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Liverpool defender ‘top of Real Madrid’s shopping list’

by stresster on October 3rd, 2008 | 299 words | 4 comments

Manchester United were involved in a running battle with Real Madrid throughout the summer, with the Spanish champions eventually being headed off at the pass as far as Cristiano Ronaldo was concerned. However, the Spanish giants have now turned their attention towards Anfield, are are homing in on a defender currently out of favour with […]

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Madrid fans STILL want Ronaldo!

by sub on September 19th, 2008 | 155 words | no comments

Spanish and European giants Real Madrid might have terminated their interest in Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo but it seems their supporters haven’t. An online poll conducted by the Madrid-based Spanish sports daily Marca has revealed that the player fans would most like to be part of the current squad is the 23-year-old Portuguese winger.
20,000 […]

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Barcelona STAR admits Arsenal approach

by sub on September 19th, 2008 | 182 words | 2 comments

Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure seems to be in the transfer news these days. The highly-rated Ivory Coast international midfielder is reportedly being chased by several European clubs - and it has now been revealed that Arsenal wanted to take him on board in the summer.
Toure has let the cat out of the bag by revealing […]

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Spurs Get Diego Capel Hope - Would It Be Too Little, Too Late?

by sub on September 16th, 2008 | 144 words | 12 comments

Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos has been eager to raid his former club Sevilla FC in the summer but somehow couldn’t convince the players to join his Spurs revolution. Yet he has never quite lost the ardency to scoop on in the Pizjuan and it has now been revealed that he shall do likewise in […]

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Were Manchester City close to landing ex-Manchester United striker this week?

by stresster on September 3rd, 2008 | 272 words | 1 comment

Recent events at Eastlands have been very sudden. This time a week ago, Man City’s financial situation was unclear (remember the story about SWP having reservations?) and the club were on the verge of being eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Now, they have godzillions of pounds to spend on new players thanks to their latest […]

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Real Madrid slate Chelsea for unsettling their player: Is this £30 million transfer now in jeopardy?

by stresster on September 1st, 2008 | 345 words | 7 comments

Only hours remain before the transfer window closes, and it’s still touch and go as to whether this deal will go through. Chelsea clearly have the money and will to sign this forward, although it appears that the Spanish champions have got hot and bothered about the way the Blues have approached their player. Will […]

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£8.5 million Spanish midfielder lands in Liverpool for medical: Could provide the Reds with the width they need

by stresster on August 29th, 2008 | 251 words | 31 comments

They tried all summer to land Gareth Barry, but Aston Villa just wouldn’t play ball with the Anfield club, demanding a fee that was too rich for the blood of Messrs Hicks and Gillett. However, it appears as though that difficult left-side of midfield position will be bolstered by this latest arrival. Yet another Spaniard […]

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Have Chelsea failed to sign £30 million Brazilian? He trained in Spain on Friday morning

by stresster on August 29th, 2008 | 269 words | 2 comments

We reported yesterday that Real Madrid president Roman Calderon (a man clearly used to getting his own way) was not having any of it when the subject of Robinho moving to Chelsea cropped up. He claimed that the Spanish champions were super-keen to keep hold of their Brazilian forward, especially after the club failed to […]

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Chelsea taking orders for Robinho replica shirts - yet Real insist it’s not a done deal!

by stresster on August 28th, 2008 | 262 words | no comments

There’s right tug-of-war going on between two of Europe’s largest clubs at the moment. It has appeared as though Chelsea had the upper hand in their bid to wrest the Brazilian forward out of Real Madrid’s grip, but the Spanish champions are clinging on for dear life until they can find a suitable replacement.

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‘Chelsea is where I can become best player in the world’ claims forward

by tomerf on August 22nd, 2008 | 311 words | 4 comments

They’re certainly one of Europe’s biggest clubs these days, although managing to shoehorn all of Chelsea’s attacking talents into one side is going to take some doing if this signing does indeed go through. It’s certainly moved from ‘possible’ to ‘probable’ in the past 48 hours, with Peter Kenyon travelling to Spain and negotiating a […]

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