Normally in a transfer saga, it's the selling club that puts a price tag on the player that's in demand. But in the case of Gareth Bale, Zinedine Zidane director of football at Real Madrid, one of Bale's main suitors has done the job for them. Doing his best Antiques Roadshow impression, Zizou [...]
If you didn't score a hat-trick against Chelsea on transfer deadline day, then chances are you
were following the moves that were being made as the European transfer window closed. The Clint
Dempsey saga came to a close as he (and Hugo Lloris) joined Tottenham, Man City unnecessarily
brought in a new group of players, Real Madrid sold Lass and brought in The Bison, and Luca Toni
rejoined Fiorentina so we can welcome back one of the best football songs ever.
The long, drawn-out saga surrounding Clint Dempsey's club future has finally come to an end, and
it has ended with his long-sought move to a bigger club than Fulham.
Dempsey has completed a transfer deadline day move to Tottenham, FOX Soccer is reporting. No
details yet on the transfer fee, but Dempsey arrived at Spurs Lodge on Friday afternoon to undergo
his medical and has now completed the move.
Luka Modric finally got his move away from Spurs, bringing a merciful end to his long transfer
saga that has had him linked to half the clubs in Europe. And Modric couldn't be happier that he's
ended up at Real Madrid.
Upon arrival at the Santiago Bernabeu, Modric beamed (via RealMadrid.
Real Madrid are in need of boost after a sluggish start to the La Liga season, and they are
hoping Luka Modric will help provide that.
Modric's long-rumored move to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur became official on Monday, with
the Croatian international undergoing a medical at the Bernabeu Stadium after agreeing to a
five-year deal with the Spanish heavyweights.
Hallelujah! The Luka Modric transfer saga is finally over. Tottenham Hotspur officially announced
this morning that the club has reached a deal with Real Madrid, and the transfer is subject to a
medical. Now that Modric will be heading to ...
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Despite the fact that 'the saga' is still on-bumbling, Real Madrid are obviously confident that
Luka Modric will be their plaything soon enough so much so, in fact, that their website bods
pressed on with creating a profile for the Croatian on the official Real Madrid site.
With Robin van Persie's transfer finally completed, we finally see this long drawn out butÂ
unusually calm transfer saga draw to a close. And not surprisingly, lots of United fans are
excited at the prospect of van Persie signing with us, as they rightfully should be. Any time a
player who has scored 30 league goals in a season is about to sign with your club, delight and joy
are the emotions that one should be feeling.
Things finally seem to be moving in the ongoing Luka Modric saga with reports that the player is
in Madrid putting the finishing touches to this long running transfer. The press still can't seem
to decide on the fee however, with reports starting at £23m and going to £30m plus add-ons but
the final sum may be a fair way short of the £40m being punted around at the start of the
summer.
With just three days to go before the start of the season, unless Spurs and Real Madrid are
rapidly approaching agreement behind the scenes, there seems to be no end in sight to the Luka
Modric saga. In addition, there are conflicting stories as to whether a deal can be reached – as
there have been for much of this summer.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes... and not losing to Spurs. They may score from the half
way line in the last minute, plain for all to see, but it won't be given. They may be 3-0 up at
half-time, but we'll score five in the second half. They may believe they have a freekick after one
of our players blatantly handballs it, but the ref will play advantage and we will score a goal
regardless.
The Luka Modric transfer saga continues to drag on for a second summer in a row.
The problem for Modric is that his preferred destination, Real Madrid insist that they will not
pay more than £30m for the creative midfielder, while Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy wants closer
to £40m.
Arsene Wenger criticizes Juventus in RVP transfer saga by AM In an interview to Corriere dello
Sport, Arsene Wenger has mocked Juventus' attempt to sign Robin van Persie this summer. The
Frenchman said that the Italian giant tried to get van Persie on the cheap before Arsenal sold the
Dutchman to Manchester United for 24million.
Does anyone remember Alex Song being a particularly disruptive, ill tempered, undisciplined
sort? Was he a wantaway? No, not really. These stories of him showing up late for practise and
mouthing off in the locker room could be a switch and bait from the real reasons. They were quite
well timed.
