Arsenal have been rocked by an injury to star striker Robin van Persie which could see the Dutchman ruled out of action for around two months.

Van Persie was stretchered off during Holland's goalless friendly draw in Italy on Saturday night.

He damaged his ankle in a challenge with Giorgio Chiellini in the early stages of the clash.

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Daha önce Topuz transferi olayında Rıdvan'ın Galatasaray formalı resmini blog'a koymuştum. Buyrun şimdi de 6 Haziran 1987'den bir Rıdvan Dilmen demeci. Arkasında İstanbul boğazı yanı başında sarı-kırmızı Galatasaray flaması var. Sarıyer forması ile son kez maça çıkacağını ve bundan sonra Galatsaraylı olacağını belirtmiş transferin gözdesi Rıdvan. Click to continue reading...

Mike Marsh, Barry Venison, Rigobert Song, Abel Xavier, Harry Kewell, Milan Baros ve Graeme Souness. Hepsinin ortak özelliği futbolcu ya da antrenör olarak Galatasaray'da görev yapmaları değil sadece. İlginç olan ortak noktaları kırmızı formalarını Sami Yen'e gelmeden önce Anfield Road'da da giymiş olmaları. Click to continue reading...

Hey everyone, just wanted to clear a few things up in regards to the Blanco situation.
A source close to the situation told me that Blanco and Veracruz agreed to a one year deal -- which will begin in January -- with an opt out clause for any point in the year. This means that Blanco can choose to leave Veracruz at any point during the one-year deal and either return to the Fire (who will continue negotiating with Blanco and his agent), join another team or retire. Click to continue reading...

The Fire has confirmed an AP report that midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco will be leaving the club at the end of the year to join Mexican second division club Veracruz.

Blanco, who played for Veracruz in 2004, is in the final year of a three year contract he signed with the Fire prior to the 2007 season.

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Arsene Wenger has his sights set on Sunderland captain Lorik Cana as he aims to bring some bite to Arsenal's lightweight midfield. Reports from the Sunderland Echo suggest that Arsenal will do their best to sign the Albanian midfielder when the transfer window opens.

Cana is a new signing at the Stadium of Light having joined the Black Cats over the summer.

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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Robinho to join the Catalan giants?

Robinho has found himself in the middle of yet more speculation about his future this week. The latest rumours have him heading to Barcelona, which was previously talked about at the end of the summer.

The deal that is being discussed would be a £80 million swap which includes cash and players.

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Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest Barcelona star to egotistically pronounce the treble winning club's's dominance over their global rivals. Following Sweden's bitter loss to Denmark this weekend, where the spotlight was stolen away from him thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's scintillating performance for the Danes, Ibrahimovic has taken his frustrations out on former club Inter Milan.

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England's largest long distance train operator kicks off a another marketing offensive in a bid to win a bigger market share to its already burgeoning business. Catch Virgin's latest mocking print ad. A tongue-in-cheek jibe at Robbie Keane's Liverpool nightmare. The Spurs striker played only a bit-part role at Anfield before rejoining his former club. Click to continue reading...

With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has announced the Premier League's plans to instate a home-grown players rule. The rule will be effective beginning next season and throws a whole new wrench into the under 18 transfers debate.

The Premier League's ruling means that Premiership clubs can have no more than 17 non-homegrown players.

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While Emmanuel Adebayor's infamous lack of sportsmanship this past weekend has overshadowed Manchester City's emphatic 4-2 victory over his former club Arsenal, it is impossible to overlook the strong impact he has made at the Eastlands already.

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I don't know about you, but the first I heard of Chelsea's now infamous transfer ban yes, I'm still referring to it as now infamous was via the internet. Well, the Guardian more specifically.

Well, it turns out I'm not alone. Our fearless leader found out the same way.

"I saw it on the internet," Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is quoted as saying in the Guardian.

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Here's the latest on the now infamous transfer ban FIFA sanctioned on Chelsea a week or so ago. You know, the one that involves a bemusing infraction  perhaps non-existent but totally incomprehensible regardless   regarding a 16-year-old player who had, or had not, signed a pre-contract with a club in a country where a pre-contract may or may not be tangible.

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Born in England, a genuine product of the Arsenal academy. Technically, the most gifted English player since Gazza. And suddenly he is gone. Off to Barcelona or Milan. His whole family - enticed with stable jobs, a mansion and there is the certainty of good weather. Meanwhile Arsenal get nothing. Wilshere goes on to win titles and is hailed as a legend. Click to continue reading...

Last week's biggest headline was the announcement that Chelsea have been handed a transfer ban. The Blues are accused of illegally tapping up former Lens youngster Gael Kakuta, and the ruling has sparked controversy all around the world of football. Manchester United appear to be the next club on the chopping block as French club Le Havre are accusing the Premiership champions of tapping up 16 year old Paul Pogba.

