Edu Could See Action This Weekend + Champions League News

Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under Barcelona, Champions League, SPL, Serie A | Leave a Comment

Former Toronto FC midfielder Maurice Edu will likely be in the squad for Rangers on Sunday when the club faces rival Celtic in Glasgow.  If Edu arrives in the city on time, manager Walter Smith sees no reason why the US international would not factor into the Old Firm match.  Rangers spent £2.6m on Edu who agreed to a five-year deal.  He recently competed for the United States in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.  The 22-year-old also competed in the Olympic tournament in China.

In UEFA Champions League news:

Juventus, Barcelona, and Greek-power Panathinaikos all qualified for the group stage of the tournament. 

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Real Madrid Adds Another Dutchman to the Mix

Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Arsenal, Europe, La Liga, Man Utd., Premier League, Real Madrid | 1 Comment

The La Liga outfit now sports four Dutch internationals after today’s official announcement concerning the acquisition of midfielder Rafael van der Vaart.  The 25-year-old has penned a five-year contract.  Along with winger Arjen Robben, forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, midfielder Wesley Sneijder, and youngster Royston Drenthe, Real Madrid looks prepared to field an Oranje-centric squad.  Sneijder, Robben, van der Vaart, and van Nistelrooy all factored into the Netherlands performance at Euro 2008.  Sneijder was named to the Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament.  The foursome also accounted for five goals this past  June.

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FC Barcelona Playing 4-4 Tournment in NY Tuesday

Posted on August 4, 2008 - Filed Under Barcelona | Leave a Comment

From a reader:

At 5PM on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Chelsea Waterside Park (23rd Street and 12th Avenue, across from Chelsea Piers), the most storied soccer club in history, FC Barcelona, will be playing in a 4-on-4 tournament to benefit Malaria No More.

This historic event will be free and open to the public and will last for approximately one hour. In their first U.S. appearance in over two years, the intimate environment will allow fans the potential to get autographs and photos with their favorite players.

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Barcelona Warm Up For U.S. in Style

Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under Barcelona, La Liga | 1 Comment

Before heading to the U.S to play CD Guadalajara in Chicago and the Red Bulls in New York Barcelona stopped in Scotland for two pre-season friendlies.

First Barca opened up by thrashing Hibs 6-0 at Murrayfield, giving new Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola his first victory.An Eidur Gudjohnsen double and goals from Lionel Messi and Pedro in the first half were followed by further breakthroughs from Bojan and Yaya Toure after the break as Hibs were outclassed. In this game Daniel Alves and Gerard Pique made their debuts for Barcelona from the start, while fellow summer signings Martin Caceres, Alexander Hleb and Seydou Keita started on the bench.

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Looking Ahead to La Liga

Posted on July 25, 2008 - Filed Under Barcelona, La Liga, Real Madrid | Leave a Comment

This upcoming season in Spain promises to be an exciting one with FC Barcelona aiming to dethrone the two-time defending champion’s Real Madrid. Last season Madrid ended up finishing 18 points ahead of third-place Barcelona and the two games this season will go a long way to seeing if the new Barcelona can close the gap.

After the first match at the Camp Nou on Dec. 14 (Buy FC Barcelona - Real Madrid Tickets December 14), the two clubs will meet again at the Bernabeu on May 3 (Buy Real Madrid - FC Barcelona Tickets May 3rd). After the May 3rd game each team will have four more league games to play a pivotal role in this year’s Championship race.

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Is The Power Shifting In Europe?

Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, La Liga, Premier League | Leave a Comment

The English Premier League is riding high as the top football league in the world. Last season saw two Premier League teams playing in the Champions League Final for the first time and the League continues to attract new investors from overseas, while enjoying a massive television contract.

This summer English teams seem more interested in raiding each other instead of looking overseas for players. Manchester United, Liverpool, Sunderland and Portsmouth have all signed or placed offers for players currently playing in England.

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Real Madrid Tickets

Posted on July 20, 2008 - Filed Under La Liga, Real Madrid, Tickets | Leave a Comment

It promises to be another interesting season at the Bernabeu with or without Ronaldo or Kaka. Madrid is going for its thid consecutive La Liga title and will be aiming for a long run in this season Champions League. We have tickets to all of Real Madrid’s games this year including Champions League.

Real Madrid Schedule

September
Date: 14-09-2008 - Real Madrid vs Numancia - Buy Real Madrid Tickets
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Sneijder Puts Boot Into Ronaldo

Posted on July 17, 2008 - Filed Under Man Utd., Real Madrid | Leave a Comment

Real Madrid star Wesley Sneijder is not impressed by his teams pursuit of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. Real are the current La Liga champions and Sneijder doesn’t think that they need Ronaldo.

“To me this Madrid side doesn’t need to make signings. We’ve been very solid and the team has improved. This squad is quite strong and is going to be even better next year.”

And Sneijder claims Real already have a player of similar stature to Ronaldo within their ranks.

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Ronaldinho Decides on A.C. Milan

Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Barcelona, Europe, La Liga | 2 Comments

Deciding to go with countrymen Kaka and Alexandre Pato versus Elano and Jo, Ronaldinho has signed with A.C. Milan upon completion of a physical.  His contract runs through 2011.  Barcelona noted that the San Siro outfit will pay $33.4 million for the Brazilian playmaker.  Obviously, A.C. Milan felt that the transfer fee was needed to pry the recent two-time FIFA World Player of the Year away from the Catalan club.

Not to be outdone, The Special One completed his first signing today at Inter Milan.  Amantino Mancini agreed to a four-year deal with Inter after the Serie A club agreed to a transfer fee with AS Roma that was well over $15 million.

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European Transfer News

Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Arsenal, Barcelona, Europe, La Liga, Liverpool, Premier League, Real Madrid | Leave a Comment

Beleaguered ex-Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras has made a permanent move to SPL side Celtic.  The 23-year-old Greek international joined City for £6million in January 2006 yet failed to find his niche with the Premiership club.

Also from the Manchester City front, boss Mark Hughes will move his attention toward acquiring several more players to bolster the squad now that the tabled £25.5million offer for Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho looks unlikely to be accepted.

In Serie A news, Juventus has signed Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen from Sevilla to a four-year contract.  The transfer cost the Italian club £7.8million.

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