Why Arsenal are losing out on players by TS So this morning it would seem that the Sahin saga has
taken yet another turn in what seems to be the player opting for Liverpool. I find this shocking as
he so desired to want to come to Arsenal and play for us a day ago, [...]
Arsenal set to bid for Biglia by Taki After the whole Song saga yesterday, everybody has been
speculating who Wenger can bring in to replace him. The likes of M'villa and Sahin are top of the
list with AW admitting that there 'may' be another signing before the transfer market closes. May
be? There has [.
It would take a lengthy surf of my memory banks to find a transfer window where Arsenal have
added more maturity and strength to the team, pre-season games have shown that in Podolski, Giroud
and Cazorla we have added three outstanding international players to our squad.
Of course it would not be Arsenal if we did not have a summer saga to contend with, I think that
Tony Adams must have left a curse on the Captains arm band as yet another Captain has decided to do
his gardening elsewhere.
This post was submitted before the news broke last night that Kyle Bartley is off to Swansea
so ignore him.
It would take a lengthy surf of my memory banks to find a transfer window where Arsenal have
added more maturity and strength to the team, pre-season games have shown that in Podolski, Giroud
and Cazorla we have added three outstanding international players to our squad.
Nicks' note: We have a guest post today, Arselings.
Nishaad looks into his crystal ball and visualizes an Arsenal attack which is
versatile, powerful and has strength in depth. Nishaad is a gooner whittling away at a Physics and
Economics degree in the US, and blogs in his spare time.
I refuse to mention Robin Van Persie in today's list of Arsenal transfer rumours because I have
frankly had it up to here with the never-ending saga of our traitorous captain. So, swiftly moving
on, it seems that Alex Song is the man that Barcelona want above of Van Persie and Gerard Piquet is
the [.
The art of tapping up. by KJ Today, Gerard Pique of Barcelona has been talking about the prospect
of Alex Song joining them at Barcelona and thinks it is very likely to happen. This is already
turning into a repeat of Cesc Fabregas saga with 3 Barcelona players directly talking about Alex
Song joining them [.
The seemingly never-ending saga of Santi Cazorla's move to Arsenal has finally been confirmed by
the Gunners and also on the official Malaga CF website. The announcement reads: Málaga Club de
Fútbol and Arsenal Football Club have reached an agreement regarding the transfer of Santiago
Cazorla González, seeing the player move to one of the [.
The U.S. men's national team will attempt to take a big step toward the final round of CONCACAF
World Cup qualifying when it faces Jamaica in the fourth match of the six-game semifinal round (8
p.m., beIN Sport). To get three points, though, the Americans will have to do something they have
never done in their history: Win a World Cup qualifier on Jamaican soil (0-0-4 all-time).
It is the U.S. men's national team's house of horrors, one of the more daunting places to play
around the world. And it looms Wednesday night.Â
The U.S. men's national team has never won at the storied Estadio Azteca, and despite bringing a
less-than-full-strength squad to Mexico City for Wednesday night's friendly against El Tri, the
challenge remains the same: Finally put a "1" in the "W" part of the W-L-T column that current
reads 0-8-1 all-time at Azteca, 0-19-1 all-time in Mexico City and 0-23-1 all-time on Mexican
soil.
There was yet another turn in the Timmy Chandler-U.S. men's national team saga on Monday, but it
is not one unfamiliar to American soccer fans.
According to a German report, Chandler was called up for the United States' Wednesday friendly
against Mexico at Azteca Stadium but he passed on the opportunity due to the scheduling and
'strenous' travel that would have been required.
Clint Dempsey is training with his American team-mates ahead of the U.S. Men's national team's
upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica.
Getting back on a soccer field has to be a relief for Dempsey, who was embroiled in one of the
longest running transfer saga's of the summer as he pushed to leave Fulham for a bigger club.
Maurice Edu's transfer saga has taken a bit of an odd turn.
