Monthly Archives: January 2007

In an amazing turn of events, Liverpool will not be taken over by Dubai International Capital Investment, as was widely reported by just about everyone, including the club itself. In fact, the Anfield club was so certain of a takeover by the consortium run by the king of Dubai that it all but rejected the […]

There will be plenty last-minute moves to report tomorrow, as the European transfer window closes Wednesday night at 7 PM ET. BBC Sport has agent Alex Cowdy of Touchline Ltd. take us on a step-by-step walk through the rigorous negotiation process. Like buying a house, clubs initially go back and forth with bid and offer […]

While reports indicate that the never-quite-dead Real Salt Lake stadium could be resurrected in another part of Utah, a poll from the Deseret Morning News and KSL shows that the majority of the Salt Lake County public backed mayor Peter Corroon’s decision to nix the RSL stadium project on Monday. Seventy-percent of those polled agreed […]

FIFA has cleared the way for Javier Mascherano to be loaned to Liverpool, which means he will have played for three different clubs by the time the Premier League season ends on May 13. The London Times examines what the Argentine’s failure at West Ham says about English coaches and the English game. There’s no […]

Apparently Bruce Arena is trying to turn the New York Red Bulls into “America’s team”: Big Apple Soccer reports that sources in MLS believe Bruce and Sporting Director Jeff Agoos, himself a former MetroStars player, are chasing after American World Cup duo DaMarcus Beasley and John O’Brien. Beasley, on loan from PSV Eindhoven to Premier […]

U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu completed a medical and then agreed to be loaned from Standard Liege in Belgium to Newcastle United in the English Premiership. The deal will keep the imposing American defender in North England until the end of the season, at which time Newcastle has the option to make the transfer permanent. Onyewu […]

Ives Galarcep of the North Jersey Herald takes a look at recent New York Red Bulls developments in an interview with Jeff Agoos, the team’s technical director, who discussed new signing Ronald Waterreus and the recent Rivaldo rumors. Waterreus, for those who don’t remember him, is the Dutch goalkeeper who put in that spectacular performance […]

MLS has a free trade problem, writes Jeff Carlisle of Soccernet. Some of the country’s best young talent, including Giuseppe Rossi, Benny Feilhaber and Jonathan Spector, have all eschewed MLS in favor Europe. While some will say the more American players in Europe, the better for American soccer, Carlisle points out that MLS, like any […]

Blogger MetroFanatic speaks with Alfonso Mondelo, the MLS director of player programs and a former head coach of the MetroStars, about young players turning away from MLS. MF points out that former Metro youth player Gabriel Ferrari was recently scooped up by Serie A club Sampdoria. Since he’s no longer directly involved at the club, […]

Real Madrid, the great cherry-picker of world soccer, has gotten under the skin of Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson once again. On Monday night, Ronaldo revealed that Madrid’s flagrant courtship caused Ferguson to ban him from mentioning the Spanish club with reporters. “I am aware of Real Madrid’s interest in me, although I can’t […]