Articles tagged with "transfer rumors"
Trade Ruiz?
By jen | May 15th, 2008Hmm. Some interesting thoughts on the matter. We could get some more defensive talent. We don't necessarily need his production on offense as much as we need better defense. But I'm so gun shy of big trades like this from last year that I cri ...
Possible Winger On The Way & Brief News Briefs
By chris | May 14th, 2008I was going to get all excited about the news that Roma may have a new wing phenom on the way until I read this little nugget: The 23-year-old Ascoli star is a skilful dribbler with lightning movements, and he has earned the label in some circ ...
Transfer Rumor Madness begins
By Matt | May 14th, 2008Usually during this time in the SPL calender, the season is over and a champion has been crowned with only the Scottish Cup to play for, as is the case mostly around the world. If leagues don't have American football to compete with or harsh winter ...
Could Michael Owen Really be Headed to Japan?
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008The EPL season is over. The new league champions have been crowned. What does this mean? It means: Cue the latest round of rumors of disgruntled players looking to get a better deal elsewhere. The most recent rumor? Frequently scoring, frequ ...
Throttling Catania, Ludovicious & The King
By chris | May 8th, 2008Catania 1 v Roma 2 Formality over, and that's precisely what it looked like: a formality. The game was as much terrible as it was painfully boring, especially towards the second half - at least for me. I've had more exciting prostate exams. And, ...
Ghosts of Ajax and Rumors
By Matt | May 7th, 2008So with the news that broke yesterday that Danny Blind will be joining the staff at Ajax as technical director, this makes a rather impressive lineup for a possible legends squad should the backroom staff ever decide to play a match. Def: Frank de ...
Mercato Short Shorts & YouTubers
By chris | May 7th, 2008Gimme A Purple People Eater I'd take Giampaolo Pazzini faster than you could say "Alberto Gilardino is a has been". It was just one line in Gazzetta, they being the ever reliable ones, so it's not much to get your hopes up over, but it fits, does ...
Lell gets extension, Sagnol gets...?
By Angela | May 6th, 2008Christian Lell's contract was set to run out with Bayern Munich in 2009. Lell, however, has signed a contract a two year extension with the Bavarian Giants, keeping him in Munich until 2011 currently. Out of fifty-four possible appearances, Lell ha ...
Words On Aging, Doni & Dealing With Made-Up Transfer Rumors
By chris | May 6th, 2008Let's Talk About Goals I've lost all faith in logic - at least whatever was there to begin with. Two games after The Injury II, Roma is suffering from an acute and severe bout of efficiency. Shots on goal: 14 Goals: 7 Scoring %: 50* *(I u ...
Let's Talk About Relegation
By chris | May 1st, 2008Not Roma's, stop crying. I'm talking about the potential clubs going down. I always find it nice to start circling in the waters, searching for blood at the expense of others' misfortunes. Last summer our fair Giallorossi made a big splash in the wak ...
My Buddy, Handicapped Smurfs & Phrenchmen
By chris | May 1st, 2008Get Outta Town David Pizarro.: I saw these "Pizaman to Athletico" rumors and immediately dismissed them, because the thought of Spal without David is like the thought of Linus without his blanket, Marcello Lippi without his cigar or Cristiano R ...
Monday Matinee Midgetized Musings (On Wednesday, Because I Can)
By chris | April 30th, 2008Alright, it's a little later than "matinee" - actually it's Wednesday now - but life happens. A lot lately. Oh that dastardly life. Roma 4 - Torino 1 I'd like to send a big vaffanculo to the good people who decided this game was unworthy of a ...
Next for Thierry Henry: MLS? Or Back to Arsenal?
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008It's looking more and more like it could be one-and-done for Thierry Henry at Barcelona. Arsenal's former super-striker joined the team only last summer, but he has struggled to fit it at Camp Nou. He's usually played out of position on the win ...
Next for Thierry Henry: MLS? Or Back to Arsenal?
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008It's looking more and more like it could be one-and-done for Thierry Henry at Barcelona. Arsenal's former super-striker joined the team only last summer, but he has struggled to fit it at Camp Nou. He's usually played out of position on the win ...
