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  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Barcelona Next in Chase for Daniel Agger

    It looks like Liverpool’s attempts in keeping Daniel Agger are facing another roadblock, as Barcelona increase their interest in the Danish central defender, hoping that a €20 million bid will be enough to sign him, although a similar bid by Manchester City was rejected this week.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Trade Robin Van Persie for Carlos Tevez

    Sometimes, the best ideas are just under your nose, but you never think of them. Sometimes, talking to an ex-player and also former director of a football club gives you an idea or two, like the suggestion that getting Robin van Persie might be accomplished, for Manchester City, by using Carlos Tevez as a trading chip.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Real Madrid Want Axel Witsel

    This is how it works – One club (Benfica) announce that their player (Axel Witsel) will cost a lot of money (€40 million) to anyone interested. Of course, a bigger club (Real Madrid) immediately starts probing, seemingly willing to pay the outrageous release clause.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Juventus Not Giving up on Robin van Persie

    Apparently, all the talk of Juventus not having enough money to battle with Manchester United and Manchester City for the services of Robin van Persie hasn’t been accurate, as the Italian champions are prepared to launch a bid that will beat any offer from the Manchester clubs, also planning to make him the highest paid player in the Serie A.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Clint Dempsey Trying to Force Liverpool Move

    While the reported interest of Liverpool in Clint Dempsey has waned down recently, the American wants out from his Fulham gig, pulling a page from the Luka Modric of negotiations, and refusing to join his teammates as they venture on to their preseason tour.

  • Lukas Hradecky – The Kung Fu Goalkeeper

    Sometimes these mental meltdowns just happen. Lukas Hradecky, the Finnish goalkeeper of Danish club Esbjerg decided to add a nice chest kick to his rushing out technique, taking down SønderjyskE’s Tommy Bechmann, who actually used to play for Esbjerg. Hilarity followed.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Manchester City Want Daniel Agger

    Roberto Mancini promised Manchester City will be making a few big signings very soon, but no one saw this one coming – a £13 million bid for Liverpool & Denmark central defender Daniel Agger, which Liverpool have rejected but has pushed the Dane to ask Brendan Rodgers for an out from the club he’s been with since 2006.

  • Charlie Adam Tackle on Gareth Bale – Don’t Believe the Hype

    For about two days everything we’ve heard out of Tottenham, it’s manager and players has been how evil and awful Charlie Adam is for his disgraceful (and worse) tackle on Gareth Bale during a friendly match between the two teams, although in reality, the foul doesn’t even deserve any sort of replay because it was so ordinary.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Liverpool to Bid for Gaston Ramirez

    While Liverpool are in the middle of their preseason tour and Gaston Ramirez is playing for Uruguay in the Olympic Games’ football tournament, the two sides are still in touch and it seems that the English club will be making an offer very soon for the 20 year-old winger.

  • PSG – The Cost of Building the Current Squad

    The biggest spenders in European football over the last couple of summers have seen a new team join them – Paris Saint Germain, following their failure to win the French Ligue 1 title with more money being thrown away at Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marco Verratti, aspiring also towards Champions League success.