I wondered being honest, how long it would take until we heard from either Nico Anelka or Alex after their departures from Chelsea back in last month's transfer window and it hasn't taken long.
The Sun over here in the UK leads with an interview Anelka has given about the end of his Chelsea career and claims he was left to rot with the reserves.

Of course with a headline like this, I just had to post about it. The article in today's SUN heaps more pressure on AVB at Chelsea when would you believe it, we are playing United on Sunday!.
That's not like the press to put pressure on a Chelsea manager before a big game is it?.
The quote taken from the article from a "top source" states the following:

"Jose would go back to Chelsea.

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By Walter Broeckx

Last day of January? Take a deep breath and relax. The sun is shining, the snow is going away. Why worry, why be so nervous?

When the rest of the [.

Scorers:
Robson (Mid) 16′
Campbell (Sun) 58′

What to do when your squad is underperforming? You take them on vacation to Spain, naturally.

'What do you mean Gary got lost at baggage claim??'

So yeah, apparently this trip is actually happening. AVB did his best to downplay expectations prior to departure, insisting that trips of this variety are normal for English teams.

The doom and gloom is beginning to lift after the poor display on Saturday. Alan Pardew shown today in the sunshine of Tenerife Alan Pardew are now in Tenerife and the sun is shining down on the Newcastle squad, as they have their mid-season break to do some team building and reflect on what [...]

Nikica Jelavic's father has claimed that the Rangers striker has grander ambitions than to play for West Ham or Queens Park Rangers and is 'most likely' to sign for Liverpool.
The Croatian has been heavily linked with a move away from Ibrox this winter following a series of impressive performances in the SPL over the past 18 months.

szólj hozzá: Sunderland v Swansea 2:0 MOTD

Scorers:
Sessegnon (Sun) 14′
Gardiner (Sun) 85′.

That must be the weirdest Arsenal article I've read for a while. It's in the Sun today and has Theo Walcott reckoning that the atmosphere in the Arsenal dressing room is brilliant right now (how old was this interview?). With Arsenal preparing to face Man United at home, where they are unbeaten since the opening [.

It's hot! Bloody hot.
Australian summer can be a bit like that, can't it, even this year. My friends are gathered, some want to sit close, others are over dressed, most in green.
Chocolate cake! On a summers day? I went for hot chips!
Move over, it's getting hotter, but there's no space, not in the Canberra stands.

As the smoke cleared Monday morning in the city of Milan, there was no question who won the latest edition of the Derby della Madonnina the night before. The sun shone a bit brighter and everything tasted a bit sweeter for those wearing the Nerazzurri colours. In a hard fought battle over 90 minutes, the warriors wearing the black and blue of Milan were victorious.

Shortly before 12.30pm today @TruroCityTweet declared 'ALL CLEAR FOR CITY -TAX BILL PAID IN FULL' (their capitals not mine but worthy of shouting nonetheless) and it seemed in light of the current cloud of doom hanging over parts of non-league that the sun has broken through over Cornwall at least.

Venue: St James' Park, Toon. Date: Sun 15th Jan 2011. Kick-Off: 1:30 pm. Referee: Chris Foy. United came to this game on the back of 2 excellent straight wins against Man Utd 3-0 (got that one in early today!) and Blackburn 2-1 in the FA Cup. In contrast, Queens Park Rangers had taken only one [...]

Venue: St James' Park, Toon. Date: Sun 15th Jan 2011. Kick-Off: 1:30 pm. Referee: Chris Foy. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our regular "match banter" feature. This time the Magpies will be facing the transitional Queen's Park Rangers under new manager, Mark Hughes, he of the slightly annoying mid-sentence sharp intakes of breath.

Newcastle United entertain QPR on Sunday and will be hoping to make it 3 wins in a row against a Rangers who could be revitalised following the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager. Venue: St James' Park. Date: Sun 15th Jan 2011. Kick-Off: 13:30. Referee: Chris Foy. QPR are in a bit of a pickle [...

Nicol thinks Boyd would be great in Houston

Former New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol has high praise for both Kris Boyd and Dominic Kinnear. Speaking to the Scottish Sun here, Nicol said "I haven't spoken to Dominic about him. We're mates but we don't speak about players like that. You don't hear Sir Alex Ferguson on the phone to Harry Redknapp to discuss his targets!

The Sun reported earlier today that Ravel Morrison's contract talks with Manchester United had broken down.

Speaking on Twitter, Morrison has claimed that there is no contract offer for him to talk about. Is that because he's signed a deal? Is it because he's rejected the latest offer and there isn't another deal on the table?

By Chris Wright

You'll know Kolarov as the Serbian chap who mainly specialises in blasting 30-yard exocets narrowly over and wide for Man City.

Vinny Guadagnino, it says here, is widely regarded to be the least twattish of the creosote-skinned, duck-lipped, herpes-riddled, sun-dried ballsacks on MTV's 'Jersey Shore' abomination.

We'll have a full photo gallery on the U.S. Soccer Facebook page tomorrow. Here's a quick sample ...
One sneaks past ...

