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Attackers Villarreal, Giuseppe Rossi, warned &lt;b&gt;Manchester City&lt;/b&gt; that stronghold of his teammates know how to deal with the movement of the City striker, Sergio Aguero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish club will conduct a visit to Etihad Stadium in the continuation phase of qualifying Group A Champions League on Tuesday October 18, 2011 at local time, where both teams start the competition, which stood quite disappointing results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While Villarreal twice suffered defeat in the opening two games, the &lt;b&gt;Manchester City&lt;/b&gt; won a one-time draw against Napoli and one-time defeat of Bayern Munich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manager of &lt;b&gt;the Citizens&lt;/b&gt;, Roberto Mancini, hoping that if the condition can be readily Aguero fit when City entertains the Yellow Submarines. While Rossi admitted that the Argentine striker as a major threat to Villarreal to be picking the first point in this competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aguero's move to City from Atletico Madrid last summer, quite surprised me, said Rossi. I bet if he will be docked in Italy, but he decided to move to Britain and its performance is not bad at all, he added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was very flexible, has a wonderful ability and able to make the ball perfectly. He became a nightmare for the defenders, but Villarreal know how to stop it, said Giuseppe Rossi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compatriot Aguero, Carlos Tevez, will not be displayed on a game face Villarreal because it is still ostracized by the City due to the incident that occurred in Munich, however, Rossi was unsure if the City is still a strong team, although not confirmed by Tevez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Villarreal have the advantage because it does not appear Tevez on the pitch, although &lt;b&gt;the Citizens&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;squad &lt;/b&gt;strong enough and still has other dangerous players, said Rossi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the front lines, they still have Mario Balotelli, Aguero and Edin Dzeko. But it will not be a surprise for me to fight against the &lt;b&gt;Manchester City&lt;/b&gt; defender, because I am quite familiar with them, he added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appearance Joleon Lescott is getting better every year, and Vincent Kompany became commander for their defense. It will be a wonderful fight and able to give me a special incentive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manchester City played very well coming up to Naples, and they only face difficulties at the end, though while in Munich, Bayern will always be on top, said Rossi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the City will face Villarreal, and we should not swallow defeat in Manchester if we still want to maintain our chances in this competition, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We just need to go back to the pattern of our game as usual, and trying to avoid the pressures that exist. That's what will be the key for us in the face of &lt;b&gt;Manchester City&lt;/b&gt; and we are confident to do it, he concluded.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Stoke City Striker Peter Crouch&lt;/b&gt; insisted he was ready, if considered by Fabio Capello for the England squad in the arena of Euro 2012. Crouch himself almost a year after not playing for &lt;b&gt;the Three Lions&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, his chances of returning to the team re-open. Sentenced to three games for Wayne Rooney made a striker position in the England squad now empty. Crouch himself admitted was eager to defend his country's return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm happy with my job at Stoke City. Pleasant could get 10 days off, but obviously I'd be really happy to be involved into the England team. But if not, I would not think much about it, he told Sky Sports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm always proud of my record with England and I thought I'd never let my country. I love Stoke and I feel a major part of something that is growing. We have a lot of potential to perform well, said &lt;b&gt;Peter Crouch&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wayne Rooney&lt;/b&gt; gets support to appeal the suspension of three games at Euro 2012 event. Uniquely, the support came from the players that were violated, Miodrag Dzudovic.&lt;br /&gt;
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Montenegro defender was even offered to speak to &lt;b&gt;Rooney&lt;/b&gt;. The reason, according to Dzudovic punishment was too severe because Rooney himself had apologized to him.&lt;br /&gt;
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Rooney was sent off after kicking Dzudovic deliberately visible. UEFA also decided to punish him three games. This will make Rooney could not appear to defend Britain in all group stage matches. Dzudovic themselves assess punishment was too cruel and willing to help appeal Rooney.&lt;br /&gt;
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I will speak to &lt;b&gt;Wayne Rooney&lt;/b&gt; if he lodged an appeal against his sentence. I think it is unfair. He just did not think at the time and after that he realized what he had done. He was immediately aware of it and apologized, said Dzudovic.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was very painful. I got a little swollen after the game, but not until the bruises. I was surprised because not aware of his kick at the time. But, yeah I want to play against him. He is a very great player and his team fight is always fun, said Dzudovic.&lt;/div&gt;
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But until now the striker has yet to answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite having Fernando Torres, Nicolas Anelka and later Daniel Sturridge showed more mature performance, Drogba still feel the need manpower. This then makes the Blues striker who was trying to keep the evening moving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new proposal was offered deal &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Blue&lt;/span&gt; Ivory Coast striker made it. But Drogba has not so far give a positive signal, because he still has not signed on a new contract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not see it as a problem. Players who are emotionally attached with this club - and Didier are emotionally attached with this club - will eventually extend the contract. So I will not panic encounter this situation, said Andre Villas Boas in ESPNStar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With age, performance and sharpness are considered real Drogba started to decline. Having scored 29 goals in 2009/10 season, last season he was only 11 times to break the opponent's goal. While in five &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League matches&lt;/span&gt; this season just once she wrote her name in the list of scorers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not just Chelsea's Drogba who was persuaded to extend the contract. Club management also is working to extend cooperation with Jose Bosingwa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you want to extend the contract, it's always the right time to motivate people. It is a situation where we were at the top and make an assessment ata what we thought was the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still in talks currently associated this situation with the CEO and of course with the players that we think play well, said Villas-Boas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oj4RQGPi9sKNxHp40MkhSBkW0RAa_5R1m6zHPsS6pD5pcK3OJ99mss8RUYcc-LtKrNIz6z3_3Cyi_Ho336GggV5rKvF4UGTOQNKUs4qo51L_UcuQIv8by8X-xIX7yvF_oALz5hWKvHTT/s1600/Drogba-chelsea-contract.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oj4RQGPi9sKNxHp40MkhSBkW0RAa_5R1m6zHPsS6pD5pcK3OJ99mss8RUYcc-LtKrNIz6z3_3Cyi_Ho336GggV5rKvF4UGTOQNKUs4qo51L_UcuQIv8by8X-xIX7yvF_oALz5hWKvHTT/s400/Drogba-chelsea-contract.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659182303287204082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oj4RQGPi9sKNxHp40MkhSBkW0RAa_5R1m6zHPsS6pD5pcK3OJ99mss8RUYcc-LtKrNIz6z3_3Cyi_Ho336GggV5rKvF4UGTOQNKUs4qo51L_UcuQIv8by8X-xIX7yvF_oALz5hWKvHTT/s72-c/Drogba-chelsea-contract.