Chelsea penpix for Champions League final (Reuters)

Video and Story: “The Cesc Fabregas Show” clip from NIKE Live, his new 100,000/wk contract

MVNsoccer posted 5/19/2008 from mvn.com

(from The Telegraph UK) Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas is close to signing a new, lucrative contract aimed at finally warding off Real Madrid and Barcelona. — The 21-year-old Young Player of the Year is already committed to Arsenal until 2014 but it is understood the club are set to complete a new deal worth around £100,000 a week.

Broken TV Sparks Riot at UEFA Cup Final

Dave's Football Blog found this 5/18/2008 on sports.aol.com

What do you get when you combine Scottish soccer fans, a large amount of alcohol and a large TV screen in a public area that goes dead right in the middle of an international final? Unfortunately, as the above CCTV video shows, you get a riot.  ...

Vidic Ignores Rafa’s Mistake And Accuses Drogba

Reuters Soccer Blog found this 5/19/2008 on www.caughtoffside.com

Serbian hard nut Nemanja Vidic obviously isn’t a fan of my work. If he was he may have seen my Liverpool Feel ‘Raf’ Of Drogba scribblings claiming that Rafa Benitez’s critique of the Ivorian was one of the main reasons Didier ...

Kalou - Vidic is weakest link

Republik Of Mancunia found this 5/19/2008 on www.skysports.com

Salomon Kalou feels that Chelsea need to target Nemanja Vidic during the Champions League final.

Chelsea defender Alex withdraws from Brazil squad

Catoptric v4.5 found this 5/19/2008 on soccernet.espn.go.com

Chelsea defender Alex has been withdrawn from the Brazil squad for the next month's World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Argentina with an undisclosed injury.