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September 6, 2008

I bet Gary Mac wishes he hadn't said this!

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When Andriy Voronin signed for Liverpool on a free transfer; Gary McAllister claimed he could be the signing of the summer; o how wrong he was!

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We need to be signing stars of today; not tomorrow!

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It seems every other week Rafa snaps up the next big thing; a young player from abroad who 'might' make the grade in 3-4 years time; but when are we going to give up on this policy and go for people who are at the top level already rather than buying young and hoping it will pay off?

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September 5, 2008

Rafa sings Riera's praises

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Rafael Benitez today praised Albert Riera's qualities to reassure fans who have judged him before he has set foot on the pitch at Anfield.

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Riera: I'm ready for Liverpool

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New signing Albert Riera has asked fans not to judge him on his loan spell at Manchester City, saying he has improved since then as a player.

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Massimo Oddo starting anew in Germany

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One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back had a nightmare season last year. He wasn't himself at all, he played poorly, all his crosses ended up in Row Z, and he found himself left out of the national team set-up, missing Euro 2008.

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Football makes ‘Sweet Dreams’ come true

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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...

September 4, 2008

Top 11 Football Rejects: Ronaldo, Ljungberg, Appiah, Canizares and Davids lead the way

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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...

September 3, 2008

Where are the champions?

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The fallout from the clásico against San Lorenzo on Sunday is beginning to die down in Núñez now, after two days of bitter attacks on Cuervo defender Sebastián Méndez for his horrific attempt to snap Radamel Falcao García in two at the end of the match. Now, though, manager Diego Simeone has to look forward to the [. Click to continue reading...

REPORT: More MLS Player Websites...LuciGOL.com

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BehindTheBadge kindly corrected us, Luciano Emilio's site is no longer the one we mentioned but www.LuciGOL.com

Galaxy fans barraged us with emails, "What about Landon's site?!" - Well we forgot about that... Landon Donovan's site is www.landondonovan.com

Also former MLSer and current Glasgow Ranger, Maurice Edu has his own digs over at www. Click to continue reading...

Top 10 Most Expensive Football Transfers

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Football transfer fees were thought to be affected by the global credit crunch but that didn't stop English clubs from smashing the English football transfer records twice in one evening as the clubs from Manchester bought Robinho and Dimitar Berbatov. Whether or not they deserved to be sold for more than £30m each is [. Click to continue reading...

September 2, 2008

Transfers Roundup (2 Sept 08): Manchester United nab Berbatov, Robinho signs for Manchester City, Liverpool land Riera, and more

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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...

September 1, 2008

Never heard of Vitor Flora? Watch him in action here!

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Liverpool today announced the signing of Brazilian striker Vitor Flora - If you have never heard of him then check out this video!

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Rafa delighted with Riera capture

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Rafael Benitez confirmed the signing of Albert Riera from Espanyol.

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Torres out for 2-3 weeks

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Fernando Torres has been ruled out for 2-3 weeks after tearing his hamstring against Aston Villa.

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Finnan follows Voronin out the Anfield exit door

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Steve Finnan has today left Liverpool to join Spanish side Espanyol.

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Voronin leaves on loan

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Andriy Voronin has left Liverpool on a year long loan

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Transfer Rumors (1 Sept 08): United expected to sign Berba, Aston Villa in for Ashton again, Newcastle sign Valencia midfielder on loan, and more

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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...

August 31, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 4 scores and scorers

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The clásico was a bit of a damp squib in the end: River and San Lorenzo didn't exactly serve up a poor match, but it wasn't a great one either and the one talking point was the undisputed foul of the weekend, a flying studs-up kick by San Lorenzo defender Sebastián Méndez right in the middle [. Click to continue reading...

Is it worth trying to bring back Michael Owen from Newcastle?

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With Fernando Torres out injured, and Andriy Voronin seemingly frozen out at Anfield; is it time we went after Michael Owen again?

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Not sure about Riera? Check out this video!

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If you have not seen much of Albert Riera, or you are not sure he is going to be a good signing; then check out this video and then make your mind up!

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Torres to have scan on hamstring injury

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Liverpool Boss Rafael Benitez has confirmed Fernando Torres will have a scan to assess his hamstring injury picked up in the Aston Villa game.

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Torres limps off injured in Aston VIlla game with Hamstring Injury

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Fernando Torres has gone off injured in the game against Aston Villa with a hamstring injury.

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Transfer Rumors (31 August 08): Pav signs for Spurs, more to follow? Hull bid for Man United’s Campbell, only one day left

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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...

August 30, 2008

Transfer Rumors (30 August 08): Bayern bid for Berbatov?, United offload Saha to Everton, Liverpool’s Riera deal almost done, and more

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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...

August 29, 2008

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #76

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The Boomerang Boys
21 Players That Had A Second Spell At One Of Their Previous Clubs

1. Peter Beardsley (Newcastle, 1983-87 and 1993-97)
2. Henning Berg (Blackburn, 1993-97 and 2000-03)
3. Lee Bowyer (West Ham, 2003 and 2006-)
4. Lee Clark (Newcastle, 1990-97 and 2005-07)
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