tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58821955981217562402024-03-12T18:21:50.697-04:00Football LegendPremier League LegendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-40021983421441995752010-01-22T09:48:00.000-05:002010-01-22T09:48:04.784-05:00Veteran Solano set for Leicester City after Newcastle and Colchester opt out<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">High hopes: Solano wants a return to England<br />
Leicester City have followed Colchester United and Newcastle in running the rule over veteran midfielder Nolberto Solano.<br />
The 35-year-old Peruvian is available on a free transfer after parting ways with home-country outfit Universitario de Deportes. <br />
The classy midfielder enjoyed spells at Newcastle, twice, Aston Villa and West Ham but left Upton Park for Greek outfit Larissa in 2008. He returned to Peru a year later.<br />
The South American winger is now hoping to secure a return to his England.<br />
Colchester had initially been impressed with Solano but failed to produce a contract allowing Newcastle to swoop in. They too saw promise but have stalled on making their former player an offer.</span><br />
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Promotion-chasing Leicester are the Championship's surprise package this term having only gained promotion last season.<br />
Manager Nigel Pearson, who worked alongside Solano at St James' Park, is keen to bolster his side with some international experience and is hopeful of securing the talented playmaker's services until the end of the season.<br />
'He's got a lot of quality,' he said. 'He'd be a good acquisition at this moment in time.'<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Daily_Mail" ilo-full-src="http://images.football.co.uk/Fixed/News/Logos/Daily_Mail.jpg" src="http://images.football.co.uk/Fixed/News/Logos/Daily_Mail.jpg" style="float: right; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-78165437213864025762010-01-15T09:12:00.000-05:002010-01-15T09:13:20.769-05:00United delay Berbatov decision<p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">SIR Alex Ferguson is crossing his fingers record signing Dimitar Berbatov can make it to the end of the season without needing knee surgery. Berbatov has been struggling with the injury since November and Ferguson revealed last week the advice has been for the £30.75million forward to have an exploratory operation so medical staff can work out the extent of the problem. That is not a route the 28-year-old is keen to go down, especially as he did not feel any reaction this week during United's warm weather training camp in Qatar. Ferguson admitted there may come a point when United have to "make a decision" about whether to put Berbatov under the knife should symptoms persist. However, as it has previously been suggested that could rule him out for three months during a period when United are hardly over-burdened with in-form forwards, Ferguson is desperately hoping to avoid that scenario. "If we could see it through until the end of the season it would be better," said the Reds chief. "The advice was to have an exploratory operation but Dimitar wants to play through it. "Sometimes he feels it and sometimes he doesn't. Maybe the climate helped but he didn't feel it when we went away, so he trained every day. "It is a difficult one and if he is feeling OK it is not a problem. "But if he is keeps continually coming up against a problem we would have to make a decision on it." United could certainly do with Berbatov performing consistently at the level Ferguson felt he was capable of when he lured him north from Tottenham 18 months ago. Ferguson view Although the Scot was prevented from entering into any discussion about the Old Trafford outfit's debt mountain - and their plans to tackle it, which he backed seven days ago - due to "regulatory compliance" - United could certainly do with some of the heat being taken off the club by the team putting a consistent run of results together. On the face of it, an FA Cup home defeat by League One Leeds, followed by a draw at Birmingham does not achieve that objective. Yet Ferguson was actually quite pleased with the manner of his side's performance at St Andrew's, and their tenacity at fighting back once Cameron Jerome had put the hosts in front. "It was not an easy game and I wasn't upset about the performance in any way," he said. "You are looking for consistency but you can't think you are going to steamroller a team like Birmingham, who have got themselves to eighth in the league, when you are 1-0 down at half-time." Nevertheless, this was supposed to be a spell in which United exerted themselves in their usual manner prior to the encounter with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on January 31. The likely return of Edwin van der Sar, who has missed 12 successive matches, initially due to a knee injury suffered against Everton on November 21, then because his wife Annemarie suffered a stroke back home in Holland, should help bring some stability to United's defence, which Ferguson believes is crucial to any change in fortune. Yet United must also take a far greater percentage of their chances, starting tomorrow against a Burnley side whose depressing run of away results - just one point so far this season - is being balanced out by impressive home form that began with that shock defeat of tomorrow's opponents at Turf Moor in August. "It was a great emotional night for them and everyone was caught up in it," said Ferguson. "We created a lot of chances but when you miss as many as that you can't say you deserve to win." Will United beat Burnley? Have your say. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://images.football.co.uk/Fixed/News/Logos/Manchester_EveningNews.jpg" src="http://images.football.co.uk/Fixed/News/Logos/Manchester_EveningNews.jpg" alt="Manchester_EveningNews" style="float: right; font-family: arial;" /></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-15850879295310051032010-01-15T09:10:00.001-05:002010-01-15T09:10:55.516-05:00England footballer Jermain Defoe fined for speeding<p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;" class="first"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Premier League footballer Jermain Defoe has pleaded guilty to speeding while driving in Portsmouth.</b></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The England and Tottenham Hotspur striker did not attend the hearing at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He admitted the charge through his barrister Dean George but denied a second charge of failing to give details, which the prosecution dropped. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Defoe, 27, was fined £400, ordered to pay £45 costs, a £15 victim surcharge and given four points on his licence. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><!-- E SF --></div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Driving ban</b></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The former Portsmouth striker admitted driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone in Anglesea Road, Portsmouth, on 8 May 2008. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The court was told that Defoe is already disqualified from driving for six months for other speeding offences. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mr George said of this offence, which involved a Land Rover 4x4: "It was 1.08am, there was no other traffic on the road, there were no other aggravating features."<br /></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Defoe's other driving offences were four points for speeding on 4 October 2008 and six points for speeding on 18 April 2009. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He was disqualified from driving for six months on 14 July 2008 and received a further six-month ban on 10 July 2009. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Road safety campaigners have criticised the level of the latest fine and said Defoe should have been more responsible. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A spokeswoman for road safety charity Brake said: "It's setting an extremely bad example when someone who is looked up to by many people obviously has no respect for the law and safety of others on the roads. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"For a footballer who earns thousands a week to be given a fine of just a few hundred pounds - it is not much of a deterrent. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"We would like to see courts being able to link fines to how much offenders earn." </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-17775230302698205182010-01-14T00:42:00.002-05:002010-01-14T00:42:59.809-05:00Birmingham track 65m Janko but loan move for Pavlyuchenko in doubt<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is considering a fresh approach for Red Bull Salzburg striker Marc Janko.<br />
McLeish has hit a few brick walls with moves for Liverpool's Ryan Babel, Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones, Schalke's Kevin Kuranyi and Hugo Rodallega at Wigan, but the Scot has been alerted to the fact that Janko is available for £6.5million.<br />
Wings: Red Bulls ace Marc Janko (right)<br />
Salzburg had warned clubs that they would not consider offers until the summer unless those clubs were competing in the Champions League but, aware of Janko's desire to play in the English top flight, they have relented and will consider letting him go now as long as their valuation is matched.</span><br />
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Janko has scored 67 goals in 92 games for Salzburg and has a one in two record for Austria. At 6ft 5in, he has been easy to spot for Europe's top scouts but the main concern has been the standard of Austria's league.<br />
However, his price represents decent value and at 26 that will only increase if he proves a success in the Barclays Premier League.<br />
McLeish has monitored the Austrian for more than a year and knows there will be pressure for success on any striker he brings in with Carson Yeung's money.<br />
McLeish is also interested in a loan deal for Tottenham's Roman Pavlyuchenko but Harry Redknapp would prefer to sell unless the Russian is still on their books come the last day of the transfer window.<br />
