While all the media attention has been focused on Arsenal and the contract disputes they have
been having with Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott, there are some nasty contract battles going on
across London at Chelsea.
Chelsea have THREE England internationals; Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Daniel Sturridge, who
are all in the final years of their contracts and in January could join another club forÂ
FREE.
Australian under 23 goalkeeper Mathew Ryan will arrive at Spurs at the start August to begin a
week of training and while it seems that this is merely to gain experience, the young stopper looks
a perfect choice as back up to the main goalies.
Ryan was named as the Australian A-League's best keeper during the 2011-12 season and is seen by
many as the natural understudy to Mark Schwarzer.
European champions Chelsea have confirmed that forward Salomon Kalou and right-back Jose
Bosingwa have become free agents as of yesterday, July 1.
Kalou, 26, is likely to attract significant interest, with Liverpool perceived as a possible
destination in the past.
Looking back at the accomplishments of the Ivory Coast striker, who arrived at the club six
years ago as a young understudy to compatriot Didier Drogba, the Blues released the glowing
farewell statement below.
Andy Carroll tries a trick...We all hoped that the last game of
the season would bring us some joy, but, as predicted, it didn't. A slightly changed Liverpool XI
couldn't muster much of a performance for the final game and it was only Andy Carroll that really
threatened the Swansea keeper.
So, the FA have finally got their man. The man they have been so patiently waiting for. The man
everyone loves. The man doing so well in the Premier League. The man so obviously the right choice
for the England job – Roy Hodgson.
Much has been written recently in both the tabloids and on blog sites about Arsenal's need for a
striking partner/understudy for RvP, so with the transfer window well and truly upon us, I thought
this might be the perfect opportunity to look at the possible candidates for the position.
* The game showed how far we've come since last season's post-Carling Cup final collapse. Those
defeats hurt, and so did the start of this season, but we ultimately managed to clear out a lot of
primadonnas and mediocre players from the squad.
My word. This is all going rather well. A one goal swing at the Sports Direct Thunderdome last
month and that would've been a perfect ten winning streak since we were duped by both hues of
Manchester at the season's start. As it is we're looking at a twenty-eight point haul from a
possible thirty.
Martin Kelly believes he is lucky to be the understudy of Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson after
the England international's match-winning goal against Chelsea on Sunday.
Johnson's late strike against his former club in the clash at Stamford Bridge secured a 2-1 victory
for Kenny Dalglish's side, and Kelly has stated that he is happy to be learning from the
experienced right-back.
Mark Van Bommel's understudy is taking over at the San Siro
Gazzetta Dello Sport is reporting that Milan shocked off their socks by their weekend defeat to
Sampdoria is adding Man City hardman, Nigel De Jong to their roster. With Jack Rodwell brought over
from Everton showing signs of promise in the backfield and freeing up Yaya Toure to rove ahead,
Roberto Mancini can afford to let go the Dutchman who is in his last year of his contract.
Iker Casillas, Real's captain and MC took over centre stage as Sergio Ramos played his
understudy. Pipita, CR7, Pepe, Marcelo, and Esteban Granero chipped in with their thoughts as Karim
Benzema, Mesut Oezil, and the rest of the non-Spanish speaking contingent skulked around the
corners.
All sorts of records were set in Real's title winning season.
There has been an unexpected bit of injury news this morning as Arsenal's Number One Wojciech
Szczesny has failed a fitness test on an injured rib and will now have to sit out today's game
against Stoke. Arsene Wenger himself reported yesterday that Szczesny's understudy Lukasz Fabianski
had recovered from his own injury problem.
The young right-back Carl Jenkinson seems to be set to be Bacary Sagna's understudy while Arsenal
wait for their first-choice defender to recover from his second broken leg, and the youngster has
admitted that Arsene Wenger has already told him that he wants to push forward down the wing as
much as possible to try [.
Arsenal Keeper In Despair Because Of Wenger by AM Arsenal's second string goalkeeper Lukas
Fabianski has grown frustrated until the edge of despair for the lack of games he had at Arsenal
ever since his fellow Pole Szczesny took over the first team spot. Fabianski is even more
frustrated with the club because according to [.
