New signing Albert Riera has revealed he will thrive on the challenge of creating goalscoring chances for 'one of the best strikers in the world'.

Firstly Albert, there was interest in you from a number of clubs so why was Liverpool your number one choice?

I had a clear idea from the first time Espanyol told me there were some offers. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy believes players' contracts are worthless after seeing Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov quit the club this summer. The strikers moved on to Liverpool and Manchester United respectively, despite being on long-term contracts at White Hart Lane. Levy - who received over £50million for the pair - claims he had no choice to sell [. Click to continue reading...

I don't really know too much about either player that Liverpool and Everton signed on the transfer deadline day, but I'll give my comments based upon what I've read.

Liverpool seemed to get the player they wanted in Albert Riera, a left winger who should provide a lot of ammunition for Fernando Torres, Robbie Keane, and the rest of Liverpool's goal scorers. Click to continue reading...

Guus Hiddink named a power-packed squad for the World Cup qualifiers, echoing the Euro 2008 roster but having the luxury of a healthy Pavel Pogrebnyak ready. Pavel missed the Euro's with a late, unfortunate injury but will be looking to prove why he is one of the most dangerous strikers Click to continue reading...

This is more dinner party than soccer game. There's so few people here, you get the feeling people should introduce themselves to each other.

Attendance tonight has been capped at all of 2,000 - not that there are dozens, yet alone hundreds clamoring to get in, you understand. (The reason: something about lots of parking complaints at the sold-out Galaxy-Pachuca SuperLiga final).

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It appears that whilst a move to north London to join the Ramos revolution would have been a 'dream' move for this Reading man it appears his club decided they would avoid the nightmare of losing another of their strikers! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Kevin Doyle's dream move . Click to continue reading...

I remember watching Albert Riera playing for Manchester City a couple from times.

Back then I wouldn't have paid you air miles for him.

But I also watched him in La Liga for Espanyol last year and he seemed to have improved a great deal. And he clearly benefited from playing every week, so if Rafael Benitez really sees him as the solution to his left-sided problem then he must give him a run of games. Click to continue reading...

What do we think? I haven't see much of him if I'm honest, watching Hull wasn't high on my agenda last season.

I've had a look through some highlights and he has scored a number of good goals. I know he started for Utd against Newcastle and was involved in their pre season games so Ferguson must have rated him. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United are delighted to announce the signing of Dimitar Berbatov.

The Bulgarian international striker, 27, has signed a four-year contract after joining from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee.

As part of the deal, United striker Fraizer Campbell will spend the rest of the 2008/09 season on loan at White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United has confirmed that they've captured the signing of Dimitar Berbatov for a transfer fee believed to be worth £30.75 million. As part of the deal, Man United striker Fraizer Campbell will join Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan. "This is a key signing. Dimitar is one of the best and most exciting strikers in [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester united have finally got their man as Dimitar Berbatov signed for Manchester United for a fee of 30.75 million pounds.

The Bulgarian international striker, 27, has signed a four-year contract after joining from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee.

As part of the deal, United striker Fraizer Campbell will spend the rest of the 2008/09 season on loan at White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have today sold Louis Saha to Everton for an undisclosed deal. The former Fulham striker has struggled in recent months with injury at Old Trafford and Sir Alex Ferguson has now decided to call time on the Frenchman's United career.

With Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney now the only two recognised strikers at the Premier League champions, could there be another striker on the way? Click to continue reading...

They play in different leagues, so perhaps the comparison isn't valid, but two different results and contrasting styles of play caught my eye this weekend:

Wolverhampton Wanderers stormed to the top of the Championship table with an utterly convincing 5-1 defeat of Nottingham Forest at Molineux on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Hull City have today made a £7 million bid for Manchester United striker Frazier Campbell. The England under-21 international spent much of last season on loan at the KC Stadium but now City boss Phill Brown is eager to sign Campbell on a permanent deal.

The 20-year old started United's first game of the new season at home to Newcastle, stuggling to make a huge impact. Click to continue reading...

Wow. Well that settles that. Three strikers on at a time is a good idea. A very good idea. The match started lively enough, with both sides looking evenly matched. An injury to Michael Thwaite forced Ernie Merrick to make an early substitution. With no defenders to pick from, Merrick chose the most daring option: Archie [. Click to continue reading...

The madness never stops. Now Bayern Munich are rumoured to be interested in Dimitar Berbatov, with the Bundesliga club supposedly cutting in line ahead of Manchester United (to whom Tottenham are less than keen on selling their star forward). I don't believe it for a second, especially since Bayern have 3 very good strikers already in Klose, [. Click to continue reading...

As I'm sure you've noticed, the promises I delivered about contributing regular articles and even live blogs during my time in Germany were as empty as...well as a net after Cunningham has had a breakaway. The live blogs were not possible for various reasons:

Colorado: I couldn't get a consistent feed (just like the TFC strikers, but thankfully one of them buried a deadly set piece)

New York: I was on an 8 hour train ride home from Freiburg, where I watched the season opener of my other team, 1860 Munich.

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Many United fans will be delighted to learn that Louis "Sicknote" Saha is on his way to join Everton, subject to the not so small matter of first passing a medical.

Given the French striker has somehow managed to sustain injuries in several pre-match warm-ups it cannot be ruled that he will manage to get himself injured before he signs on the dotted line. Click to continue reading...

Bremner makes it 5 with his first touch. A drilled muligruber from outside the box. Huge amounts of space allow Melbourne to deploy 4 strikers.

Jets in disarray. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United's chances of signing Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov today look greater than ever after the Premier League Champions got rid of Louis Saha to Everton. The French international has struggled during his five year spell at Old Trafford and he is now on the verge of signing for Everton. Click to continue reading...

So far its been end to end but Victory look just too good. Thompson came on after about 20mins with an injury to Thwait. And Melbourne look like they are all strikers. Fab and Thompson have scored but it could easily have been 4, with misses from Hernandes (not Nay Fab) and Vargas put a point blank header into Covic's knee. Click to continue reading...

Peter Kenyon isn't one to let stats get in the way of the truth. While most of us might consider a return of 22 goals for the princely sum of £30 million a little extravagant, there are others amongst us that are far too sensible to simply associate strikers with ... Click to continue reading...

Remember a few days back when we were talking about Mo Edu possibly making his Rangers debut this Saturday vs. Celtic? Dude, might not be the only European débutante this weekend as a couple of injury's to the attacking portion of Villarreal's side may leave the door open for The Boy King of New York & New Jersey™ to see the field vs. Click to continue reading...

The dawn of the La Liga season is upon us, and the Yellow Submarine of Villarreal is pulling up to Osasuna's dock, with a couple of dents in its mighty fascade.

Midfielder Robert Pires is out, a heavy blow for the Spanish side. But to make matters worse, their attacking duo of Rossi and Kahveci are also expected to be sidelined.

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....is not the new title for Greg & my efforts, by the way! US strikers squared up in the Welsh capital on Tuesday as Eddie Johnson's Cardiff City topped Jemal Johnson's Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 in the League Cup. 6,334 witnessed Eddie's Bluebirds debut at Ninian Park. Jemal was born in New Jersey but like Zak Whitbread, lost his American accent long ago and is now indistinguishable from the Click to continue reading...