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Benitez gambled by taking off skipper Steven Gerrard at half-time with his side 1-0 up at Anfield, only to see Long win the last-gasp penalty that Gylfi Sigurdsson converted to take this FA Cup third-round replay into extra time. Long then added the winner 10 minutes into the added half-hour.<br />
Stunner: Substitute Shane Long nods in Reading's winner <br />
Long had not scored in 15 games this season but he was perfectlypositioned when Brynjar Gunnarsson beat Yossi Benayoun and thennutmegged Emiliano Insua before crossing to the near post.</span><br />
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Liverpool must have thought they had done enough to secure a fourth-round tie ukagainst Burnley when, with 90 seconds remaining, they still led through Ryan Bertrand's own goal just before half-time.<br />
But Long, an 80th-minute substitute, had his heels clipped by Benayoun and Sigurdsson converted the spot-kick low to Diego Cavalieri's right. It was only what the Championship side deserved after having suffered the cruellest of blows in conceding a most unfortunate own goal.<br />
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Advantage Liverpool: Steven Gerrard sees his shot deflect off Ryan Bertrand <br />
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As well as being forced into extra time, Liverpool's big guns, Gerrardand Fernando Torres, both limped off. Gerrard, who did not reappear forthe second half, had admitted his misfiring side had been lucky toescape with a draw at the Madejski Stadium, and they continued in thesame vein at Anfield last night.<br />
Reading made all the early running and went close through Grzegorz Rasiak and the lively Simon Church.<br />
But Liverpool gradually shook themselves out of their lethargy and wentahead against the run of play in first-half injury time. Gerrard drilled the ball goalwards from the right and Bertrand, 20, turned the ball into his own net as he stretched to cut it out.<br />
Can't look: Liverpool sub Ngog can't believe what he's seeing<br />
Worryingly for Liverpool, Torres had hobbled off in the 29th minutehaving been clattered by centre back Matthew Mills in the secondminute. Gerrard stayed off at half-time, presumably as a precautionagainst aggravating his troublesome groin.<br />
There were huge gaps at the Anfield Road end as the FA Cup again failed to attract anything close to a full house.<br />
Mills appeared determined to ensure there would be no gaps in theReading defence, judging by a crunching early foul on Torres that leftthe Liverpool striker in a heap inside his own half.<br />
Feeling down: Kuyt looks dejected after Insua miss<br />
The Championship side produced one or two moments that suggested they could cause Liverpool problemswith the quality of their football. Sigurdsson provided reservegoalkeeper Cavalieri with an early test as he unleashed a fierce10th-minute free-kick that was turned behind for a corner at the nearpost.<br />
Church might have done better with a weakly struck shot straight at Cavalieri from the edge of the area in the 11th minute and Rasiak needed no telling that he should have done far better with a golden opportunity 11 minutes later.<br />
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Jamie Carragher made a hash of dealing with Church's dangerousknee-high cross from the right, swinging his left boot at it andmissing completely. It left Rasiak with a free shot at goal that hespooned over from six yards.<br />
Reading continued to force the pace and show the greater initiative, leading to another near-miss in the 26th minute.<br />
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Church launched himself at a right-wing cross whipped in with pace byJobi McAnuff and would surely have scored with the slightest ofcontacts as Cavalieri stood rooted to the spot and saw the cross fly narrowly wide of the far post.<br />
As if Liverpool did not have enough to contend with, they lost dangerman Torres in the 29th minute with a twisted knee. Clearly stilltroubled by Mills's early contact, he trudged off to be replaced byDavid Ngog.<br />
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FIVE CUP CALAMITIES Worcester City 2 Liverpool 1(FA Cup third round, January 15, 1959)Liverpool were in the second division, but this defeat by a Southern League club was still a stunner. Worcester took the lead through Tommy Skuse before an own goal doubled their advantage. A Liverpool penalty came too late.<br />
Liverpool 0 Wimbledon 1(FA Cup Final, May 14, 1988)One of the great FA Cup upsets. Dennis Wise's free kick was nodded in by midfielder Lawrie Sanchez, then keeper Dave Beasant saved John Aldridge's penalty on the hour.<br />
Liverpool 0 Bristol City 1(FA Cup third round replay, January 25, 1994)After a 1-1 draw at Ashton Gate, BrianTinnion won the rematch.<br />
Burnley 1 Liverpool 0(FA Cup third round, January 18, 2005)Left-back Djimi Traore's comical own goal decided Rafa Benitez's first FA Cup match as Liverpool boss.<br />
Liverpool 1 Barnsley 2(FA Cup fifth round, February 16, 2008)Barnsley's Brian Howard scored adramatic, injury-time winner. Dirk Kuyt put Liverpool ahead but Stephen Foster levelled.<br />
