Recently, it was reported everywhere that Christian Vieri was hanging up his boots. Vieri, at one time one of the most feared strikers in all of world football, had given all he had and was going more and more into a decline, so he it looked like he wanted to finally call it quits at age 36.

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Devem ter descoberto algum filão junto da sede do Botafogo-SP para convencerem estes dois ex-internacionais italianos a jogarem numa divisão secundária do Brasil. É evidente que se tornou num evidente e bem sucedido golpe mediático. Desportivamente terá o mesmo êxito? Tenho dúvidas, mas o dinheiro não é meu! Click to continue reading...

A measly six days ago, Bobo Vieri a man without a club since he terminated his deal with Atalanta because fans "expected too much from him" announced his retirement by unequivocally stating:

"I don't want to play anymore and I'm not even tempted to play abroad."

And now, just SIX DAYS LATER he's about to sign with Brazilian minnows Botafogo.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

I wonder how Rio Ferdinand picks these models for his magazine. The latest issue of #5 and more pictures of Victoria Moore at [#5 Magazine]

"I was like oh geez, Thierry Henry and myself are going to be playing as strikers together.

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One cannot avoid fate, for she is a persistent lass. Bobo Vieri has certainly never tempted fate, as he's followed his masterplan by stumbling into the fronts of topless models time and time again. Football? Merely the means by which he was to achieve his night crawling destiny. And so he retired the only way a [. Click to continue reading...

From Vieri to Beckham here is a Transfer Wrap Up
Vieri is retiring,
Beckham can return to Milan,
Juventus want Rossi,
Kaka comments on Milan,
Bayern regret selling Lucio,
Roma looking at Van Nilsterooy,
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Vieri retires to play poker
Former italian striker Christian Vieri has retired from football, to become a Professional World Series poker player. Click to continue reading...

A fair bit of activity flying around as deadline day appoaches for the big European Clubs. There's usually a couple of big surprising moves on the last day, and while I wouldn't expect anything quite like last season's deadline day, I suspect a few people will be changing clubs at the last minute. One man [. Click to continue reading...

Well, it looks like the Notts County plan for success is to overpay for as many former stars as possible. Qatari money will help you do that. To include one Freddie Ljungberg. Former Inter Milan striker Vieri, 36, and Arsenal legend Ljungberg, 32, could be tempted by one last lucrative payday to help County get out [. Click to continue reading...

• Arsene Wenger points finger at Arsenal fans as one of the main reasons Adebayor left for Manchester City. [View from Tier 3]

• David Beckham confronts fans after he is booed last night in Los Angeles. [BBC]

• Peter Crouch to Tottenham. But can someone explain to me where Robbie Keane fits into the starting lineup?

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Guadeloupe is having another great run in the Gold Cup, in the quarterfinals in 2009 after reaching the semifinals in 2007.
But don't expect the see the small French region in FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Damn politics.
Gimme some links:

• Ronaldo won't wear "C. Ronaldo" shirt.

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The veteran striker Christian Vieri is being tipped for an English move, according to reports circulating in Italy. Premier League side Blackburn Rovers are being linked with former Milan, Inter, Juventus, Lazio and Atletico Madrid star Christian Vieri, according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport. The 36-year-old veteran striker rescinded his contract with Atalanta back in April, after [. Click to continue reading...

Luca Toni on a scooter. Stranger things have happened.

Bobo Vieri has his own line of condoms. No football club to speak of, but at least he's protected.
Victoria Beckham decides it's time to shut down David's penis. As if that's possible.
Ledley King was arrested for assault this weekend.

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Luca Toni on a scooter. Stranger things have happened.

Bobo Vieri has his own line of condoms. No football club to speak of, but at least he's protected.
Victoria Beckham decides it's time to shut down David's penis. As if that's possible.
Ledley King was arrested for assault this weekend.

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Here is a link to a story from the Washington Post that Christian Vieri might be joining the Los Angeles Galaxy. Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena denies the rumor, which probably is a good thing as Vieri's best days are long behind him. Once he was one of the most powerful and skillful forwards in the game, but at this point in his career those days are long gone and he would just be another name brought to MLS to try and attract a bigger crowd. Click to continue reading...

El delantero Christian Vieri, ex jugador del Atlético de Madrid, viajó a Los Angeles para hacer una prueba para el Galaxy, gracias a los contactos que le ha facilitado su amigo David Beckham, informa en su próximo número el semanario italiano Chi.
El viaje de Vieri a Estados Unidos, que hoy adelanta en su página web el diario deportivo italiano La Gazzetta dello Sport, llega después de que el pasado 31 de marzo el delantero retirara todas sus pertenencias de la sede del Atalanta, de la Primera división, y abandonara el equipo antes del final de la temporada. Click to continue reading...

According to Goal.com Vieri has had enough of limited playing time with Atalanta and is on his way to LA for a trial.

Bruce Arena denies the rumor.

What do you think? Is he too old? Can we afford him? Do we even want him?

Additional article here thanks Laurie.

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Reti spettacolari. Eurogol. Marcature che rimarranno nella storia del calcio e in quella dei singoli autori di queste prodezze. Da Maradona ai tempi odierni, passando per i vari Vieri, Quagliarella etc... fino alla prodezza fantastica di Mascara, nel derby di ieri con il Palermo.
(Partiamo con Maradona, nel 1985, con la maglia del Napoli, nel match contro il Verona)
(Stop col destro e di collo sinistro, la palla vola nella porta senese. Click to continue reading...

Mortgage prices are dropping, the credit crunch is hitting us all, and it seems the only things in life that are getting more expensive is food, petrol and footballers. The amount of money spent on individual players these days is ridiculous. Is Cristiano Ronaldo really worth 75 million? If we actually look at what Real Madrid would be getting for their money, it's a name basically. Click to continue reading...