North America
+ Gareth Wheeler: Mista makes his mark.
+ Steven Sandor: Cruz Azul may not have meant to make it look like it was taking Toronto FC lightly, but that’s how it looked.
+ The View from the South Stands: Great to be wrong! Cruz Azul loses to TFC in CONCACAF Champions League.
+ The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed 22-year-old American forward Cody Arnoux, as well as free agent Swiss midfielder Davide Chiumiento and Quebec-born central defender Alain Rochat from FC Zurich of the Swiss Super League.
+ Whitecaps director of soccer operations Tommy Soehn said Tuesday that more roster moves are unlikely after a flurry of activity this past month.
+ The San Jose Earthquakes suffered another blow to their defence Tuesday when goalkeeper Joe Cannon broke his left ankle and could be out for two months.
Uefa Champions League
+ Harry Redknapp called for Astroturf to be banned from the Champions League after his Tottenham side narrowly avoided total humiliation on Young Boys’ artificial pitch.
+ Michael Dawson refused to criticise Young Boys’ artificial pitch after his Tottenham side only just avoided total humiliation on it on their Champions League debut.
+ Zonal Marking: Young Boys 3-2 Tottenham — Spurs fortunate to avoid a thrashing.
+ Naldo is likely to miss both legs of SV Werder Bremen’s play-off tie against UC Sampdoria due to a recurring knee problem.
England
+ Arsenal have confirmed that the midfielder Samir Nasri will be out of action for a month after undergoing minor knee surgery on a meniscal injury sustained during their match against Liverpool.
+ Henry Winter: Arsenal Fanshare should be adopted by all Premier League clubs.
+ Johan Djourou is in line to make his first Arsenal start for more than 15 months against Blackpool on Saturday.
+ Tottenham are today expected to make an bid for Nice striker Loic Remy to head off interest from Marseille.
+ Liverpool have renewed their attempts to sign West Ham midfielder Scott Parker with a deal understood to be dependent on whether Javier Mascherano makes his Anfield exit.
+ Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has signed a two-year extension to’ his contract.
+ Chelsea are offering 18-year-old Brazil forward Neymar a five-year contract worth a whopping £55,000 a week.
+ Carlo Ancelotti has given the clearest indication yet that he would be keen on signing Jack Rodwell.
+ Sir Alex Ferguson revealed on Tuesday that Bebe is the first signing he has ever made without even seeing the player on television.
+ Everton are said to be closing in on the £4million signing of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Marat Izmailov.
+ Dominic Fifield: Edgar Davids could be as much educator as enforcer at Crystal Palace.
+ Football League clubs paid out £12.7million in agents’ fees last season – a rise of £3.9million from the previous year.
Italy
+ After weeks of speculation it seems that Juventus are prepared to keep faith in Brazilian playmaker Diego and take him off the market.
+ Inter’s efforts to sign Genoa striker Giuseppe Sculli have hit a stumbling block, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
+ Claudio Ranieri is unhappy with the way Adriano has applied himself in training and is thinking about starting him on the bench in the Italian Super Cup.
+ Roma will turn their attention to Fenerbah
ce defender Diego Lugano, if their efforts to sign Nicolas Burdisso from Inter prove fruitless.
+ There are reports Mauro Zarate’s latest bust-up with Lazio could push him towards joining Fiorentina.
+ Kevin Prince Boateng “is still a Genoa player,” as President Enrico Preziosi explains why his team could afford the Ghanaian and Milan couldn’t. This is a bizarre transfer with minnows Genoa paying around €6.5m to take him from Portsmouth and immediately loan the player out to Champions League contenders Milan.
Spain
+ Hercules have bolstered their strikeforce ahead of the new Primera Division season by snapping up Paraguay international Nelson Valdez from Borussia Dortmund.
France
+ France striker Nicolas Anelka said he was left "dying with laughter" after being handed 18-match suspension by French Football Federation.
+ Marseille are ready to offer Charles N’Zogbia a way out of his Wigan nightmare.
+ Loic Remy’s agent claims that Marseille have been in touch with him over a possible move for the Nice player before the end of the transfer window.