Ricardo Clark on the move with Zach Loyd in pursuit

Wondolowski puts one past Rimando

The sun set on the 90-minute session .

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Ref Kevin Friend did the game between Sunderland and Manchester City. Did he have a good game?

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While Juventus are off training in the sun of the Arabian Peninsula, the front office is hard at work as the winter transfer window opens. As always, in Italy, the rumors are flying forth from the media, and while some names are pure speculation, there are a few players who will most likely be playing in Torino in the next weeks.

After stating that he didn't expect any transfer activity at White Hart Lane this month, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has indicated that he would welcome a couple of new faces in order to drive on the club's attempts to cement a top four position at the very least.

Speaking in The Sun, Harry said that anyone coming in would have to be better than the current players in the squad and he believes that they will be hard to find.

Scorers:
Gardner (Sun)
McClean (Sun)
Rodellega (Wig)
Sessegnon (Sun)
Vaughan (Sun)

Newcastle may lodge a £3M bid for Sheffield United's outstanding 18 year-old center-back, Harry Maguire. Harry Maguire outstanding young 18 year-old center-back That was a story in the Sun late last month, and certainly the youngster looks an excellent player in the making, and already stands 6'3″ tall, and is still growing.

I started this blog on April 23rd of 2007, about 10 years ago, and after over 55M hits, we are still going yes I know it's all very surprising. Ed and Madeline Harrison This shot was taken in High Heaton, Newcastle and yes the sun was shining! We'd like to extend our best wishes to Newcastle fans everywhere, and all the [.

Could Lampard go west to the Galaxy? (Getty Images)

I know this comes from The Sun but a couple interesting comments in this article though about how David Beckham has been talking to Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. Beckham tells Lampard to go to California because he'd enjoy a life out there.

It was interesting reading the other day when I spotted this article in The SUN stating that AVB will be given a £150 "war chest" from Roman Abramovich to spend in January as he is desperate to cut the gap to Manchester City and United in the title race.
According to the article, Chelsea are looking at Edison Cavani and Marek Hamsek of Napoli, Milos Krasic and Gary Cahill.

Francis Coquelin will sign a contract extension at Arsenal (with a pay rise) in the coming days according to The Sun, who it must be said is not the most reliable source of news lately, but there is little reason for them to be making this one up. In his nine appearances for Arsenal this [...]

Things just keeping getting tougher for goalkeepers. The match balls continue to be more active and fly faster, attackers are stronger and smarter, and now the U-23 coaching staff has added a new challenge: the absence of light.
OK, it was just for one session and it wasn't actually planned that way, but it still made the training interesting.

Now this could be YET ANOTHER attempt by the press to destabilise Chelsea or it could have some substance in it. However, please bear in mind that only a few days ago, Drogba stated he wouldn't be leaving the club in January.
According to The Sun, Didier Drogba is "furious" at not being offered a new two year contract by the club.

Now this could be YET ANOTHER attempt by the press to destabilise Chelsea or it could have some substance in it. However, please bear in mind that only a few days ago, Drogba stated he wouldn't be leaving the club in January.
According to The Sun, Didier Drogba is "furious" at not being offered a new two year contract by the club.

There are a lot of Liverpool fans talking about the need to purchase a striker in January, to bring some rain upon a very sun scorched and drought ridden chance conversion rate. In fact, 15 games into the season, Liverpool ...
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West Ham are the latest club to be linked with a move for Crystal Palace's in-demand forward Wilfried Zaha, who has also been linked with a move to Liverpool in recent weeks.
The teenage forward caught the attention last season when he burst into the Palace first team and this season has once again proved his quality with a string of impressive performances.

After one day of poor weather in Los Angeles, the usual sun has been out for U.S. WNT Training camp and that means we were able to snap a few pics. We can report that, without a match at the end of the camp, the U.S. WNT has been working extra hard through a battery of fitness tests, possession drills, finishing drills and a heck of a lot of playing, whether it be 4 v 4, 6 v 6, 9 v 9 or 11 v.

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By: Anne

In our previous media watch report, [.

AVB craziness Last time Chelsea had a Portuguese manager there was usually a whirlwind of conspiracy theories and paranoia swirling around. But with Jose Mourinho at the helm it was usually created for the benefit of the club. Under Andre Villas Boas it seems the manager himself is the biggest victim.

The Sun more specifically, English media in general is at it once again. Peep:

CHELSEA last night confirmed their players are under orders to involve Andre Villas-Boas in their goal celebrations.

No words needed. Just Dave Chappelle and a microphone.

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Good afternoon everyone. The sun is shining in Melbourne and another match day is right around the corner. As the weeks go by every game becomes more important than the last and tomorrow night we have a real opportunity to get the three points. Adelaide are struggling just as much as we are at the

Headline featured in todays SUN
If the report is to believed in The Sun today, AVB apparently criticised all of the players at the training ground after the defeats to Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool in the Carling Cup a week ago. The report in the article quotes "A Chelsea insider" as saying:

"It was unbelievable.