The agent of Arsenal right back Bacary Sagna, Christophe Mongai, rubbished rumours about a possible move by his client away from the North London club. Reports revealed that the 27-year old could be on his ... Click to continue reading...

After our dismal performance on Tuesday night and as a result elimination from the Champions League the rumour mill has well and truly got into full swing. Again, the age of Chelsea's squad has come into focus as Roman Abramovich is once again set (as reported) to ring the changes at Chelsea.
If you remember when Roman came to the club he appointed Peter Keynon soon after. Click to continue reading...

For a few days now the speculation about Joe Cole and his Chelsea future has grown and become more intense with rumours that he has been offered a pittence at Chelsea, Man United want him, Liverpool are interested and also Spurs. So like the rest of you, I was delighted with Carlo Ancelotti's press conference yesterday when questioned about Joe Cole's contract. Click to continue reading...

You just knew the Spirit of Shankly would be all over Christian Purslow and the current ownership when word came out about a potential third throwing their hat into the ring of fire. The group has requested that Purslow answer some question and clear the air on the rumours before moving forward. Whilst I don't believe [. Click to continue reading...

I am reading reports today that Roman Abramovich has decided to ring the changes at Chelsea with regards to player contracts in light of the money that has been blown away on past players. Its been openly reported (here ) that Chelsea have lost approx £70m in salaries paid to players who have contributed very little. Click to continue reading...

Breaking unconfirmed news on SkySports this hour is that Chelsea have opened negotiations with Nicolas Anelka for a new 2-year contract with the club. This is great news for the club as we look to maintain our squad and quality we have. If Chelsea play Anelka through the middle up front then we have someone who is World-Class without question. Click to continue reading...

Todays papers and media reports are mainly focused on the Chelsea v Stoke game yesterday and John Terry's celebration. As soon as John Terry scored and showed off his armband to the Chelsea fans you were always going to read about it in todays papers. The main focus on the coverage is that JT has thanked the fans once again for their support and it was his way of showing them he is still our Captain. Click to continue reading...

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Woken up to the news that Deco wants to quit Chelsea to go back to Brazil to be near his kids after playing for Portugal in the World Cup this summer. Deco joined Chelsea back in the summer of 2008 and was signed by Scolari, enough said! Click to continue reading...

Javier Mascherano will seek reassurances over Liverpool's plans to strengthen manager Rafael Benitez's squad before agreeing to turn his back on a potential move to Barcelona and extend his contract at Anfield for a further two years.
Liverpool have approached Mascherano's representatives with a view to offering the Argentine international captain improved terms on his current deal, which expires in 2012, and the two parties are expected to meet on Merseyside early next week. Click to continue reading...

I am reading all over the press and the net this morning that Sir Alex Ferguson is rumoured to be looking at Joe Cole as an ideal replacement for Ryan Giggs at United!.
Its no secret that Joe Cole's contract talks seem to of (according to the press anyway) hit a stumbling block on his reported wage demands to be on a par with the clubs second tier earners. Click to continue reading...

If the rumours are true we could very well see Robin van Persie back for the last six premier league matches of our season, not to mention the Champions League quarter final, semi final and final, if we get there of course!!

The last six games are:-
Wolves H
Spuds -A
Wigan – A
Citeh – H
Blackburn A
Fulham – H

The Spuds game could be postponed if they get through to the FA Cup semi-final!

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It's funny how quickly things can change within just a few months. On that day when we won 9-1 the one thing that we didn't think we'd be struggling to do later on in the season, would be to score goals.

In my interview with the Wigan blogger Dan Farrimond, he stated that Wigan are the sort of team that collapse as soon as they concede a second goal.

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By Walter Broeckx Play off or not to play off. With the current rumours, (and for once these are not rumours spread by the Untold Arsenal), around a play off for the 4th ticket that gives the right to enter the Champions League, it maybe is worth while to have a look at other countries that use [...] Click to continue reading...

