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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 31, 2008
First thing today the deal was off. Now, it might be back on again.
It was announced earlier that as Liverpool had failed to meet Villa's deadline of Wednesday to sign the 27-year-old England m...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 31, 2008
Fulham have completed the signing of defender Fredrik Stoor from Rosenborg. The twenty-four year old defender has joined for an undisclosed fee. He has eight Swedish international caps.
Stoor is Fu...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 29, 2008
Blackburn Rovers chairman john williams has confirmed that they are negotiating with Tottenham about the possible transfer of David Bentley, but says that they have not yet accepted a bid for the En...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 29, 2008
After six years at Tottenham, Robbie Keane has completed his transfer to Liverpool, the club he supported as a youngster. It is a great move for Keane who will play Champions League football and sho...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 28, 2008
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says that when Joey Barton is released from prison he will be given every chance to put things right at the club.
"People have opinions, and you must respect those,...
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Managers
by Graham Fisher on July 25, 2008
Roy keane is a man who demands success. He has experienced great triumphs in his career as a player and already has one unlikely promotion and a 'reasonably' comfortable first season in the ...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 23, 2008
What a shame that the Aston Villa fans couldn't rise above the behaviour of fans of other clubs and hold back from jeering and booing Gareth Barry when he played for Villa in a pre-season friend...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 22, 2008
Felipe Scolari is understandably delighted by the news that Michael Essien has committed his future to Chelsea.
The midfield player, described by Scolari yesterday as, "one of the best in the ...
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General
by Graham Fisher on July 21, 2008
Sebastian Coe has said he has spoken to Sir Alex Ferguson about him managing a Great Britain football team at the London Olympics in 2012. The issue of Great Britain team entering the tournament is ...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 20, 2008
As if this summer hadn't been bad enough for Arsene Wenger already! With Flamini and Hleb choosing to move on to what they regard as bigger and better things and Emmanuel Adebayor seemingly doin...
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General
by Graham Fisher on July 17, 2008
As the first of a regular feature on a Thursday/Friday on this site I am going to set you a really difficult football trivia question. You'll have the weekend to work out the answer and I will r...
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La Liga
by Graham Fisher on July 16, 2008
Arsenal's Alexander Hleb has finally completed his move to Barcelona for a fee believed to be around £11.8million.
The twenty-seven year old Belarus midfielder completed a successful medical i...
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General
by Graham Fisher on July 15, 2008
Luton Town's appeal to the FA to have their ten point penalty removed has failed. This means that the club still faces a thirty point deficit before a ball is kicked in anger in the forthcoming ...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 14, 2008
Two signings that look close to being completed are the moves of keeper Scott Carson from Liverpool to Premier League new boys, Stoke City, and West Ham striker Bobby Zamora to Fulham.
Both of thes...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 13, 2008
Is Emmanuel Adebayor leaving Arsenal to go to Milan or not? This saga is worse than the Lampard to Inter or Ronaldo to Real Madrid fiascos. I am beginning to not care whether he goes or not and I re...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 10, 2008
hull City's chances of survival in the Premier League are set to take a massive upturn as the final details of the transfer of George Boateng from Middlesbrough are sorted out.
The thirty-two y...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 9, 2008
Aston Villa appear to have agreed to sign Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell in a £5million deal subject to him passing a medical.
Villa boss Martin O'Neill now expects the signing of a player h...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 8, 2008
It appears that one of the worst kept secrets of the summer seems to be heading towards a resolution. Inter have actually made an official offer for Frank Lampard.
Discussions will take place over ...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 7, 2008
It would appear that Peter Crouch is on his way to Portsmouth from Liverpool. This is a wonderful signing for the South Coast club who will be looking to push on from last year's FA Cup win.
Th...
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Premier League 2008-09
by Graham Fisher on July 6, 2008
With slight concern over the future at Newcastle United they had some excellent news this weekend when it was announced that defender Steven Taylor has signed a new three-year deal.
The 22-year-old...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 3, 2008
Aston Villa have rejected Liverpool's latest bid for Gareth Barry as the continuing saga becomes even more acrimonious.
Liverpool's new bid is believed to be in the region of £15 million b...
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Managers
by Graham Fisher on July 2, 2008
Blackburn manager Paul Ince has agreed to release Ryan Nelson to play as an overage player for New Zealand in the Olympics in August. This is a great gesture by the new boss but is likely to be met ...
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Transfer rumours
by Graham Fisher on July 1, 2008
Amongst the many rumours circulating at the moment, this one caught my more than most. Liverpool have reportedly made a move to sign Tottenham striker Robbie Keane. Spurs' boss Juande Ramos is a...