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Today Manchester City will interrogate Carlos Tevez</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/10/today-manchester-city-will-interrogate.html</link><category>Manchester City</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Sun, 2 Oct 2011 20:15:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-3460262660399011989</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League news&lt;/span&gt;: Manchester City will meet with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Carlos Tevez&lt;/span&gt; on Monday October 3, 2011, to request information relating to allegations he refused to play in the Champions League against Bayern Munich on 27 September last.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Sky Sports, somebody close to Tevez said that Tevez will be present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tevez fall in reserves in the match. According to the coach Roberto Mancini, Tevez refused when asked to play. Mancini also said that Tevez will not play again for he became City manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the report, City dropped two-week suspension to Tevez. During that period, they will investigate whether Tevez refused Mancini. If true, the City will impose sanctions which may include termination of cooperation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to reports in UK, whatever the outcome of the investigation, the City will continue to release Tevez in the status of new loans and the second transfer window in January next, take it off permanently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paris Saint Germain and Inter Milan are referred to as a club ready to accommodate Tevez, whenever the City decides the future of the Argentine players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH2XjGPnEAOeUujSzzgNNWiLweiHpYEmfyqpL3vFB0lyyEhneL64CeoKP1xeWAFM94VL0G4-rGQW4lTDWr82DY9Mi8G_FiCSRYPuwi3EvdeWVizQpJ7YuC6l3b6R0xrbAt_cWUZIVul3Z/s1600/carlos-tevez-roberto-mancini.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH2XjGPnEAOeUujSzzgNNWiLweiHpYEmfyqpL3vFB0lyyEhneL64CeoKP1xeWAFM94VL0G4-rGQW4lTDWr82DY9Mi8G_FiCSRYPuwi3EvdeWVizQpJ7YuC6l3b6R0xrbAt_cWUZIVul3Z/s400/carlos-tevez-roberto-mancini.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659099921751033634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH2XjGPnEAOeUujSzzgNNWiLweiHpYEmfyqpL3vFB0lyyEhneL64CeoKP1xeWAFM94VL0G4-rGQW4lTDWr82DY9Mi8G_FiCSRYPuwi3EvdeWVizQpJ7YuC6l3b6R0xrbAt_cWUZIVul3Z/s72-c/carlos-tevez-roberto-mancini.jpeg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Edin Dzeko apologizes to Mancini</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/09/edin-dzeko-apologizes-to-mancini.html</link><category>Manchester City</category><category>Premier League news</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:52:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-1836069648070817713</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League news&lt;/span&gt;: Manchester City striker &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Edin Dzeko&lt;/span&gt; showed no reaction when the manager Roberto Mancini happy to pull it out in a game vs Bayern Munich. Top of this attitude, Dzeko apologize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As against Bayern on Wednesday September 28, 2011 pm dawn, Dzeko failed to show his best. Bosnian national team attacker is then pulled out in the 55th minute and was replaced by Nigel De Jong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When pulled out, an expression of displeasure &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Edin Dzeko&lt;/span&gt;. He seemed to sputter and protest the decision Mancini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feeling guilty, Dzeko showed remorse and took the initiative to apologize to Mancini for bad attitude. I know my reaction when pulled out bad, I Dzeko on Sky Sports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've talked to friends and also to the coaches. I have already apologized for that reaction and Roberto accepts it. He says everything is fine and we should think positively for the next game, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone had gone to bed and rest after the game vs Bayern. We know we can do better, but this is football and you can not win in every game, said the former Wolfsburg player was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bayern Munich already passed. We feel positive and stared at the next game. That is our next target, said Dzeko.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although time being bad, Dzeko fate is very much better than Carlos Tevez. who reportedly refused derived as a substitute in the same game, is now suspended for a maximum of two weeks and probably had no more future at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Citizens&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrvXMqMgsUo4NUXpQe48uEtKyMn2JOCAXjeW4vKxrim3nUs7uOeQZZtFy53T7tDQU8FirLQVI7Ds-JWn3c3lJTxxRBm2a-6YZuStm5saji6XHmQlZ4wVxqibu32pykOTC6hSJhzJPxBzk/s1600/Edin-Dzeko-Manchester-City.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrvXMqMgsUo4NUXpQe48uEtKyMn2JOCAXjeW4vKxrim3nUs7uOeQZZtFy53T7tDQU8FirLQVI7Ds-JWn3c3lJTxxRBm2a-6YZuStm5saji6XHmQlZ4wVxqibu32pykOTC6hSJhzJPxBzk/s400/Edin-Dzeko-Manchester-City.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657980950907169682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrvXMqMgsUo4NUXpQe48uEtKyMn2JOCAXjeW4vKxrim3nUs7uOeQZZtFy53T7tDQU8FirLQVI7Ds-JWn3c3lJTxxRBm2a-6YZuStm5saji6XHmQlZ4wVxqibu32pykOTC6hSJhzJPxBzk/s72-c/Edin-Dzeko-Manchester-City.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>11 Facts about the Merseyside derby</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/09/11-facts-about-merseyside-derby.html</link><category>Derby Match</category><category>Everton</category><category>Liverpool</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:04:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-6676017070141289071</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Derby Match&lt;/span&gt;: Merseyside derby between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Everton vs Liverpool&lt;/span&gt; will be presented this weekend. Being a match that was most widely produced red cards in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League derby &lt;/span&gt;edition of 216 is predicted to be fierce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following data and facts which will be held &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Merseyside derby&lt;/span&gt; at Goodison Park on Saturday October 1, 2011 at night as quoted from Europort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;This derby match weekend is the 216th edition of the game between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Liverpool vs Everton &lt;/span&gt;in all competitions. The Reds have won a temporary lead with 85 victories, while the Toffees won 66 and 64 other game ending in a draw.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If the narrowed only in the Premier League only, then &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Liverpool&lt;/span&gt; are also still ahead by winning 16 games of 38 meetings. Everton miss out just nine victories.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Throughout the Premier League era, have been out 19 red cards in the second meeting of this team, with 10 of them occur in the last 13 meetings. The amount is a record for most red cards that involve a meeting of two teams.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Everton just picking one victory in the Merseyside derby last nine (one win, three draws and five defeats).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Everton is the latest club facing Kenny Dalglish before deciding to quit as coach of Liverpool in 1991.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dirk Kuyt always scored in Everton's last three cons and the total score five goals in a meeting with The Tofees.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim Cahill scored five goals in Liverpool's 11 meetings cons.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Everton to swallow only one defeat in 14 Premier League matches last held Goodison Park (eight wins, five draws, one defeat).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Liverpool recorded only one clean sheet in his last seven away matches in the arena of the Premier League.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three of the last four away matches in the Premier League, Liverpool have always failed to score.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In the last three seasons Merseyside derby at Goodison Park is always ending with a score of 2-0 Liverpool won twice, Everton won once.