Aug
18
Cole wants to remain in blue
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Midfielder Joe Cole of Chelsea has announced that he would like to spend the rest of his career at Stamford Bridge. The 26-year-old is ready to fight for a regular place in the starting lineup even if he has to compete with Robinho for it.
Currently, Cole’s contract negotiations have been put on hold by both [...]
Aug
16
Arshavin to Spurs?
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Zenit St. Petersburg has lowered its asking price for forward Andrei Arshavin, once again sparking Tottenham’s desire to sign him. The Spurs have been interested in the player for quite a while, but the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement on the fee. With the price now lowered from the original 20 million pounds, [...]
Aug
14
Barcelona’s new coach Pep Guardiola thanked his players after a win in his first competitive match with the team on Wednesday. Thus far, Guardiola has led Barca to a great preseason and although it is still early on it seems like he isn’t throttled by the immense pressure. Barcelona shut out Wisla Krakow in the [...]
Aug
11
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is continuing his fight with the clubs over under-23 players and the Olympics. In fact, he is going as far as to vow that by 2012 he will have a rule in place by FIFA’s Congress that requires all clubs to release u-23 players for the Olympics.
It may take some work [...]
Aug
10
Diogo signs with Olympiacos
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It is not exactly known if Portuguesa’s young striker Diogo has signed with Greek club Olympiacos but all signs point to yes. Even if it is not official yet, all sources from both Brazil and Greece say that the striker will continue his career in the Greek Superleague. Rumors are that Olympiacos will pay Portuguesa [...]
Aug
8
Robinho looking towards Chelsea
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Robinho’s agent has announced that the star player is currently unhappy with his situation in Real Madrid and would love to move to Chelsea, a team that is currently pursuing him. It is reported that the English club has already offered around 20 million pounds for him, but whether or not it will go through [...]
Aug
8
Claude Puel has a lot of pressure on him this year with Olympique Lyonnais
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As we all know Olympique Lyonnais has done exceptional the past decade basically and have won seven straight French Ligue 1 championships. Now with new coach Claude Puel onboard they will be looking to continue this championship run into this season which begins tomorrow. Last year coach Alain Perrin managed to take the team into [...]
Aug
6
Ronaldo will stay with Manchester United
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Christiano Ronaldo has confirmed that he will stay with Manchester United for the coming year despite being interested in playing for Real Madrid. He has never publically said that he wants to move, but he has hinted at it several times. Add this with the fact that Real Madrid (among others) is very interested in [...]
Aug
6
If you’ve been following ACF Fiorentina then you know that there has been quite a bit of speculation and rumours mentioned that Adrian Mutu may be departing the club this off-season. For fans of the team you’ll be glad to know that Mutu isn’t going anywhere and that Fiorentina just signed him to a deal [...]
Aug
5
Dudu signs with Olympiakos
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This has been a prolific week for Greek soccer club Olympiakos who signed two new players to strengthen their midfield. First and most important, Brazilian international Dudu (or Alexandro Silva de Souza which is his actual name) has completed his move from CSKA Moscow to Olympiakos for an estimated price of 6 million Euro. The [...]