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Cheatsea

THBN - Tottenham Hotspur Blog News 07 November @ 04:21 AM EST
I woke up cheerful today, as is normally the case on most Saturday's, especially on Saturday's when we're playing at home. My smile quickly turned into a miserable frown and my joy evolved, faster than than any Richard Dawkin's book, into disgust as I read that Chelsea are now allowed to trade within January's transfer window after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) postponed the FIFA imposed ban until it (CAS) has heard the club's appeal. Click to continue reading...

FIFA Bans Chelsea From Buying Players Until 2011

EPL Talk 03 September @ 09:26 AM EST

It's funny how karma works. Chelsea took an inhumanely stern line with Adrian Mutu, and now FIFA has taken a stern line with them.

The Blues have been found guilty of "inducing" French midfielder Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007. FIFA has forbid them to participate in the next two transfer windows, barring them from signing a player until 2011.

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Bet They're Wishing They'd Signed Ribery Last Month...

Fantasy EPL 03 September @ 08:32 AM EST
Football365 | All The News | Football News | BLUES BUYS BANNED UNTIL 2011Talk about some stunning news from out of nowhere. Either the editors at Football365 are having some fun with us in the wake of the transfer window closing and their being no more sensational stories of immediate interest or FIFA have over-reacted to something that doesn't seem to merit it. Click to continue reading...

FIFA make urgent changes to “Transfer Window” laws

WDKF | Qualified Football Arm Chair Managers Slash Pundits 03 September @ 05:26 AM EST
Football's governing body FIFA have made drastic changes to the laws surrounding the controversial Pre and Mid season transfer windows due to the confusion over its existence and the many grey areas surrounding loan deals and deadlines. Sepp Blatter, with the support of Michel Platini, has decreed that every professional club (non league teams are exempt) [. Click to continue reading...

What transfer window?

Spurs musings from JimmyG2 03 September @ 01:36 AM EST
I was so chilled out, laid back and put into a euphoric calm by the inactivity during the transfer window that I mowed the dog and took the lawn for a walk . Even Mrs JimmyG2 noticed and asked if they had cancelled that 'Swappy thingy with the players that you get so excited about'. Not buying, swapping or selling was the new buying, swapping and selling. Click to continue reading...

The Brazilians Taken by the Transfer Window

See The Cup 02 September @ 08:13 PM EST

With the end of the transfer window, Blog do PVC listed how many what players left the clubs playing the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. And this was not a good harvest season. Only 31 players left. Last year, by the 22nd round, 53 players had left, and four more left until the end of the tournament.

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How did your Club do?

FOOTBALLSUP 02 September @ 07:14 AM EST
Arsenal

What they wanted

Arsène Wenger admitted he was looking for defensive cover and a defensive midfielder, along with 'half the managers in the Premier League'

What they got

Arsenal have made an impressive start and that may have convinced Wenger that the squad he has - with the addition of Thomas Vermaelen - will suffice

Pleat's verdict

Maybe a talented big man to replace Emmanuel Adebayor would have given them variations.

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Are You Happy With Your Team’s Transfer Window Activity?

Caught Offside 02 September @ 06:49 AM EST

With the likes of Arsenal, Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool not splurging on deadline day and with only Man City really spending big big money, was this a transfer window that failed to deliver? Or was this an expected knock on effect of the financial meltdown?

Obviously a fair few big transfers have been conducted during the opening of the transfer window but more often than not the big deals have involved big players leaving the Premier League with Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso being two such instances.

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Window slams shut/Arsenal slam Uefa

East Lower 02 September @ 02:15 AM EST

In the end, it was a damp squib of a transfer deadline day, hyped to the nines but delivering nothing of interest, and nothing at all for Arsenal.

The whole absurd day, which has become a newspaper-selling website-hitting phenomenon all of its own, with Sky Sports News the very worst culprit, is summed up for me by this one entry from the Guardian's live transfer deadline day page:

5.

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transfer window summer 2009

WDKF | Qualified Football Arm Chair Managers Slash Pundits 01 September @ 10:29 PM EST
Even though this summer's transfer window is the biggest spending spree in the Premier League ever, the last day turned out to be an anti-climax especially for the big clubs. None of the Big Four or Manchester City bought any more player before yesterday's deadline. A record of over ÂŁ460m were spent from the 1st of [. Click to continue reading...

