Mo Money, Mo Targets

Luiz Felipe Scolari, from now on here at the Offside known as Uncle Phil, hasn't even taken over at Chelsea yet. That hasn't stopped the ...

Looking Ahead to Next Year

This will be a discussion about where our players fit into our formation that was used last year and how tactically Schuster could use the ...

Brazil 0 - 0 Argentina: Good-Bye Dunga?

It’s about time, Dunga. A draw against Argentina usually is not bad. A draw against Argentina playing as if Brazil was Poland is terrible. The ...

Brazil 3 - 2 Canada: Fire the Grill

Goals Here Watching friendly games of the Brazilian national team is like having non-alcoholic beer. It is beer, but without the buzz. When you put on ...

Marca Is Reliable / Thank God For Shoes

Marca's daily verbal hard-on for Ronaldo is a 'report' that Manchester United will demand Sergio Ramos, Robinho, and Mahammadou Diarra, plus $50 million from Madrid ...

Saturday Morning Hangover, Rumors!

Lets take a minute and try to straighten out this transfer rumor carousel that is spinning at a fever pitch right now… Lloris: ...

Robinho says Chelsea want him. Do we?

Real Madrid's talented young winger with the lone name has revealed that Chelsea will lodge a bid for his services. Robinho, a 24-year-old Brazilian ...

The Nicolas Cage-Real Madrid Scandal Was Taped

Ramon Calderon was clearly had here, and we actually have footage of it (unlike the Pepe Porto negotiations). "Nicolas", as was reported over the weekend, ...

Kaka Renews, Marca & AS Close Offices

As if The Rickster wasn't earning enough money already, he's done gone and signed himself over to the Rossoneri until 2013. This means two years ...

Brazil 1 x 0 Ireland: Not Bad

  It wasn’t a great game. But it wasn’t bad either. Nowadays, breath taking performances are reserved only to when the other team is Argentina and ...

For the Love of God, Make it Stop: The Thumb-Sucking Celebration

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=68aywhULVTo[/youtube] Here's the thing: A lot of people have kids. Most of them love those kids very much. But do you see those people running around ...

Champions League: Lazio Crash Out

Man, that hurt. Lazio looked good for about 12 minutes -- tough, sharp enough, totally unintimidated. But then rumored Roma target Julio Baptisa scored with ...

Robinho has a hard time remembering Real Madrid's schedule

All in all it has been a pretty uneventful week for Robinho. It began last Wednesday when his sick moves helped Brazil spank Ecuador ...

Watch Robinho's New Move: "You go that way, I'll go this way"

Brazil Plays Like Brazil and Scores 5 Against Ecuador

  This is why Brazil has to play in Brazil. Forget fancy stadiums in Europe and Asia. To play like Brazil, Brazil has to play IN ...

Brazil 4 x 2 USA

  I'm officially away from this blog, but couldn't resist dropping a few words about the friendly between Brazil and US in Chicago. Ronaldinho, Kaka and ...

Boring Report for a Boring Squad

Dunga loves defense and last night, he paid tribute to the position that made his fame. Against the eliminated squad of Ecuador, the coach chose ...

57M is not all that bad

Let us hypothesize for a moment…Real Madrid wants Kaka bad, right now, about 57M bad. In the past I have said that the right ...

Robinho Looses the Rope

In Game 2 in the countdown for the departure of Dunga, Robinho decided to loose the rope around the neck of his boss.  By the ...

I don't hate Brazilians

It looks like my old friend Leonardo, Milan’s Brazilian scouting specialist, is at again. This time is he looking at strikers Fred and Pato Alexandre. ...

Milan Musings

There is a quiet eery calmness that I feel will not last forever regard this Suazo matter. Inter is definitely fuming and in Moratti’s ...

An Overwhelming Number of Little Odds and Ends

•It would take weeks to cut and paste all of the co-ownership deals that were extended or resolved yesterday, but most of the big clubs ...

Gimnastic de Tarragona – Barcelona: the greatest preview ever

All games are at 3pm EST Sunday Okay, so the title is probably a little hyperbolic on my part, but come on people, it’s the last ...

Moving to Madrid

Well it looks as though San Siro brass is getting a taste of their own medicine. Real Madrid continue to inappropriately court Kaka, a ...

Leão leaves Corinthians

   Emerson Leão is no longer Corinthian’s coach. He announced today he is leaving the club after reaching an agreement with Corinthians’ officials. The coach, considered one ...

More Brazilian Targets for the Big Clubs?

If you believe the latest rumors, in addition to ever-present Milan target Ronaldinho, there are apparently a few other Brazilian in Spain who might or ...

Milan's Latest Transfer List Has Herr Berlusconi Considering New Mortgages

Taking a break from reporting on Juve's summer plans, the papers today are full of the big-name targets being tracked by Milan (and Inter -- ...

Also, Sun Rises in the East

Real Madrid striker Robinho notes that rumours that he might leave the Bernabeu for Tottenham Hotspur are crazy for a very sound reason: "If I ...