Reading's sprightly form was doing caretaker-manager Brian McDermott'schances of a full-time appointment no harm, and the former Arsenalmidfielder looked to be in his element as he repeatedly acknowledged calls for a wave from travelling supporters. <br />
After playing second fiddle for much of the first half, Liverpool began showing belated signs of life with two raids on Reading's goal in the space of a few seconds.<br />
Benayoun met a Philipp Degen pass with a first-time shot that curledpast Adam Federici's despairing dive but just wide in the 40th minute.<br />
Referee Phil Dowd added only one minute at the end of the half but itwas enough for Liverpool to steal the lead. Gerrard exchanged passeswith Ngog and hit a low cross-shot that Bertrand turned past Federici.<br />
Liverpool began to assert themselves in the second half but continued tofind Reading hard to break down, for all the industry and enterprise ofBenayoun and Degen down the flanks.<br />
Reading should have equalised when McAnuff burst through from inside his own half, beating threedefenders on the way and committing Cavalieri with a deft feint. Butinstead of scoring what might have been the goal of the season, McAnuff side-footed inches wide.<br />
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The 20-year-old Wales international has started just four games this season, none of which have been in the Premier League, with Benoit Assou-Ekotto manager Harry Redknapp's first choice. <br />
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Bale was handed a rare opportunity against Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup just over a week ago and hopes to have done enough to keep his place. <br />
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He told the club's official website: "I've been working hard in training and every time I've been given a chance I've tried my best and I'll keep doing that. <br />
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"I needed to improve on certain aspects of my game and I've been working on that with the coaching staff. The main thing I've worked on is my defending. <br />
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"Every player needs to improve, we've worked on a lot of things and hopefully it's coming together. <br />
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"Obviously it's not been easy sitting on the bench, but it's an experience I've learnt from - I'll take it all on board and it will do me better for the future. I just want to keep playing and hopefully I'll get a run in the team now."</span> <br />
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Palacios still has fears for his family following the death of Edwin but has vowed to carry on playing and has thanked Spurs boss Harry Redknapp and other staff at White Hart Lane for their support during the ordeal. <br />
Remarkably, when the 25-year-old heard about his brother's death in the middle of the night on the eve of the clash against Everton in May, he stayed in the hotel until the morning to ask Redknapp permission to return home.</span><br />
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Tough times: Wilson Palacios tussles with Liverpool's Andriy Voronin<br />
Redknapp was stunned by his player's character in the face of tragedy. <br />
'It was all about having respect, not just for my manager but also my team-mates,' Palacios said. "I had to wait for the right moment to ask my permission to leave the party and I just thought it was the right thing to do." <br />
There were more decisions to follow for Palacios, namely whether to carry on in a career that took him from Honduras to the Barclays Premier League but also led to a family member being held captive and killed even after a ransom was paid. <br />
"It's true, I did come close to retiring but the reason why I carried on, firstly it's always been my dream to be a footballer but mainly it was my family and friends giving me advice and saying 'keep going, keep going'. <br />
"It has been an extremely tough year. But all you can do is keep focused and keep moving forward. You have to remember that you're playing for a club - Tottenham. <br />
"To tell you the truth everybody at the club has really helped me. My team-mates, the management, even through to the directors have been really helpful." Other things have kept Palacios going, including qualification for the World Cup this year, the first time Honduras have made the finals since 1982. <br />
It led to the president of the country holding a banquet to celebrate and kept Palacios away from England longer than expected. <br />
Redknapp was amazed that his midfielder went straight from the airport to Fratton Park in time to come off the bench in the victory over Portsmouth. Faith in God and speaking to his family have helped him off the pitch. <br />
Now there is a real possibility of another brother, Johnny, making the move to England if he plays the required games for his country to earn a work permit. "<br />
All four brothers are and were professional footballers," he said.<br />
