Articles tagged with "transfer news"
Transfer Rumour Roundup
By Anna | May 15th, 2008With all focus on Mario Gomez, as soon as the words “transfer” and “Stuttgart” are said, one could forget there are a few other people in this team. But the rumours are everywhere and here’s an attempt to summarise what’s been going on th ...
Chelsea try 'cheeky' Torres bid
By Rob | May 13th, 2008With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he's wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea's general unwillingness to play Andriy Shevchenko, they need a striker. Apparently Roman Abramovich has decided that Fernando Torr ...
What the Bosingwa?
By Jack | May 12th, 2008Late last week, reports surfaced that Chelsea was close to inking FC Porto fullback Jose Bosingwa. That was out of nowhere. Now, the weirdness is official. A statement on the club's wesbite reads: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm we have reache ...
Wenger to sue Hleb?
By Rob | May 10th, 2008I'll let you re-read that title. It seems that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally snapped. Annoyed at the potential exodus at the Emirates, starting with Matthieu Flamini and heavily rumoured to include Hleb, Fabregas, Gallas, Lehman, Giberto ...
Do you remember when transfers had rules?
By Rob | May 9th, 2008A couple of days ago, when I was talking about Arsenal's impending exodus, I mentioned that Real were eyeing up Cesc Fabregas. Now though, in an effort to completely flout the transfer rules, they have told the Catalonia Kid that he has to make the f ...
An Open Letter to Ronaldinho
By Rob | May 7th, 2008After reading Daryl's musing on Ronaldinho's fall from grace, I thought about how much I've covered the story for myself, I thought about how much I enjoyed watching Ronaldinho from 2005, and how unbelievable it is that the man who could do this, is ...
Flamini, Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Fabregas, Theo, Gallas? A few thoughts on Arsenal's Exodus
By Rob | May 7th, 2008The surprise success story of the season, both in the EPL and the Champions League, Most people doubted Arsenal's ability to qualify for the CL this season, let alone lead the EPL for most of the season, and beat Milan in the San Siro. Looking at thi ...
No, Really!
By Abby | May 6th, 2008Next season, Hertha might have Kaká. For real. Apparently Dieter Hoeness and Lulu's assistant Harald Gämperle went to go look at him this weekend, to see how he was doing and if we might make a bid. We've got to be sure, after all. We only hav ...
A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers
By Rob | April 18th, 2008After 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 ...
Company man
By Chris | April 16th, 2008Not Kompany man. n. A man whose primary allegiance is to his employer (look whose pic is in the dictionary with that definition). He's not going to let another summer go by and miss out on millions by staying with HSV. Nope, he's encour ...
Ronaldinho: It Won't Just Go Away
By Rob | April 16th, 2008So to recap, It all looked a bit odd at Barca, when news broke that Milan wanted to bring the Brazil forward to the San Siro. It all looked cut and dry about 4 days ago - The Dhino was to wear the Rossoneri. But its not materialised yet. What is goin ...
A Win and a Future Loss
By Matt | April 6th, 2008So my first foray into match score predictions must be counted a wild success, except for the fact that KJH was always going to score a hattrick in this one. He dropped the hammer at 4', 9' and 41' to record his seventh goal of the season against th ...
It's all about Gomez
By Anna | April 2nd, 2008...or isn't it? Sadly for a while now, things won’t be about Gomez since he’s brought a slight injury from Hanover. He’ll be out for roughly two weeks with a torn muscle fibre in his thigh and probably won’t play in the very important ma ...
Contracts: Total Crap
By Abby | March 12th, 2008And yes, every football fan knows that. Contracts are constantly broken in football and if they're not (and the player leaves on a free transfer) the club is doing something wrong. But even so, this one is a bit surprising. Malik Fathi is gone. Not goi
Totally Not Happening. Oh Wait, Make That Totally Happening.
