“I’m a professional. You should respect my work, respect me.”
— What Cameroonian Carlos Kameni of Spanish club Espanyol reportedly screamed at the fan he grabbed by the scruff of the neck before teammates pulled him away. The fan had told Kameni not to renew his contract. Kameni said he regretted the incident. (AFP)
[INTERLIGA] Three nights after playing a 1-1 tie in Houston, Superclasico rivals Guadalajara and Club America stayed tied in the standings by routing their opponents, 3-1, Tuesday at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas in front of 17,057 fans.
[ITALY] The Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham, who is on loan to AC Milan until the start of the MLS season, made his debut for the Rossoneri in a friendly against Germany’s Hamburg SV in Dubai.
[MLS] Akron’s Steve Zakuani, Soccer America Men’s Collegiate Player of the Year 2008, is leaving Akron after his sophomore season to enter the 2009 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas player.
English Premier League deal-maker Keith Harris, responsible for engineering club takeovers, has admitted that the days of billionaires bailing out clubs are over, reports David Conn. Harris cites the no-sale of Newcastle United after three and a half months as hard evidence of what the global economic crisis will mean to soccer. “The problem […]
[MAKING A LIST] Manchester City is the team most often mentioned in January transfer deals and with good cause. Its new owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, is the richest man in British soccer with more than double the wealth of the next English Premier League owner, Russian Roman Abramovich. The Chelsea owner, who topped all five previous lists published by the British magazine Fourfourtwo, is said to have lost more than $4.5 billion since the downturn in the world economy last year.
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Helped on his way by abusive messages from Portsmouth fans, England forward Jermain Defoe, 26, has agreed personal terms with Tottenham Hotspur and will complete his $22 back to White Hart Lane Tuesday. Defoe, who moved the other way a year ago for $13 million, has been offered a five-year contract.
“Everyone knows how much I love my wife and my children, but at the same time I love football. My children will remain in Los Angeles due to school and Victoria will remain with them.” On-loan AC Milan midfielder David Beckham explains why he will be leading the solo life in Milan for the next […]
“Everybody’s talking and things are being thrashed out, so we’ll have to see later on in the week if anything materializes from it.” Nigel Clough, 42, son of Derby County and Nottingham Forest’s legendary manager Brian Clough, admits he may follow in his father’s footsteps by becoming Derby’s new manager. He is currently boss of […]
[REF WATCH] Responding to reports in December that the red card Chippenham’s David Pratt received three seconds after entering the game set a world record, the Irish Times’ Mary Hannigan recalled an ejection in 2000 of Cross Farm Park Celtic’s Lee Todd two seconds into a Sunday league game.
Charlie Davies, a 22-year-old New Hampshire product, was the Swedish league’s fourth leading scorer in 2008 after a rough first season. He now eyes a regular role with the U.S. national team and moving to a bigger club in Europe.
[MLS] The melding of the USL and MLS versions of the Seattle Sounders has added another element, that of goalkeeper Chris Eylander.
[INTERLIGA] A pair of 1-0 InterLiga Monday matches propelled Pachuca into the finals with one Group A game left to play and left Morelia, which lost to UAG (“Tecos”), seething at a goal scored with one of its players laying on the ground, apparently injured.
It’s hard to guess how the decision-making process on new players works at AC Milan these days. According to The Times, Liverpool forward Jermaine Pennant “has been given the chance to revive his career” at the Italian giant and has been offered a pre-contract agreement by the club ahead of his contract expiring at Liverpool […]
Manchester City’s transfer market moves over the coming month “may be the last chance to witness the spectacle of an English club spending a foreign owner’s money with unrestricted lavishness,” writes Richard Williams. With everyone else feeling the pinch from the economic downturn (even Chelsea’s players now have to pay for their training-ground meals), […]
Idealistic UEFA President Michel Platini said Monday he will not challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, and that he expects Blatter to stay in the post for six more years following the next election in 2011, reports Yasir Abbasher. Speaking at the Gulf Cup in Muscat, Platini said, “We have a good president […]
One of the less endearing aspects of the English FA Cup is when teams switch stadiums in order to make more money (or maximize revenue, as club accountants no doubt phrase it). A few years ago non-league Farnborough moved its home tie with Arsenal to Highbury in order to earn some quick cash. Not only […]
“I didn’t like him [Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson] saying I didn’t like the offer I was made because neither my agent nor me were given one. I don’t know anything on my future. United know what they must pay if they want me to stay. I want to stay but the club have not […]
Just as Landon Donovan starts his loan spell at Bayern Munich, the German champion has signed another striker. Hamburg’s Croatian forward Ivica Olic will join the Bavarian team at the end of the season. Olic is being seen as a replacement for Lukas Podolski, who has been linked with his former club FC Cologne […]
Catch more third-round FA Cup action on Monday. Two other European domestic cups, England’s Carling League Cup and Spain’s Copa del Rey, are in midweek action. And there’s the InterLiga, the USA-based Libertadores Cup qualifying tournament for Mexican clubs.
“Stewart’s been frustrated since the summer, really. When he signed his new contract he was assured that there would be significant investment in the squad. He feels that the club haven’t matched those expectations. He’s also frustrated that the team is once again struggling in the Premier League.” Stewart Downing Sr. explains why his son […]
Whatever Hunt Sports Group ends up doing with Kenny Cooper it is playing two very risky games. With European clubs trying to buy him, it is playing hardball. With Cooper himself, HSG is dealing low-ball. Since it holds the cards at both tables as well as the backing of MLS, HSG may win both games yet lose out in a third game, that of public opinion.
[U.S. SOCCER] Coach Bob Bradley invited 25 players into the first U.S. national team camp of the year, including nine uncapped players and 10 players with 10 appearances or fewer. The squad convened Jan. 4 at the Home Depot Center to prepare for a Jan. 24 friendly against Sweden and to give Bradley a look at more candidates for the final phase of 2010 World Cup qualifying.
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has said that he will only sign players of “a special class” during the current transfer window. Arsenal is currently fifth in the Premier League, three points behind Aston Villa and Manchester United. “At the moment I feel that if we do add somebody we need to add somebody who […]