"It would be nice to see Johnny playing here. I'm not just saying that because he is my brother.<br />
"I could talk all day about him and say how fantastic he is. He can play central defence or in the centre of midfield. He's very stylish and elegant on the ball. He's quick and is bright and intelligent." <br />
Palacios and his brothers, naturally, dedicate their football to the memory of Edwin. <br />
Full of praise: Harry Redknapp admires Palacios bravery<br />
"Not just on the football field but everywhere, we know he is with us all the time," said the former Wigan midfielder.<br />
"We left it in the hands of the law enforcement agency in Honduras and they did their job, and we left it in the hands of God, because we know that is where my brother is now, with God." <br />
Unfortunately, Palacios' profile means he still worries about the safety of his family in South America. <br />
He added: "It is a worry, I have to tell the truth, but we're hoping things are on the mend in my country. <br />
"What we are aware of now is that maybe my family take a bit more care with the way they go about their lives. Certainly it's something which is on your mind. <br />
"In particular it is a problem in Honduras. You will be aware of David Suazo who plays in Italy. Fortunately they found his brother, the same thing happened but they found him after three weeks." <br />
As Redknapp would explain, it says plenty about Palacios' characterthat his form has never been affected and he has grown into one of themost fearsome central midfielders in the Premier League, clatteringinto challenges and starting attacks. <br />
They were the qualities that caught the eye of Arsene Wenger duringa trial before Palacios was recommended to Steve Bruce at Birmingham. <br />
That was just after Patrick Vieira left Arsenal, then Wenger saw Lassana Diarra, Mathieu Flamini and Gilberto Silva leave, so Palacios would have fitted perfectly into the Frenchman's current team. <br />
"I've got to tell the truth, they treated me very well there, I've got to be honest despite the rivalry," he said. "But obviously I'm extremely happy where I am now at Tottenham." Keane will stay at Spurs - unless we receive huge offer, says RedknappDes Kelly: Chill wind of debt keeps clubs away from January salesCompetition: Win a pair of tickets for Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City on January 16 - courtesy of BarclaysTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC </span><br />
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The 20-year-old Brazil international has been targeted by a number of clubs in Europe, but Spurs appear to have won the race for his signature. <br />
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Agent Luiz Paulo Chignall told The Guardian: "We have now agreed all of Sandro's personal terms - his salary, the length of his contract and so on, although nothing can yet be signed. <br />
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"Sandro is happy and ready to join Tottenham. We liked the offer. All that remains is for Tottenham and Inter to finalise the small details, including the transfer fee. <br />
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"I know that (Spurs chairman) Daniel Levy is speaking to (Inter president) Vittorio Piffero." <br />
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Chignall is also confident that there will be no problem with the 30 per cent stake in the player which is owned by a third party. <br />
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He added: "Third-party ownership is very common in Brazil. Transfer fees are paid to the club and then they have to settle up with the third parties."</span> <br />
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<div class="first" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Birmingham City have signed playmaker Michel from Sporting Gijon for £3m after the 24-year-old passed a medical.</b></span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Spaniard is boss Alex McLeish's first signing of the transfer window. </span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michel has made 138 appearances and scored seven times for the La Liga outfit since breaking into Gijon's side during the 2006/06 season. </span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">"He is in a great age group and has got good legs and a lovely touch as you would imagine from a Spanish player in La Liga," said McLeish. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 28-year-old Russian international has started just one League game this season as well as one Carling Cup tie. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If he wants to leave and somebody wants to come in and pay the money for him that he's worth we would have to look at it," said Redknapp. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I'm not crazy to shift him out. He's a good player and a talented footballer." <br />
</div><div><!-- E SF --></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pavlyuchenko, who joined Tottenham from Spartak Moscow for £14m in August 2008, has scored just two goals this season, once for Spurs in the 5-1 Carling Cup win over Doncaster and once for Russia in a World Cup qualifier against Wales.<br />