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqARyYtrNsCrGe7StCme2wFcExosOorIOwjiCiWAmR2-1rj4HLlyaNyKTxffS55xpgNAF5PRYTsJg_Wsv59jU-BuC0-N0Rluh4RXWZwegEKuY_l9bQjvkO-diBs0AI62FQHWj0ieWKDu3V/s1600/Merseyside-derby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqARyYtrNsCrGe7StCme2wFcExosOorIOwjiCiWAmR2-1rj4HLlyaNyKTxffS55xpgNAF5PRYTsJg_Wsv59jU-BuC0-N0Rluh4RXWZwegEKuY_l9bQjvkO-diBs0AI62FQHWj0ieWKDu3V/s400/Merseyside-derby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657973913264416914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqARyYtrNsCrGe7StCme2wFcExosOorIOwjiCiWAmR2-1rj4HLlyaNyKTxffS55xpgNAF5PRYTsJg_Wsv59jU-BuC0-N0Rluh4RXWZwegEKuY_l9bQjvkO-diBs0AI62FQHWj0ieWKDu3V/s72-c/Merseyside-derby.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Lampard's 20th goal in the Champions League make Villas Boas satisfied</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/09/lampards-20th-goal-in-champions-league.html</link><category>Chelsea</category><category>Premier League news</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:51:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-6786629775086495663</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League news&lt;/span&gt;: Frank Lampard to prove he is still vital to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt;. One goal against Valencia,  makes the manager Andre Villas Boas satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Che feted on Thursday September 29, 2011 pm dawn, The Blues should go home satisfied with a draw 1-1. The visitors went ahead before the hosts evened the score.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before Valencia rescue a point through a penalty Roberto Soldado, led the first &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea goal by Lampard&lt;/span&gt; scored about ten minutes into the second half of the fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goal was recorded as &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Frank Lampard&lt;/span&gt;'s 20th goal in the Champions League arena. This is both a proof that in which he has stepped on the numbers 33, Lampard can still contribute a lot to his team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a good performance from a great player and one of the best players in the squad, Villas Boas praise on &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt;'s official website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He appeared to the team and vice versa, and the goal was to come at the right time for Frank. He has become a goal scorer throughout his career, said the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt; manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NnU6wEZeTJk4u5xYKlNGKMdTFL4Df1WZf46V8_Kw9amLvPnP96I2En0icaOHeEFr_Ufr3YOAIHdDD7InBpGdBp76HtDXq3ntoyK-Ttfj5jSQBs2Hb05tCV9ww0661FpiJtyUBvdrsEa7/s1600/Lampard-goal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NnU6wEZeTJk4u5xYKlNGKMdTFL4Df1WZf46V8_Kw9amLvPnP96I2En0icaOHeEFr_Ufr3YOAIHdDD7InBpGdBp76HtDXq3ntoyK-Ttfj5jSQBs2Hb05tCV9ww0661FpiJtyUBvdrsEa7/s400/Lampard-goal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657625288196700898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NnU6wEZeTJk4u5xYKlNGKMdTFL4Df1WZf46V8_Kw9amLvPnP96I2En0icaOHeEFr_Ufr3YOAIHdDD7InBpGdBp76HtDXq3ntoyK-Ttfj5jSQBs2Hb05tCV9ww0661FpiJtyUBvdrsEa7/s72-c/Lampard-goal.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Steve Clarke Satisfied with the appearance of Liverpool</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/09/steve-clarke-satisfied-with-appearance.html</link><category>Liverpool</category><category>Premier League news</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:44:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-7489321766404653633</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League news&lt;/span&gt;: This season, Liverpool still looks less convincing. Had unbeaten in three games earlier, the Reds then received two successive defeats from Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luckily last week, Liverpool won again the victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Fifth position of the children had grasped Merseyside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, assistant manager Steve Clarke was still excuse the appearance of Liverpool. Acquisition of 10 points from six games, enough to make Clarke satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes we play well and sometimes not satisfactory. However, you expect it from a club that makes many changes in players, said Clarke who still believes Liverpool's performance will improve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One player who is said to Clarke as the key now is not Steven Gerrard or recruits Wednesday, Jordan Henderson. However, Luis Suarez Clarke choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many players who have great mental. We have Luis for it. He always worked hard in every workout. On Monday, he made the tough defender and creating two goals during training. He practiced like a match. He really loves football and it is very good, high praise Clarke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVG3Ft-_QqyKx4e6pgIsAuGsRyYu7CQ13SY6sSvur4r-QAI0ejmNGpW2qxL2M9sMumzTekPwf6V7rH-BVQDlgEGPzoOIdOKwnXjezbNgFt8mCUfTCjPJPhZ2VhbqyVxpZfLQk_2vzTbGZ/s1600/Steve-Clarke-Liverpool-gangster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVG3Ft-_QqyKx4e6pgIsAuGsRyYu7CQ13SY6sSvur4r-QAI0ejmNGpW2qxL2M9sMumzTekPwf6V7rH-BVQDlgEGPzoOIdOKwnXjezbNgFt8mCUfTCjPJPhZ2VhbqyVxpZfLQk_2vzTbGZ/s400/Steve-Clarke-Liverpool-gangster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657328933060428226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVG3Ft-_QqyKx4e6pgIsAuGsRyYu7CQ13SY6sSvur4r-QAI0ejmNGpW2qxL2M9sMumzTekPwf6V7rH-BVQDlgEGPzoOIdOKwnXjezbNgFt8mCUfTCjPJPhZ2VhbqyVxpZfLQk_2vzTbGZ/s72-c/Steve-Clarke-Liverpool-gangster.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Frank Lampard: I Will Not Leave Chelsea</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/09/frank-lampard-i-will-not-leave-chelsea.html</link><category>Chelsea</category><category>Premier League news</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:08:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-5341900654862631270</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League news&lt;/span&gt;: Frank Lampard denied the rumors stating that he would leave Britain a giant club, Chelsea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As reported by the DailyStar, Chelsea midfielder has also denounced reports that he was hurrying to leave and not be visible even on the bench against Swansea on Saturday. Lampard insists he had no intention of leaving &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt; and will leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was so determined to prove that he is still and struggling just to Chelsea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lampard&lt;/span&gt; at the beginning of the season less showed the best performance, when his team lost 3-1 at Manchester United. He also was on the bench for the third time in four games at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Frank Lampard&lt;/span&gt; has been struggling to rediscover his best form, after so long last season having a groin injury.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lampard statement reinforced Fabio Capello, the England national team coach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The character of Frank's work harder and prove everyone wrong assumption. And that's what he would do. He has no problems with Chelsea, and loved his club. He certainly did not want to leave Chelsea, said Fabio Capello.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtGAtoR9l5ptkTjAtkTKm2y7cIAicSmCVO-JkuDh7cygdlTphVN_Zp_0sisRaGRJyGX9pHtf4_1Y7j_FrjY_cH4Zyaoikv2Pi0Ak80Pbz6jQMQqeFRnS302CM7Q8IN2Wl29KdbyfocR9S/s1600/Frank-Lampard-chelsea.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtGAtoR9l5ptkTjAtkTKm2y7cIAicSmCVO-JkuDh7cygdlTphVN_Zp_0sisRaGRJyGX9pHtf4_1Y7j_FrjY_cH4Zyaoikv2Pi0Ak80Pbz6jQMQqeFRnS302CM7Q8IN2Wl29KdbyfocR9S/s400/Frank-Lampard-chelsea.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657320188107407554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtGAtoR9l5ptkTjAtkTKm2y7cIAicSmCVO-JkuDh7cygdlTphVN_Zp_0sisRaGRJyGX9pHtf4_1Y7j_FrjY_cH4Zyaoikv2Pi0Ak80Pbz6jQMQqeFRnS302CM7Q8IN2Wl29KdbyfocR9S/s72-c/Frank-Lampard-chelsea.jpeg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Emirates Cup 2011 is a 'Curse' for Arsenal?</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/emirates-cup-2011-is-curse-for-arsenal.html</link><category>Arsenal</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:03:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-7739852270880543094</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;From the mat last four, Arsenal won the tournament three times the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pre-season of Emirates Cup 2011&lt;/span&gt;. But this tournament is like a "curse" for the Gunners. Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Emirates Cup pre-season tournament&lt;/span&gt; is held every year, starting in 2007 with Arsenal as the host. North London team's three-time winner of the 2007, 2009, and 2010. In 2008, Arsene Wenger's team finished in third place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emirates Cup team requires contestants to appear offensive. Because each goal that was created will also get points. So the points that will be collected by the team's 3-0 win would be more than just who won only 1-0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contestants this tournament is the top clubs. Inter Milan, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Juventus and Lyon are a few examples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By looking at the contestants, then this tournament could be a good preparation for the participants to prepare for each season, Arsenal is no exception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this year, followed by Arsenal's Emirates Cup, the New York Red Bulls, Boca Juniors, and Paris Saint-Germain. The host faces Boca and New York Red Bull.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had two matches against a strong team and it is competition that is right for our current stage of pre-season now entering a period like this, said the Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin in the club's official website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there is an "anecdote" is quite disturbing because this tournament is like a "curse" for Arsenal. "I have always enjoyed this tournament and I hope we can show a lot of positive things, but honestly it is not important to win this tournament," said Arshavin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I joined here, we won this tournament twice, but never won the trophy in the season. So I prefer to exchange the Emirates Cup title (with the champions-ed), joked the player from Russia's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Emirates Cup 2011 Schedule&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 30: New York Red Bulls vs. Paris Saint-Germain&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 30: Arsenal vs. Boca Juniors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 31: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Boca Juniors &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 31: Arsenal vs. New York Red Bulls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMn_73z0IWV2ldTEvsMZQJLi4MZtLOx8FGDeCKYXneUtJAbP-Aad_AN989twiF4hs8GXYLuR5jDvNqXlIYlWhDbuRkfEYTzXlgMGjJnXRxhyphenhyphennzzpTi6H3yh3OcXoqpNDLG7TKqoJzoWMaF/s1600/Emirates-Cup-2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMn_73z0IWV2ldTEvsMZQJLi4MZtLOx8FGDeCKYXneUtJAbP-Aad_AN989twiF4hs8GXYLuR5jDvNqXlIYlWhDbuRkfEYTzXlgMGjJnXRxhyphenhyphennzzpTi6H3yh3OcXoqpNDLG7TKqoJzoWMaF/s400/Emirates-Cup-2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634311217807138018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMn_73z0IWV2ldTEvsMZQJLi4MZtLOx8FGDeCKYXneUtJAbP-Aad_AN989twiF4hs8GXYLuR5jDvNqXlIYlWhDbuRkfEYTzXlgMGjJnXRxhyphenhyphennzzpTi6H3yh3OcXoqpNDLG7TKqoJzoWMaF/s72-c/Emirates-Cup-2011.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>De Jong criticism Balotelli ridiculous attitude</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/de-jong-criticism-balotelli-ridiculous.html</link><category>Manchester City</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:18:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-3226938485092598408</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester City&lt;/span&gt; midfielder Nigel De Jong warned team-mate, Mario Balotelli, to change his attitude if you want to become great players. This statement came after Balotelli back throwing a tantrum in the pre-season tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balotelli re-creates the manager, Roberto Mancini, furious after his actions waste the opportunity with heel against the Los Angeles Galaxy in pre-season tour in the United States. Balotelli Mancini was then replacing with James Milner after just running 31 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Responding to the action Balotelli, De Jong considers that action to make the team frustrated. De Jong assess Balotelli has exceptional talent, but everything will be useless if the Italian national team striker did not change her attitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The action was frustrating and he should immediately resolve this problem, if not his throw useless talent. I'm playing with some strange characters in football, but this is the first time I saw anything like this, said De Jong, as reported by The Sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Jong confirmed that all &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester City&lt;/span&gt; players Balotelli are ready to help change his attitude, but the final decision in the hands of descendants of Ghana's players. This is a lesson he should learn and understand that such actions are unacceptable, both by the team and staff, says De Jong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester City&lt;/span&gt; himself had arrived in Britain yesterday, Monday, July 25, 2011, and the Sun launch Balotelli Mancini is still advised. Mancini even ordered his personal driver to drive home Balotelli. Mancini chose to go home by taxi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3uQi1Na-z497qdwHa1CdkRVAGCF9Y4aCRqwgkpFBzqGDUTMplG9Jy7EAgwguvnasXIHn-LXek2IKWak6aOblYRov4X5ptINe-mHFTMPKZPoSjR8FSQzE1am7gP9bFnrhez7Zf8vI4EsI/s1600/BALOTELLI-DE-JONG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3uQi1Na-z497qdwHa1CdkRVAGCF9Y4aCRqwgkpFBzqGDUTMplG9Jy7EAgwguvnasXIHn-LXek2IKWak6aOblYRov4X5ptINe-mHFTMPKZPoSjR8FSQzE1am7gP9bFnrhez7Zf8vI4EsI/s400/BALOTELLI-DE-JONG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633559037530778514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3uQi1Na-z497qdwHa1CdkRVAGCF9Y4aCRqwgkpFBzqGDUTMplG9Jy7EAgwguvnasXIHn-LXek2IKWak6aOblYRov4X5ptINe-mHFTMPKZPoSjR8FSQzE1am7gP9bFnrhez7Zf8vI4EsI/s72-c/BALOTELLI-DE-JONG.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Alex Ferguson is optimistic with his new team formation</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/alex-ferguson-is-optimistic-with-his.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:37:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-6422229318524191004</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: The presence of David De Gea, Phil Jones, and Ashley Young apparently feels Sir Alex Ferguson was enough. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; manager for the current rate he has not felt the need to buy new players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This summer, we release five players who are aged 30 years and over. It helps the club financially to pick up three players to this club, said Alex Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For now, I see not need to buy new players. Even if no, the player's status can not be purchased. Obviously, I am pleased with our current squad, said Alex Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Ferguson also enthusiastically welcomed the Community Shield match against Manchester City on 7 August. Like a derby, the game against City will certainly attract Fergie. Moreover, there is revenge the defeat when it lost to rivals in the FA Cup semi-final last season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjgN-MwPdewPFKnOXXKYm6ybrY7m_3N9kOoiTOZFKJ-1IuaZM2cqIiZpng1l8DJ0NOdktDuDVKmK09JV2waZYMaNvL1jaAQPPftx1JJq_pzADTIi9-e2zS9vAHqCBQDJArUKY9ieKf8Cj/s1600/Manchester-United-Team-2011-2012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjgN-MwPdewPFKnOXXKYm6ybrY7m_3N9kOoiTOZFKJ-1IuaZM2cqIiZpng1l8DJ0NOdktDuDVKmK09JV2waZYMaNvL1jaAQPPftx1JJq_pzADTIi9-e2zS9vAHqCBQDJArUKY9ieKf8Cj/s400/Manchester-United-Team-2011-2012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633517805726131938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjgN-MwPdewPFKnOXXKYm6ybrY7m_3N9kOoiTOZFKJ-1IuaZM2cqIiZpng1l8DJ0NOdktDuDVKmK09JV2waZYMaNvL1jaAQPPftx1JJq_pzADTIi9-e2zS9vAHqCBQDJArUKY9ieKf8Cj/s72-c/Manchester-United-Team-2011-2012.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Beckham was MU forced to buy Wesley Sneijder</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/beckham-was-mu-forced-to-buy-wesley.