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Belgian star issues come-and-get-me plea to Arsenal

Just Arsenal 30 May @ 03:26 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has announced that he will be "active" in the transfer market, and he is specifically looking for mature and experienced players. Surely one of his targets must be a strong defensive midfielder to cover for Alex Song, and to help out the defence at set-pieces. Well the Belgian star Axel [.

French federation names host cities for Euro 2016

The Soccer Room 20 May @ 01:28 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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PARIS, France — The French football federation has named the nine cities that will host matches during the 2016 European championships. Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nice, Paris and Saint-Denis were chosen on Friday ahead of Saint-Etienne and Toulouse, which have been named as reserve locations.

Broken Face, Now Only A Yellow

The Offside 18 May @ 11:27 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Fair warning: this is a rather unsettling video which begs the question of "gruesome leg breaks or frightening head injuries?"

I suppose the answer can be neither.

The Belgian playoff between Standard and Racing Genk was supposed to culminate for a trophy; for Mehdi Carcela, it culminated with Chris Mavinga's boot in his head, a broken face and a thudding concussion.

Onyewu makes Eredivisie debut with winning FC Twente

The Soccer Room 19 January @ 06:46 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Forgotten American defender Oguchi Onyewu made his debut for the Dutch club Twente in a 5-0 league win over Heracles Almelo on Wednesday night. Onyewu was loaned to the Eredivisie champion for the rest of the season on Jan. 11 by AC Milan, where he failed to make a single appearance this [.