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• Potential Three Lions saviors. [The Sun]
  
• The all-injured team. [EPL Talk]
  
• Berbatov pleads for dream move. Haven't we heard this before? [BBC]
  
• Soccer history like only they can. [Pitch Invasion]
  
• Top 25 clubs in world update.

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Adebayor signs a new long-term contract

Arsenal can today confirm that Togolese forward Emmanuel Adebayor has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.

Adebayor (24) scored 30 goals in all competitions last season, including one in the away fixture at Tottenham Hotspur which earned him the honour of Premier League Goal of the Season 2007/08. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have finally completed the signing of Argentine International Fabricio Coloccini. Fabricio Coloccini signs a 5 year deal at the club Click to continue reading...

Lampard signs new five year deal

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce today (Wednesday, August 13) that Frank Lampard has signed a new five year contract.

The new deal will keep Lampard at the club until the end of the 2013-14 season.

Lampard said: 'I want to finish my career at Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

A continuation of the look at the Foreign Player for the coming season


Adelaide United
Aurelio Vidmar seems to be in love with players with one name and now have four Brazilians. Adelaide fans have a lot of football to look forward to this year due to being the first team to graduate from the AFC Champions League Group Phase. Click to continue reading...

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QPR's Week in Review - in Brief: "Ian Dowie Sacked" rumours spread across the messageboards and into the press. before being unequivocally denied..."ABC Loan Paid off"....All Season Tickets Sold...Lee Cook and Daniel Parejo officially unveiled (after Gorkss in/Rehman and Nardiello out, at the end of the previous week). Click to continue reading...

Wanna let grandma drive your children? Think again. Meanwhile, enjoy the latest from the talented MLS staff: + DC United signs a big Liberian Goalkeeper, and Jon has the details! + Kyle with Colorado offers his thoughts on the Rapids loss to Everton. + James with the Crew gives us his thoughts for this weekends Chicago / New [. Click to continue reading...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to launch into a sensationalist critique of how terrible the first half against Ajax has been, it would be silly to read to much into one game and there have been many positives from the first half despite the scoreline. Denilson has looked sharp again, Walcott is looking at home on the left of midfield while there are some encouraging signs from RVP and Click to continue reading...

Setanta Sports has an excellent article out on newcastle and are new capture Fabricio Coloccini - once he signs of course.  Fabricio Colccini - just what the Doctor ordered for Newcastle Click to continue reading...

Pre-Season Cup final analysis, WP 0 v MV 0 (MV 8-7 on pens) OVERALL, on a pretty bumpy pitch, which tested the first touch and distribution, tonight's pre-season cup final, won by the Victory after a marathon 18 penalties, wasn't the greatest spectacle, but there were some solid signs for both sides as they build towards the season proper. Click to continue reading...

Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini is expected to be in Newcastle today, to take his medical before he signs for Newcastle United. Fabricio Coloccini - taking medical today on Tyneside Click to continue reading...

Press Association feed on Johnson. Everton expect the transfer of striker Andrew Johnson to Fulham to be completed in the next 24 hours. Owner and chairman Bill Kenwright held talks on Monday night in London with Craven Cottage officials to thrash out a deal. The original move had stalled over the weekend because Fulham were concerned about signs [. Click to continue reading...

Armand Traore signs long-term Arsenal deal

Arsenal defender Armand Traore has signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club.

Traore, 18, has made just 18 first-team appearances for the north Londoners since joining from Ligue 1's Monaco three years ago.

However, manager Arsene Wenger sees the France Under-19 international as a ready-made deputy for first-choice left-back Gael Clichy. Click to continue reading...

One of the good things about being abroad is it causes you to reflect on things. Well it does me anyway.

So as I sat on the banks of the Mosel River today, sipping German beer and watching my lover tucking into Schnitzel and frites, I looked around to see what signs of football culture I might see around me and how this compared to what I might see if I looked around a similar place in England where crowds of people figure. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have confirmed the signing of French-born Portugal Under-21 international Amaury Bischoff.

He will wear the number 28 shirt and signs from German side Werder Bremen. He plays in the centre of midfield or on the right hand side.

While I'll admit I'm not wetting myself with excitement at the news, I will not pass judgement on the player until I've actually seen him wear the Arsenal colours. Click to continue reading...

Stoor signs. Roy: "I am delighted that Fredrik has joined us officially today. He is a player I have followed for some time through my contacts with the Swedish national team. I watched him closely with his club side and we did a lot of research on him. "Of course I had the opportunity to see him at [. Click to continue reading...

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As QPR announced late yesterday, the Gorkss "saga" - ongoing since late May or early June - may be just about over. Although until Blackpool and QPR announce the deals on their official sites...! Kaspars Gorkss is moving to QPR...Danny Nardiello and Zesh Rehman are moving to Blackpool (the Rehman deal is a six-month loan, with Blackpool option to sign permanently). Click to continue reading...

In their final game on the Africa tour Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2 - 1 in a friendly.Portsmouth's newly imported old reliable Peter Crouch showed some signs of a possible fruitful partnership with Jermain Defoe.

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Its fair to say that this summer hasn't been the most stable at Arsenal. We've had key players of last season leave the squad and there is still uncertainty amongst some of the remaining players at Le Bosses disposal.

However the season is just around the corner and is drawing closer as we speak. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane is moving closer to a dream switch to Liverpool. The Republic of Ireland star has been a £20million target for Liverpool. The Sun says Keane last night edged closer to Anfield after being left out of Spurs' friendly in Alicante. This can be signs of showing the end of an era. Click to continue reading...

Given the fickle loyalty of footballers these days, don't be surprised if dedicated Christian Kaka signs up for Scientology
So Kaka belongs to Jesus, but will he sell? Click to continue reading...

The 12-minute highlights of Arsenal's draw away to Szombathelyi Haladas were a bit on the drab side, which should come as no surprise to any sane person, but came as a bit of a let down for me.

Nicholas Bendtner continues his run up front. Wilshere got a start after his good performance in the first friendly. Click to continue reading...

Dopo il portiere Cech, anche il centrocampista ghanese Michael Essien ha firmato un nuovo contratto con il Chelsea fino a giugno 2013.

Da Calciomercato.com

Comunicato Ufficiale FC Chelsea:

Essien next to extend

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Michael Essien has signed a new five-year contract that keeps him at Stamford Bridge until 2013. Click to continue reading...

It seems to us that a great many of the problems going on in the stories of fan violence have to do with security or lack thereof. As Dougie Brimson pointed out, rather than place blame on a specific supporters group the major blame needs to be placed on the often goon-like security at MLS games. We have seen that in the incident with West Ham supporters, New England Revolution supporters at the Brazil game and Superliga and it is a constant at Giants Stadium in New Jersey where Red Bull New York play their home games:

The following videos illustrates why many in New York do not support the Red Bulls. Click to continue reading...

SEVILLA FC has finally presented its new defender & substitute for the departed Dani Alves, FERNANDO NAVARRO that comes from REAL MALLORCA. The Spanish International defender signs for the next... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...