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:41:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-5453014654035657346</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Transfer rumors&lt;/span&gt;: David Beckham force &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; management to sign Inter Milan midfielder, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wesley Sneijder&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Beckham says the Red Devils need to promptly obtain the signature of Dutch international midfielder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former England captain assess Sneijder is a person who could replace him at Real Madrid position at that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sneijder is a very talented player. I'm sure he fits in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt;. He can do anything in there, undoubtedly, Beckham said as quoted by The Sun on Sunday July 24, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Becks said, the Red Devils need to fill the position of the best midfielders Paul Scholes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scholes is a great player. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; must also obtain a special person to replace him, said Becks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjclq7rZxhPYHh4o4psbPa1d8x7fwvuN0lrJoGCLXHiq0PdEXfQMzYPEtkY3qAtXMIS7c5CrnDHQN5vNx8pccnnWFteyigZcDFpo1cVPsWrEcLOLZOmC4-DF2K0cvxEyFGFmhyphenhyphenI4f2GUw/s1600/david-beckham.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjclq7rZxhPYHh4o4psbPa1d8x7fwvuN0lrJoGCLXHiq0PdEXfQMzYPEtkY3qAtXMIS7c5CrnDHQN5vNx8pccnnWFteyigZcDFpo1cVPsWrEcLOLZOmC4-DF2K0cvxEyFGFmhyphenhyphenI4f2GUw/s400/david-beckham.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633130295241759682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjclq7rZxhPYHh4o4psbPa1d8x7fwvuN0lrJoGCLXHiq0PdEXfQMzYPEtkY3qAtXMIS7c5CrnDHQN5vNx8pccnnWFteyigZcDFpo1cVPsWrEcLOLZOmC4-DF2K0cvxEyFGFmhyphenhyphenI4f2GUw/s72-c/david-beckham.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Nani not concerned about the competition among the MU players</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/nani-not-concerned-about-competition.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:20:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-6305112622094044177</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: In the next season, Nani had to fight hard to get through &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; starting eleven. The Portuguese winger claimed to be ready to compete and fight for his position.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The presence of Ashley Young to make &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; winger had excess stock. In addition to Nani and Young, they also still have Antonio Valencia. Danny Welbeck who had just returned from the loan can be used as a winger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nani did not feel concerned with this condition. He judged the competition among the players is a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Competition is good. It inspires you. If you've got competition, you will train harder and push yourself in every game, said Nani reported by Sportinglife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt;, you have to be ready whenever you go to the field, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last season, Nani perform very well with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the Red Devils&lt;/span&gt;. Former Sporting Lisbon player this contributed nine goals and 18 assists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course I still can do better. That's what I'm trying to do. It's not easy, but it is I want to accomplish every year, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I could make more goals and assists, it will be good for the team and help us in all competitions, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hgeFBx1IfDOCHuByEckPj_VGuQylgJ481p_VbwS8TNrUc_TqLK-lw9-RDyjbI5BvciVy7l_V2g447oQZ0byouag6MWcuzkoiR_CAgp5IjqhF2jO0IA_r4vmqqW48RQkKV91R_nUar2aO/s1600/nani-MU-poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hgeFBx1IfDOCHuByEckPj_VGuQylgJ481p_VbwS8TNrUc_TqLK-lw9-RDyjbI5BvciVy7l_V2g447oQZ0byouag6MWcuzkoiR_CAgp5IjqhF2jO0IA_r4vmqqW48RQkKV91R_nUar2aO/s400/nani-MU-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633125205571567106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hgeFBx1IfDOCHuByEckPj_VGuQylgJ481p_VbwS8TNrUc_TqLK-lw9-RDyjbI5BvciVy7l_V2g447oQZ0byouag6MWcuzkoiR_CAgp5IjqhF2jO0IA_r4vmqqW48RQkKV91R_nUar2aO/s72-c/nani-MU-poster.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Nasri forced by Wenger to sign a new contract</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/nasri-forced-by-wenger-to-sign-new.html</link><category>Arsenal</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:15:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-5688865485987985767</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Transfer rumors&lt;/span&gt;: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Samir Nasri&lt;/span&gt; forced to sign a new contract proposed management club. If not willing, Nasri will be sold to Manchester City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenger says the club gave a deadline until the end of this month to Nasri to think about his future. If Nasri does not sign a contract until the end of the month, then the club will throw it away to Manchester City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want him (Nasri) live. He knew what I wanted it. Hopefully we can sort out the players who came out in the coming weeks, Wenger said as quoted by Tribalfootbal on Friday July 22, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenger admitted that he had tried hard to convince the French midfielder to continue career at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the Emirates&lt;/span&gt;. However, that decision remains in the hands of Nasri to two weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nasri's contract will expire in 2012. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Gunners&lt;/span&gt; midfielder was asked the club to raise his salary. However, the request was rejected by the club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw2oJO5O5DoGEubFR1mvT6KQtBLe6z3bJad659vK_cAYWXxA7idEEUt88r4loVKzzwCm7ZPa2D__p9zelx67k3N68oJq0_aQjWg4wNZdp7OXxPgzaXWFLmDM8Z3lcRiY7rlb8YmX0qCn4/s1600/Nasri-arsenal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw2oJO5O5DoGEubFR1mvT6KQtBLe6z3bJad659vK_cAYWXxA7idEEUt88r4loVKzzwCm7ZPa2D__p9zelx67k3N68oJq0_aQjWg4wNZdp7OXxPgzaXWFLmDM8Z3lcRiY7rlb8YmX0qCn4/s400/Nasri-arsenal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632397005729774194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw2oJO5O5DoGEubFR1mvT6KQtBLe6z3bJad659vK_cAYWXxA7idEEUt88r4loVKzzwCm7ZPa2D__p9zelx67k3N68oJq0_aQjWg4wNZdp7OXxPgzaXWFLmDM8Z3lcRiY7rlb8YmX0qCn4/s72-c/Nasri-arsenal.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Drogba Start Concerned about His position at Chelsea</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/drogba-start-concerned-about-his.html</link><category>Chelsea</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:18:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-2399602731991064749</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea striker&lt;/span&gt; Didier Drogba dismissed the rumors about him that will leave Chelsea &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;next Premier League season&lt;/span&gt;. He asserted, will remain with the Blues and be ready to compete with Fernando Torres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivory Coast player has previously been linked with the club Galatasaray. The issue comes after last season, Drogba is no longer the primary option.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would still be here (Chelsea) next season, said Drogba told Daily Telegraph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drogba explains there are now new contract talks between himself and the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt; management. And it's very exciting, said Drogba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drogba confirmed everyone would already know about him and Chelsea. Because, Drogba wants to end career at Chelsea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody knows what I feel about Chelsea and what I want. I'll be here until my contract expires, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moreover, there are already signals a new manager of Chelsea, Andre Villas Boas will not rely on just one player like Torres. Therefore, Drogba reiterated would be ready to compete to get prime position by the Spanish players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was 33 years old. And I was the oldest player and it feels weird if I do not worry. If I am eligible to play, then I'll play. However, if I had not feasible, then I will not play, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drogba conscious, in a team every day for Chelsea would have to be the main competition. Even two years ago, I also still compete, said Drogba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ioZFtNSoz8h2J5EVOU1l9NPZduz5Czwmm1kJhpErRPuspcBEy8Xv8WrLMUzp3wkWC0o3J6JsjFyOS9BABR0cvKGIcyyTL2J14pt96lvcr1o1dvcmwMO82i34nX_pwUDzTEaULuLLxtf4/s1600/Didier-Drogba-chelsea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ioZFtNSoz8h2J5EVOU1l9NPZduz5Czwmm1kJhpErRPuspcBEy8Xv8WrLMUzp3wkWC0o3J6JsjFyOS9BABR0cvKGIcyyTL2J14pt96lvcr1o1dvcmwMO82i34nX_pwUDzTEaULuLLxtf4/s400/Didier-Drogba-chelsea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632382369304112786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ioZFtNSoz8h2J5EVOU1l9NPZduz5Czwmm1kJhpErRPuspcBEy8Xv8WrLMUzp3wkWC0o3J6JsjFyOS9BABR0cvKGIcyyTL2J14pt96lvcr1o1dvcmwMO82i34nX_pwUDzTEaULuLLxtf4/s72-c/Didier-Drogba-chelsea.