Spurs Seal Deadline Day Bargain Buy To Land Kranjcar

English Football Banter | The Latest Football News, Chat + Debate 01 September @ 03:53 PM EST
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 ÂŁ2 million in the final moments of English football's famously frantic deadline day. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal sign no-one on Transfer Deadline Day

Gooner Talk 01 September @ 11:05 AM EST


The Gunners fail to make any moves on the closing day of this summers transfer window. More to come. Click to continue reading...

The Transfer Window Has Turned Us All Into Screaming Crazy People

Caught Offside 01 September @ 08:30 AM EST

Thanks to Studs Up for this classic look at what the transfer deadline can do to normal civilized members of society. CLICK HERE to read, but be warned it may well act as a wake up call you did not want to hear!

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The Transfer Window: Good for the Game?

They Think It’s All Over… 01 September @ 06:44 AM EST
They Think It's All Over... is enjoying Transfer Deadline day, but isn't sure that the current transfer system is good for the game. Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Premier League: 15 Tips To Get You To The Top

EPL Talk 31 August @ 05:30 AM EST

With four Fantasy Premier League gameweeks already down, managers are starting to get an idea of whose scoring points and whose not. With the forwards scoring points, the summer transfer window closing soon, and a two week international break upon us, there are a number of factors to take into consideration over the next fortnight.

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Transfer window fun

OK Football Finder 22 August @ 01:00 AM EST

The transfer window is open and come teatime on 31st August we shall all be glued to Sky Sports news (whilst comprising our Top 3 female presenters obviously) and praying that the yellow ticker at the bottom of the screen flashes with a big name or that new wonder kid from South America who is having a medical at our club.

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The Lescott Saga: An Evertonian Solution.

They Think It’s All Over… 21 August @ 12:12 AM EST
They Think It's All Over... has decided that Moyes should consider selling Joleon Lescott, and has drawn up a shopping list for him... Click to continue reading...

Give ' em a chance Harry

Spurs musings from JimmyG2 20 July @ 08:02 AM EST
And so the whirligig of time spirals on and at its centre in the heart of stillness lies Tottenham in the current transfer window. I'm following my own advice from a previous blog and if I can't find facts I'm making them up. In this case its quotes. If Shakespeare had been alive that's what I believe he would have said in relation to our lack of activity in the transfer market. Click to continue reading...

Its too quiet number one. Jerry's up to something.

Spurs musings from JimmyG2 14 July @ 01:34 PM EST
The fans are getting edgy; nothings happening. Its all gone quiet over there, and over here too. We're like an upside down duck: plenty of action on the surface with the rumour mill but absolutely zilch occurring under the water with actual comings and goings. This is not the Tottenham way. We've usually sacked a manager or two by now. Click to continue reading...

I'm so excited I'm falling asleep

Spurs musings from JimmyG2 07 July @ 04:42 PM EST
Relax fans, JimmyG2 has re-entered the building. I have been on holiday on the Orange Coast south of Valencia in Gandia with daughters, wife, and grandchildren. They call it 'Madrid on Sea' as its an easy motorway drive down from the capital and the closest point from there to the beautiful beaches and the sea. Click to continue reading...

Stay Fit, Keep Xabi, Masch: Liverpool Can Win… part 2

EPL Talk 07 July @ 09:00 AM EST

Click here for Part 1

Last season, Gerrard and Torres missed substantial chunks of play. And Liverpool suffered for it. When they were both fit, Liverpool hit some astounding results: v. Real Madrid: 4-0; v. Chelsea 2-0; v. Villa 5-0; and @ United 4-1!!! They even managed strong results against big sides with one or the other missing from the starting lineup.

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Real Madrid Storms Transfer Market - Can English Clubs Cope?

EPL Talk 02 July @ 09:24 AM EST

Barcelona winning everything last season could have deeper repercussions for the Premier League beyond felling Manchester United in the Champions League. They've awoken the sleeping spending giant that is Real Madrid. Desperate to overtake the unstoppable Barça, Real Madrid have obliterated all transfer records and don't look anywhere near stopping.

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The language of football transfers in 4 easy steps

languagecaster.com 01 July @ 11:12 AM EST

Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. | Teaching Ideas

The summer transfer window is upon us which, of course, means that clubs are allowed to buy and sell players for a fixed period of time. In this teaching ideas post we take a look at the language of football transfers.

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Will All These Transfer Rumors Please Give Us Something Real?

