The BBC is reporting that Real Madrid have offered AC Milan £56,000,000 for the services of midfielder Kaka. Clearly, the economy in Spain is doing much better than it is here stateside. In slightly less obscene transfer news, it’s official, Gareth Barry to Manchester City for £12,000,000. That’s it, time for me to go count [...]
Archive for June 2nd, 2009
Yours for only £56,000,000!!
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, La Liga, News, Serie A, Transfer Rumors on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Gooch says he’s in a litigious mood
Posted in USMNT, tagged Lawsuits, Oguchi Onyewu, USMNT on June 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
This is US Men’s National Team defender Oguchi Onyewu. He plies his club trade for Belgian side Standard Liege. The Belgian Jupilier League (apparently) has playoffs to determine it’s Champion, and this year’s edition featured Onyewu’s Liege side against Anderlecht. Liege eventually won this tie and their second consecutive league title. Unfortunately, an incident between [...]
Tony Adams Not On Celtic’s Short List
Posted in Scottish Premier League, tagged Celtic, Tony Adams on June 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Since Gordon Strachan’s resignation last week, Celtic have been through the proverbial wringer trying to find themselves someone to take the reigns. Right now, the list looks something like this: David Moyes (Everton) Owen Coyle (Burnley) Tony Mowbray (West Brom) Roberto Martinez (Swansea) ??????? One name that won’t be occupying that bottom spot any time [...]
Okay, who needs a 7 foot 3 inch striker? Show of hands, please.
Posted in Whimsy, tagged African Soccer, Hasheem Thabeet on June 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hasheem Thabeet seems fun. This is from the latest issue of the Sporting News and their NBA Draft information. SN’s Sean Deveney was interviewing Thabeet when the talk turned to a bit of the old kick-it-around. Deveney: How far along is your offense at this point? Thabeet: It is getting better. The thing people don’t [...]
Today’s managerial maneuverings – Sunderland and Wigan/Celtic
Posted in News, tagged Celtic, Sunderland, Wigan on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clubs are beginning the Summer madness by getting their managerial situations in order. Chelsea and Real Madrid settled theirs yesterday, and today has seen one more manager hired and one mentioned for two jobs. Sunderland, of the Barclays Premier League, will announce Wigan skipper Steve Bruce as their new manager tomorrow in a news conference. [...]
Premier League Total Debt Tops £3 Billion
Posted in English Premier League on June 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Back in October the Chairman of the FA estimated the Premier League’s debts at a level that approached £3 billion. Speaking on the issue, this is what he had to say: “The best estimate I could get in the City was that debts in English football as a whole have probably edged to the £3 [...]
The Droppies: And The Winners Are…
Posted in The Droppies on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No sense beating around the bush, the results are in and here are your winners of the First Annual Droppy Awards! Player of the Year: Andres Iniesta, Barcelona FC This choice says a great deal about both the authors and readers of this blog- they know the game well enough to realize that while Henry, [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andres Iniesta, Arsenal, Christoph Daum, Confederations Cup, FC Köln, Fenerbahce, Gerard Pique, Liverpool, Luis Aragones, Real Madrid, Scottish Premier League, Setanta, Spanish National Team, Xabi Alonso on June 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while trying to find a place to stay…