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>MU vs. Chicago Fire, De Gea debut wearing MU uniform</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/mu-vs-chicago-fire-de-gea-debut-wearing.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:42:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-6750349448365777655</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; will play a new goalkeeper David De Gea at the event in World Football Challenge against the United States Football League club (MLS), Chicago Fire at Soldier Field Stadium on Sunday morning  July 24, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spanish goalkeeper will be costumed debut MU. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Red Devils goalkeeper&lt;/span&gt; 20 years really hope this can replace Edwin van der Sar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He will be the starter, said &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; manager Sir Alex Ferguson in a press conference as reported by ESPN. "He had some good times in training."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;De Gea&lt;/span&gt; joining Manchester United a few days before the big 7-0 win over the host Seattle Sounders FC, yesterday. The former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper this 5-year binding contract. Ferguson has not played De Gea in the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He came to England at a very young age. Hence, he needs time to adapt, said Ferguson. It's like Petr Cech at Chelsea who joined at a young age. He was always Chelsea's first choice. And De Gea had a quality like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In two test matches this summer, Manchester United entrust the position under the rule to Anders Lindegaard. Danish goalkeeper was only conceded one goal during the Red Devils win over the New England Revolution 4-1 in the Champions also World Football Challenge, July 13. Then, Lindegaard alternating with a goalkeeper Ben Amos when MU won a landslide victory over Seattle 7-0 in a test match.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lindegaard will be a strong competitor for De Gea to become number 1 goalkeeper MU. But Ferguson believes De Gea will have the ability to cope with the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has quality and good posture as a young goalkeeper, said Ferguson. He was quick and had good positioning. He will be an additional strength for the club."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMCddJjgrON8MtGryAnLoQudBzUVYGcq3Ap596bAiWPsr3ZKveUHRkfOZncor83OJJ9_GpLEs4maTPAyapuSbEEHD3gntjB7S_4xb-gTUQthS4OZDQPMKFQYyK0vC-YH5BjPfnYn2qwv0/s1600/david-de-gea--MU.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMCddJjgrON8MtGryAnLoQudBzUVYGcq3Ap596bAiWPsr3ZKveUHRkfOZncor83OJJ9_GpLEs4maTPAyapuSbEEHD3gntjB7S_4xb-gTUQthS4OZDQPMKFQYyK0vC-YH5BjPfnYn2qwv0/s400/david-de-gea--MU.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632063689612930610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMCddJjgrON8MtGryAnLoQudBzUVYGcq3Ap596bAiWPsr3ZKveUHRkfOZncor83OJJ9_GpLEs4maTPAyapuSbEEHD3gntjB7S_4xb-gTUQthS4OZDQPMKFQYyK0vC-YH5BjPfnYn2qwv0/s72-c/david-de-gea--MU.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Wayne Rooney claimed MU targeted wins all competitions on next season</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/wayne-rooney-claimed-mu-targeted-wins.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:49:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-5045238933166336812</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United striker&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wayne Rooney&lt;/span&gt; claimed his team target is to win all competitions next season. Starting from the Community Shield against Manchester City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United as Premier League champions&lt;/span&gt; will be against his neighbor, the City as the FA Cup winners. Community Shield match held at Wembley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rooney admitted his team top priority is to win the English League title to the 20. Still "Red Devil" does not mean others will ignore the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you play at a club like Manchester United, the target is to win the whole competition, said Rooney told L'Equipe quoted by ESPN Star.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our priority right retains the title won the Premier League but we will not ignore the other competitions. We want to win everything, starting from the Community Shield. There's nothing better than derbu early in the season, the England striker was straightforward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manchester United will meet Barcelona in the test match, the end of this month. Although the 'Red Devils' conquered Barcelona in the Champions League final the past, but Rooney is assessing his team did not feel smaller than his opponent's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every club wants to play in the European Championship finals. Barcelona was superior at Wembley but I think it would not be influential for us who want to be the best team in Europe, said Roo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We do not need to feel more inferior to the big teams in Europe. Manchester United has become the team was remember we are still playing in three of four finals, he asserted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOukx7Idmw2XCIOpcF_yL3uNAFsVDroQ2okRwUYNrj6y06RCEhUn6-UNU23DyS-1mid94nfIEnJW1I_uv56YV2Pwy3xmiLgos9VsN9nXtx2D7WfJxqPVgyZ683YUErP94vZzVlPkMwQpq/s1600/Wayne-Rooney.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOukx7Idmw2XCIOpcF_yL3uNAFsVDroQ2okRwUYNrj6y06RCEhUn6-UNU23DyS-1mid94nfIEnJW1I_uv56YV2Pwy3xmiLgos9VsN9nXtx2D7WfJxqPVgyZ683YUErP94vZzVlPkMwQpq/s400/Wayne-Rooney.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632019293231251970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOukx7Idmw2XCIOpcF_yL3uNAFsVDroQ2okRwUYNrj6y06RCEhUn6-UNU23DyS-1mid94nfIEnJW1I_uv56YV2Pwy3xmiLgos9VsN9nXtx2D7WfJxqPVgyZ683YUErP94vZzVlPkMwQpq/s72-c/Wayne-Rooney.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Alex Ferguson Rotating 20 Players on the pre-season</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/alex-ferguson-rotating-20-players-on.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:12:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-7473325636362051760</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; managed to create a 7-0 victory in the second &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pre-season game&lt;/span&gt; in the United States. In the game this time goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard managed to do some brilliant rescue. This forced David De Gea little patience on the bench.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir Alex Ferguson seems to want to maximize this match to see the quality of the players. Evidently, at least 20 players rotated in this fight. Meanwhile, Dimitar Berbatov name is not in the squad because of smothering minor injuries in a training session yesterday Wednesday July 20, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seattle Sounders players apparently did not lose the mental and some of United troublesome times with the onslaught of attacks. However, it was a combination of attacks Ashley Young and Patrice Evra who ended Michael Owen's header in the 15th minute managed to open the scoring MU 1-0 win over Sounders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Red Devils fans&lt;/span&gt; apparently have to be patient waiting for the debut of De Gea. Because in the second half, just replace Fergie Lindegaard with young goalkeeper Ben Amos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raged as though the Red Devils in the second half. New top-four minutes, Mame Diouf proves sharpness. Nani bait not utters a 2-0 advantage and successfully adds to United in the 49th minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In minute 51, Rooney's turn to add 3-0 advantage, the result of cooperation on the right side of United's beautiful. The attackers finally create a hat-trick after re-scored at minute 69 and 72. Park Ji-Sung also had contributed a goal a minute before Rooney's hat trick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obertan goal in the 88th minute closing the 7-0 victory for United at this party. Children's care Ferguson will next face the Chicago Fire and Barcelona in advanced pre-season tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zq3G3Jm9YmtBFGAh7pB8nSpwCnSR5UpQGkf3qDdA2h0_-pTwZQJKpKaXe105JjoJ3osU2sbdwg7E_Hr_6xOxqN0GrMLJN17MV94P9mp7WvwRsxa80FUHoCFQFIZ7ayD4igrTNLt-X7XV/s1600/Alex-Ferguson-MU.