez is unavailable after his gesture to snipers of a different kind at Fulham didn't go down too well, the resulting one-game ban setting the scene for Carroll to show why Liverpool paid so much for him – or to give the snipers an easy target.

Until recently, Liverpool were the most successful English team. Their comprehensive history includes: 18 top tier English football league titles, 7 FA Cups, 7 League Cups, 5 UEFA Champions League titles, and 3 UEFA Cups.
The Reds' most successful season was back in the 1983/84 season where they managed to claim a prestigious treble obtaining the top tier league title, the League Cup, and the European Cup.

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Per the offal: "Fulham FC can confirm that Keanu Marsh Brown has today left the Club by mutual consent."

Never played a minute for the first team, but was on the bench for those memorable wins over Shaktar, Juventus; a few other random Europa Games. Had a pretty productive spell at MK Dons the second-half of last season, and even played a part in the Dons' playoff run.

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Already this season there have been two sackings, two resignations and two departures by mutual consent in the Football League alone, including two ex-England managers; Steve McClaren and most recently Sven Goran-Eriksson.

Following numerous reports of the costs of sacking a manager in the press recently you would have thought club owners would think twice about sending their current choice on their way.

Sven-Goran Eriksson sacked by Leicester City Telegraph.

Leicester City today dismissed, or "agreed by mutual consent to part ways" depending on which news source you trust, former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson after 12 months in charge and after something close to $20m of player purchases had been flushed down the sewer.

Leicester City have confirmed the sacking (by mutual consent?) of former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson after the Foxes won just two of their last seven games their latest defeat coming against Millwall 3-0 at the week-end seemingly the result which broke the camels back so to speak. And already former Foxes boss Martin O'Neill is favourite to take up the hotseat he left in 2000 for Celtic, with the Filbert Street Thai owners ready to spend whatever it takes to bring the Foxes to a return to the promised land(Premier League).

The football was nothing to write home about in 2008-2009 but in terms of excitement and nerves, it was one of the best seasons for years. As usual, we were fighting it out for the title, but this time it was against our hated rivals, Liverpool.

United were a few matches behind everyone else at the turn of the year after taking time out to compete in and win the FIFA World Club Cup.

The football was nothing to write home about in 2008-2009 but in terms of excitement and nerves, it was one of the best seasons for years. As usual, we were fighting it out for the title, but this time it was against our hated rivals, Liverpool.

United were a few matches behind everyone else at the turn of the year after taking time out to compete in and win the FIFA World Club Cup.

Let me start by stating the views held below are entirely my own and in no way represent the views of the site.

Anyone who has read my pre-matches over the seasons will know that I am not a huge fan of Blackburn, I will go further and say that for many seasons they have represented all that is reprehensible in football from top to bottom.

Reds release Degen

Liverpool have released Swiss defender Philipp Degen from his contract by mutual consent.

View the full story here: Sky Sports

A news article on 2011-09-01 12:57:32 from: Sky Sports

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Liverpool might not have managed to sell Philipp Degen, however he's left the Reds.
The Swiss defender has seen his contract terminated by mutual consent, as a statement on Liverpoolfc.tv explained:
'Liverpool Football Club have tonight confirmed they have cancelled the registration of Philipp Degen by mutual consent.

Liverpool right back has left Liverpool by mutual consent. The Swiss defender made 13 first team appearances since signing in 2008 from Borussia Dortmund.

Degen leaves Reds

Liverpool Football Club have tonight confirmed they have cancelled the registration of Philipp Degen by mutual consent.

View the full story here: Liverpool FC

A news article on 2011-08-31 22:20:18 from: Liverpool FC

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Midfielder Tiago Mendes has signed a permanent deal with Atletico Madrid after his contract with Juventus was terminated earlier on Wednesday.

Tiago's Juve deal was ended by mutual consent after the 30-year-old failed to make an impact in Turin, and he has now begun a two-year contract at the Estadio Vicente Calderon where he had a successful loan spell last season.

The Chelsea coaching turnstiles have churned once more.
The Blues have become somewhat notorious in recent years due to the high turnover rate at the managerial position. Since Roman Abramovich took over the club in 2003, there have been seven different Chelsea managers. That's seven managers in eight years, or a new manager every 1.

The official confirmation has just been published, Gerard Houllier's tenure as manager of Aston Villa is over. Here's the official statement:

AVFC Official Statement
The Club can confirm that, by mutual consent, Gerard Houllier has stepped down as manager of Aston Villa with immediate effect.

Players come and go in the K-League, especially those from overseas. There is an incredibly high turnover of playing staff in South Korea, teams can virtually change their entire starting elevens from season to season.
Hiring players is not, of course, an exact science. Some succeed and some don't for a variety of reasons.