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.Just days after Chelsea were handed a transfer ban until 2011 it seems that Manchester United could very well be next in the firing line. Fifa have received a complaint from French club Le Havre over the transfer of 16 year old Paul Pogba who moved to Old Trafford at the beginning of the summer. Whats [. Click to continue reading...

At the center of all the fuss is Gael Kakuta.

Alright so I know this is a day late and that most of you probably have heard about this already but Chelsea have just been ripped a new one by FIFA.

I am, of course, talking about FIFA's ruling of banning Chelsea from making any transfers until 2011.

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.A hallmark of the Abramovich Revolution at Chelsea has been their activity in the transfer market. Millions upon millions have been invested in a Chelsea team that has won two Premier League titles, two FA cups, two League Cups and two Charity Shields. The European Cup has eluded Abramovich's Army thus far and it looks [. Click to continue reading...

Discuss.

I'm banned for four f****** months?!

Points you may want to touch on:
1. Why Chelsea is the only club singled out in this bogus monstrosity.
2. Will this ban hold up?
3. Why isn't anyone talking about the player, Gael Kakuta, and how his ban, a worldwide one of four months, may turn out to be the most severe?

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It seems like this is all coming out of nowhere. Any fan of the game knows that the "tapping-up" allegations have always been prominent but rarely has it been so harshly punished. From United's perspective, they were accused of tapping up Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney in the recent past and accused Real Madrid of tapping-up Ronaldo(the accusing needed not be done, Ronaldo was caught on camera).

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Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

AÂ is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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According to a Goal.com report, Fire forward Chris Rolfe is set to leave Chicago in January to join Danish Club Aalborg (or Aab, as they are more commonly known) on a free transfer. "I'm very excited, as I think Aalborg is as well," Rolfe told Goal.com. "It's a new opportunity and something I've always wanted to do.

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If you are Paul Hart - by far the bookies' favorite to become the first sacked manager in the Premier League this season - you would need a miracle to save Portsmouth from relegation at this point. Four games into the new season, Pompey are yet to scrap up a single point, which is a clear indicator of how the team roster was in desperate need of major bolstering on the final day of transfers.

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Tottenham Hotspur sealed the deal on arguably the best value buy on transfer deadline today after securing the services of Croatian midfield maestro Niko Kranjcar from Premier League rivals Portsmouth. The 25 year old international completed a move thought to be in the region of just £2 million in the final moments of English football's famously frantic deadline day. Click to continue reading...

There have been various reports in the press this morning over a few of Arsenal's transfer dealings, as i shall tell you about below:

Marouane Chamakh

The Daily Mirror reports that Arsene will make a final move for the Moroccan international after his £5 million bid was rejected earlier this summer, they report the bid will be around £8.

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This summer may have seemed a bit boring as far as transfers go, but things are finally heating up. Manchester City and Real Madrid were the overwhelming big spenders during the blistering hot summer months, but with only a few days remaining the "smaller" clubs are working hard to fill out their squads for the fall and winter.

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They Think It's All Over... isn't very excited by Everton's capture of Sylvain Distin. In fact, he's a little worried... Click to continue reading...

Another week is past, and you know what that means: yet another A to Z breakdown of this week in Premier League action. Here we go...

A is for Abou Diaby. The underrated Arsenal midfielder grabbed a brace on Saturday as he led Arsenal to yet another early season romp.

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Livorno's Alessandro Diamanti really wanted a move to West Ham. I mean, really really wanted a move to West Ham. So much so that things like dignity and not acting like a child who isn't allowed to have the Jonas Brother action figure they want no longer mattered. Which leads us to his expert strategy in getting himself sold.

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As a deal is about to be struck for the transfer of Joleon Lescott to Manchester City, the background to this transfer makes one reflect on the motives of the modern day footballer. Last season Everton finished fifth while City finished tenth. City are certainly a better team this season but is there really that much difference between the sides to support Lescott for wanting to leave Everton for footballing reasons?

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According to a report from Goal.com, Fire defender Bakary Soumare is finally making his long-awaited move to Europe as he will leave Chicago to join Boulogne-Sur-Mer of the French Ligue 1 for a reported fee of 1.5 million Euros ($2.15 million)....

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Evet finansal kriz herkes gibi Liverpool'u da etkilemiş olabilir. Glen Johnson transferi de maliyet olarak bütçeyi zorlamış olabilir ama Xabi Alonso'nun satışı sonrası Benitez'in yaptığı bana göre hatalı iki transfer Liverpool'un rakiplerinin gerisinde kalmasına neden oldu. Aquilani iyi bir oyuncu olmakla beraber fazlasıyla overrated kapsamına girebilecek bir oyuncu. Click to continue reading...

First photos direct from Landin introduction presser:

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