Tevez Manchester United Agree to Terms

BBC is reporting Carlos Tevez and Manchester United have agreed to terms, although it seems unclear as to whether West Ham are satisfied.

Tevez 'agrees terms' with Man Utd - BBC


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Tevez to Manchester United

It is being widely reported that Carlos Tevez will sign for Manchester United.

United close in on Tevez as Ferguson leaves rivals in the shade - TimesOnline.co.uk

Tevez set for United - Telegraph.co.uk

Man Utd close in on striker Tevez - BBC


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Manchester United Sign Nani, Anderson, and Kuszczak

Manchester United sign Nani from Sporting Lisbon, Brazilian Anderson from Porto, and Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak.

Red Devils confirm trio - Sky Sports


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Hargreaves Manchester United Transfer Finally Complete

England midfielder Owen Hargreaves finally moves to Manchester United from Bayern Munich in a deal reportedly worth £17m.

Hargreaves completes Man Utd move - BBC


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Liverpool Interested in United's Heinze

Joining Real Madrid and Juventus, Liverpool now appear interested in Gabriel Heinze as well.

The Manchester United and Argentina defender will not make any decisions until after Copa America.

Reds enter Heinze race - SkySports.com


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Chelsea Finally Seeded in Champions League

Chelsea join Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United as top seeds for next season's Champions League.

Chelsea in Champions League boost - BBC

Weddings for Four England Internationals

John Terry, Steven Gerrard, Gary Neville, and Michael Carrick, all marry their girlfriends this weekend.

England stars' wedding hat-trick - BBC

Tevez Interested in Inter Milan, Italy

Argentina and West Ham striker Carlos Tevez says he would be up for a move to Italy after Inter Milan show interest.

Tevez 'interested' in Inter move - ITV.com

Ryan Giggs International Retirement

BBC is reporting that Wales captain Ryan Giggs will announce his retirement from international football today, Wednesday 30 May.

Giggs to quit international game - BBC

Carlos Tevez - Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United All Linked to Argentine

Carlos Tevez has been linked with nearly every top Premier club as well as the big teams abroad, but where he'll end up looks like it might be every bit as suspenseful as last summer.

At least one story has the Argentine striker unhappy with Hammers manager Alan Curbishly, while others have him happy to remain at Upton Park.

Outside of politics and money, if style of play were the only issue, Liverpool would seem a good match for Tevez.

Going:
Tevez to exit West Ham over rift with Curbishley - Jamie Jackson and Denis Campbell - football.guardian.co.uk

Staying:
Tevez claims his future 'must suit West Ham' - soccernet.espn.go.com

Champions League 2007 Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals:

Tuesday, 03 April 2007
PSV v Liverpool
AC Milan v Bayern Munich

Wednesday, 04 April 2007
Chelsea v Valencia
Roma v Manchester United

Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Manchester United v Roma
Valencia v Chelsea

Wednesday, 11 April 2007
Liverpool v PSV
Bayern Munich v AC Milan



Round of 16 Results:

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

Lille 0-1 Manchester United
PSV 1-0 Arsenal
Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich
Celtic 0-0 AC Milan

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea
Barcelona 1-2 Liverpool
Inter Milan 2-2 Valencia
Roma 0-0 Lyon

Tuesday, 06 March 2007

Chelsea 2-1 FC Porto - Chelsea 3-2
Liverpool 0-1 Barcelona - Liverpool 2-2
Valencia 0-0 Inter Milan - Valencia 2-2
Lyon 0-2 Roma - Roma 2-0

Wednesday, 07 March 2007

Manchester United 1-0 Lille - Manchester United 2-0
Arsenal 1-1 PSV - PSV 2-1
Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid - Bayern Munich 4-4
AC Milan 1-0 Celtic - AC Milan 1-0


More from other web sites (in a new window):
BBC - Web Updates
Live - Pay-Per-View @ UEFA / ESPNsoccernet

Related on Soccer Golazo:
Michel Platini - New UEFA President Seemingly Takes Aim at England
Jose Mourinho - Chelsea Manager Hails His FC Porto Days

Champions League 2007 - Quarterfinals Draw Friday 09.03.2007

The Champions League Quarterfinals draw takes place Friday at 1100 GMT.

No teams are seeded and teams from the same country can be drawn against each other.

England feature three teams. Italy two. Spain, Germany, and Netherlands all feature one side.

Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool
AC Milan, Roma
Valencia
Bayern Munich
PSV

The drawing takes place in Athens where the Final will be played on 23 May.

Update:
Fixtures

Tuesday, 03 April 2007
PSV v Liverpool
AC Milan v Bayern Munich

Wednesday, 04 April 2007
Chelsea v Valencia
Roma v Manchester United

Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Manchester United v Roma
Valencia v Chelsea

Wednesday, 11 April 2007
Liverpool v PSV
Bayern Munich v AC Milan

Champions League 2007 - Knockout Stages

Round of 16 Results:

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

Lille 0-1 Manchester United
PSV 1-0 Arsenal
Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich
Celtic 0-0 AC Milan

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea
Barcelona 1-2 Liverpool
Inter Milan 2-2 Valencia
Roma 0-0 Lyon

Tuesday, 06 March 2007

Chelsea 2-1 FC Porto - Chelsea 3-2
Liverpool 0-1 Barcelona - Liverpool 2-2
Valencia 0-0 Inter Milan - Valencia 2-2
Lyon 0-2 Roma - Roma 2-0

Wednesday, 07 March 2007

Manchester United 1-0 Lille - Manchester United 2-0
Arsenal 1-1 PSV - PSV 2-1
Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid - Bayern Munich 4-4
AC Milan 1-0 Celtic - AC Milan 1-0


More from other web sites (in a new window):
BBC - Web Updates
Live - Pay-Per-View @ UEFA / ESPNsoccernet

Related on Soccer Golazo:
Michel Platini - New UEFA President Seemingly Takes Aim at England
Jose Mourinho - Chelsea Manager Hails His FC Porto Days

Owen Hargreaves Back Friday for Bayern Munich

England international Owen Hargreaves is almost back from the broken leg he suffered in September.

The Bayern Munich midfielder, who has been linked with a move to Manchester United, is expected to play Friday against Nuremburg.

More from other web sites (in a new window):

Hargreaves set for Bayern return By Paul Fletcher - BBC Story

Michel Platini - New UEFA President Seemingly Takes Aim at England

Newly elected UEFA president Michel Platini has big plans for Europe. Unfortunately, they are negative plans.

Starting with the Champions League and running all the way down through the domestic leagues, the former France international has ideas that would have ramifications all over the globe were he to get his way.

Taking a Champions League spot from England, Spain, and Italy is first on Platini's agenda. A mistake that will surely negatively impact those leagues, but also the Champions League itself.

Anyone waxing poetically about the romance the tournament could bring with lesser clubs should check the scoreline of matches in Group A of this year's competition.

Levski Sofia, champions of Bulgaria in 2006, lost all six matches in Group A, scoring 1 goal while allowing 17. A goal difference of -16. And anyone who watched those matches can testify, they were every bit as bad as the scorelines indicate. It was sad and unenjoyable.

While it is certainly good to have underdogs in the mix, it hardly seems wise to look for ways of adding more.

But underdogs from the "Big 3" are a completely different story. Liverpool finished the 2003-2004 English Premier League in 4th and won the 2004-2005 Champions League in stunning fashion.

And although Arsenal finished 2nd in the 2004-2005 EPL, they finished 4th in 2005-2006 as they came within 14 minutes of lifting the Champions League trophy.

This year's Champions League has seen all four teams from England win their groups to advance into the final 16.

Simply put: England deserves four spots.

Whether Spain and Italy deserve their 4th spot might be up for debate. Osasuna crashed out in preliminary qualifying for Spain. But Italian football supporters might argue the match-fixing scandal that sent Chievo over Fiorentina muddles the issue. Chievo went out before the Group Stages.

It has been reported that Platini will likely trot out the tired idea of limiting foreign players. Another ill-conceived notion that again seemingly targets England more than any other country.

Arsene Wenger's great quote from last year sums up this idea with little discussion: "This player's first touch is not good, yes, we know but he is English. What can I do?"

As simple as Wenger makes it, another, much more complex issue, is rarely mentioned in arguments against quotas. That is the possible negative impact on players from less-profitable markets.

On an individual level, it definitely seems like you would be taking the opportunity from players in, say, Argentina or Chile to make a hugely profitable jump across the Atlantic.

The result being that country of origin means having a greater right to more money, no matter your footballing skills.

Placing limits is a one-sided, European view of the quota issue and doesn't seem well thought-out.

Other pressing issues to be presented by Platini include player salary limits that are based on percentages of club "turnover." Not only a confusing proposal, but one that would seem entirely unenforceable.