By Abby | February 1st, 2008When I left for work this morning, everywhere (including the English version of the Hertha website, which has yet to change) was reporting that the Gilberto transfer had somehow collapsed and we would be paying his salary for another six months, and then
No Surprises
By Abby | January 30th, 2008But nice to see anyway. I don't count a game as won until the whistle blows, and I don't count a player as signed before it's announced on a club website. Either club, really. Finally, the transfer of Bryan Arguez is confirmed. From DC Washington Uni
Sieglos No More
By Abby | January 29th, 2008Hertha won their first of the new year's friendlies on Saturday (previous entries: a 0-1 loss to Grasshoppers Zurich, a loss on penalties to Rapid Vienna after a 2-2 draw, and a 0-0 draw to TUS Koblenz), beating Kaiserslauten 1-0 at their Fritz Walter sta
Offiziel!
By Abby | January 23rd, 2008I actually have something legitimate to post! Huzzah! The newest Herthaner, officially announced, is 20-year-old Serbian midfielder Gojko Kacar, which is only a bit easier to spell than Ljobomir Fejsa (news on Fejsa: FIFA declared his contract is own
For Reals?
By Abby | January 22nd, 2008It's being reported that Tottenham Hotspur are going to purchase Gilberto. As in, now. For £2.5 million. 3.4 million in Euros. As opposed to at the end of the season. When he'd be free. I'm really hoping this isn't a joke and they really want to do th
You Say Training, I Say Trial
By Abby | January 18th, 2008Sources are indicating that Bryan Arguez is all but signed for Hertha. As I mentioned before, Arguez was supposed to (according to US sources anyway) be in Berlin/Tenerife only for a training session, but he's impressed so much that it looks as if he's go
The Hertha Crèche
By Abby | January 15th, 2008The transfer season goes on and the rumors about new Hertha signings continue to grow apace. And in keeping with Favre's well-known youth policy, the ones that seem most plausible are ones that are fairly young. Signs are pointing to the upcoming signi
No Swelling to the Neck Arteries
By Abby | January 12th, 2008So the first game of the new year for Hertha has come and gone in Tenerife, and the result was a 0-1 loss to Grasshoppers Zürich. Not much can be said about it, since I didn't watch it, and it was a friendly at summer camp in Spain, but it is notable tha
Guess What?
By Abby | January 9th, 2008Hertha Berlin Land Zürich's Raffael In news that surprised no one, Hertha and FC Zürich have agreed on a deal to send Brazilian striker Raffael, Lulu Favre's long-term top transfer target, to Berlin. In other news that surprised no one, the sig
New Year, New Funds?
By Abby | January 3rd, 2008Greetings from the new year! I hope you had a good one. I did. And then I learned an important lesson about the red wine that comes in a jug-shaped bottle. Fun while it lasted, though. Anyway, time now to think about the important things, namely, what
Dorman back to Britain, from Revs to Buddies
By Ian Rose | January 1st, 2008Earlier this year, DaMarcus Beasley came to Rangers, and before injuring his leg, made quite an impact at Ibrox. Now, another SPL side in much a worse situation, has looked to America, but not to an American, for help. Englishman Andy Dorman is on his w
Boxing Day Bits and Bobs
By Abby | December 27th, 2007Apologies for my less-regular posting- I started an actual job two weeks ago, which leaves me with less time to do things like research and write a blog. As much as I want to, of course. Also, it's the winter break in the Bundesliga, which leaves me with
Speculation Not Involving A Brazilian
By Abby | December 22nd, 2007Or even a Swiss, for that matter. Shocking, I know! Thanks to Juliet for tipping me off. DC United first-round draft pick Bryan Arguez is off to Berlin for a two-week workout/trial (depending on what source you read). I know nothing about the player,
How Soon is Signed?
By Abby | December 20th, 2007Reports are coming in that the long-awaited signing of the Brazilian Raffael (de Araujo) from Lulu's ex-club FC Zurich is all but completed. It's the financial agreements that still need to be worked out completely, but some sources (scroll down) are repo
Bełchatów tries to reclaim Poland's footballing honor
By Ian Rose | July 18th, 2007After the Intertoto incident that got Legia Warsaw kicked out of that tournament, comments have been thrown about all over Europe as to whether Poland is ready to host Euro 2012. There is extra pressure now on the three remaining Polish clubs in Europe (
Caley lock up "Super Marius" Niculae
By Ian Rose | July 18th, 2007I know, I know. This is the second story in a row about Inverness Caley Thistle, my beloved favorite club. No fear - I will return to all the Old Firm madness and Edinburgh craziness, complete with some sort of Vlad Romanov quote about Sumatran Rat Monk
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