Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is eyeing Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic.
The Daily Mail says Wenger could step up his pursuit of Subotic amid fears William Gallas could
leave Arsenal for nothing in the summer.
Frenchman Gallas is out of contract at the end of the season and although negotiations are due to
start about a new one-year deal, there has been talk the 32-year-old is keen to move abroad.
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Soccer Pie 04 August @ 03:20 AM EST
Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has reinstated his desire to join Arsenal and
criticized Les Girondins officials for asking too much money in order to let him
go. Chamakh's contract expires in year's time and that is why asking price of £12
million seems a bit over the top.
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Goalkeeper
Jaroslav Drobny (Hertha Berlin)
Make no mistake about it, Berlin's rise from bottom half side to title contenders was based on
defense. They were a hard side to break down and on the off-chance that a team did, there was
Drobny to get by.
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Soccer Pie 25 December @ 09:06 AM EST
Arsenal are set to step up their £10m pursuit of Swiss international Goekhan Inler in the wake
of Cesc Fabregas' KO blow, according to the Daily Star. The Gunners had been keeping close tabs on
the central midfielder this season, even before Fabregas' knee ligament damage. Meanwhile, reports
in the Telegraph suggest that the injury [.
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While this is expected to become a weekly column, I have decided to hand out the first Weekly XI
based on the cumulative efforts of the first three weeks. I will use a 3-4-3 formation for my
picks. Schober (S04) Westermann (S04) Subotic (BVB) Friedrich (HBS) Kuba (BVB) Marin (MON)
Schweinsteiger (FCB) Dejegah (WLF) Wichniarek (AB) Helmes (BL) Ibisevic (TSG) GK: Mathias Schober
(Schalke 04) - The [.
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I have just returned from my summer holidays, where I had a lovely respite from footie.
However, here we are with the season two weeks deep and I am behind. But I am afforded the
luxury of making my tactical analysis on two games rather than one, which can be useful. I decided
to spend the [...]
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I've been accused of being thin-skinned, and I probably am in certain respects. Perhaps, then I can
relate a bit to Neven Subotic.
I'm not surprised that Neven has serious doubts about playing for the U.S. and is likely to want to
suit up for another country instead.
I met a teen-aged Neven in Peru at the 2005 U17 World Cup, when he was playing for the U.
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Borussia Dortmund fans got their first good look at new defender Neven Subotic in Sunday's
Hallelujah Cup, a charity tournament to raise funds to fight child poverty. The tournament
consisting of the main Ruhr valley teams, namely Borussia Dortmund, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen
and SG Wattenscheid 09 played in a round robin format of 50 minute matches (25 minutes per half).
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Yet another barrier is broken by an American soccer player in Europe. This time, its not signing
for a big club or playing in a Champions League final (which has yet to happen) but rather making
news for being seen around town with a beautiful girlfriend. That's right folks, in the tradition
of Lothar Mattheus, Francesco Totti, Gigi Buffon, and others, new Borussia Dortmund signing Neven
Subotic is getting ink on the society pages in Germany with his girlfriend Lisa Ryzih.
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