Germany
+ Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has been linked with a £9 million move to Wolfsburg.
+ Werder Bremen say it will be "impossible" to replace the departed Mesut Ozil by bringing Brazilian playmaker Diego back to the club from Juventus.
+ Stuttgart have confirmed that they are one of a number of clubs looking to sign Slovakia winger Vladimir Weiss from Manchester City.
+ When Saturday Comes: Hamburg in a mess.
+ Michael Ballack has warned Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm he intends to captain Germany in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
Cameroon
+ Former Spain coach Javier Clemente was hired as Cameroon’s national soccer coach Tuesday after a World Cup where the Indomitable Lions lost all three first-round games.
Australia
+ Australian football has been rocked by a heated public feud between Socceroo Harry Kewell and his former international team-mate Robbie Slater, who had told Kewell to retire.
The Game
+ Jonathan Wilson answers the question: What is a playmaker’s role in the modern game?
+ David Conn: How can football clubs capture the social value of the beautiful game?
Whenever I get bummed out thinking about Arsenal’s stinginess in the transfer market, our interminable injury problems, Barcelona’s shameless pursuit of Cesc, and our recent poor form against Utd & Chelsea, I stop and reflect that it could be worse: i could be a Spurs fan.
Are there any Spurs supporters who contribute to the Footy Blog or consume theScore’s coverage, aside from Michael Coren? If there are, they are a quiet lot, and they have much to be quiet about. I almost fell out of my chair watching the highlights of yesterday’s game. And far be it from me to contest KJ’s infinite wisdom, but Pavlyuchenko is a very good striker; his late goal could prove decisive. As an Englishman, KJ probably isn’t use to seeing strikers who can actually score goals.
I am pulling firmly for Young Boys to do the business at the Lane next week. I’m looking forward to seeing more matches at the Wankdorf stadium. Young Boys @ the Wankdorf: Classic.
Sean Keay is a Spurs fan. Can’t think of any others at the moment…
That TFC game last night was one of the highlights of my year. Alot of fun at BMO and an unbelievable performance. I’m still giddy about it.
Spurs are my second favourite team in the league. Pavlyuchenko is rubbish and I truly believe his selfish plays cost Spurs the two dropped points against City. Pure rubbish.
“Man Utd Target” Raul Meireles has apparently been left off Europa League’ playoff roster. He certainly has a lot of ink on his arms. Maybe he’ll put some of that ink to paper by signing a Man utd contract. But then again Utd dont need steal they need a playmaker.
Michael Ballack wishes he was as classy as Philip Lahm.
The first half of the Tfc game yesterday was probably the best football ive ever seen the team play.
TFC’s greatest moments always happen when you aren’t expecting anything. In Montreal they needed to win by by what seemed to be far too much going in and then conceeded the first goal. Against Motagua and Cruz Azul I think everyone expected them to get pounded. Games like those are what make the tough times worth it.
Interesting note from this sumemr. Milan have spent less than 1 million in the transfer window. Singing Yepes on a free. Bringing in The greek defender Sokratis without spending. Then Amelia and potentially Boateng on loan. They only bought Legati for less than 500,000. I didn’t believe them when they said they wouldn’t spend but they have kept their word. I’m looking for some of the youths to finally get a chance.
What youths should we really keep an eye out for in milan?
The most likely to make some kind of impression are:
Rodney Strasser – is a midfielder who had half of his rights sold to Genoa in the Papastathopoulos deal.
Dominic Adiyiah – forward from Ghana
Nnamdi Oduamadi – a Nigerian forward
There are quite a few young players that Milan have sent out on co-ownership deals over the last few years too (Gianmarco Zigoni, Alberto Paloschi and Matteo Darmian for example). Hopefully they can start recalling some of those players.
Hopefully a few top Primavera players will be able to make their way to the first team soon too. Andrea Di Vito is a defender who got a look last season, only got into one match though. There is high hopes for Simove Verdi too. Verdi is more of a second striker. And personally I’m a fan of the defender Michelangelo Albertazzi. I think he has alot of potential.
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