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Stat Attack: Barcelona top scoring charts across Europe

Out of the top leagues in Europe (Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France), Barcelona have scored the most goals and maintained highest goals per game ratio. They have scored 67 goals in their 21 La Liga games so far this season – an average of 3.19 goals per game. Barca have only conceded 11 goals…

The Round-Up: Liverpool Snub Torres Bid, Inter After Bale…Again

Liverpool have rejected a £35 million bid from Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres, according to a report in the Times.

The newspaper are claiming that the club contacted them immediately after rebuffing the offer, though no official word has been released by the Anfield PR department yet.

Serie A: Inter Milan 3-2 Cesena Highlights (19 Jan 2011)

Samuel Eto’o opened the scoring for Inter Milan in the Serie A game after bringing the ball from the half-line to the 18 yard box. Diego Milito doubled the lead a minute later, capping off a comprehensive move from his side. Cesena managed to turn the game around in six minutes by scoring two goals….

The Round-Up: Fergie Has A Penchant For Coentrao, Inter Are Bonkers

According to the Daily Mail, Manchester United have stepped up their pursuit of Benfica left-back Fabio Coentrao after catching wind of whispers that the Portuguese side are currently busy trying to source a replacement for the seemingly outbound 22-year-old starlet.

The Round-Up: King Kenny’s Dream Dozen, Dud Benny’s Villa Love-In

Newly-instated Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has scheduled a meeting with the club’s hierarchy (including owner John Henry, who flew in from the States on Tuesday) later today and the national press are adamant that the Scot will use the opportunity to ask for a shed-load of cash to spend on a shed-load of players.

The Round-Up: Edin Dzeko Stranded At Heathrow, Arsenal Target Porto Goal Machine

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens are going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning’s various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we’ll have it covered. Here’s this morning’s batch. Dzeko deal reaches terminal velocity… After teetering on the edge of a…

European Transfer Preview: January 2011

With the transfer window now ready and open for business Soccerlens looks at the possible comings and goings at some of Europe’s top domestic leagues. Italy, Serie A AC Milan look to be one of the busiest clubs in Italy this January as they prepare themselves to tie down Antonio Cassano from Sampdoria. The Italian…

Lovelorn Rafael Benitez Should Take a Rest From Football After Inevitable Inter Split

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Rafael Benitez’s time at Inter Milan is about to come to an end. If rumours are to be believed, this very night sees Rafa’s agent, Manuel Garcia Quilon, negotiating the Spaniard’s second compensation package in the space of six months. Jaded, Faded, Exhausted, Bitter Splits and Rebounds: In June,…

Rafael Benitez’s fixation with Jose Mourinho has ultimately cost him his Inter job

Rafael Benitez’s tenure at Inter Milan is over after just six months in charge. The eccentric Spaniard raised a few eyebrows with his audacious quotes and evident obsession to do the complete opposite of his predecessor Jose Mourinho which ultimately has cost him his job. As the saying goes, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix…

Rafa Sacked By Inter: Time For Allardyce To Fulfil His Destiny?

Yesterday it seemed that, after just six months in the job, Rafa Benitez was living on borrowed time at Inter Milan as a wave of conjecture began to emanate from Italy and ripple across the continent that the Spaniard had been delivered his backside on a plate by club owner Massimo Moratti. An evening has…