Nemanja Vidic's agent and Sir Alex Ferguson said the player wasn't going anywhere this week. Now Vidic has spoken out.

"I have never had a conflict of any kind with Sir Alex Ferguson and rife speculation that I want to leave United is completely untrue," Vidic said. "I have a contract until the summer of 2012 and I have every intention of seeing it through to the very last day.

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Silvano Martina agent

"There is nothing true in these reports. Me and Nemanja are becoming tired of such rumours. He still has two-and-a-half years left on his contract and he's not for sale."

Sir Alex Ferguson

"Of course we want him to stay.

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With the British Press and the media going to town on John Terry in relation to the revelations about going's on in his private life (I am not going to say on here as you all know them already) and making the front page or most of the Daily Newspapers. I wanted to give my opinion on it from my own perspective being a Chelsea Fan. Click to continue reading...

It's nice to see the transfer rumour mill is back in business, with Steven Taylor yet again being the subject of it's ramblings. The rumours are that Chelsea are eyeing up a £9 million move for the adopted Geordie stopper, I say adopted to halt the "Steven Taylor was born in London" remarks but in [. Click to continue reading...

Before we begin, Untold Rumours now appear that end of the main article in each edition of Untold Arsenal.� � Today, its our new goalkeeper, and the availability of season tickets.� � Now onto the meat and two veg... - I have been working on a piece for several days about the collapse of football as we know it, [. Click to continue reading...

A rreport in The Independent this morning claims Liverpool are favourites to sign highly-rated CSKA Moscow winger Milos Krasic along with his Serbian international team mate Milan Jovanovic .
Krasic is out of contract at the Russian giants and has been linked with a number of Premier League clubs alongside Liverpool, including Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

RAFA BENITEZ insists a deal for Standard Liege striker Milan Jovanovic is still not complete as the Liverpool boss faces an anxious wait over the fitness of Jamie Carragher.
The 28-year-old Serbia international has told Belgian newspaper Sporza he will be making the switch to Anfield on a free transfer this summer but Benitez says there is still work to be done before the switch is finalised. Click to continue reading...

Despite denials from Liverpool FC that Indian businessmen Mukesh Ambani and Subrata Roy are amongst the potential investors in negotiations with the club, sources in India insist that Roy is seriously considering a bid for the Anfield giants, which could emerge within the next ten days.
Roy, chairman of the Sahara Group conglomerate, has consistently supported Indian cricket and distanced himself from a move to buy a Premier League soccer club, but rumours linking him with a move to Liverpool have not gone away, and an increasing number of sources close to Sahara claim that Roy is seriously considering the move. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would welcome any new investors into the club but remains to be convinced of their impending arrival.
Reports suggest two tycoons from the sub-continent are competing for bids to buy a significant stake in the club.
However, representatives of Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries and the wealthiest man in India and seventh richest in the world, denied claims he was interested in doing business with Liverpool's co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Click to continue reading...

A situation that had long been beyond being a farce finally looks like entering its end game this evening after Chester City failed to fulfil their Blue Square Premier fixture against Forest Green Rovers. The result would have been more or less immaterial for Chester anyway they are so far adrift at the bottom of the table that their relegation is already little more than a formality but once again, the club's owners have brought shame on themselves, the carcass that they claim to represent and the league of which they are members.

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There is no stopping the SLeague. Just days after a french and Chinese team joined for 2010 comes news that a cricket club are interested in joining the party.
SCC, Singapore Cricket Club, is a posh place down at the historic Padang and they won the NFL last season, fielding a football team. Click to continue reading...

This week's Video of The Week continues the World Cup theme of the last few weeks, with all the goals from the 1998 World Cup, which was, of course, held in France. The optimism that may have existed after England's decent performance at the 1996 European Championships evaporated over the weeks of the tournament.

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Abbey Clancy graces the front and the inside of the March edition of FHM. There have been a lot of rumours that Cheryl Cole will be the sexiest WAG for the World Cup and all the headlines will be about her. Surely our WDKF fave Clancy has got to be in with a shot? I think [...] Click to continue reading...