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</tbody></table><!-- E IIMA --> <div style="text-align: justify;">"I had a chat with him a couple of weeks ago and he said he felt he wanted a move," added Redknapp. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"But somebody has to come and make an offer that the club accepts and is a good enough for us to even look at it, otherwise there is no chance of him leaving. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He's been unlucky. Jermain Defoe is in great form, while Robbie Keane and Peter Crouch have been fantastic. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"What can I do? We're sitting in the top four and I pick the side that is the best team I think there is. That is all I can do. He has to keep working hard and when his chance comes he has to take it." <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In November, Pavlyuchenko told Russia's Sport Express newspaper it was "impossible" for him to stay at White Hart Lane. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And more recently he was quoted by Russia media claiming Redknapp was "mocking" him by telling him he would play in the Carling Cup tie at Manchester United and then not using him.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If players have a problem then come and see me. The club is going great, we sitting in the top four, playing great football, winning football matches galore, it's never been better here. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I wouldn't let one person who wants to run to a newspaper destabilise that." <br />
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Dunn, 30, is out of contract and therefore a free agent in the summer.<br />
He is Blackburn's top scorer this season with six in all competitions and was even tipped for an England recall by some observers after a strong start to the season. <br />
Injuries interrupted his progress, however, although the playmaker did start in Monday night's 4-1 reverse at Manchester City.<br />
Free agent: David Dunn (right) is out of contract at the end of the season<br />
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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has claimed Birmingham and Stoke could not afford to buy Kenwyne Jones, even if he wanted to sell the Trinidad and Tobago striker. <br />
But after seeing off bids from his Barclays Premier League rivals last week, Bruce has admitted the centre forward is providing him with a big challenge.<br />
Bruce inherited the former Southampton star when he arrived at the Stadium of Light and he has seen the frustrations which drove Roy Keane and Ricky Sbragia to distraction. <br />
And a year after Sunderland turned down a £10million Spurs offer, Bruce has rejected similar bids from Birmingham boss Alex McLeish and Stoke's Tony Pulis. <br />
Bruce, who has taken Jones, 25, and the rest of his squad to Portugal ahead of Saturday's clash at Chelsea, has been in talks with Schalke frontman Kevin Kuranyi but is keen to hold on to Jones, too. </span><br />
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'But with no disrespect to Stoke or Birmingham, can they afford him? I very much doubt it. It's not just the fee but wages, all the rest of it. I just can't see it.<br />
'On his day, you can look at Kenwyne and say he's worth £40m, then on another day you'll think, "Come on". That's Kenwyne.<br />
'He tests your skills as a manager. He's a big, genuine, nice lad. It's always the challenge - to get the best out of him.'<br />
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Wolves forward Stefan Maierhofer is out for a month after a groin operation. <br />
The club have also rejected a bid from Sheffield United to take midfielder Greg Halford on loan. <br />
In form: Jermaine Beckford scores against Manchester United<br />
Manager Mick McCarthy already has a £3m bid on the table for Hull City's Stephen Hunt. <br />
Wolves are also interested in Aston Villa midfielder Craig Gardner.<br />
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Everton are thought to be unhappy at the Frenchman's demands for a new £60,000-a-week deal that would span up to three more years. <br />
While Saha is Everton's top scorer with 12 this season, he is still hindered by injuries and the club would prefer to present him with a shorter deal with bonus payments.<br />
In talks: Louis Saha (centre) is out of contract in the summer<br />
Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool have all been monitoring his situation, knowing that he is a free agent in the summer. <br />
Saha is 31 but Arsenal are willing to compromise their stance on offering just one-year contracts to players over 30 and would look at a two-year deal with a one-year option. <br />
Manager Arsene Wenger hailed Saha last week when discussing strikers for France's World Cup squad. <br />
He said: 'When Saha plays 10 games on the trot you can compare him with any striker.' <br />
Everton have expressed an interest in a loan deal for Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa.<br />