Two days after Rangers manager Ally McCoist claimed that League Championship side Ipswich Town
had made an offer for the U.S. international, the club's manager, Paul Jewell, denied that his club
had done such a thing.
The Robin van Persie transfer saga has come to a conclusion, and it is one that has the Dutch
striker set for a major move from the Emirates to Old Trafford.
Arsenal announced that they have reached an agreement with Manchester United for the transfer of
Van Persie, who has been the subject of transfer rumors for months, including potential moves to
United rival Manchester City and Italian champion Juventus.
Arsenal have continued to make impressive signings this summer with the capture of Malaga
midfielder Santi Cazorla. Aside from the Robin Van Persie saga, Arsene Wenger will consider this a
successful summer in the transfer market so far.
Cazorla joins after being mentioned with regards to an Arsenal move for a few weeks now.
The long-standing transfer saga of USMNT attacker Clint Dempsey seems to be finally resolved with
the American reportedly moving across town to Tottenham Hotspur, joining compatriot Brad Friedel.
The U.S. national team star will not play for the Cottagers in their upcoming showdown with
Manchester United, having been left out of the squad for Saturday's showdown.
The transfer rumor mill has gone very quiet on Dempsey, with a long-rumored move to Liverpool
looking less and less like a possibility by the day.
Over the years we have repeatedly written about efforts to build stadium for the Earthquakes in
San Jose. After multiple fits and starts, the team appears to cross the final hurdles and appears
ready to start the construction process.  San Jose city officials approved the Planned
Development permit for the construction of the proposed Earthquakes stadium a number of months
ago.
In a very special Hot Cast In Old Town... The gang talks about the Fire's 2-1 win over Toronto,
continue the Player Insanity saga, preview the Philadelphia game, review the CONCACAF Champions
League results, and discussed the Open Cup final between Kansas City and the Seahawks Sounders FC
that prompted a rant about US Soccer and the Fire's committment to the Open Cup that we decided to
keep uncut and uncensored.
So this year's Emirates transfer saga is finally over, as RVP will put pen to paper on a four
year deal for arch rivals Manchester United. Gooners fans have been on an emotional rollercoaster
with this story all summer long, with many Arsenal fans stating their former golden boy "wasn't
that good" and the classic "he's injury prone".
Breaking news (well 3 hours ago anyway), as reported on Twitter by a BBC Sports journalist Man
United and Arsenal have agreed a fee for the transfer of Robin Van Persie. Van Persie will join
United subject to passing a medical, with the fee apparently in the £24 million region.
Feedback generally from social sites seem to consist of over-joyed Man United fans, surprised
that they've spent so big and got such a talented striker as RVP when perhaps a central midfielder
is more of a priority.
It's been a while since Arsenal mounted a serious title challenge and their fans have become
increasingly frustrated at Arsene Wenger's seeming refusal to be competitive in the transfer
market. This summer, at long last, Arsenal have been splashing the cash, but it looks as though as
it may be too late to convince captain Robin van Persie that the club is ambitious enough to win
trophies.
Roberto Mancini seems to be able to joke about the Carlos Tevez fall-out that almost derailed his side's title challenge last season. The Manchester City boss has claimed that his Real Madrid counterpart Jose Mourinho should consider sending Cristiano Ronaldo on a six-month sabbatical to help them win a second successive La Liga title.
The Kaka saga is over. Or, so it was thought. The transfer window closed a week ago, but, that does
not mean the rumours come to a cease also. They have continued and Kaka's name continues to be
linked with a move to Milan. Adriano Galliani is thought to be considering making a move for [...]
Today is decision day for the New England Revolution front office. Based on reports it appears
the New England Revolution fully intend to select Juan Carlos Toja, but the question remains
whether or not he will be playing for the Revs as the New England Front Office entertains offers
from around Major League Soccer.
A brief mea culpa to those expecting an MLS Grinder today. After spending a couple hours tracking
down a small army of stats, quotes, opinions and thoughts on George John's saga from the last year
for a fairly lengthy look-in at the FCD back liner, Blogger deemed it necessary to wipe it off the
grid completely 75 percent of the way through.
