Articles tagged with "transfer-news"
Controversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto'o
By Rob | July 22nd, 2008As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel ...
Kaká: Its the money and stuff.
By Rob | July 21st, 2008I'm going to open up a pub debate* to you all Offsiders. Kaká as you will know by now, is wanted by Chelsea, they apparently ...
Maks to depart: Say It Ain't So
By Jack | July 18th, 2008"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but people just don't notice him, ...
While There's Life, There's Hope
By Abby | July 18th, 2008So said Cicero. Well, the one famous for speaking, anyway, who was a character in one of my favorite TV shows. I thought it appropriate, ...
Arsenal's Exodus: But Will They Miss Them?
By Rob | July 17th, 2008Arsenal were the pleasant surprise of last season. Most people had them down for 4th, or maybe 5th if Spurs could get thier act together. ...
Is this the slowest, dullest, longest Transfer Window ever?
By Rob | July 14th, 2008Remember when you were young, summers lasted forever, Blur on the stereo, all your friends messing around in the sun, kicking a ball around, pretending ...
I'm A Slave 4 U
By Ale | July 11th, 2008So everyone's in an uproar the past few days about FIFA president Sepp Blatter likening Manchester United's treatment of Ronaldo to that of a "modern ...
Chelsea want Lampard to see out his contract. Why?
By Rob | July 9th, 2008Chelsea chief exec Peter Kenyon today announced the club had turned down an £8m approach from Inter Milan for Frank Lampard, but they refused the ...
Lampard Not Going Anywhere?
By Rob | July 8th, 2008The big news to come out of new Chelsea manager Luis Scolari's first press conference at the club is that midfielder Frank Lampard isn't going ...
Great. Just Great.
By Abby | July 4th, 2008Signs were pointing to it, but the optimist I am, I chose to ignore it. Recent quotes, though, say that Marko Pantelic wants to leave. ...
Official: Deco in the hizzouse
By Jack | June 30th, 2008Uncle Phil has jump started his Chelsea revolution with a shock signing -- Deco. I know, you can't believe it either. The former Barcelona midfielder inked ...
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
By Chris | June 30th, 2008Somebody has made an offer for Thimothee Atouba! Who? Who cares! There's more after the drop . . . For some crazy reason, SPL champions Celtic are ...
No mo' MoMo
By Chris | June 29th, 2008So long Mohamed Zidan, we hardly knew you. A story today details a deal between HSV and Saudi side Ittihad Jeddah which sends erstwhile striker Mohamed "Zizzou" ...
Arne!
By Abby | June 18th, 2008It took some time, but Joachim Löw finally saw reason and started Arne Friedrich in the game against Austria. And, for those who haven't been ...
Sidwell, Out
By Jack | June 18th, 2008The man every Chelsea supporter knew wouldn't play -- and didn't -- has finally move on (we hope). Sky, among numerous other outlets, are reporting ...
Busy with the Euro and reconsidering youth politics
By Anna | June 12th, 2008Seems like everyone involved with European football is busy with the Euro. I know I certainly am. But there still are things going in the ...
Official: Scolari named manager
By Jack | June 11th, 2008This just in, Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has been named Chelsea manager. Shocking news. Really. From the Chelsea FC official Web Site... "Chelsea Football Club is ...
Have Your Say: United Strike Back over Ronaldo
By Ian Rose | June 9th, 2008The player has had his say. He wants to go to his childhood dream club. The buyer has made their interest clear. ...
Like Our Very Own Eurovision
By Abby | June 5th, 2008Everything is in Euro preparation mode here at the Hertha BSC Berlin Offside. In fact, that's about all there is to talk about. That, and ...
Ronaldo out, Kaka' in? Summer just got interesting.
By Rob | June 5th, 2008You've probably heard the news that C-Ron has decided that if Real Madrid do want to pay £70m for him, he might as well play ...
Back for the big news
By Anna | June 3rd, 2008Apologies for not having updated in three weeks. To say it with the words of writer Terry Pratchett, “I aten’t dead,” I just happened to ...
Where'd that come from?
By Chris | May 29th, 2008To all that read this blog, my apologies--I've been on a wonderful and well-deserved holiday sans laptop for over a week. It's been a little ...
Two Signings, Two Days
By Abby | May 16th, 2008The season isn't even over yet, and already Hertha have signed two players. And that's not even counting Marc Stein, who's been committed to us ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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