What you missed while looking back in time with a telescope more powerful than the Hubble…
- UEFA Champions League roundup: AC Milan 0-1 Tottenham, Valencia 1-1 FC Schalke.
- Europa League roundup: Aris Thessaloniki 0-0 Manchester City.
- English Premier League roundup: Birmingham 0-2 Newcastle.
- UEFA has confirmed that they’ve opened an investigation into the actions of Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, who was seen on camera headbutting Tottenham assistant Joe Jordan.
- Harry Redknapp was also not pleased with Mathieu Flamini’s two-footed tackle on Vedran Corluka; the tackle – which was punished only with a yellow card – put Corluka out of the match and on crutches for the remainder of the evening.
- For what it’s worth, both Gattuso and Flamini are sorry.
- Schalke’s draw with Valencia featured Raul’s record-breaking 71st goal in European competition.
- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was disappointed with the production he got out of new signing Edin Dzeko in the club’s Europa League draw with Aris.
- City goalkeeper Shay Given has revealed that he doesn’t mind helping Joe Hart become a better goalkeeper.
- Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri loves the atmosphere at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane.
- Former Barcelona and Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has described his loan move to Fulham as “a breath of fresh air”.
- Brazil will play Scotland in a friendly match in London in March.
- Lille have placed a $33 million pricetag on midfielder Eden Hazard.
- Feyenoord fans have hailed the abilities of Arsenal loanee Ryo Miyaichi after he scored 18 minutes into a match against Heracles.
- Hyundai A-League side Gold Coast United have talked up the advantages of having a terrible pitch in advance of their knockout match against Melbourne Victory on Sunday.
- FC Dallas has traded Heath Pearce to Chivas USA for allocation money.
- Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury is expected to miss 2-4 weeks after dislocating his elbow in a friendly against Houston. Ouch.
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DC United has officially taken Charlie Davies on loan for the 2011 MLS season. He’s wearing the #9! There’s a live press conference slated for 2pm. I love this move! It has nothing to do with the fact that I’ll get to see him play every home match, I swear.
Here’s the club press release: http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2011/02/dc-united-acquires-forward-charlie-davies
Good find. I like the move, especially because it’ll be a good “final verdict” on where Davies is in terms of recovery. If he comes back and can play at the MLS level, than there’s perhaps something worth salvaging; if not, though, than his career might sadly be over at the international level. As long as he’s actually getting some games in, it’ll be interesting.
I agree with you completely. The fact that he’s going on loan with DC makes me think that he’s doing well in his recovery. Benny Olsen has tough job getting DC back on track this season, and I don’t think he’d take Charlie unless he really thought he could play at the MLS level. It should make for an entertaining season. I’m looking forward to watching him play in March.
Tough luck for Bunbury, but the club originally feared it was a broken elbow, which could have sidelined him for 5 months. So, I’ll take a 2 to 4 week window for sure. Still expect him to have a breakout season and for the offers for him to be too lucrative for SKC to pass up within a year or so. He also could legitimately be the striker the USMNT has been waiting for. If you haven’t seen him yet, watch for him this year, and look up the “Boon-burr-eee!” call of his penalty shot goal against Chile.
Latest i heard Gattuso was receiving an 8 match ban from the UEFA board