Futbolitinos, the transfer deadline window is now shut! Seedy agents all became instant millionaires when "under the table" deals were finalized yesterday, including Coutinho's loan move from Inter Milan to Espanyol (above).

One thing I have noticed in recent weeks is the lack of real chances we are creating for ourselves. The thing is, because of this happening, the likes of Danny Sturridge (as he demonstrated yesterday) have taken a selfish approach to his game and is shooting whenever he gets the ball in or around the box rather then lift his head up and look for a killer pass or to create a chance for someone else.

Andy Carroll who has come under intense fire from the Liverpool faithful the past few weeks for his inconsistent performances, responded to his critics by scoring in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Wolves yesterday.

The £35 million signing from Newcastle opened the scoring for the Reds, to take his tally for the club to 7.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na cidade de Porto-POR, onde jogaram as seleções de Portugal (5º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Islândia (106º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Reykjavik 12/10/2010 ISL1:3 (1:2)POR
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Bas Nijhuis-NED
Scout:
Nani (13.

Real Madrid 4 Athletic Bilbao 1

Welcome to La Liga Lunes! As you may know, Mourinho's formidable Los Blancos defeated Bilbao 4-1 last night, despite Llorente's opening goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, the Portuguese was also at the receiving end of jeers from the Madridista crowd, who were allegedly annoyed that he wasn't able to pin down Barcelona earlier in the week.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona were winners yesterday to ensure that their is no let up in the La Liga title race. However, despite the win, things are not looking too rosy for Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho.

Madrid fans were heard jeering Mourinho despite his side's 4-1 over Athletic Bilbao.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has urged the media to stop focusing the spotlight heavily on John Terry as the Blues skipper returns to QPR next Saturday for the first time since being accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in October.

The Rangers won the ill-tempered clash 1-0 as Villas-Boas saw two of his players dismissed, leaving the visitors to fight with nine men for most of the afternoon.

Week 15 saw Benfica maintain their two point lead over Porto as the season hit the midway point. Benfica earned a convincing 4-1 win over Setubal while Porto stayed pace with a 2-0 win over Rio Ave. In what amounted to the game of the week, Braga defeated Sporting 2-1 to move into sole spot of third place in the Portuguese league as Sporting drop to fourth.

Interesting comments from Martin Jol regarding his use of Clint Dempsey (see Hammyend.com for more).

Essentially he's saying that Dempsey is operating as more of a classic 10, now.

This is interesting. From our unusually lofted positions high in Johnny Haynes, Toby and I spent a bit of time on Saturday wondering where everyone was supposed to be playing.

Interesting comments from Martin Jol regarding his use of Clint Dempsey (see Hammyend.com for more).

Essentially he's saying that Dempsey is operating as more of a classic 10, now.

This is interesting. From our unusually lofted positions high in Johnny Haynes, Toby and I spent a bit of time on Saturday wondering where everyone was supposed to be playing.

Oguchi Onyewu and Sporting split the points with defending champion Porto, while Caleb Patterson-Sewell also helped Atletico to a tie against Uniao.

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Porto's Alvaro Pereira has warned Manchester United defender Patrice Evra that he will be a marked man when France play Uruguay in a friendly later in the year.Pereira, who plays alongside Luis Suarez in the Uruguay national team, recently accused Evra of having an 'inferiority complex'; now, he's made it clear that the left-back will have to watch his back in what is primed to be an

Liverpool has held talks with the representatives of Jaguares striker Jackson Martinez.
The Colombia international, 25, has also attracted strong interest from Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal but his club have raised the price since negotiations were opened in September.
He was originally available for a bargain £5.

Liverpool and Chelsea chasing Porto full-back

Jorge Fucile is being eyed by Premier League rivals, according to reports in Portugal

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Consider this a 'half season review', but with one game added on. After a terrible start, followed by an excellent run, followed by a topsy turvy Christmas period, I feel we now have a good idea of how the season is going to go.

When we beat QPR and Chelsea lost at home to Villa, we leapfrogged them into 4th place.

Newcastle striker Demba Ba will not be replaced this is according to coach Alan Pardew. The Senegalese striker is set to join his national team for the month long Africa Cup Of Nations tournament that is scheduled to start on the 21st of this month.

Ba has been in scintillating form for the Magpies this season scoring 14 times in the league.

The 2011 year in now behind us and as we now move forward in 2012, we take a look at ten things that should happen for all Portuguese fans this year. 1- Cristiano Ronaldo will win the La Liga Golden Boot 2- Portugal will reach the semi-finals of Euro 2012 3- Porto's Hulk & Benfica's Gaitan will be sold in the summer 4- Benfica will reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League 5- FC

'He is not proud to be black' – Porto's Alvaro Pereira slams Manchester United's Patrice Evra

The Uruguay international has condemned the French left-back for reporting his compatriot's words during a game, observing that comments regarding race are common in football

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Lille's Joe Cole: It's obvious Chelsea shouldn't have parted with Jose Mourinho & La Liga title win with Real Madrid would be greatest ever...

The Liverpool midfielder, currently on loan with the Ligue 1 side, believes he played his best football under the former Porto boss and that the Blues should never have let him go

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Lille's Joe Cole: It's obvious Chelsea shouldn't have parted with Jose Mourinho & La Liga title win with Real Madrid would be greatest ever...

