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TheGame - Times Online - WBLG: The Rivals - City eye move for Yaya Toure
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more: “The real challenge is to work out what to do as an alternative, to make sense of a post-Rafa landscape” - Matt Dickinson
Pitch Invasion: The Sweeper: Mo Johnston is lucky he’s not in Seattle
The Rivals - City eye move for Yaya Toure
TheGame - Times Online - WBLG —
... settled his pay-off from the Italian champions after he was sacked in May 2008 and is looking for a new high-profile managerial post. Thanks but no thanks, I'll play for Germany - The Guardian
Aaron Hunt has confirmed his commitment to Germany, despite the Football Association showing a tentative interest in poaching him for England. The Werder Bremen forward was born in Germany but he qualifies to play for England through his English mother. Platini: who would be stupid enough to buy Manchester United or Chelsea? - Daily ...
“The real challenge is to work out what to do as an alternative, to make sense of a post-Rafa landscape” - Matt Dickinson
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more —
... identity. Manchester United have to develop players of that region. It’s getting worse for England. We have to protect national teams so that at least England play with 11 English players because there could soon be places for those with residential qualifications. The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play for England after five years. We have to protect against that.” - Michel Platini. ...
The Sweeper: Mo Johnston is lucky he’s not in Seattle
Pitch Invasion —
... UEFA boss Michel Platini again discusses his plans for reform and regulation of European football, believing it would ultimately benefit English football’s financial model. His more than reasonable explanations of his reasoning deserve more consideration than screaming tabloid headlines about the Frenchman’s plans to destroy English football. ...
Some News for Tue Nov 3, 2009
du Nord —
... Lawton of the Independent shows how Carlo Ancelotti of Chelsea builds up a players confidence, while Rafael Benitez of Liverpool does not. ITALY Paddy Agnew of World Soccer feels that this Serie A season is wide open for one of several teams to win. -What he seems to be missing is that Inter's 7 point lead is the largest of all time in Serie A after 11 games played. EUROPE The Telegraph talks to UEFA president Michel Plantini about his vision for the future of European football. ...
Forza Italia...'Danke, aber nein danke'
No Short Corners —
... of the club song rendition before kick-off, with the unsold seats in the background. Bravi ragazzi! Or does it mean they only have 20,000 true fans? *Within a scatter-gun interview, UEFA boss Michel Platini repeated his desire for national team managers to come from the country they are coaching. So that makes two of us. *News that The FA have been stalking Werder Bremen ace Aaron Hunt sounds a little desperate, given that the boy in question has already played against England for Germany at U21 and that Fabio Capello has made a near-perfect run to the World Cup. Plus a ...
