Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has played down speculation linking Pepe Reina with a move away from Anfield, stating unequivocally that the Spaniard is essential to his future plans. Reina has been in decent form again this season for Liverpool, despite a number of injuries, keeping 16 clean sheets in total and four in Liverpool's last five league games.
Daniel Agger is committed to staying at Liverpool despite mounting speculation Barcelona are ready to claw him away. The Danish centre-half has been continually linked with a move to the Catalan giants in the summer, as Tito Vilanova is looking for a potential replacement for Carles Puyol who has been beset by injuries this season.
Assembling this week's column has been a difficult undertaking. The transfer deadline arrives
imminently and, at time of writing, there are still so many issues to settle. Circumstances alter
at light speed and that's going to feel like a gentle cruise compared to what this evening will
bring. Even for someone like me that has an allergy to transfer speculation (I used to refer to it
as ‘speculitis' but that sounds like an unfortunate ailment one might catch at a mate's stag do)
last season's deadline day had the feel of watching someone nervously clipping wires on a time
bomb.
For as many transfer windows as I can remember, Fulham have always had to endure negative
speculation regarding the departure of key players. Brede Hangeland and Mark Schwarzer have often
been linked with the more illustrious sides in the league,...
REAL MADRID has made an official announcement that the Club has come to an agreement with LIVERPOOL
FC for the loan of midfielder NURI SAHIN Sahin There have been weeks of speculation on were Nurin
will go, with ARSENAL FC in the front running. However the personal relationship between the both
Coaches of Real Madrid & Liverpool, & most importantly the economic conditions offered by the
later
Martin Skrtel today ended speculation over his future by signing a new four year long contract
with the club. Martin had been linked to the likes of Manchester City in preseason and it's good to
see that he has now pledged his future to the club.
A statement on the Club's official site read
"Martin Skrtel today committed his future to Liverpool by signing a new long-term contract and
immediately declared his ambition to become an Anfield legend.
Andre Villas-Boas has called on Gareth Bale to end speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur.
Bale last night collected his Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award after a remarkable season which has seen him score 30 times for club and country.
I guess the reason there are so many ridiculous Arsenal rumours around at the moment is because of the the dreaded interlull giving everyone very little to talk about at the moment, but surely one of the most unlikely transfer rumours had to be the one that said the Chelsea keeper Petr Cech could be moving to the Emirates this summer to take over as Number One.
February may be the shortest month of the year but there was still more enough time for the Sack Race merry-go-round to gather pace. As the business end of the season draws closer, plenty of chairmen and owners were clearly getting twitchy during February, with a number of managers finding themselves out of work entering [.
Images: KCKRS, Tumblr. We look forward to seeing more photos from Dirk Kuyt's feature in
Fenerbahce's magazine so that the inevitable speculation about his attendance at Liverpool's
annual fancy dress Christmas party can begin in earnest.
I took a kind of day off from Arsenal yesterday. After the intensity of deadline day and all the
action we had to cope with, on top of August's mentalness in general, it was quite nice to just not
involve myself at all.
However, it's right back into it today as we face the Mugsmashers at Anfield in a game which
could lift the mood considerably or tip some folk over the edge entirely.
Can Manchester United regain the initiative? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The events in the final game of last season had a suitably momentous feeling to them, as
Manchester City snatched victory – and the Premier League title – from United in the dying
seconds of the season. There could hardly be a more wounding way for United to lose their crown,
with the combination of the fact that it was surrendered to their local rivals and in such dramatic
fashion, making the pain all the harder to bear for supporters of the Old Trafford club.
Arsenal's touted transfer targets to replace Alex Song - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
After the sale of Alex Song to Barcelona, Arsenal have been left with a slight gap in the centre
of their midfield. The media have speculated that moves for a number of holding midfielders could
be on the cards, but it remains to be seen whether Arsene Wenger will reinvest the £15 million
captured for the Cameroon international or stick with the players already at his disposal.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will not be commenting further about Fulham's complaint in
regards to the Reds' alleged 'tapping up' of Clint Dempsey.
The Cottagers approached the Premier League to express their unhappiness with what they felt was
the Reds' public pursuit of the United States international.
Fulham have made a formal complaint to the Premier League about the actions of Liverpool FC in
relation to Clint Dempsey.
It has emerged that Liverpool, and the club's owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), could be in hot
water over their transfer pursuit of Fulham's Clint Dempsey.
The American international was Fulham's top scorer last season but has since expressed a desire to
leave Craven Cottage and subsequently refused to play, resulting in a hefty personal fine.
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.
Manchester United's future is bright but full of speculation - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
As managerial reigns go, few can hold a candle to Sir Alex Ferguson's time at Manchester United. In 26 and a half years, Sir Alex won 38 trophies, helped to develop numerous world-class stars like Roy Keane, Peter Schmiechel, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, oversaw the rapid expansion of Old Trafford to its current 75,000-plus capacity and made us a team to be feared.
Murmurs buzzed Sunday evening of Clint Dempsey headed to Sunderland.
They've heated today with now news of a price ($12M USD) and that Sunderland midfielder and
former Manchester United castoff Keiran Richardson might be sent on the train the other way if
Dempsey moves to the Black Cats.