There was a cracking read to be had in the Sports section of Easter Sunday's Times.... Jonathon
Northcroft got an exclusive interview with our midfield maestro, Mikel Arteta, and I thought I
would give you people some of the more juicy quotes from said interview... as it would be behind a
paywall online.
With a lot of recent rumours linking Arsenal to full backs such as
Andreas Beck of Hoffenheim and Porto's Alvaro Pereira, maybe Arsene Wenger might be on the lookout
for another defender. But is he in for a LB or RB, Pereira is more left sided whilst Beck can play
both.
The French striker Marouane Chamakh has been continually linked with a move away from Arsenal in
January after being very disappointing after his bright start to his career at the Emirates, but it
seems that he is more than happy to sit on the bench for the Gunners until his chance comes along.
"It would [.
Few remember that three years ago, it was a trip to Azteca that was the coming out party for Stu
Holden on the USMNT "A" team...
TSG usually goes the route of trying to predict what the head coach, manager, or front office of
some club will do. We remove (attempt to remove) personal biases and frankly it's more important in
our minds to initiate conversation with our audience on the observations seen to date.
Sean Johnson got his first cap with the full team last January Three players
from the U-23 December camp roster will be moving up to the full team next month when the group
gathers for their annual January training camp.
Teal Bunbury and Sean Johnson are veterans of last year's camp.
This article titled "Robert Pires picks his best XI from the England and France squads" was
written by Ben Lyttleton, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 7th June 2012 10.01 UTC
Robert Pires picks a first-choice XI from the France and England Euro 2012 squads ahead of their
match on Monday 11 June
Goalkeeper
Joe Hart
He was a champion in England this season and has had a great campaign.
Liverpool full-back Martin Kelly hails quality of mentor Glen Johnson after his winning
goal against Chelsea
The youngster has claimed that he is delighted to be the ‘understudy' at Anfield after
witnessing the England international's performance at Stamford Bridge on Sunday
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Starting today we'll have a look at some of the players in the squad and consider whether it's
been a good season for them or whether it's maybe time for them to move on.
This is a bit of a contentious one really and a suggestion that will probably receive a fair bit
of criticism for even mentioning it.
One of the regional newspapers has picked up today on a story that first appeared in the Sun.
The original rumour links Leicester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel to Spurs as initial understudy to
Brad Friedel with a view to taking over from the American when he finally hangs up his gloves.
The younger Schmeichel is now 25 and has been between the posts as Leicester have endured a poor
season in the Championship – you know it's bad when you lose at home to West Ham.
By 1970's Gooner Fabiansky Needs to improve his kicking. Other than that had a good game. Came out
to collect the high balls when he could and relieved the pressure that we all feel when crosses
come in. 6 Coquelin Improves with every game and plays with confidence. With Jenkinson still out I
think he will be a very able understudy to Sagna.
after a dull weekend of FA Cup action it's our turn tonight and we face Leeds at home. Last
season this game was saved late on by a Cesc penalty. It was a pretty dour performance from us on
the day and hopefully there'll be no repeat of that.
The manager has already said he's going to pick a strong side and while there's certainly going
to be a measure of rotation, I don't know how much he can really do at the back.
The MLS Player Combine continues today with a second round of games available to stream on the
MLS website. With the first games out of the way and two more days of practice together for the
teams, expect today's games to be much more interesting as the invitees get to know each other.
The first game of the day, adiPower vs adiZero at 11:30 am, will feature several names that the
Timbers will want to keep an eye on.
Hi guys, I was watching the Napoli v Roma derby yesterday,and I haven't watched Roma play for a
good couple of years and to my surprise with along with young talents like Bojan in their team
Totti was playing.Yes at the grand old age of 35 Francesco Totti was starting and captaining
Roma.At the heart of AS Roma's attacking threat Totti was there.
Liverpool v QPR – Suarez, Barton or Mason to star?
QUEENS PARK RANGERS are the guests at Anfield today and will feel they have a chance of taking
points off Liverpool on their home patch. They'll be well aware that The Reds' record against
newly-promoted sides hasn't been the best in recent times and will also have noted how many sides
have at least left Anfield with a point this season.
