Newcastle have done very well in the last two transfer windows, but like everything, that's because of good and thorough planning. Graham Carr - Newcastle Chief Scout Mike Ashley was at the Benton training grounds on Thursday and one of meetings he held, the top priority meeting according to today's Sunday Sun, was on transfers.

We heard about a week ago that Mike Ashley was willing to put another £15M into the development of the youngsters on Tyneside. Mehdi Abeid - top youngster at Newcastle Of course the first thing is to have a good scouting network that can spot top youngsters that can be developed on Tyneside.

We heard about a week ago that Mike Ashley was willing to put another £15M into the development of the youngsters on Tyneside. Mehdi Abeid - top youngster at Newcastle Of course the first thing is to have a good scouting network that can spot top youngsters that can be developed on Tyneside.

While I'm relatively certain that most dedicated followers of MLS will know what United are getting with the likes of Maicon Santos and Danny Cruz, there's still an element of mystery surrounding the acquisitions from the mid-tier Euro-leagues. Most of us see precious little from Swiss or Austrian clubs outside of perhaps the odd Europa League highlight.

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As we've gradually found out over the past week-and-a-half, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp takes his tax advice from a magical hobgoblin that lives in his biscuit tin. What we also now know is that, instead of his labrynthine scouting network at Spurs, he seems to rely on Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand when it comes to the final word on his signings.

Newcastle will give youngsters Michael Richardson and Brad Inman new deals to stay on at Newcastle. Brad Inman will get a new deal to stay at Newcastle However, as reported yesterday, there will be a number of youngsters who will leave Newcastle and will not be offered new deals this summer. Those include Tamas Kadar, [.

When Wenger first came to England, the other title contenders had more or less sewn up the scouting network on the British Isles, the next George Best or Denis Law was going to be snapped up by United or Liverpool.

He had his connections in France and other parts of the continent... he stole a massive march on Fergie and Co by signing the likes of Anelka and Fabregras whilst the rest were scouting on a cold evening at Turf Moor.

Three years ago I moved to Yorkshire from East Anglia for work purposes: a move I share with one very special former Ipswich Town player. Can you figure out who?!
Leeds and Ipswich share a lot in their histories: Huge success in the past has brought respect to both teams but the difficult financial times that followed have seen them slip down the league tables in recent decades.

Arsenal has suffered some terrible bad luck with defensive injuries this season. We lost Sagna, Gibbs and Jenkinson all with a 17 days in October, but the loss that has hurt us most was the loss of Santos in December. Santos was an attacking full-back and gave us extra attacking options something that has been lacking in recent weeks.

Nine years ago Swansea were bottom of the table of league football. Rock soild bottom. Next stop non-league oblivion. Yesterday they were flying high and should be rightly proud of themselves for turning the Arsenal over in royal fashion. They displayed hunger, desire, fight and unity in abundance and deserved the victory.

Every year at the Development Academy Showcases, scouts from all over the world come to get a look at some of the country's most talented players. There were more than 300 scouts from Major League Soccer teams, colleges and foreign clubs at the 2010 Winter Showcase in Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. Soccer employs its own armada of scouts, with a total of 65 being used throughout the country to help identify and mentor the top youth talent.

Oh that life were always that simple. Villa's scouting network appear to have concluded that any attempt to disrupt the Tottenham modus operandi would result in a riot, and consequently they spent the entire night carefully keeping a safe distance from us, allowing our heroes to do whatever they jolly well pleased.

There's no doubt that Chief Scout Graham Carr has been a huge cog in the seemingly successful wheel of Newcastle United over the last 18 months or so. Graham Carr talent spotter in chief Graham is essentially doing the job Dennis Wise was being paid £1M a year to do back in 2008, and the only difference is that graham is doing a much [.

There's no doubt that Chief Scout Graham Carr has been a huge cog in the seemingly successful wheel of Newcastle United over the last 18 months or so. Graham Carr talent spotter in chief Graham is essentially doing the job Dennis Wise was being paid £1M a year to do back in 2008, and the only difference is that graham is doing a much [.

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With Steven Gerrard staring down the barrel of yet another protracted injury lay-off, it's good to know that a Tanzanian bus service have done the hard yards on behalf of Liverpool's global scouting network and identified a perfect, heaven-sent successor to step into the breach at Anfield.

What follows is an initial list of 25 things obstructing the US from becoming a soccer powerhouse.

The "what's wrong" topic is always around and maintains a certain level of attention. Then, when our national teams flounder, the topic spikes and dominates the discussion.

And of course everyone and their mom has an opinion.

As we reported earlier this morning, Newcastle do lots and lots of information gathering and analysis for each transfer target. Yohan Cabaye after scoring first goal for Newcastle yesterday And in the specific case of Yohan Cabaye, who got his first goal for the club yesterday, Newcastle had to reassure his agent Newcastle was the [.

The local Sunday Sun today has an excellent article by Mark Douglas, which lifts the lid on what goes on behind the scenes in the transfer market at Newcastle, and it's all very very interesting. Graham Carr - leads massive scouting effort for Newcastle There's a massive amount of work done on each of the [.

Comolli: We want next Asian star

Damien Comolli believes Liverpool now have the scouting network in place to unearth an Asian star of the future.

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There's some good evidence that an area of the club that is doing some great work at the club at the moment is the burgeoning scouting network. Graham Carr has every right to smile doing a great job It's gone a little unnoticed that money has been poured into two areas of the Newcastle club over the last [.