So far in his managerial career, Mixu Paatelainen has employed a tested and true stage performers mentality: always leave on a high note. How will that affect his tenure with Finland?

Let's get one thing out of the way. Hiring Mixu Paatelainen was the only thing Palloliitto could do.

After a nightmare seven months at Roma, Adriano's contract has finally been rescinded. Kaka, the Champions' League, and other topics are also taken up in today's Serie A news roundup.

• Roma today announced that they have terminated, by mutual consent, the big Brazilian's contract.

In a very surprising move Bayern Munich have confirmed that coach Louis van Gaal will step down at the end of the season. On a stateemt on the Bayern web site the German giants said that Van Gaal will leave on 30 June by mutual consent. "The reason for the contract's cancellation is a difference in opinion regarding the club's direction," the statement added.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Roberto Carlos, Brazil's former World Cup-winning left back, joined Russian soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala after leaving Corinthians by mutual consent. The 37-year-old signed a 2 1/2-year contract, Anzhi Makhachkala said on its website last night, without giving financial details of the deal.

The Goalkeeper's Jonathan Tannenwald is reporting that Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre is reporting that the Union are moving to sign Carlos Ruiz.

Ruiz has allegedly ended his contract with Greek club Aris through mutual consent to sign with Philadelphia.

Rumors linking Ruiz to the Union surfaced last year as well, but no deal was ever worked out.

By Chris Wright

Newcastle United have announced the signing of former Swansea frontman Shefki Kuqi on a short-term deal until the end of the season.

Kuqi will now go straight into Newcastle's squad for Saturday's Premier League trip to Blackburn (one of his 12 former clubs) to provide bare-bones cover for Nile Ranger, Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best.

Sunil Chhetri juggling the ball in practice...Chhetri (#19) heading ball against Man UThe news: Sporting Kansas City announced four roster moves Monday. Sporting did not pick up the option for Sunil Chhetri, Nick Kounenakis was released by "mutual consent" and pre-season cuts of draft picks JT Murray and Sam Scales.

Catania President Antonio Pulvirenti has called time on coach Marco Giampaolo's tenure at the Sicilian club. Last Monday, an announcement was made on the club's official website stating that the 43-year-old tactician had left by "mutual consent" after just under seven months in charge with the club in 15th position in the Serie A championship, just three points away from.

The FA Cup third round games and the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's manager dominated the football news in England, while in other news Messi was awarded the Ballon d'Or, the Asia Cup got underway and Inter returned to form in Serie A under new manager Leonardo. Check out languagecaster.

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Howard Webb, Steven Gerrard, and Manchester United ruined King Kenny Dalglish's return to the Liverpool bench, the Reds bowing out of the FA Cup after their 1-0 loss at Old Trafford. Regardless, the departure of Roy Hodgson from Anfield was the weekend's big news, the former manager leaving the club by mutual consent on Saturday.

If there is one thing that the last few weeks of Roy Hodgson's time in charge of Liverpool Football Club became notable for, it was the mass of contradiction that enveloped it. Hodgson was the wrong man for the job at the wrong time, but the hysteria that seemed to engulf the club as the team failed to find any consistency (they neither lost nor won more than two successive matches under his stewardship) ensured that rational discussion was, broadly speaking, the first casualty of the debate that ensued.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has left the club by mutual consent.
Hodgson, 63, won only seven of 20 Premier League games after taking over from Rafael Benitez in July 2010 and led the club to 12th in the table.
Former player and manager Kenny Dalglish has been placed in charge until the end of the season.

According to Liverpool's official website, manager Roy Hodgson has left Liverpool by mutual consent. Owner John Henry said,

"We are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months, but both parties thought it in the best interests of the club that he stand down from his position as team manager.

"Dalglish told me that we're the ones who make people's dreams come true. The fans can't play, so they live their dreams through us." - Fernando Torres
Dalglish in, Hodgson out. Finally. It's been a long, long wait.
It goes without saying, but from here on out, I'm done on the Hodgson vitriol.

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LIVERPOOL, England Former Liverpool defender Phil Thompson believes the "unprecedented" way the club's fans had turned on manager Roy Hodgson was instrumental in his departure. Liverpool announced that Hodgson had left the club by "mutual consent" with the Reds 12th in the Barclays Premier League, just four points above the relegation zone.

Well good morning.

From the official site:

Liverpool FC confirmed today that manager Roy Hodgson has left the club by mutual consent.

Principal Owner John Henry commented: "We are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months, but both parties thought it in the best interests of the club that he stand down from his position as team manager.