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Six Dodgy Alan Curbishley signings
Following Alan Curbishley’s departure from West Ham yesterday, his transfer policy at the club has come under increased scrutiny. Soccerlens has rounded up Curbishley’s worst forays into the transfer market.
Top 10 Most Expensive Football Transfers
Compared to the lion that was the summer of 2009, when we saw Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic move to pastures anew for a combined fee of more than £200m, it would seem appropriate to consider the 2010 summer transfer season, and for that matter, most others, a veritable lamb, unless you’re Manchester City….
Top 10 Transfer Deadline Talking Points
1. Manchester City as a new superpower When Blues fans woke up yesterday morning they cannot have been expecting the rollercoaster day ahead. Just a couple of weeks ago they were outraged by rumours Vedran Corluka and Stephen Ireland were to be sold. Yesterday, Corluka slipped out the day to Spurs virtually unnoticed as City…
Summer 2008 Transfer Lists
In addition to our daily transfer news and rumours column, we also cover all the transfers happening in the Premier League. This summer we’re taking our coverage to the next level, and you can now track confirmed transfers for the following leagues:
If Style Won You Silverware…
Who would win the Premier League? The Champions League? The FA Cup? Would Manchester United and Chelsea still fight for the title? Will Arsenal and Liverpool be dumped out of Europe by Villa, Everton and Tottenham? Which is the best kit in England? in Europe? Oliver Fowler finds out….
50 “Guaranteed” Predictions for the 08-09 season
The predictions are divided into 5 categories – the press, the players, the game, the teams and everyone else (fans, agents, management). You’re welcome to add your own predictions in the comments, discuss the predictions I’ve made or come back later on in the season and check how many I got right (I’m going for…
10 Tricks Clubs Use To Keep Players
This summer (much like every summer before it) football sees a mad dash for the good and not-so-good footballers around the world which is reported on/fueled by the can-do-no-wrong-with-free-speech press and their always-telling-the-truth journalists. It can turn ugly, especially with players’ heads being turned by the thoughts of more money, greater glory and managers doing…
Top 5 Asian (AFC) Footballers
Up until the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, Asian football didn’t exactly get a great deal of attention. But, following South Korea’s run to the semifinals and Japan’s appearance in the final 16, the respect level for football in the region saw a great upswing. A growing number of Asian players have been able…
Top 10 Premier League Transfers in 2007-2008
A manager’s success is directly tied to the players he recruits, so naturally, the manager needs to make his money count. Clubs always have reservations about making money available to their manager, especially when players like David Nugent are bought for £6 million, but these ten buys were truly divine.
Footballer Nicknames РPel̩, Pibe de Oro, Gazza, Becks, Zizou: A Century of Diminutives
Don’t call me Hugo any more. I’m English, don’t you know? So you have to change my name. At school, P.E. teachers insisted on branding me “Steckel”, although I suppose I should just be grateful I escaped that awful nom de plume that is the quintessentially British “Macca”. It’s 10:30pm, and a day both frustrating…
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