There's some good evidence that an area of the club that is doing some great work at the club at the moment is the burgeoning scouting network. Graham Carr has every right to smile doing a great job It's gone a little unnoticed that money has been poured into two areas of the Newcastle club over the last [.

Alan Pardew was at Switzerland's St Jakob Park last night doing some scouting. Alan Pardew at Switzerland Bulgaria game last night Switzerland beat Bulgaria 3-1, and Alan would have seen Swiss 19 year-old, Xherdan Shaqiri, score a hat-trick as Switzerland came from behind to beat Bulgaria. The youngster plays for Basel, and has now scored [.

The next time fans will see Alan Pardew talk again is probably this Thursday, when he gives his news conference. Carver and Pardew excellent partnership for Newcastle And because of Alan's stone cold silence since last Wednesday, when he was said to be unhappy and angry that the Newcastle Board had failed to bring in a new top striker to the [.

Chief Scout Graham Carr is becoming an important cog in the Newcastle wheel these days. Graham Carr top Chief Scout at Newcastle Graham is one of the "brains trust" on Newcastle transfers, and the group also includes manager Alan Pardew, Secretary Lee Charnley and Managing Director Derek Llambias. The Corbridge-born 66 year-old lives in [.

Football Manager 2012: Miles Jacobson Interview - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Football Manager 2012 is due to hit the shelves before Christmas, and our good friends over at Football Manager Stories have just snagged an exclusive interview with Miles Jacobson (OBE), Studio Director at Sports Interactive, the company that develops Football Manager.

Much like the government, a lot of the talk round Downing Street has echoed that of what has been spoken about round the Emirates in recent months; Youth policy. What are we going to do with the kids?

Since the arrival of Wenger, Arsenal have placed youth policy high on the agenda.

World Cup champ, Euro champ, Germany 2006 coach, Bayern Munich, blah, blah, blah.

Looks great from 10,000 feet, huh? That's the resume/pedigree trap. Don't fall into it, because it loves to claim victims.

Hopefully it's understood by now that sparkling player resumes don't correlate with quality coaching.

Bueno Signs Pre-Contract With Liverpool

Mexican starlet Marco Bueno has signed a pre-contract with Liverpool, according to reports coming from the player's homeland. The youngster has been handed a 10-day trial with the Reds, and the club are keen to secure first refusal on him to avoid other parties muscling in on the deal.

Or is that Twerry? Earlier this week we told you how Yeovil Town manager Terry Skiverton had setup a Twitter scouting network to help him find new players. His team of online scouts has already paid dividends with the Glovers completing their first "twansfer". Former Everton youngster Kieran Agard was snapped up on a free [.

Skiver scouts Yeovil Town manager Terry Skiverton reckons social networking site can be used for good in football, and not just to get players into trouble. The cash-strapped Glovers' boss has revealed he has launched a Twitter scouting network since he cannot afford to employ real-life scouts. The 35-year-old is inviting his Yeovil-supporting Twitter followers [.

Wigan are hardly the most popular of Premier League teams.

Pantomime villains as they survived relegation at the expense of little old Blackpool (or "the people's champions" as Match of the Day's Steve Wilson sickeningly described them), the Latics were seen as the party poopers on Survival Sunday.

Liverpool target Eden Hazard has refused to comment on the continuous speculation that surrounds his future until the end of the season according to skysports.com.
The 20-year-old Belgian international winger has drawn plaudits from all corners of the globe after a series of scintillating displays in Ligue 1 this season, and as a result the Lille playmaker is not short of clubs queuing up for his signature.

Is your club completely skint? Still waiting for your Arab oil sheikh to sink billions of his black gold profits into your first team? Just like the rest of us, you'll probably we waiting a long time. As Manchester City fans are going to find out in the next few seasons, money can't guarantee you long-term success.

Along with the my posts about the two key players for Chelsea against United this coming Sunday in David Luiz and Didier Drogba, I am reposting this article I wrote before the United games before, because they are still relevant and I believe key in how to beat United on Sunday.
I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit.

To hell with a recap of the nightmare at Old Trafford. To hell with it.

Last train to Rome?

What I will say is that we weren't as poor as many have been saying. We were better than in the first leg, more cohesive, and might have edged the opening half if not for some particularly rubbish defending from Anelka.

I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit tomorrow. We all know about the threat they pose going forward. Chelsea need to remain solid and disciplined defensively first and foremost. If we can keep Nani quiet and frustrate Wayne Rooney we are half way there.

Alan Pardew has been told to look to bring young players to Newcastle this summer. Nigel Reo-Coker not coming to Tyneside That's a lot different from the Freddy Shepherd days of trophy signings, when Newcastle used to bring in big-name players, and pay them an absolute fortune. The only problem with that was that [.

Newcastle United chief scout Graham Carr, who was appointed almost 18 months ago, has given some interviews to the local Sunday Sun today. Jeremain Lens PSV winger Newcastle are after And that's got to be good so we can hear more from Graham, whose star is rising on Tyneside. Graham believes the times ahead [.

In keeping with the theme of introducing new 'segments' to the blog, I present to you the 'Rumor Roundup', wherein we'll try to tackle the nonsensical banter that floats across the wire as often as we can. This week, we look at comments given to Sports Illustrated by FIFA Agent Carrie Baird, regarding all things Chelsea.

The Newcastle United strategy in the transfer market is a well known one and we think it's a good one. Mike Ashley - the club must balance its books via Fair Play rules Bring in young players, who are not yet at their best, and develop them into their full potential at the Newcastle [...]