I'm working around the clock on something that will change everything, alienate half of you, and blow the minds of the other half, so don't think I'm neglecting this place, even if actual blocks of text with my name attached have been in short supply lately. I'm here behind the scenes, listening to Annette Hanshaw records in a posture of revolutionary toil.

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There have been reports in today's papers and online football sites that suggest that Barcelona are lining up an £85 million bid for United striker Wayne Rooney. The tabloids believe that the Spanish club will wait until January to make the bid but he is one of their top targets.
This week Rooney has hinted that he wants to finish off his career at Man United, and that wasn't the first time he has hinted that. Click to continue reading...

Bolton fans set to be disappointed by 'Becks to link-up with trotters' headlines Victoria Beckham has already got her hubby his Christmas present - and she will struggle to keep them a secret until Santa comes. Not only because the tabloids are writing about her gift, but also because they happen to be a pair of [. Click to continue reading...

The Beauty: When you look up WAG in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Danielle Lloyd. She epitomizes this new breed of players' attention-seeking wives & girlfriends. She also has all of the elements of a prototypical WAG: (1) she's a beauty queen (Miss Great Britain 2004), (2)� reality star (though not for too long due to some foolish remarks), (3)� actress (sort of), and (4) model (of the nude variety).

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Liverpool are a team for the special occasion. That, as Rafa Benitez may say, is a fact. Few sides discover their zest as readily as the Reds when the pressure is piled on. Today's victory over Manchester United is yet more evidence of this. Benitez, if certain Sunday tabloids were to be believed (and they are [. Click to continue reading...

Another blank weekend with no Premier League action until the 17th but as is normally the case with Spurs, there is still plenty of off field drama to keep us ‘entertained' for want of a better word.

The current intelligence doing the rounds is that Harry was questioned by the fuzz for four hours on Tuesday and bailed until the 21st.

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Every so often we see a football site that draws a nod of admiration. The latest to elicit such a response is the excellent Football Filter, an RSS based news and content aggregator. http://footballfilter.com is the address - once there you can view football news categorised under broadsheets, tabloids, blogs, podcasts, and more, and you can search by club.

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If only!

Portsmouth Vs Liverpool Tickets Still Available!

Liverpool will return to the charge for the Valencia attacker David Villa in the winter transfer window.Rafa Benitez will ask for 49 million euros from the owners of the club. (Eurosport)

Villa hit out at the tactics of Emery after his side were held to a 2-2 draw at home by 10-man Sporting Gijon.

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A war of words that led to a return to form.

Anderson came in for some short shrift from Sir Alex a week or two ago when the young Brazilian expressed his dissatisfaction at not starting enough games and it was an act that may in the long run have helped the talented midfielder to make a name for himself at Old Trafford.

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Since England qualified for South Africa 2010 by belting Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday night the redtop tabloids have gone into nationalist overdrive as usual.

As a Welshman I confess to a tinge of envy. Russia's 3-1 win at the Millennium Stadium puts them through and killed off any lingering mathematical chance of Wales getting a play-off spot.

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At the beginning of August, news broke that Manchester United had beaten Arsenal to the signing of Le Havre youngster, Paul Pogba. At the time, their chairman Jean-Pierre Louvel accused United of being "impolite" and claimed "in the best case scenario we will only get some €110,000 to €120,000.

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Afternoon all,

have any of you ever watched Groundhog Day? You see, for me today kind of feels like yesterday, and the day before that, and maybe even the day before that. Is is the lack of football? Not sure. Is is the ongoing Eduardo divey thingy? Possibly. Is it the ongoing kerfuffle about the Wenger chant?

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If your not part of the solution your part of the problem

Having been told today, or so the tabloids would have us believe, that Rafa has no more money to spend even though in effect the club has made more money from sales than purchases is it right for Liverpool fans to be worried about the long term intentions of Messrs Hicks and Gillett?

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United take on Wigan tomorrow at the DW Stadium, a defeat will send the tabloids into overdrive because the champions surely cannot afford to lose two very winnable looking games on the bounce.Earlier this week United were humbled by Premier League newcomers Burnley; it was arguably one of the most embarrassing results in Ferguson's reign as United manager. Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger's masterplan to solidify our defence and effecrtively replace Kolo Toure has been scuppered. The answer to our back four woes has been staring AW in the face all summer and the inside word is that he was poised to swoop for the majestic defensive kingpin that is Pascal Cygan.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Should be a stirring pre-match racket at Parkhead on Tuesday night with news that the Undertones will be doing their thing prior to the visit of the Arsenal. Could any song encompass AW's philosophy on youth better than the band's Teenage Kicks?

Today's tabloids carry various drivel about the off-off move of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and I think it's sensible to ignore this baloney from now on. Click to continue reading...

I hate the tabloid media with a passion, perhaps almost as much as I hate Man Utd. Take the crocodile tears shed over the recent death of Bobby Robson. The very same tabloids who in 1988 following Englands draw with Saudi Arabia declared that he was a "plonker" (The Sun) and the Daily Mirror roared "In the name of Allah, go" People get the tabloids they deserve, they also know how to wind up Gooners.

