Usama Waheed | June 29, 2009
Let’s look up ‘big’ in the thesaurus and see what comes up
It looks like clubs are now using thesauruses before releasing official club statements. In these busy days of transfer windows, a “big”, “multi-million”, or “undisclosed” figure doesn’t cut it anymore.
Following hot on the heels of the news that Valencia would only sell David Villa [...]
Rob Parker | June 15, 2009
When getting ’sources close to you’ to tell the press where you want to go fails…
Newcastle striker (for a few more days at least) Michael Owen has created a glossy brochure offering his services to a selection of Premier League clubs he has taken a fancy to. The 34-page document tells the chosen clubs why [...]
Rob Parker | April 23, 2009
‘The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated’
Manchester United are apparently swooping to sign Dodo (just as well he is a flightless bird then). The 17-year-old - whose full name is Jose Rodolfo Pires Ribeiro Dodo - currently plays for Corinithians in Brazil.
The youngster has starred for Brazil in the South American Under-17 championships, [...]
Rob Parker | February 4, 2009
Russian poses with his number 23
I am thinking of getting Andrei (or Andrey as the Arsenal website prefers) Arshavin to pick my lottery numbers. Yesterday, before any deal had been confirmed, he said: “Now I can say only one thing, that if I play for Arsenal, it will be at number 23.” And just look [...]
Rob Parker | February 3, 2009
That’s a lot of Arses
Andrei Arshavin sneaked into the Emirates Stadium last narrowly avoiding getting one of his feet stuck in the closing transfer window. The Russia international’s move to Arsenal went down to the wire but an announcement is expected later to day to confirm that it was completed in time.
A Zenit St Peterburg [...]
Rob Parker | February 2, 2009
Close the window - the snow’s getting in
1. Robbie Keane’s sixth month loan deal at Liverpool proved to be an expensive one - £8 million on transfer fees alone.
2. Chelsea may be pleased to sign Ricardo Quaresma, but I would always question the logic of signing a Portuguese player who was not wanted by serial [...]
Rob Parker | January 29, 2009
Interactive transfer deal
Ebbsfleet United have completed the signing of Brentford’s Darius Charles after a vote by members of the MyFootballClub website, which owns the club. The members, who each paid £35 to be vote on major decisions at club, decided to go ahead with the £25,000 purchase of Charles.
The money came from the sale of [...]
