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The Transfer Window; Ruining The beautiful game
Published 17 hours ago by Anthony at Sevilla
... to the Spanish Segunda) in the FA Cup and sit in a highly respectable 13th place in the Premier League. It’s true, money can’t buy you happiness now can it? Think Robinho is regretting his move? He might not come out and say it, but I wouldn’t doubt it. Glory hunters never seem to amaze me. I bet 99% of foreign Manchester United fans can’t even find Manchester on a map. Same goes for Liverpool, Chelsea, Milan and Madrid. It’s not ruining the game directly, but there are very few true fans anymore. ...

The deal to send Andrei Arshavin to Real and Daniel Güiza to Zenit
Published 48 hours ago by j at Russian Football Federation Blog
... for Zenit Saint Petersburg. However the mix is getting stirred up a bit more as apparently this deal is being orchestrated with disgruntled Russian international Andrei Arshavin bidding farewell to Saint Petersburg and joining Juande Ramos at Real Madrid. ...

Milan Jovanović turns down Everton
Published 5 days ago by 21 at Everton FC
... “I’ve also refused the offer from Real Madrid because I believe that at my age it would be detrimental for my career to join Real Madrid at this moment and under the conditions they offered me. They offered me a one-year contract with the extension option of up to three years. I don’t want to prove myself to anyone after all the performances I’ve put in. The Real Madrid saga is history and I don’t wish to become a member of a great club so that I could only include it in my resume. You either go to Real Madrid as a star or you stay put.” ...

Real Madrid and Euro Vase Opponents
Published 19 days ago by Cesar at Valencia
So here we are, two weeks after the debacle at the Nou Camp, facing one of our arch-rivals: Real Madrid. While I’m not exactly AntiMadridista, as the shirt in the photo says, I can understand Valencia fan’s feelings towards the capital’s club. Constant media attention, the biggest stars, the 2000 Champions League final, Mijatovic, Mendieta and this year’s SuperCopa. That’s a lot of reasons to feel AntiMadridismo … MARCA’s favorite team were pasted by ...

Poll: Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid a Done Deal?
Published 20 days ago by Daryl at The Offside
... at Old Trafford. According to the BBC’s man in Manchester Steve Wyeth “It’s been strongly dismissed, and with pretty colourful language.” Any number of things could be happening here. First of all, maybe Trapote is lying. I’m sure it’s not all that rare for big time businessmen to brag about things that aren’t true. That’s why they all have big cars. Second, this could be a bizarre attempt by Real to wind up ...

So Now Inter Want Mr. Ballon d’Or?
Published 12/3/2008 by Wayne at Manchester United
... So, when we found out that Real Madrid’s interest was well and truly over and done with we were all pretty happy, eh? No need to worry about Ronaldo leaving anymore. It was nice. ...

PSG v Manchester City UEFA Cup preview
Published 12/3/2008 by j at Paris St Germain
... Mark Hughes club as been plagued with extraordinary inconsistency and regardless of the enormous headlines they attract, they are a club only two points from the relegation zone and one of the worst defending sides in the Premier League. While much has been said of their promising future and an ownership with open bank vaults ready to be purged for Football talent, they are showing painful signs of a lack of chemistry. While the clubs media arm will force-fed stories of former-Real Madrid man Robinho traveling on public transit to immerse himself into life of Manchester, comments ...

The times, they are a’changin’
Published 11/6/2008 by Isaiah at Barcelona
... Real Madrid aren’t exactly floundering, despite there current knack for losing to Juventus. It’s not like they lost their first Copa del Rey game to a Segunda B team or anything. Wait. Oops. I’d laugh more if we hadn’t barely beaten Benidorm 1-0 thanks to the aforementioned Bojan, though I have little doubt that RM will pull it out in the Bernabeu against Real Union. They will be without Arjen Robben, though, who looks set to be out for roughly the same amount of time as Iniesta after he got injured in training before this last Juve loss. ...

Champions League: Two Italian teams happy, one sad, and one with a manager who has no feeling
Published 11/5/2008 by Francesco at Italy
... late on through Tim Borowski. Fiorentina are now third place and haven’t won yet. They still have a chance to qualify, but must beat Lyon at all costs next round at the Franchi, then beat Steaua at all costs in Romania and hope Lyon lose to Bayern on the last. They have to win and hope things go their way but it looks like more realistically they will fight it out for the UEFA Cup spot. For more on Fiorentina, read theFiorentina Offside. Real Madrid-Juventus 0-2 Goalscorers: 17´ Del Piero (Juv); 67´ Del Piero ...

Do You Buy Into The “New” Benfica?
Published 7/17/2008 by Greg at Portugal Football League
... Then, after losing on-loan Cristian Rodriguez to Porto, Rui hit up Spanish minnows Real Madrid and managed to wrangle winger Javier Balboa from them for four million Euros. While in Spain, he also secured the signature of Portuguese international attacking midfielder Carlos Martins from Recreativo Huelva. Still unsatisfied with his summer spending spree, Rui traveled down to South America and stole away 18-year old striker Jonathan Urretavizcaya from River Plate to inject some youth into the squad. ...

Sentanta Deal equals the close of CSCs?
Published 7/1/2008 by Matt at Celtic
... to become a more profitable entity. In the world of modern football, where you need the big profits to sign the big players in a seeming endless cycle, this type of business practice is hardly new or unexpected. Yet, Celtic isn’t exactly in a bidding war with Real Madrid for the pretty Ronaldo, yet a ...

UEFA Cup Thursday Preview
Published 4/3/2008 by Ian Rose at UEFA Cup
... On paper, this is certainly the best matchup of the round. Getafe are doing well in Spain, and will figure that if they can win away at Real Madrid, they can do the same in Munich. But Bayern is the favorite for a reason, and now that they can smell a trophy, they will be more tenacious than ever. They have the most loaded offense in the competition, and Getafe will have a very serious job just staying in the tie for the return leg. If they can keep it close, we could see an upset here, but betting against Munich in this competition is a very dangerous strategy right now. ...

Entertaining The Spaniards: Roma v Real
Published 2/19/2008 by chris at AS Roma
... Edge: Roma Roma’s Attack v Madrid’s Defense: Madrid has quite a few injuries on the back end, and will probably be starting Salgado and Torres out wide. But that shouldn’t matter: this should depend on how well Simone Perrotta and Francesco Totti matchup against the duo of Sergio “Hot As Balls” Ramos and Fabio Cannavaro. At this point…..wait and see. Edge: Push Roma Channel Preview Real Madrid Offside Corey is one of the most knowledgeable footy writers at the offside and has his Roman preview here . And Steve will prolly have a liveblog for ...

Halfway Through: Let’s Have A Look At What’s Going On
Published 1/6/2008 by Sam at France Football
... ? Oh man. That’s all I got for today. Once again, I apologize for my shitty posting schedule. Luckily for the lot of you, however, big bad Corey (of the Real Madrid Offside fame) is coming in soon enough and together, you can bet your ass this site is going to be way better. Until then, Kosh out!