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zq3G3Jm9YmtBFGAh7pB8nSpwCnSR5UpQGkf3qDdA2h0_-pTwZQJKpKaXe105JjoJ3osU2sbdwg7E_Hr_6xOxqN0GrMLJN17MV94P9mp7WvwRsxa80FUHoCFQFIZ7ayD4igrTNLt-X7XV/s400/Alex-Ferguson-MU.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631669908080718802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zq3G3Jm9YmtBFGAh7pB8nSpwCnSR5UpQGkf3qDdA2h0_-pTwZQJKpKaXe105JjoJ3osU2sbdwg7E_Hr_6xOxqN0GrMLJN17MV94P9mp7WvwRsxa80FUHoCFQFIZ7ayD4igrTNLt-X7XV/s72-c/Alex-Ferguson-MU.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Fulham get the future players of Czech Republic</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/fulham-get-future-players-of-czech.html</link><category>Fulham F.C</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:01:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-1028931140560798110</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Transfer rumors&lt;/span&gt;: Fulham F.C have one official national team players ages 21 from Czech Republic, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marcel Gecov&lt;/span&gt;. Fulham bring in players from the club FC Slovan Liberec with a transfer value is still a secret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gecov performed brilliantly at the UEFA European Under age 21 held in Denmark, 11 to 25 June last. Gecov accompany Czech Republic to the semifinals before finally foundered in the hands of Switzerland with the score 1-0, June 22, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gecov has passed a medical before joining &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fulham F.C&lt;/span&gt;. Players who are aged 23 years were then contracted for two years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has a signature and I am very pleased with him, said the Fulham manager, Martin Jol as reported &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League&lt;/span&gt; site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jol admitted Gecov impressed with the performance of the European Cup at the age of 21 and then, especially when his team meet England. In this duel, Gecov scored two asist which makes it appear more confident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He knew he could play opposite the British and it was very helpful. He has signed a contract yesterday, said Jol. He has appeared on a good tournament and he was very firm, said Jol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jol added: Gecov has become the target of the Fulham game since last year. Talent scout wafted by Fulham. Finding talent Fulham gave a good report on Gecov, said Jol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gecov is a player who has defended the Czech Republic national team at various levels. Starting from the team age 17 to age 21, The player who plays as a midfielder also appeared full at the age of 21 European Cup in Denmark last June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jol did not mention how much the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;transfer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marcel Gecov&lt;/span&gt;. But reportedly the player who started his professional career with the team SK Slavia Prague was carried off by of 700 thousand pounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is a typical midfielder and he was young. He was aggressive and as I said, I'm glad he came in the team, added Jol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6bxK7GkDkIxIq5hMxSxM66D0zoINoCemi1v-xC3a58Cg0mcx_08Huyq6ZFKvUmleJwVW6DTv4lZ1Rhd7d1SsPTIEmacIfpe4XT0rNeuvKCvYV7ik4QNVZgIgkPv3uM5YlsXbhqeXbvt6/s1600/Marcel-Gecov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6bxK7GkDkIxIq5hMxSxM66D0zoINoCemi1v-xC3a58Cg0mcx_08Huyq6ZFKvUmleJwVW6DTv4lZ1Rhd7d1SsPTIEmacIfpe4XT0rNeuvKCvYV7ik4QNVZgIgkPv3uM5YlsXbhqeXbvt6/s400/Marcel-Gecov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631651544050707698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6bxK7GkDkIxIq5hMxSxM66D0zoINoCemi1v-xC3a58Cg0mcx_08Huyq6ZFKvUmleJwVW6DTv4lZ1Rhd7d1SsPTIEmacIfpe4XT0rNeuvKCvYV7ik4QNVZgIgkPv3uM5YlsXbhqeXbvt6/s72-c/Marcel-Gecov.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Berbatov staying at Manchester United</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/berbatov-staying-at-manchester-united.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-3349816071334446898</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Transfer rumors&lt;/span&gt;: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dimitar Berbatov&lt;/span&gt; to stay at Old Trafford. However, Ferguson also warned Berbatov is still a third option after Wayne Rooney and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The situation is a matter he 'Berbatov' is now obvious. Chicharito very nice appearance. He must be played in every game because it always provides a threat to the defender, defenders, Ferguson told the Daily Star.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicharito riveting performances so reserve force Berbatov at United. Bulgaria striker is often heated bench in the match-last game ahead of Manchester United &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League&lt;/span&gt; trophy to the 19. But Ferguson admitted there was no problem with Berbatov.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's not a bad player, Berbatov just out of luck, said Fergie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly in the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Champions League&lt;/span&gt; final of 2011. Berbatov saw 3-1 defeat of the locker room, refused to sit on the bench and disappeared after that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has led to strong speculation Berbatov will leave Old Trafford. 30 year old striker was linked with AC Milan, Marseille and Paris St Germain. In fact, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; will make it as negotiations get Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Luka Modric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's football. Young players come, look good and take a position. First, Ryan Giggs also do it to Lee Sharpe, said Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've tried to install Sharpey in several positions, right wing, left-back. But, instead he asked for and eventually moved to Leeds United. That's what happened, said Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, he very brilliant, first-class players. He practiced very nice and good person. Nice guy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fergie told Berbatov that used to be a backup. I'm not going down the same team every week. I only do it once in the last three years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They must understand if I just want to lose the team to win, said Fergie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6McIOXBBtNuWjDxFzWgEERHgV0GlnPD1GYhtsVPIGZcXKUgfzPLvZSE3l39Oq0B9l-3cNdPIU0TRFUbIf88h4_APwG7xN_Rvkm33_OIs_QGbRDXeZ5XLEiOlJ8DAjDKNC0gtxAj0oWr4B/s1600/berbatov-MU-wallpaper.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6McIOXBBtNuWjDxFzWgEERHgV0GlnPD1GYhtsVPIGZcXKUgfzPLvZSE3l39Oq0B9l-3cNdPIU0TRFUbIf88h4_APwG7xN_Rvkm33_OIs_QGbRDXeZ5XLEiOlJ8DAjDKNC0gtxAj0oWr4B/s400/berbatov-MU-wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631279842824513858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6McIOXBBtNuWjDxFzWgEERHgV0GlnPD1GYhtsVPIGZcXKUgfzPLvZSE3l39Oq0B9l-3cNdPIU0TRFUbIf88h4_APwG7xN_Rvkm33_OIs_QGbRDXeZ5XLEiOlJ8DAjDKNC0gtxAj0oWr4B/s72-c/berbatov-MU-wallpaper.