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WTF News of the Day: Ribery Signs for Bayern

In what could be termed as one of the most dumb-fuck career moves (pardon my French) may I take the opportunity to stick my head out and say that Franck Ribery’s move to Bayern Munich represents precisely that very thing. Yes you heard right. Franck Ribery has indeed moved to FC Bayern, shrugging off competitors…

Manchester United vs West Ham Preview and News Update

Manchester United play the Hammers in a game that has greater significance for the players in claret and blue, although that is unlikely to be a reason for Sir Alex Ferguson to let the players relax. He has stated clearly that he wouldn’t want to show disrespect for the other teams involved in a relegation…

Big Sam will bring the discipline Newcastle so badly need

Harry Pearson on the Guardian writes about Big Sam and what the Geordies could expect if he is to manage them next season. He talks about how important the ‘dourness’ and the ‘directness’ of his approach might be to Newcastle’s cause, although most fans may not approve of those methods. Go read the article. Reasonable…

Premier League vs YouTube – a misguided attack on the wrong target

As we all know by now, the English Premier League is to sue Youtube for what it calls copyright infringement on its content. The EPL has accused Youtube of “knowingly misappropriating” its intellectual property by “encouraging” people to post goal videos and highlights of Premiership games [source].

Ball’s stamp can’t prevent Ronaldo from (almost) winning the Premiership for Manchester United

It’s ironic that Manchester United had to pluck a leaf out of the Chelsea book on their way to a tepid 1-0 win over their local rivals to put one hand on the title. The match however did have its moments of drama.

Manchester United vs Milan – Post Match Thoughts

Ahmed has written at length about the game, but being writers here, we can’t have enough of analysis, can we? So here is one more. Let’s get it out of my system as soon as possible. Manchester United were out-thought, out-fought and out-classed. Three things that about summarized the semi final. But for a detailed…

Shevchenko – failed Chelsea striker – tries punditry and shames his ancestors

Among other interesting news, is this one from Shevchenko, who adds his two cents (or 30 million pounds?) to the, now ever so tiring, debate on great players.

AC Milan vs Manchester United – Pre-Match Thoughts

Follow Milan v Manchester United live online here. As the day approaches, the semi final between Milan and Man United that is, it is very tempting for people around to start spouting their share of opinions left, right and center. We here at Soccerlens, make no mistake, will not hide such pretensions and yes, will…