

Articles tagged with "rafael-van-der-vaart"
Bayern Offside Goes Live; News, Notes & Rumors
By Luke | August 25th, 2009I am pleased to announce the Bayern Offside plans to run an interactive liveblog for this weekend's match versus Wolfsburg. As of right now, ...
Letter to the board-The Bayern Offside View
By Luke | August 25th, 2009I wanted to take a little bit more in-depth look at the now-famous Transfermarkt letter. Ok, it might not be that deep, but it's ...
Won't Rafael van der Vaart ever Learn?
By Jan | July 16th, 2009It’s time for Rafael van der Vaart’s annual attempt to change clubs and he even warmed up his old Valencia shirt trick for us again ...
Transfer Talk: What's Plan F Again?
By chris | July 3rd, 2009Aston Villa, Tottenham, Fulham, Milan...Abby Clancy - what the hell is Peter Crouch's appeal? Decent targetman, but what about the aesthetics? Football's a game of ...
The Transfer Saga That Gives Back: Rafael van der Vaart to HSV.
By chris | June 24th, 2009Perhaps the most absurd transfer sagas of the last 24 months is back, but in reverse. You may remember Rafael van der Vaart from such ...
Transfer Talk: Women & Money Ruin Everything.
By chris | June 16th, 2009'Tis a glorious, glorious day. Why, you ask? Well, it's the return of football's most devious WAG: Mrs. Shevchenko. Back in '06 Mrs. Sheva destroyed a ...
Europe’s 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains - Revisited.
By chris | June 3rd, 2009Chances are you've forgotten and we could've gotten away without assuming any responsibility whatsoever, but there's no integrity in that and we're nothing if not...nevermind. Back ...
What a Difference a Little Dirt Makes
By Wanda Touchim | March 6th, 2009Post-apocalyptic warrior Rafael van der Vaart of Real Madrid saves the world in nothing but a pair of football shorts. These images were produced as part ...
Real Madrid – A 'frightening' prospect for Liverpool?
By Stephen | February 14th, 2009When the draw for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League was made back in December, I am sure Rafa Benitez and everyone connected ...
De Jong Update
By Chris | January 19th, 2009It's all done but the signing. HSV has agreed to Manchester City's transfer offer of €20.5M, and now all that's left is for De Jong's ...
Transfer Talk: Everyone's Going Back to Spurs
By Daryl | January 5th, 2009The transfer window is now well and truly open, and the rumour roundabout is already spinning out of control. The papers are doing Harry Redknapp's wheeler/dealer ...
Real Madrid & CD Numancia Light Up Spain
By chris | September 14th, 2008Real Madrid stole the victory in another game filled with excitement, but CD Numancia is stealing the limelight - and maybe even a few hearts. ...
The Classier Side of "WAG Offside"
By Eugène de Rastignac | September 5th, 2008Now that my compatriot has stunk up your screens with a tattooed harlot who teases you with revealing half-pulls of her "shirt" and undergarments, please ...
Europe's 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains
By chris | September 3rd, 2008Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even ...
Transfer Roundup - Yeehaw!
By Chris | August 28th, 2008For HSV supporters, the departures of Rafael van der Vaart and Vincent Kompany portended bad things to come. The club directors sold the most talented ...
Bittersweet
By Chris | August 25th, 2008The last time KSC (Karlsruhe) came to town, HSV ended the 2007/08 season. It was a bittersweet victory, as it was the last time that ...
Real Madrid Start The Spanish Season In Style
By chris | August 25th, 2008It was "only" the Super Cup, but it's impossible not to think of this as a demoralizing, crushing blow for Valencia, and as a warning ...
Dimitar Berbatov is the New Rafael van der Vaart
By chris | August 21st, 2008(Pardon the mess on the photos, spilled some garbage on them this morning.) This is one of today's Shocking! News! Stories!. That's Dimitar Berbatov at an ...
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Faster, Higher, Stronger
By Jan | August 10th, 2008The Olympics took center stage this week, not just on the world stage, but also in our blogs... Our Bremen blogger Brian looked at Diego's Olympic ...
Ricardo Quaresma update 3
By j | August 7th, 2008Further to Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti comments that he "does not see him arriving", the word on the street is Real Madrid preparing to ...
It's Finally Over
By Ale | August 6th, 2008Following a brief meeting with Sir Alex, Ronaldo has finally put an end to the summer-long transfer saga in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Publico ...
Weekly Dose 06.08.08
By Jan | August 6th, 2008Bundesliga Talk present their selection of this summer's best transfers in the Bundesliga - ironically written by a former Bundesliga Offside blogger, who joined Bundesliga ...
Sylvie's coming to Madrid (and she's bringing Rafael)!
By Steve | August 4th, 2008Hala Madrid! What up, Madridistas?!? I've just come back from a weekend of sun and fun at a friend's wedding in Porto and ...
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Burning to go
By Jan | August 1st, 200814 days till kick-off. The team blogs are buzzing with activity. This blog is slowly recovering from its' summer hibernation. Following the Weekly Dose's triumphant ...
Latest on Van der Vaart
By Chris | August 1st, 2008Reports this morning on Spanish radio have VDV agreeing to a €9m transfer to Real. More after the drop. According to a story here, the deal ...
Catching up
By Chris | July 29th, 2008Lots of going on to report on, especially since I have written in a couple of weeks. •The Rafael van Der Vaart transfer saga may be ...
Weekly Dose 31.05.08
By Jan | May 31st, 2008Rafael van der Vaart covered in mud / turned into a lust object. (Kickette) In terms of foreigners the Bundesliga is second only to the Premier ...
It was a good Season. It was a bad Season.
By Jan | May 26th, 2008It's season review time to bridge the gap between now and the Euros or the next Rafael van der Vaart transfer saga. It was a good ...
Bundesliga Offside Rewind 19.04.08
By Jan | April 19th, 2008Welcome to a revised edition of my weekly blog internal handing out of link love. From now on you can check out the highlights of ...
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 ...





