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Transfer Rumours: Chelsea Keen On £20m Germany Star Mesut Ozil

After watching Mesut Ozil almost single-handedly demolish the Australian defense in Durban just four days ago (although it seems more like four weeks ago now), it is understandable that many-a-Premier League side would have upped their interest in the German schemer. Chelsea remain hopeful of pipping their rivals to the Werder Bremen star’s ‘John Hancock’…

Transfer Rumours: Liverpool’s Yossi Benayoun On Verge Of Chelsea Switch?

Reports circulating in Israel are suggesting that Liverpool’s death-faced midfielder Yossi Benayoun may be on the verge of completing a surprise switch to Chelsea over the next few days, and many of today’s papers are speculation as to the whys and what-fors of the move. However, judging by the thumbnail, it would seem the reason…

Heartbreak for Fulham in Europa League final

Fulham 1-2 Atletico Madrid Fulham FC were left heartbroken as they lost the Europa League final to a late, unfortunate goal from Diego Forlan five minutes from time, in extra time. This was Fulham’s first major cup final for 35 years, and they showed exactly why they deserved to be there, pulling out a performance…

09/10 Europa League Review

It is easy to forget that this season’s Europa League was in its inaugural year. After picking up an undesirable yet understandable reputation as the Champions League ‘sinferior little brother, Michel Platini oversaw the rebranding of what we once called, with a pejorative sneer, ‘the UEFA Cup’. The Europa League has a parallel structure to…

Atletico Madrid v Fulham Live Blog

The real surprise of the 2009/10 season has been Fulham FC’s European form. Somehow manager Roy Hodgson has carved his way through the likes of Juventus and Wolfsburg to leave Fulham facing the biggest game in their history.

2009/2010 Premier League Review

Congratulations then to Chelsea, who have emerged as rightful Champions, with 27 wins, 86 points, and 103 goals in the bank. For a long time this looked like the competition no-one wanted to win, but once Jose Mourinho had robbed his former side of a shot at Champions League glory, the west-Londoners revved their domestic…

Podcast: Chelsea TV’s Alison Bender, spending sprees and Fulham v Atletico

Check out Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg in the latest episode of the award-nominated Soccerlens Podcast. Chelsea TV presenter Alison Bender joins the boys for an insightful chat on what life is really like inside Stamford Bridge, as she looks back on the Blues’ tremendous Premier League title success and ahead to a likely first ever Double. Fulham’s…

Hats off to humble Hodgson

Fulham’s opponents on the 12th May will be Atletico Madrid. Aletico and Fulham are diametric opposites, the former loaded with individual talent but lacking organisation, the latter a unit greater than the sum of their parts. Who will triumph in Hamburg?

Soccerlens TV: Semifinals of the Champions League & the Europa League

Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 26, Andy Brassell talks about the second legs of the semifinals of Europe’s biggest and second biggest club competition – a.k.a. the Champions League and the Europa League. Inter Milan and Bayern Munich have marched…

Fulham prove that fairy-tales can come true

April 2008, The City of Manchester Stadium, and Fulham Football Club were 45 minutes away from being compounded to relegation from The Premier League as they trailed 2-0 to Manchester City. 45 minutes later and a stoppage time winner from Diomansy Kamara gave Fulham a dramatic 3-2 win over Sven Goran Eriksson’s men as The…