It appears that ‘The Gareth Barry Saga’ will come to a head over the next few days, just what will the end result be? [Read the rest of this entry »]
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It’s Spain v Germany on Sunday to decide who will win Euro 2008. [Read the rest of this entry »]
After losing his way through most of last season, Tottenham Hotspur’s ex-number one is casting his eye elsewhere after the signing of Heurelho Gomes from PSV Eindhoven, with Aston Villa his preferred destination.
Despite them not actually indicating they’d like to sign him, Paul Robinson has made it clear he wants to move to Villa Park to resurrect his career after such a fall down the White Hart Lane pecking order during most of the 2007/08 season.
Martin O’Neill is known to be looking for a keeper after Liverpool’s stubborness over Scott Carson and the release of Thomas Sorensen. Enquiries were made about Celtic’s Polish stopper Artur Boruc, but the Villans halted talks once the Bhoys quoted a £15m asking price, so Robinson appears to be a cheaper alternative.
And if they were to make a move, ‘Robbo’ would jump at the chance. A source close to him said:
Paul would welcome the opportunity to move to a club like Aston Villa.
He believes Martin O’Neill can help to bring the best out of him. He realises his chances of playing regularly at Tottenham look unlikely.
He feels such a move would help to resurrect his career.
Having seen many Aston Villa players receive call-ups to the England squad recently, perhaps Robinson sees Villa Park as the perfect destination to get some playing time and get noticed by Fabio Capello?
Two days ago, we predicted a certain Premier League club might go for Paul Robinson and guess what? [Read the rest of this entry »]
Despite only scoring one goal for Spain during Euro 2008, one of his club team-mates certainly thinks Fernando Torres is better than any other striker on the planet. [Read the rest of this entry »]
It’s possibly a good thing that Xabi Alonso seems in a determined mood to stick around at Anfield. [Read the rest of this entry »]
In addition to Gareth Barry, there’s lots of speculation over Rafa Benitez’s supposed transfer targets. However, one player that the Spaniard was definitely interested in bringing to Anfield was none other than [Read the rest of this entry »]
With rumours of an imminent move to Portsmouth/Aston Villa on the cards for Peter Crouch, COS looks at the career of Liverpool’s lankiest striker and asks, is Rafa an idiot to let such a prolific goalscorer leave?
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According to the Kop, Fernando Torres ‘gets the ball and scores again’, although the Liverpool striker has been overshadowed at Euro 2008 [Read the rest of this entry »]
Every day, Liverpool fans are bombarded by a metric ton of rumours relating to new signings already sizing up a property in the Merseyside area, but they can’t all be signing! So who exactly do Liverpool fans want to see arrive? You never know, the bearded Spaniard may well be viewing this page whilst having his afternoon cuppa! [Read the rest of this entry »]
With Liverpool players expected back in training on July 7, manager Rafa Benitez will continue to put things in place for the coming season.
This week, a number of deals could well be sorted.
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First Mark Hughes walked out of the door to join Manchester City, and now Rovers will have to brace themselves for another significant departure. [Read the rest of this entry »]
Watching the Euros without England is a bit like Big Brother winner Kate Lawler [Read the rest of this entry »]
Arsenal begin the season by hosting West Brom, Liverpool travel to Sunderland, Tottenham make the long trip to Middlesbrough. Yes it’s fixture list day! You can spend the whole day debating possible debauched weekends up north or when your play your local rivals.
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If money was no object, then the tabloids would have you believe that £300m could be invested in new arrivals at Anfield. However, this target could apparently only need a little persuading to become a feared strike partner for El Nino!
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