The Liverpool midfielder, currently on loan with the Ligue 1 side, believes he played his best football under the former Porto boss and that the Blues should never have let him go

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• Kop That: Liverpool's Luis Suarez given new one-match ban by the FA http://t.co/COg7E9Qx 23:57:24, 2011-12-28
• Kop That: Porto's Jorge Fucile linked with Liverpool http://t.co/Q5QgaZ8x 23:42:45, 2011-12-28
• Kop That: Andy Carroll backed by Kenny Dalglish and Alan Pardew http://t.

Liverpool are reportedly contemplating a January move for Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal.
The Israel international has impressed all and sundry since his move to Parkhead from Maccabi Haifa in the summer of 2010, and has made 55 appearances for the Hoops.
According to the Daily Mail, Kayal is a target for Liverpool as Kenny Dalglish considers bolstering his midfield during the transfer window.

The draw that Chelsea achieved against Fulham on Monday, puts their chance in challenging for title becomes difficult again and this situation is also being admitted by the club's manager, Andre Villas-Boas.

The Portuguese tactician doesn't want to say that everything is already over, since the competition is still long, but the ex-Porto coach admitted that it's much more wiser for his team to focus on their results first before looking at the top teams ahead of them.

We haven't done one of these for a while but here are some interesting links.

Jonathan Wilson on Villas-Boas.

"Rome wasn't built in a day," Brian Clough once said. "But then I wasn't on that particular job." It's a great line, but the truth is that the majority of managers need time.

It seems that even if AVB tells the board that he wants us to meet the minimum fee release clause in Alvaro Pereira's contract, Porto are determined to hold onto him.
The Porto president, Pinto Da Costa has told Chelsea to simply forget about making any moves for the player as he won't be sold.

This is more like a real Arsenal transfer rumour when it is reported that the Gunners are watching a talented striker who will be a free agent this summer. His name is Ederzito and he currently plays for Academica in Portugal, and although the Portugese giants Porto are also keen on signing him, Arsenal have [.

This is more like a real Arsenal transfer rumour when it is reported that the Gunners are watching a talented striker who will be a free agent this summer. His name is Ederzito and he currently plays for Academica in Portugal, and although the Portugese giants Porto are also keen on signing him, Arsenal have [.

En Eurosport han sacado el recuento de Los 10 mejores goles de la Champions League 2011 fase de grupos, como ya lo han de saber la Champions League es el mejor torneo de clubes de futbol en el mundo. Esto sucede cuando buenos futbolistas se esfuerzan al maximo de sus capacidades.

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En Eurosport han sacado el recuento de Los 10 mejores goles de la Champions League 2011 fase de grupos, como ya lo han de saber la Champions League es el mejor torneo de clubes de futbol en el mundo. Esto sucede cuando buenos futbolistas se esfuerzan al maximo de sus capacidades.

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The title race is between Manchester City, Manchester United & Tottenham – Roberto Mancini

The Eastlands boss believes Arsenal, Chelsea & Liverpool are outsiders for the trophy, and is eagerly anticipating his side's Europa League clash with holders Porto

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Manchester United have been drawn against Dutch champions Ajax in the Europa League Last 32 draw whilst Manchester City will face holders FC Porto. Both Manchester sides have been given tough draws in the last 32 of the Europa League with Manchester United set to take on European giants and Dutch champions Ajax, and Manchester [.

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Porto vs Man City, Ajax vs Man Utd and Stoke vs Valencia in Europa League Round of 32 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter The three English teams remaining in the UEFA Europa League have been handed interesting draws for their Round of 32 clashes.

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Juventus bid for Fernando Reges Liverpool target

Liverpool face competition from Juventus for Porto's defensive midfielder Fernando Reges. Juve lodged a bid of £6million plus an unnamed player two weeks ago.

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By Chris Wright

Oscar Cardozo scored an 85th-minute winner to give Benfica a narrow 1-0 win over Maritimo yesterday, a victory that took his side back level on points with Porto at the summit of the Portuguese top flight he also pulled this out of the bag...

Oh dear.

By Chris Wright

Oscar Cardozo scored an 85th-minute winner to give Benfica a narrow 1-0 win over Maritimo yesterday, a victory that took his side back level on points with Porto at the summit of the Portuguese top flight he also pulled this out of the bag...

Oh dear.

The Daily Mail is reporting that Liverpool are interested in signing Porto's Fernando Reges as a replacement for the injured Lucas Leiva. Like most transfer rumours, it may just be baseless, opportunistic 'speculation' (i.e. completely made-up), but Reges looks like just the type of player Liverpool might need to cover the unfortunate Brazilian.

Another name has been added to Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish's alleged January wish-list, with the Daily Mail reporting this morning that the Reds are in line to swoop for Porto's Fernando Reges.
It is thought that Dalglish will be given some considerable funds with which to strengthen his Anfield roster in the imminent transfer window and, in the wake of Lucas Leiva's season-ending knee injury, midfield is a key priority.

Liverpool set to move for £17m Fernando Reges

Liverpool are weighing up a move for Porto's defensive midfielder Fernando Reges. Manager Kenny Dalglish will be given funds to strengthen his squad in January.

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