EPL Talk 01 July @ 08:57 AM EST

Every year, once the season ends, the rumors really start buzzing around our heads like a dark swarm of thirsty mosquitoes. And where we should wisely swat the nasty beasts away, the depth of our summer football boredom makes us strip off our shirts, hold out our arms, and beg them to land.

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Seinfeld: The Only Way to Make Sense of the Transfer Season

The Offside: Manchester United 24 June @ 09:22 AM EST

I am a firm believer that Seinfeld was one of the greatest television programs of all time. As such, I try to work it into every possible situation, regardless of whether or not the reference is valid. However, in looking at the state of Manchester United, a Seinfeld analogy seems incredibly apt.

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Daily Dose 06.21.09

The Offside 21 June @ 08:22 PM EST
Some things to read as you wonder whether there are any footballers out there who sing worse than Florent Malouda: (Via Football Is Coming Home) Happy Father's Day to all the soccer dads out there. (And to one dad in particular) (Weekend Warrior Offside) John Terry = Planet's Best Father? (Chelsea Offside) How much does ESPN [. Click to continue reading...

Football in the recession

View from the Terraces 21 June @ 04:48 AM EST

Any regular followers of this blog will know that updates have been few and far between since May. As the football season has reached its dramatic climax and the transfer window has reopened, the world of work has come under an enormous and ever increasing amount of pressure from the recession.

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Liverpool Should Sign Johnson and Keep Arbeloa

EPL Talk 17 June @ 08:43 AM EST

The buzz coming through the ever-dubious transfer wires claims that Liverpool are close to signing Glen Johnson from Portsmouth.

Rumors are homing in on a ÂŁ17m move which includes the ÂŁ7m Pompey still owe the Reds for Peter Crouch. Johnson is a fine player, full of skill, energy and guile, and his addition to the side could be just the sort of tweaking Rafael Benitez needs to push Liverpool up that final rung on the Premier League ladder.

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Ronaldo Departure A Huge Blow To Manchester United

EPL Talk 16 June @ 09:52 AM EST

Since Real Madrid's £80m swoop on Cristiano Ronaldo, I've read plenty of responses by United supporters insisting this was a positive move for the team. Man U is not one player. We've got 80m to spend. We're fine. No, really.

While the Ronaldo move was inevitable and ÂŁ80m is a handsome bundle of cash to take in, I cannot accept the idea that United are better off without him.

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Manchester City: The Next Chelsea FC?

EPL Talk 03 June @ 09:11 AM EST

It wasn't so long ago, I was completely outraged by Chelsea FC's spending. 16.6m for Mekelele. 24.4m for Essien. 19.8m for Carvalho. 24m for Drogba. As a business, the club could sustain a 140m loss on a year because Roman Abramovich was there to bankroll the transfers. This was bad for football.

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1st June - Silly Season’s Greetings

East Lower 01 June @ 05:09 PM EST

Evening folks. I'll keep this one brief for a simple reason: The season is over and the silly season has yet to begin in earnest. But I thought I'd poke my head round the blogging door anyway.

In fact, the transfer window opened today with a whimper - perhaps because it's precisely now when players and managers head off to their sunbeds, leaving us to devour the titbits offered by the back pages and footballers' agents.

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The Rumour Mill whirrs into Action… by Gareth Freeman

FOOTBALLSUP 27 May @ 09:15 AM EST

The rumour mill is beginning to get into the swing now we're nearing the summer transfer window and yet again Gareth Barry is being linked with a move to Liverpool, with Xabi Alonso emerging as a target for probable Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. It would seem as if Benitez will have to let Alonso go to fund a move for Barry.

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O’Shea or Not O’Shea, That Is The Question

The Offside: Manchester United 19 May @ 03:39 PM EST

I decided to take a break from rubbing my battered, chapped hands together (which I have been since it was decided that United would be playing Barcelona on May 27th) to take a look into the inevitable silliness that is the summer transfer window. There has been a lot of discussion on this blog of what United should do with their attacking options, but what could prove a more important/prolonged issue this summer is the right back position.

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Do Liverpool Really Want Eto’o?

EPL Talk 31 March @ 11:56 AM EST
The rumors have begun to churn: Benitez wants to go after Samuel Eto'o in the summer. The Barcelona striker has already scored 25 goals in 27 matches for his club this season, but could the Camaroon international find a place at Liverpool? With Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both in great form and leading the Red [. Click to continue reading...