Stories in the Brazilian press at the start of the week had Corinthians, one of the country's biggest clubs and the current employers of Ronaldo, planning to sign Juan Román Riquelme from Boca Juniors in a bid to boost their Copa Libertadores campaign in 2010, their centenary year. I've written about it for Soccernet, and [. Click to continue reading...

After losing against Liverpool at Anfeild, there were areas which Fergie must concern about. We don't have to hit back into refs every time we lose, even it was clear that we deserved a penalty and...
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The Weekend Round-up will be up tomorrow since today was the last day of the summer transfer market and teams made last minute deals. Many clubs were scrambling until the very last minute to get contracts deposited into the league offices and some transfers had to be canceled because they weren't completed in time.

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With the transfer market in full swing, I wanted to bring our readers up to speed on all the outgoing transfers involving American clubs thus far this window. (This does not include trades within MLS or USL since those are NOT transfers in the traditional sense. This list also does not include loan deals such as KC's loan signing of Zoltan Hercegfalv)

OUTGOING

Rico Clark Houston -> Livorno (ITA) January

Yura Movsisyan RSL -> Randers FC (NOR) January

Kenny Cooper FC Dallas > 1860 Munich(GER/2)

Anton Peterlin Ventura County -> Everton (ENG)

Cody Arnoux Carolina Dynamo -> Everton (ENG)

Richard Perdomo Miami FC > CD Platense (HON)

INCOMING

Chris Birchall Brighton H&A > LA Galaxy

Ernst Obster Red Bull Salzburg -> Red Bull BY

Danny Szetela Brescia > DC United

Ely Allen Seattle Wolves > DC United

Ali Gerba MK Dons -> Toronto FC

Jamie Smith Aberdeen > Colorado Rapids

Facundo Diz Platense > Colorado Rapids

Hicham Aaboubou Carabins > Montreal Impact

Ramon Sanchez Alainza -> SJ Quakes

Andre Luiz Chiapas > SJ Quakes

If I have left anyone out, which is likely, please leave it in the comments section and we'll update the post.

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It was made known pretty early that the contracts of Julio Cruz and Christian Panucci were not going to be renewed by Inter and Roma at the end of the season. Both players were linked with a host of clubs but no offer became concrete and up until yesterday it was anybody's guess where Cruz and Panucci would wind up playing next season.

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Before we dive into Serie A transfer news, I just want to report on a transfer from Serie B that as fairly important, which was Torino's Alessandro Rosina signing for Zenit St. Petersburg. Nobody expected a player with Rosina's talent to stay in Serie B, but the move to Russia seemed a little surprising, however it makes sense.

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So the big transfer news in recent days is the deal between Inter and Barcelona to swap Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o. The deal is expected to be finished by the end of the week, and after a 4 hour meeting today it seems the stumbling block is the wage demands of Eto'o (wants 10 million euro a season, Inter want to give him only 8.

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Well, UEFA president Michel Platini has finally realized that these crazy transfer fees are out of whack and he's decided to place the blame entirely on Real Madrid. Said the football for brains to Italian weekly L'espresso:

"Madrid have ruined the market.

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As we get further into July and teams get further into pre-season training, we see more and more transfers becoming official. The big clubs are pretty much at a stand still, but the smaller clubs are working out deals to improve on last season's finish and maybe turn a few heads next season.

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We are now at the third volume of Transfer Tuesdays, and now we dig further into the transfer market. Most teams have started training again, and the new season is quickly taking shape. Now with all teams in pre-season training the sporting directors are moving frantically to make deals so that new signings can start pre-season training with the team.

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Last week I posted the first edition of Transfer Tuesdays, where every week we round up what every Serie A club is doing on the transfer market. Today is the last day of June, which means tomorrow the transfer window is officially open and you'll see all the transfers made in the past few weeks become "official".

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I thought now that the season is over and we've moved into the craziness of the off season where transfer rumors are posted by the minute on every calcio website possible, I would start a new weekly post called "Transfer Tuesdays" where we can sift through all these rumors and see what all 20 Serie A teams are up to during this summer's calciomercato.

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As you will know and as I think why do football transfers go on for so long once a manager has targeted his player and put a bid in for him. Isn't it as simple as I bid £5 million for a player, the bid is accepted, money paid and the player moves on? Well no, so I'd though I should explain:

Here we go from start to finish

In spite of all the glitz and glamour of football, players are still traded like cattle.

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After 41 years, Cagliari beat Juventus in Turin in a thrilling 3-2 come from behind victory. Buffon (pictured) could only watch as the Sardinian side took the 3 points. Cagliari have been the real surprise team of the season. After losing their first 5 games, everyone thought this was the end of Cagliari's run in Serie A and that Cellino had made a mistake in hiring inexperienced manager Massimiliano Allegri.

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Gary Medel isn't coming to Buenos Aires after all, in spite of last week's expectations. Universidad Católica, the player's Chilean club, have rejected Independiente's terms on the deal which had been announced last week to bring one of South America's most exiciting young midfielders to the Primera A. Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...

While most folks couldn't wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to... Click to continue reading...