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The 18-year-old attacking midfielder from Racing Santander has shot to prominence in recent weeks with four goals in his last three games, including two in the club's surprise 2-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday. <br />
He is out of contract in the summer but has a clause which automatically gives him a one-year extension should he play 450 minutes of football.<br />
Shot to prominence: Racing Santader's Sergio Canales is in hot scoring form<br />
That time is up over his next three games and a clutch of clubs are frantically talking to Santander in the hope of sealing his signature over the coming weeks. <br />
Canales's father and agent Angel would prefer him to stay in Spain but there is a complication because another La Liga club, Deportivo La Coruna, own 50 per cent of his rights from a deal between the clubs in 2006 and they want to cash in. <br />
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal and Manchester City have all shown interest but Chelsea are at the fore should they get the go-ahead to trade.<br />
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</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-37661191239237603852009-12-28T08:41:00.000-05:002009-12-28T08:41:46.710-05:00Michael Bridges<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882195598121756240.post-41039964448405834442009-12-28T08:36:00.000-05:002009-12-28T08:36:15.650-05:00Tore André Flo<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tore André Flo (born 15 June 1973) is a Norwegian football striker, who is currently unattached after being released by the Milton Keynes Dons. His brothers Jostein Flo and Jarle Flo, and cousin Håvard Flo are also professional footballers. Tore André Flo is from the village of Flo in the municipality of Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He has participated in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, finishing second after Lene Alexandra Øien on November 2008.[citation needed].</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dwight Yorke was first discovered by Graham Taylor, at the time the Aston Villa manager, on a tour of the West Indies in 1989. Yorke appeared in a team that played a friendly match against Aston Villa, Taylor was impressed and offered Yorke a trial at Villa. Yorke was subsequently given a permanent contract and he made his First Division debut for Aston Villa against Crystal Palace on 24 March 1990: the game ended 0-1.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During his time with Aston Villa, from 1989 to 1998, Yorke played initially as a right winger until the 1995-96 season, he then switched to centre forward and quickly established himself as one of the Premiership's top strikers. Yorke was an integral member of the Villa team that reached the League Cup Final in 1996. Villa won 3-0 with Yorke getting on the scoresheet. On 30 September 1996 he scored a brilliant hat-trick against Newcastle United in a 4-3 defeat. Newcastle were leading 3-1 at half-time and Aston Villa were down to ten men, with Mark Draper being sent off late in the first half. Yorke showed great character in leading his team in a brave fight back by scoring two more goals in the second half to complete his hat-trick, although it was to no avail as Aston Villa still lost the game. Yorke scored a fourth goal to equalise the game at 4-all, only for his goal to be ruled offside. It was performances like this that led to interest from Manchester United in August 1998. Yorke appeared for Aston Villa on 231 occasions, scoring 97 times. He also has the distinct honour of being the last ever Villa player to score in front of the old Holte End standing terrace, notching both goals in a 2-1 victory on the final day of the 1993-94 season, 7 May 1994.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The circumstances of his departure from Aston Villa were very controversial; Manchester United were accused of making an illegal approach for the player. John Gregory, Aston Villa manager at that time, made it known that the club did not want to sell Yorke to Manchester United unless they were prepared to exchange Andy Cole, a striker at Manchester United. Yorke then approached Gregory to state that he wanted to leave the club, to which Gregory was famously attributed to saying that he would shoot Yorke if he had had a gun in his office. Yorke played in a match for Villa at Everton early in the season in August 1998, however it appeared he made no effort during the match as he was unhappy at not being allowed to leave the club. Aston Villa was left with no option but to sell the player and he was transferred to Manchester United for £12.6 million in August 1998. Despite spending 9 years at Villa he is disliked by some of its fans for his behaviour at the time he left the club and also because he later joined Birmingham City, the arch-rivals of Aston Villa, but he is also widely regarded in the hearts of Aston Villa fans as one of the clubs greatest ever goalscorers.</span><br />
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