

Articles tagged with "pape-diouf"
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Therapy Post: Making Sense of the Hatem Ben Arfa Debacle
By Inara | July 8th, 2008Disclaimer: I know that it’s been a week now since Hatem Ben Arfa left Lyon for Marseille. Both John and Magnusson have covered this topic ...
Friday Morning catch-up session...
By Magnusson | July 4th, 2008I have been so focused ton the Ben Arfa case the last two weeks that I didn't even post about everything else that was going ...
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 ...
Latest on the Transfer Front: MEGA Post
By Inara | June 24th, 2008The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but ...
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 ...
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 ...
What do you mean Samir's not gone yet?
By Magnusson | May 21st, 2008While we were already mourning Samir Nasri's memory at Marseille, his agent, Jean-Pierre Bernès, has come out pretty vehemently this afternoon to make sure everyone ...
Marseille Offer Samir Nasri for Hatem Ben Arfa!!!!!
By Inara | April 28th, 2008Normally, a rumor like this aren't worth the paper it's written on. But when L'Equipe gets involved, that means that something is afoot between the ...
MORE Injuries, Plus Marseille Want Hatem Ben Arfa (Hahaha)
By Inara | April 8th, 2008This has got to be the worst year for Lyon in terms of injuries. Important players keep dropping like flies, right when things are getting ...
The Second Battle of the Olympiques: Marseille vs. Lyon
By Inara | April 5th, 2008This is it, guys. The clash of the titans, the SuperClassico, the game of the year. But whatever you call this match, it's France's two ...
What the f*ck just happened?
By Magnusson | March 13th, 2008I needed these 24 hours to watch the match again, to make sure this wasn't a nightmare, to let the news sink in. What the ...
D-2, There's no need to worry...
By Magnusson | December 10th, 2007Okay. Apparently nobody is expecting us to win Tuesday night at the Vélodrome against Liverpool. I get it, they seem super strong, they have world ...
Marseille 3-1 Metz, with Turkey in sight...
By Magnusson | November 25th, 2007What a great game on ourend! Marseille controlled the game from start to finish and Metz never stood a chance. We knew Metz was ...
There were two Olympiques...
By Magnusson | November 11th, 2007What a game! Seriously one of the best games yet this year. I don't care that we won and that we could've scored more. Lyon ...
There can only be one Olympique...
By Magnusson | November 10th, 2007Great! Just what we needed! The heavyweight of the Ligue1 if ever there was one. L'Olympique Lyonnais will be receiving L'Olympique de Marseille in what ...






