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  • English Premier League 2012-2013 Summer Signings

    The transfer window isn’t over yet, but with the 2012-2013 Premier League season beginning on Saturday, most of the teams have already completed their signings, with Manchester United (Van Persie, Kagawa), Chelsea (Hazard, Oscar) and Arsenal (Giroud, Podolski, Cazorla) making most of the news during the summer.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Chicharito Leaving Manchester United to Juventus

    A new striker coming to Manchester United means that the current crop of forwards, except for Wayne Rooney, will have less time to spend on the pitch and score goals and for someone like Javier Hernandez (Chicharito for some) it might mean time to find a new team, perhaps hungry-for-goalscorers Juventus.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Luka Modric Will be a Real Madrid Player

    As the season draws nearer, long transfer sagas are finally concluded. Next up? Luka Modric, who has been wanting to leave Tottenham for over a year now, looks like he’ll get his wishes come true and finally complete his transfer to Real Madrid in the coming days. Still, like everything involved in this deal between […]

  • Arsenal & Arsene Wenger Lose Their Best Player Again

    For the second straight summer, Arsenal had the chance to show that their not just a feeder club but actually one of the greats in England. Arsene Wenger had a chance to prove he’s a manager great players want to play for. Instead, Robin Van Persie chose Manchester United and Alex Ferguson.

  • 6 Teams That Must Win the League Title in 2012-2013

    Another year, and more managers, or sometimes the same names, on the hot seat. Not winning a title for any of the big clubs in any leagues never goes down so well, but in 2012-2013, the pressure is mostly on the men running Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.

  • Giuseppe Rossi – Leaving Villarreal for Serie A?

    After pretty much every notable player left Villarreal as the yellow submarine sunk to the depths of the Segunda division in Spain, Giuseppe Rossi is the last man standing, although his goal is to be with a new team by the time he’s back on the pitch in early 2013, hopefully in the Italian Serie A.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Barcelona Moving in on Alex Song

    Despite all the denials, it seems that Alex Song might be closer to leaving Arsenal for Barcelona than initially thought, with rumors of Barca vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu travelling to London in an attempt to successfully negotiate a deal for the Cameroonian midfielder.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – No Chance Kaka Leaves Real Madrid for AC Milan

    It’s an interesting thing to have three sides wanting the same thing but not managing to accomplish it – AC Milan want Kaka to return, while the player would gladly leave Real Madrid, open to offers, in order to get regular football again, preferably with his old club. Still, money seems to be in the way of the transfer being completed.

  • Manchester United – Still Trying to Get Robin Van Persie From Arsenal

    Seeing as Robin van Persie still hasn’t a signed a new contract, Manchester United are still in the one-horse race to try and get the Dutchman from Arsenal while also hoping to finalize the signing of Chilean wonder-kid Angelo Henriquez and looking into another left-back, possibly Neil Taylor from Swansea.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Liverpool Get to Keep Daniel Agger?

    The club and reporters suggest one thing, the player says something else. Daniel Agger has been chased by Manchester City over the last couple of weeks, seeing three bids for him rejected by his club, Liverpool. Sources implied that Agger asked Rodgers to leave, but the Denmark captain says he wants to say at Anfield, but it may not be up to him.