Football (Soccer) Round-Up
Published by lil dunn on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at Wednesday, May 07, 2008.
This is going to be something new for me. I'm going to try to post the most exciting and hopefully current football (soccer) news. Since it's almost European football's equivalent to the NFL's off-season and free agent signs. I will post a few news clips and rumors that will excite football fans from both sides of the pond.
Evidence that Americans some how always manage to screw things up:
(American owners: Tom Hicks (left) and George Gillett)
A mere 15 months ago, NHL owners George Gillett (Montreal Canadiens) and Tom Hicks (Dallas Stars, plus Texas Rangers) bought the Liverpool soccer club for a widely reported $435 million and won hosannas for their greet-the-people friendliness. They shook fans' hands at Liverpool's Anfield stadium and proclaimed its stunning din "like nothing I've ever heard or felt," in Gillett's words. Since then the new owners have left skid marks in four directions. Georgey got peeved at Tommy. Georgey said he wanted to sell his half to those people from Dubai, but Tommy said Georgey couldn't sell without Tommy. Tommy said he'd buy from Georgey, but Georgey said he wouldn't sell to Tommy. The 15-month saga of two American owners has beset venerable Liverpool soccer, the most successful club in English history and one of the foremost clubs on the planet, and it has aggrieved a fan base that may know no earthly peer in feeling a team in its very bloodstream. LA Times
Barcelona making moves for Fabregas: Barcelona will bid bid for Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas and may offer Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Eidur Gudjohnsen or former Gunner Thierry Henry in a part-exchange deal, reckons the Daily Star. Source
If this happens I swear to some one I will flip out. I will be extremely pissed if Arsenal fails to keep him in North London! So mad I might flip out like Fabregas does in this clip:
** He really is getting a TV show. A one time special airing mid-May on SkyTv(?)**
Ballack is staying in Chelesa:
Michael Ballack is set to be awarded with a new three-year contract at Chelsea after an outstanding season for the English Premier League club, The Times daily reported on Wednesday. The Germany captain Ballack, 31, will be asked to stay until 2011 at Stamford Bridge, to where he moved in 2006 on a free transfer from Bayern Munich. His original contract runs until 2009 and talks on the new deal are set for after the season. Source
Arsenal's future looking bleak if Wenger can't fix holes in the armor:
Arsenal's season had flirted with glory for so long it seems perverse that Arsène Wenger must consider the summer ahead with a growing sense of frustration rather than any satisfaction. His team had carried all before them at times, the combination of the scintillating and the exhilarating threatening to yield a Premier League title and the European Cup. A lack of depth to his squad undermined those aspirations at the last. Now the fear nags that this set-up is to be stripped when it needs to be strengthened in the weeks to come. the Guardian
Ronaldo as bad taste in women:
Two of the three cross-dressing prostitutes involved in the scandal with Ronaldo have admitted lying about having sex and using drugs with the AC Milan striker.
FIFA World's Football Rankings:
(as of May 7, 2008)- Source
Evidence that Americans some how always manage to screw things up:
(American owners: Tom Hicks (left) and George Gillett)A mere 15 months ago, NHL owners George Gillett (Montreal Canadiens) and Tom Hicks (Dallas Stars, plus Texas Rangers) bought the Liverpool soccer club for a widely reported $435 million and won hosannas for their greet-the-people friendliness. They shook fans' hands at Liverpool's Anfield stadium and proclaimed its stunning din "like nothing I've ever heard or felt," in Gillett's words. Since then the new owners have left skid marks in four directions. Georgey got peeved at Tommy. Georgey said he wanted to sell his half to those people from Dubai, but Tommy said Georgey couldn't sell without Tommy. Tommy said he'd buy from Georgey, but Georgey said he wouldn't sell to Tommy. The 15-month saga of two American owners has beset venerable Liverpool soccer, the most successful club in English history and one of the foremost clubs on the planet, and it has aggrieved a fan base that may know no earthly peer in feeling a team in its very bloodstream. LA TimesBarcelona making moves for Fabregas: Barcelona will bid bid for Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas and may offer Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Eidur Gudjohnsen or former Gunner Thierry Henry in a part-exchange deal, reckons the Daily Star. Source
If this happens I swear to some one I will flip out. I will be extremely pissed if Arsenal fails to keep him in North London! So mad I might flip out like Fabregas does in this clip:
** He really is getting a TV show. A one time special airing mid-May on SkyTv(?)**
Ballack is staying in Chelesa:
Michael Ballack is set to be awarded with a new three-year contract at Chelsea after an outstanding season for the English Premier League club, The Times daily reported on Wednesday. The Germany captain Ballack, 31, will be asked to stay until 2011 at Stamford Bridge, to where he moved in 2006 on a free transfer from Bayern Munich. His original contract runs until 2009 and talks on the new deal are set for after the season. SourceArsenal's future looking bleak if Wenger can't fix holes in the armor:
Arsenal's season had flirted with glory for so long it seems perverse that Arsène Wenger must consider the summer ahead with a growing sense of frustration rather than any satisfaction. His team had carried all before them at times, the combination of the scintillating and the exhilarating threatening to yield a Premier League title and the European Cup. A lack of depth to his squad undermined those aspirations at the last. Now the fear nags that this set-up is to be stripped when it needs to be strengthened in the weeks to come. the Guardian
Ronaldo as bad taste in women:
The 31-year-old Brazil international is in his home country as he recovers from a cruciate ligament injury and has become embroiled in controversy after contracting the services of the transvestites - believing them to be women - and taking them to a motel. So
FIFA World's Football Rankings:
(as of May 7, 2008)- Source
1 Argentina
2 Brazil
3 Italy
4 Spain
5 Germany
6 Czech Republic
7 France
8 Greece
9 Portugal
10 Netherlands
11 England
12 Romania
13 Croatia
14 Ghana
15 Scotland
16 Cameroon
17 Mexico
18 Bulgaria
19 Colombia
20 Israel
21 USA
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