And even though this idea would heavily affect football powers in Spain, Italy, and elsewhere, it again seems targeted at England, coming at a time when Chelsea is top of the heap in spending.

It all adds up to a hands-on approach to running UEFA.

Unfortunately, it seems more like a hands-on approach to running clubs in England, which is not UEFA's purpose.


More from other web sites (in a new window):
Platini elected as Uefa president - BBC
Ferguson warns new chief Platini - BBC
Fifa quota proposal angers Wenger - BBC - 4 Nov 2006

Chelsea Reach Carling Cup Final

Chelsea down League Two Wycombe 4-0 on the night, 5-1 aggregate, to reach the Carling (League) Cup final.

Andriy Shevchenko and Frank Lampard each score two as the Blues now await the winner of Arsenal versus Tottenham.

Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Tottenham v Arsenal

Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Arsenal v Tottenham


Story at the BBC (in a new window):
Chelsea 4-0 Wycombe (Agg: 5-1)

Related on Soccer Golazo:
Shevchenko, Chelsea, and Troubles at Stamford Bridge

Shevchenko, Chelsea, and Troubles at Stamford Bridge

Watching Chelsea's poor display against Liverpool on Saturday was rather sad, while being quite odd as well.

The once unbeatable Chelsea defense was again a mere shell of its former self, as Mourinho and Abramovich look set to gift the Premier League title to Manchester United.

Not that the Red Devils aren't worthy winners. But it would certainly have been much more impressive had United won it with the Blues at full strength.

Under the odd category; to see Petr Cech wearing a rugby-like helmet while Ferreira and Essien hacked away at central defense in front of him was nearly surreal. If Cech needs a helmet, he shouldn't be playing. It's just a game for God's sake. Hilario can watch the ball into the net every bit as well at Cech.

But as Chelsea lose their grip on the trophy, their offense should shoulder some of the blame as well.

Didier Drogba has been brilliant, but he is alone.

The 4-0 scoreline against Wigan was riddled with goals of chance including an own goal. And the Macclesfield scoresheet isn't worthy of discussion.

In the Premiership since Christmas, Chelsea did not score against Liverpool and Aston Villa. They scored twice against Fulham, one of those an own goal. And they scored twice versus Reading. Drogba scored all of those goals.

Ballack, Robben, Shevchenko; none of them are getting it done. Lampard has had his moments, but his shining performance from last season seems a faint memory. As will Chelsea's lifting of the trophy soon be.

So the autopsy starts early:
Why was Damien Duff considered so expendable?
If a 4-4-2 was a consideration, why was the brilliant Hernan Crespo not played with Drogba?
What major football club doesn't have at least one reserve, true, central defender?
What other owner and manager would be allowed to avoid discussing a rift that is obviously crippling the club?
And lastly, is it possible that Mourinho figured out bagging the Premiership and the League and FA Cups is the key to European glory?

I don't believe the latter is the case, but since it appears no signings are forthcoming, congrats to Sir Alex and company.

It's only late January, but Manchester United are far too good, and Chelsea are in disarray.

Truth be told, without Arsenal's stunning comeback over United on Sunday, the trophy was all but on its way back to Old Trafford.

BBC Stories (in a new window):
Shevchenko set for Chelsea recall
Cech brushes off health risk fear

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Owen Hargreaves - Manchester United May Get Chance at Signing Owen Hargreaves This Summer

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has seemingly reversed his previous stance and opened the door for an Owen Hargreaves transfer this summer.

Hoeness said of a Hargreaves deal, "If ever we found a replacement for Owen, who cost less than we'd get for him, we might think about it."

Manchester United have been in pursuit of the England international since his impressive performance at the World Cup in Germany.

Bayern hint at Hargreaves U-turn - BBC Report (new window)

UEFA Champions League Draw - First Knockout Stage 15.12.06

From UEFA.com:

2006 - 2007 UEFA Champions League
First knockout round
Team named first at home in first leg

FC Porto (POR) v Chelsea FC (ENG)
Celtic FC (SCO) v AC Milan (ITA)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) v Arsenal FC (ENG)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) v Manchester United FC (ENG)
AS Roma (ITA) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
FC Barcelona v Liverpool FC (ENG)
Real Madrid CF (ESP) v FC Bayern München (GER)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) v Valencia CF (ESP)

UEFA Details

Champions League Matchday 6 Live Updates

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