Deal with Lahm falls through
By Angela | April 22nd, 2008Bayern have announced that they were unable to seal a deal with Philipp Lahm and have since withdrawn their initial offer. Bayern could not reach an agreement with Lahm and he announced today that he would like to go abroad. “My plan is to le ...
Incoming!
By Matt | April 22nd, 2008This looks like it will be a busy summer in Amsterdam, with many departures to be complemented with an equal number of arrivals. Get ready: KJH will probably leave, Heitinga is certainly gone, teams will make runs at Urby and Stek-osaurus. And unsu ...
Joey Franchino?!? Huh..Wha...?
By Laurie | April 18th, 2008I keep thinking that someday the Galaxy will make a trade that makes sense. I'm still waiting. Soccer by Ives is saying Joey Franchino may be heading back our way. According to a source within Major League Soccer, the Galaxy and New Engl ...
Poll of the Indeterminate Amount of Time: Amantino
By chris | April 17th, 2008Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino Mancini SportMedia, an outlet I have zero familiarity with (or I may and just not know it), seems to think Mr. Amantino has been in contact with Mr. Mancio and they're all excited about getting the chance to work with e ...
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 ...
Bayern Bits
By Angela | April 15th, 2008A roundup of what's going on with Bayern. 01. They're currently in search of a midfielder. As we all know, Roberto is only contracted through 2009 and thus far there is no news on him renewing his contract for any longer than he had intended whe ...
Peruvians & Evil-Doers, But No Peruvian Evil-Doers
By chris | April 15th, 2008Who Wants A Vargas? Pietro Lo Monaco, Catania's sporting director, has been saying for quite some time now that when Juan Manuel Vargas gets sold, the preferred destination is Roma. Not really sure why, could be that he has a school-boyish crush o ...
Friday Afternoon Newsy Briefs
By chris | April 11th, 2008Frank Dr. Bozo Brozzi has said that the next few hours will tell whether or not Francesco is able to take the field at the Fruili on Sunday. Sounds like even if he is capable of going he'll be at less than 100%. I gather we'll only find out his st ...
Hanseaten Highlights
By Chris | April 10th, 2008All the news that's fit to translate. . . *Real Bettis are in the market for a new striker and like what they see in Mohammed Zidan. *Despite having one foot out the door, Raphael van Der Vaart is still doing the right thing in the Hamburg comm ...
Bayern Bits
By Angela | April 9th, 200801. Bayern takes on Getafe tomorrow. They really need to pull it together or Getafe could pull up the upset of the... season. The aggregate as it stands is 1-1, but Getafe have the away goal currently. Bayern will be, once again, without van Buyt ...
Ukrainians, Palladinho e Stuffs
By chris | April 8th, 2008Genoa If my sources are correct, the Giallorossi were thoroughly outplayed, yet still managed to bag Genoa's scalp; not unlike the way ManU snuck through the back door and swooped for the three points while everyone was ballroom dancing in the liv ...
The Bayern Friday Five
By Angela | March 28th, 2008I have been away because we had a death in the family and I took a break, but here I am to give you a quick and dirty Bayern Friday Five. 01. Lukas Podolski is the multi-faceted, multiple personality boy as of late. He wants to go, he wants to s ...
News & Notes As We Await The Ferry Ride
By chris | March 27th, 2008Cagliari Stuffs First of all, Cagliari had their 3 point deduction overturned; thus they are no longer the worst team in the league technically (haven't been for much of the last month). There will be more on that in the preview. Now, Romans wh ...
A Mercato Musical
By chris | March 25th, 2008This week's wrap up of relatively new names to the rumor mill in musical interpretation. (Try not to take it word for word on some of these.) Luis Fabiano.: His agent says he's coming to Serie A and it's being rumored Roma is going to drop a qu ...
Try to follow me
By Chris | March 25th, 2008I wrote a pretty lengthy entry about this earlier. We all know that Raphael van Der Vaart is leaving HSV one way or another after this season. His destination is what remains up in the air. We have heard Valencia, Milan, Juventus, and Inter(?!)since ...
Random Mercato Thought
By chris | March 25th, 2008In the middle of writing up a mercato wrap up which is taking a bit (I suppose that's a good thing for Roma), and I'm going to finish up in the morning. But I had a random thought which may or may not be completely wrong; or it may be halfway to somewhere
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