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Gervinho, I've become Arsenal since childhood</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/gervinho-ive-become-arsenal-since.html</link><category>Arsenal</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:33:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-1087065838824042712</guid><description>Premier League news: Arsenal new signing &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gervinho&lt;/span&gt; claims he will not find it difficult to adjust to the team game. Ivory Coast's national player said he was Arsenal since childhood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gervinho is one of the recruit Arsenal in the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League transfer market&lt;/span&gt; this summer. Players 24 year old said that joining the North London team is like a dream come true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being an Arsenal player brings an amazing feeling. I am very happy. I have always dreamed of playing here. Now my dream has been fulfilled. This is the happiest day of my life, he said on the club's official website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gervinho career been much he spent in France. That means he must make adjustments to the playing style of Arsenal and the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League&lt;/span&gt;. The player's full name is Gervais Yao Kouassi said he would not be difficult to adapt, because she was educated by Arsenal since I was little.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arsenal is a club that attractive to me, because when I was a kid and joined the academy at ASEC Abidjan, we were all educated by the way Arsenal plays, he explained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are very fortunate to coach at the time (Jean-Marc Guillou) has a philosophy. So we tried to play like Arsenal, and since then, I always wanted to be an Arsenal player. And now, I am very happy, straightforward Gervinho who joined in ASEC for five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger called Gervinho as a versatile player, who can be deployed as an attacking wing or center forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the angle, I feel very comfortable with any position in the middle. The important thing is that I can contribute greatly to the team, no matter where I installed later on, added the former fan of Arsenal striker Thierry Henry is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpkB0N2u-PGJZIvztl0VD9bvsAM6E9YLKFp9g7EDrqFLlhyFM9Yj_r1mG6guZFZ8YexXuDQUiZqWIcm8_81YT2ZcsoGdwHVYFsFXaEmOnTYYNXN3JlQJQgnLh7kzktogKZjkliu1fnX9o/s1600/gervinho-arsenal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpkB0N2u-PGJZIvztl0VD9bvsAM6E9YLKFp9g7EDrqFLlhyFM9Yj_r1mG6guZFZ8YexXuDQUiZqWIcm8_81YT2ZcsoGdwHVYFsFXaEmOnTYYNXN3JlQJQgnLh7kzktogKZjkliu1fnX9o/s400/gervinho-arsenal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631273616093850178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpkB0N2u-PGJZIvztl0VD9bvsAM6E9YLKFp9g7EDrqFLlhyFM9Yj_r1mG6guZFZ8YexXuDQUiZqWIcm8_81YT2ZcsoGdwHVYFsFXaEmOnTYYNXN3JlQJQgnLh7kzktogKZjkliu1fnX9o/s72-c/gervinho-arsenal.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Nemanja Vidic optimistic that MU will regain the title</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/nemanja-vidic-optimistic-that-mu-will.html</link><category>Manchester United</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:26:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-2216998303892954324</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Premier League news: Vidic understand the steps to bring a number of rivals in order to strengthen the team's name will make the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League&lt;/span&gt; next season becomes difficult. Still, he remains optimistic that MU will regain the title.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City is Likely to be the strongest competitor for the squad WHO nurtured by Sir Alex Ferguson in next season. Why not, all four clubs at the top even still active in the effort to hunt a number of players in the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premier League transfer market&lt;/span&gt; this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ambition above any number of clubs believed to be a tough &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/span&gt; defender &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nemanja Vidic&lt;/span&gt; will heat up the competitive landscape of the league again next season. Next season will be a difficult year for us. And, perhaps the Premier League competition will be much heavier than before, because the competition has increased, said Vidic was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other teams have tried as much as possible and have bought a player who will certainly come back to challenge us, continued the defender who previously uniformed Spartak Moscow (2004-2006).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, Vidic undaunted. Because, he still has confidence that the squad are based at Old Trafford had a great chance of re-fill their trophy cabinet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a good team. Hopefully we'll come back to win the title, said defender born Titovo Uzice, October 21.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO85D9JB6Ft2lOn-BwLmRJeTe5GTp1AQihFNvRmgUi5YYvkXDK2448mWU-1Rl05CzNt5zz0hVJqrE3meed0mmptkjxsY3X5dgVKrR2KW6Z0P1vSAwiwYwzPQJoxaY1622KcUMChy_VxMtw/s1600/nemanja-vidic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO85D9JB6Ft2lOn-BwLmRJeTe5GTp1AQihFNvRmgUi5YYvkXDK2448mWU-1Rl05CzNt5zz0hVJqrE3meed0mmptkjxsY3X5dgVKrR2KW6Z0P1vSAwiwYwzPQJoxaY1622KcUMChy_VxMtw/s400/nemanja-vidic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630174712277819362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO85D9JB6Ft2lOn-BwLmRJeTe5GTp1AQihFNvRmgUi5YYvkXDK2448mWU-1Rl05CzNt5zz0hVJqrE3meed0mmptkjxsY3X5dgVKrR2KW6Z0P1vSAwiwYwzPQJoxaY1622KcUMChy_VxMtw/s72-c/nemanja-vidic.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Chelsea gets a talented young goalkeeper from Belgian club</title><link>http://pl-transferrumors.blogspot.com/2011/07/chelsea-gets-talented-young-goalkeeper.html</link><category>Chelsea</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (iipz)</author><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:59:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652010163698877494.post-7604191602718686480</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Transfer rumors&lt;/span&gt;: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas finally makes a purchase first. The Blues are obtained &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thibaut Courtois&lt;/span&gt;, a talented young goalkeeper from Belgian club, Genk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mention is how much it costs &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt; to redeem Courtois disbursed. But the Genk claimed that English clubs bid for the goalkeeper's 19 years 'very large'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We received a huge offer that makes us have no choice but to let him go, said the Director of Genk, Dirk Degraen, told BBC Sport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last season, Courtois featured as many as 40 times for Genk and played a major role in bringing the club with a blue and white uniforms that won the Belgium Pro League.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My feelings about this transfer are mixed. Actually, we want to Thibaut survive a little longer, said Degraen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Chelsea, Courtois is the recruitment of their first under the control of managers Villas-Boas. The Portuguese manager was not willing to tell what his plans for Courtois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's wait for him agreeing personal terms. It is unfair for me to comment, but soon after he became a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/span&gt; player, then we will see how his future, says Villas-Boas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtois himself admitted will be patient waiting for an opportunity for Chelsea to come. The owner of the Belgian national team cap was aware that the current &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chelsea goalkeeper&lt;/span&gt;, Petr Cech, far more experienced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chelsea looked at me as a potential successor to Petr Cech. That will not happen in two or three years into the future, but maybe in four or five more years, Courtois determination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgt519O_TryaBIbJ_xNveXBjY7XdPyoAWTn2ErSrMl_lRPC46vSFXWLbRXvz26Qv2SGcTeVju7X0_IPb9MTMtyC0aAuMR08q8UAc9pzWrWR-qHwQYByZ9x9ok2pM-KEM0e5rH3orWiyE0_/s1600/Thibaut-Courtois-chelsea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgt519O_TryaBIbJ_xNveXBjY7XdPyoAWTn2ErSrMl_lRPC46vSFXWLbRXvz26Qv2SGcTeVju7X0_IPb9MTMtyC0aAuMR08q8UAc9pzWrWR-qHwQYByZ9x9ok2pM-KEM0e5rH3orWiyE0_/s400/Thibaut-Courtois-chelsea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630167804746098098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgt519O_TryaBIbJ_xNveXBjY7XdPyoAWTn2ErSrMl_lRPC46vSFXWLbRXvz26Qv2SGcTeVju7X0_IPb9MTMtyC0aAuMR08q8UAc9pzWrWR-qHwQYByZ9x9ok2pM-KEM0e5rH3orWiyE0_/s72-c/Thibaut-Courtois-chelsea.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>