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I hate the tabloid media with a passion, perhaps almost as much as I hate Man Utd. Take the crocodile tears shed over the recent death of Bobby Robson. The very same tabloids who in 1988 following Englands draw with Saudi Arabia declared that he was a "plonker" (The Sun) and the Daily Mirror roared "In the name of Allah, go" People get the tabloids they deserve, they also know how to wind up Gooners.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Salomon Kalou anyone? The Chelsea striker is the latest transfer target to emerge in the tabloids this morning as transfer fever spreads across redtop sports desks.

The Sun claims AW has offered £6million for the 28-year-old Ivory Coast forward but the Kings Road Kremlinites are insisting on £8m.

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...So therefore it is probably fiction! Rafa offered a pick and mix selection at Real Madrid!

A lot of stories in the Sunday media surrounding Liverpool have been about Xabi Alonso and an apparent offer of cash plus players for the want away Liverpool midfielder.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Another day, another rumour dressed as a factual story. But it's not the redtop tabloids who lead the charge into speculative stories this morning. This time it's the Independent that has a stab at guessing who Arsene Wenger will be bringing to Arsenal.

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By AriesForget what the tabloids and other newspapers will have you believe. They picked on what came out of Arsenal with regard to Tomas Rosicky's "minor problem", married it with his absence from all the friendlies after Barnet and came out with their usual negative headlines about him suffering a relapse. Click to continue reading...

Oh My Gosh...
To celebrate the tension, the palpable suspense that exists ahead of Football Is Fixed going daily in time for the onset of the latest branded entity of ScudamoreWorld Simulacra, we are going to experiment.
Twitters, polls, guest posts, the reprinting of some externalised stuff, proprietary prescience, co-ordinated lateral thinking, mega-twitters, a flashback and a rehashed manifesto - all this and some bog standard posts too. Click to continue reading...

According to the Spanish media, negotiations between between striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Stuttgart have broken down just when an agreement seemed imminent. It appears that Huntelaar was dissatisfied with Stuttgart's wage offer.

Now, he is back on the market and the Gunners have been mentioned as a club that might be interested in his services.

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There was an expectant buzz in Jakarta this morning as we looked forward to a long weekend. A long weekend culminating in Manchester United playing a one off friendly against an Indonesian All Star XI on Monday at the Bung Karno Stadium.
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by CARL ELDRIDGE See, he does have a conscience. That's if you believe this morning's Guardian. For the must-read organ of the liberal masses claims Emmanuel Adebayor is stalling on a move to Manchester City because of how his wallet-busting wages will be thought of by his fellow Togolese.

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The best and worst news we've received in months came to a head today, with the some of the national tabloids reporting that everyone's friendly cockney Joe Kinnear would take the reigns until the club was sold (which could be a very long time). However, an official statement from NUFC this afternoon says the following:

REPORTS in the press this morning that Joe Kinnear is to be appointed as Newcastle United manager are not true.

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So Arsenal have stuck a £40m price tag on Cesc Fabregas, or that's what 'sources' at the club told the tabloids. Whether or not there's any truth in this story - I doubt it -� I wanted to ask you...

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Let me see if I've got the hang of this. Liverpool might be losing Xabi Alonso so they would need a ball playing midfielder in order to replace him. That's step one; step to is trying to see who this replacement could be. I rack my brains (or do a quick google search) to see which players might fit into a similar pattern and come up with a name. Click to continue reading...

Here we are again, another week on, and the transfer market has hardly broken its moorings as yet. Yes, we've seen Man Utd buy two players, Liverpool one, but really, you're left with the suspicion that there's a lot more to come.

We've got the whole of July before the real pre-season stuff begins, and another month after that for transfers to be done, so clearly, these really are the early stages of squad rebuilding.

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After my little rant the other day about lack of information coming from clubs fair play to Albirex Niigata who do at least produce a double sided photo copied team sheet listing both squads as well as gentle reminders about their website and merchandise available on match days.
Last season Geylang United used to do a folded colour match programme featuring squads plus other bits and pieces. Click to continue reading...

Frank Lampard is still on holiday in Las Vegas.

It's been longer than 48 hours. In fact, it's been a week.

We didn't think it was possible to "do" Vegas for that long without dying of alcohol poisoning or catching something that requires a prescription. But it would seem Lampsy is in his element: sun, poolside drinks and skanky chicas as far as the eye can see.

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Frank Lampard is still on holiday in Las Vegas.

It's been longer than 48 hours. In fact, it's been a week.

We didn't think it was possible to "do" Vegas for that long without dying of alcohol poisoning or catching something that requires a prescription. But it would seem Lampsy is in his element: sun, poolside drinks and skanky chicas as far as the eye can see.

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Good morning Arselovers, as expected Cesc Fabregas absolutely quashed all the talk about him moving with yet another statement reaffirming his commitment to Arsenal. He said:

I'm not sure how many times I need to talk directly about my commitment to Arsenal as I continue to say the same thing over and over again, but it appears that every time I have spoken to the Spanish media recently, my words have bounced back to England, leaving question marks about my future.

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United's early efforts to replace Cristiano Ronaldo have hit the buffers after Brazilian outfit Gremio refused to allow Douglas Costa a trial period at Old Trafford.Costa, recently dubbed the new Ronaldo in some of the tabloids, was invited for a 20-day trial at Carrington so that Sir Alex Ferguson could run the rule over the slightly built 18-year-old. Click to continue reading...