

Articles tagged with "mercato"
Tyrone Mears and the Mercato is done...
By Magnusson | September 1st, 2008British right-back Tyrone Mears came on loan from Derby County (English First Division) this morning for the traditionnal medical visit and was then officially included ...
Djibril Cissé leaves on loan to Sunderland...
By Magnusson | August 20th, 2008It had to be something big to get me out of my Olympics "vacation". Something even bigger than us scoring fours goals in each of ...
New Zebras
By vin | August 9th, 2008Since outgoing transfer action was touched upon in my last post, I figure we'll run through Udinese's summer signings this time around, even though we ...
The case for Djibril Cissé...
By Magnusson | July 24th, 2008If there has been one player who hasn't said a word since the beginning of the seaosn it is Djibril Cissé. After having been left ...
The Humberto Suazo rumors were fake...
By Magnusson | July 23rd, 2008A few moments ago, our reader Alex left a comment saying taht he reads mexican newspaper El Norte every day and that the Monterey paper ...
Tuesday, slow news day...
By Magnusson | July 22nd, 2008A lot has happened in the last four days. Once Bakary Koné was signed from Nice, Pape Diouf told the press that the Mercato was ...
Hello Baky!
By Magnusson | July 18th, 2008The soap of the summer (incredibly short by other season's standards) is finally over and done with. Bakary Koné and Nice came to an agreement ...
Baky Koné is very close...
By Magnusson | July 16th, 2008President Maurice Cohen gave Pape Diouf and his Marseille counterparts an ultimatum stating that if Marseille didn't give them what they were asking for on ...
Saturday morning MEGA update...
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...
Samir Nasri just signed with Arsenal....
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008His website is back up and says he just signed a four-year deal with the gunners. More later
Benvenuto Amantino Mancini; Lampard Drags On
By Johonna | July 10th, 2008It is official, Amantino Mancini is all Nerazzurro! Yep, Daddy Moratti bought us our very own Brazilian winger - tricky tricky feet and all. ...
The last Ben Arfile: Hatem presented to the press...
By Magnusson | July 2nd, 2008So, after a few days of doubt, Hatem Ben Arfa is offically a Marseille player. After having proved numerous times in a very short period ...
The Ben Arfiles: Ben Arfa is a Marseillais, again.
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008This time I can assure you it's done. Both clubs came to terms of agreement with the help of the juridic commision of the LFP ...
The Ben Arfiles: Hatem Ben Arfa trained today!
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008As he announced, Hatem Ben Arfa was present and trained with his teammates (or maybe not. I'm not sure how to call them) while Claude ...
The Ben-Arfiles*: OL vs. HBA? It is ... ON!
By Magnusson | June 29th, 2008[*= The Ben Arfiles is the name I'm gonna give all the articles on Hatem Ben Arfa until his situation is sorted out. The name ...
Breaking News: Ben Arfa transfer annuled...
By Magnusson | June 28th, 2008I think this is the first time I've been litterally been shocked by a "Communiqué". At around 11.25pm tonight, my RSS Feed went insane once ...
C.R.E.A.M Get The Money, Hatem...
By Magnusson | June 28th, 2008If you're anything like me, you want to know what's holding up the Ben Arfa transfer and more importantly why a club so eager to ...
Ben Arfa this easily? Too good to be true...
By Magnusson | June 27th, 2008You have to give credit to Jean-Michel Aulas, he never disappoints. Never. While everyone agreed that the Hatem Ben Arfa transfer was super easy and ...
Hatem Ben Arfa is marseillais...
By Magnusson | June 25th, 2008This is the biggest surprise of this mercato yet! Just a few days ago I assumed Hatem Ben Arfa wouldn't be a Marseille player until ...
Samir Nasri signed with Arsenal, or maybe he hasn't...
By Magnusson | June 23rd, 2008So this afternoon around 4 pm on my RSS feed comes the offcial announcement from Samir Nasri's official website: “We inform you that Samir Nasri will ...
Say hello to my little friend...
By Magnusson | June 23rd, 2008I've been talking about the "BAK27" project for a while now and never took time to eplain it. It's pretty easy BA as in Ben ...
Hatem Ben Arfa in Marseille...
By Magnusson | June 22nd, 2008...to look for a condo. Lyonnais midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa, who has been voicing an interest for Marseille for quite a while now, has apparently ...
Emptying out the academy?
By Magnusson | June 13th, 2008Eric Gerets said earlier this year that he didn't have any plans of being a teaching coach. he said that he didn't have the patience ...
Hilton is Marseillais...
By Magnusson | June 12th, 2008It took a little more than expected. In the last few days, Vittorino Hilton's entourage received loads of offers for the brazilian once PSG changed ...
Cissé wants out...
By Magnusson | June 11th, 2008In his first interview since his spot was stolen by Bafétimbi Gomis, Djibril Cissé gave an interview to British newspaper The Observer where he states ...
Gameiro and Källstrom won't come...
By Magnusson | June 5th, 2008Kevin Gameiro, who was one of the young players José Anigo was interested in chose to go play for Lorient. I can't blame him, Gourcuff ...
Livorno Leftovers Sauté à la Transfer Talk, with just a hint of Bitterness
By Marco | June 3rd, 2008Not all has been said about the season, but we pretty much all get the picture. Livorno were condemned to Serie B from the get ...
Vittorino Hilton, It's done!
By Magnusson | May 31st, 2008An avalanche of good news seems to be balancing out the few bad ones we've had these days. After Samir Nasri's now certain departure (it ...
Aït Ben Idir has been approached...
By Magnusson | May 29th, 2008YAY, this is the best news I've had all week. Even better than Mandanda making the 23. Sidebar, I would have gladly offered my left ...
MERCATO: Day 1
By Magnusson | May 26th, 2008Wilson Oruma and Juan Angel Krupoviesa are not going to play for Marseille ever again. The nigerian international is supposedly one of the pririties of ...