I know, a naughty heading, but Chelsea and England captain has over played, (well over played away from home) and now he has lost the England armband.

I personally think that it is the right decision, but to then give it to Rio Ferdinand, a player who is currently banned for what could be described as an assault on a football pitch and a drug testing dodger, is a bizarre choice in my humble opinion.

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Liverpool winger Albert Riera has claimed that he and fellow Spaniards Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina are committed to Anfield for the long term.
Given Liverpool's problems this season and the constant speculation over manager Rafa Benitez, there has been speculation that there would be a mass exodus from Anfield should the Reds fail to qualify for the Champions League. Click to continue reading...

Please insert allegedly/whatever other disclaimer before each one... Take it or leave it, you heard it here first.

1. The Sun have lined up another EIGHT women who have slept with him in the last 18 months or so.

2. The front page today that Bridges ex, Vanessa, has slept with five members of the Chelsea squad is only the beginning.

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Gary Neville and Owen Hargreaves. Two players that are hoping to feature for England in the World Cup. The odds are against them and it unlikely either of the two will make the plane to South Africa.

What about Michael Owen? It's true that he may not play in the World Cup, but unlike Hargreaves and Neville, his future as a footballer hasn't come into question and he certainly will get games.

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Just when I and everybody else thought that the rumours of transfers were over, as the window has been closed, another one pops up. French club Lens are getting angry at Portsmouth for not getting any money for their striker Aruna Dindane. (read Paddy's presentation of Dindane earlier HERE) They demand a payment for him [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher insists speculation over the future of manager Rafael Benitez and some of the club's players come with the territory at Anfield.
On Sunday Benitez issued a strongly-worded statement in an attempt to quash rumours about a summer departure to Juventus, but it has done little to stop the whispering campaign in the Italian media.

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The revolution, when it came, was televised.Throughout the day yesterday Sky Sports News was awash with rumours of comings and goings at clubs across Britain. But it was in Glasgow's east end that they found the most productive negotiations.If Tony Mowbray had arrived at Celtic in July with a grand, but long term, plan he has redrafted it before our eyes since the turn of the year. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher insists speculation over the future of Liverpool FC's manager Rafa Benitez, and some of the club's players, comes with the territory at Anfield.
On Sunday Benitez issued a strongly-worded statement in an attempt to quash rumours about a summer departure to Juventus, but it has done little to stop the whispering campaign in the Italian media. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool FC hope to revitalise their plans to build a 60,000-seat stadium by bringing in new investors before the end of the season.
With plans to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park currently on hold, Liverpool FC have begun the search for new funding to bring them back on track.
Managing director Christian Purslow said: "When I arrived we agreed with the owners that we had to look for new investors. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United CEO David Gill has hinted that the Red Devils have £100million to spend in the summer transfer market. This should be a good news on the ears of Sir Alex Ferguson, especially after the huge debt saga surrounding the club. There were widespread rumours that Manchester United was low on cash and Fergie's hands were tied by the owners of the club. Click to continue reading...

By Chris Wright.

Despite Arsene Wenger's protestations to the contrary, rumours are circling that Arsenal may make a late dip into the transfer market during January. Reports� from Belgium are suggesting� that RSC Anderlecht's teenage star Romelu Lukaku may be the subject of a last gasp £9.

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After Saturday's goalless draw at home to Bristol City in front of less than 18,000 Boro fans, today's transfer deadline day might be the most important day in Middlesbrough's season if things go the manager's way.

Gordon Strachan again highlighted the need for goalscorers in the team after seeing his side waste very good chances against the Robins.

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The Yama Taku saga has taken another twist! (This is just the sort of transfer fiasco I've become accustomed to in 25 years of supporting Everton, so I'm well used to it!)
There were reports this morning suggesting that Yamada Takuya had joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies, an American soccer franchise, managed by Paul Dalglish, son of Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish. Click to continue reading...