Nous from the Camp

By Isaiah | May 5th, 2008

Another week, another crucial injury, another rumor, another mega signing on the way. It's just humdrum life at FC Barcelona, eh? First the real news and then the speculation: Gabi Milito has suffered an ACL tear that will require surgery and will ...

A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers

By Rob | April 18th, 2008

After Sir Alex Ferguson announced today that he intends to 'Stock up' on players over the summer, it struck me this summer could be a real classic one for big transfers. And in my excitement I decided to bring you this insight into the possible moves ...

International Friendlies: Goals Galore

By chris | March 27th, 2008

So what do you do when you're playing for your country but the matches are technically meaningless? Pad your highlight reel, that's what. A mixture of old standbys, up and comers, superstars in the now and relative nobodies provided some spectacu ...

Valencia - Barcelona: Preview (Saturday, 4pm EST)

By Isaiah | December 15th, 2007

Saturday's matchup at the Mestalla is not just between two heavyweight contenders in the La Liga title chase, but also between The Offside crew. Cesar over at the Valencia Offside has vowed that his team will come roaring back, echoing Cañizares' thought

Barcelona - Stuttgart: Comments welcome

By Isaiah | December 12th, 2007

Heeeeey, it's the final group stage game and it means absolutamente nada in terms of standings. But it does provide Barcelona the chance to show off its young guns in European competition as well as help its recently-returned stars recover some form. It l

Valencia 1-2 Chelsea AGAIN in the Mestalla

By Andy | October 4th, 2007

Never in a million years did I expect to write such a surprising scoreline as written in the the subject header line. I have always believed that you should always 'EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED' when it comes to the fortunes of Chelsea Football Club and that

Monday Milan Musings

By Gianfranco | July 23rd, 2007

What exactly are insurmountable obstacles? That is question that only one Silvio Berlusconi may answer. This is his reason for giving up on bringing Sheva back to the San Siro and finally (YAY!!!) giving up on Ronaldinho. He has however said that someo

Chew on this

By Gianfranco | July 4th, 2007

Just in case some of the snubees are reading this right now, I would like all of you to realize that AC Milan has sold 28,000+ season tickets. This is a ridiculous number of season tickets even for a club the size of AC Milan. There usual number is arou

Quick, Get that Guy a Pen

By Gianfranco | July 3rd, 2007

For the first time in what seems like ages, a player has not snubbed Milan. I know he is not top tier world class, but he is not slouch either. The player with the itchy signing hand is Roque Santa Cruz of Copa America Quarterfinal bound Paraguay. I kn

Anfield Banter: A whole lot of gloom and doom

By Brian | June 13th, 2007

* We are apparently trying to beat out Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal, and Lyon for the services of Renato Augusto, a 19-year-old Brazilian midfielder who currently plays for Flamengo. Awesome. That's exactly what we need, another young midfielder who won't se

Mara Villa! (Spain 2 Liechtenstein 0) Euro 2008

By Cesar | June 6th, 2007

The lineup for Spain against Liechtenstein in today's Euro 2008 qualifier said it all ... Reina; Sergio Ramos, Javi Navarro, Marchena, Capdevila; Xabi Alonso, Cesc, Joaquín, Silva, Iniesta; and Villa .... Four Valencianistas starting, with captain Dav

David Villa, Definitely Maybe a Juve Target

By Martha | April 27th, 2007

The last we heard about David Villa in these parts, he was on one of the early, massive lists of possible Inter transfer targets, along with pretty much everyone else in Europe. Now his name has resurfaced, only this time it's Juve who allegedly have him

The Daily Diatribe: 'Villa loves us too', 'Lampard not out for revenge', 'Mourinho already making excuses', 'the return of Kewell?', 'Praise for our Reserves', & 'Some PSV tidbits'

By Brian | April 11th, 2007

* First it was Eto'o and now, David Villa has confessed his crush for our club. It might not matter how many times he tries to verbally seduce us, his club values him at £70m. Ah, the ole 'here's what he costs, but for you, we'll give you a deal' move.

Two Artists [Morientes and Villa] ... but Spain Suffer

By Cesar | March 26th, 2007

So our Valencia boys did more than ok in a tense encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu. Goals from Valencia strikers David Villa and Fernando Morientes (click on their names to see videos of their goals) lifted Spain past Denmark 2-1. But the game wa

Inter Prepare to Challenge Juve for Sheer Volume of Transfers

By Martha | February 27th, 2007

If by some miracle all the Inter transfer rumors floating around lately turned out to be true, they'd have to build an extension onto the changing room at the San Siro. Take a gander at this list, compiled over just two days: Buffon, Henry, Villa, Nani, M

Boxing Day, Holidazed and the Crouch/Villa rumor

By Jim | December 29th, 2006

Blackburn and Liverpool's inability to score took all the fun out of Boxing Day, and then my own personal crowded Christmas fixture schedule took all the fun out of me. But the sickness has mostly left and now I must deal with Crouch to Newcastle and Davi

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