Love him or loathe him, there's no denying the impact that David Beckham has had on the global football stage. From his early days as a 17-year old with Manchester United, through his controversial signing with Real Madrid, and then his trip across the pond to act as a defibrillator for Major League Soccer, Goldenballs [.
Since Cristiano Ronaldo told the media that he was too sad to celebrate his goals during Real
Madrid's 3-0 win against Granada on Sunday, speculation has been rampant. Since he said that his
frowniness was caused by "professional" reasons, the popular theory of Ronaldo wanting more money
emerged.
Ducky's Note: Seeing as how the Chelsea corner of this blog did a
midfield appraisal of their squad, the United corner feels compelled to respond in
kind. Thankfully, we have Aniruddha Raje doing just that, with a specific focus on
the man who suddenly has United fans trembling in their boots to 'face him two more times this
season', Moussa Dembélé.
Fabregas Dismisses Arsenal Rumours by AH Cesc Fabregas has ended speculation on his future by
saying that he wants to stay at Barcelona for the rest of his career. The Spanish midfielder who
re-joined Barcelona from Arsenal at the start of the 2011 / 2012 season for £35m, was reported
by the press as saying [.
We All Contracted Premature Speculation!!! by Nashy Over on my blog on LadyArse a few weeks back I
alerted the Arsenal faithful to a horrible disease that sweeps through the ranks during the
transfer windows. This disease, is Premature Speculation. A definition in the Arsenal Supporters
Medical Handbook defines it as so: Premature Speculation [.
Should Arsenal be in the market for a right back by TS The transfer season is coming to a rapid
close and despite the constant speculation that Arsenal will continue signing players, the lines
are divided on whether AW needs a suitable replacement for Sagna. As we all know, our first choice
RB suffered a [.
Following speculation that Wayne Rooney was again ready to make a move away from United, he has
today given an exclusive interview with the Evening News where he claims that he wants to stay at
the club for as long as we want him.
"I look at the likes of Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at United and they are a massive example
to us all," he said.
Following speculation that Wayne Rooney was again ready to make a move away from United, he has
today given an exclusive interview with the Evening News where he claims that he wants to stay at
the club for as long as we want him.
"I look at the likes of Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at United and they are a massive example
to us all," he said.
Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about Wayne Rooney's fitness after claiming on Friday that his
injury was a "blessing". Following his break after Euro 2012, Rooney returned to the squad
overweight and unfit, which has frustrated some fans, given that he's the highest paid player at
the club.
Ferguson has compared Rooney to people like Giggs, claiming that Rooney needs game to regain his
fitness.
Liverpool has been approached with a £4 million bid by Stoke City for midfielder, Charlie
Adam.
The Scottish International, bought for £8 million from Blackpool by former Liverpool icon, Kenny
Dalglish does not figure in Brendan Rodger's plans for the future, going forward.
A bid of £5 million will be accepted by the Liverpool hierarchy as they look to generate funds to
finally land Clint Dempsey from Fulham.
This was always going to be a busy few days for Tottenham after the sale of Luka Modric on
Monday and it looks as if the first post-Luka deal will bring Fulham's Moussa Dembele to White Hart
Lane. Nothing has been confirmed as yet but with the two clubs agreeing a fee last night it could
only be a matter of time.
Athletic Bilbao President Josu Urrutia has reiterated that he will only be selling Javi Martinez
and Fernando Llorente at their buy-out clauses.
The duo are the subject of persistent speculation about imminent departures from the club this
summer.
Llorente, with a €35m buyout clause, has failed to agree to a new contract, whilst Bayern
Munich are in continued talks with the Basques over Martinez and his €40m clause.
Headline featured in The Sun this morning.
This morning we have woken up to this headline as featured in The Sun that Chelsea
have rejected a bid of around £30m for David Luiz from Manchester City.
Now Luiz didn't feature in the game last night after "Tweeting" that he had a knee
injury as featured on here yesterday.
Last minute goals, red cards, and near-misses: these all make for fun games if they result in a
win for your team. Alas, for the Union, this was not meant to be. There was a swarm of black and
yellow that flew in from Columbus and left PPL desolate. Even when the swarm was made smaller by
one player, it didn't seem to matter.
The English transfer window has now closed, and Roger Espinoza is still a Sporting KC player. With
interest from a number of clubs, including Wigan, there'd been speculation since the Olympics that
Espinoza would make the move across the Atlantic to a European league some time during the summer
transfer window.
Bad news came out of Spurs Lodge today with the confirmation that Younes Kaboul will be out of
the Tottenham side for around four months after knee surgery. The French international pulled out
of the game with West Brom at the weekend but the extent of the damage will come as a real
blow.
AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani does not think the club needs to sign another striker
amid new reports linking the Serie A giants with Liverpool's Andy Carroll.
The £35million man was this summer expected to leave Anfield, as he seemingly does not fit into
the plans of new manager Brendan Rodgers.
Speculation abounds on a press conference that has been called next Tuesday, August 28th, at
Morgan's Wonderland, the theme park owned by Gordon Hartman and created for those with special
needs. Hartman has promised to give all profits from his San Antonio Scorpions to Morgan's
Wonderland and recently president Michael Hitchcock has indicated that with [.
