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An absolutely huge deal came about today, as Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho will apparently be off to AC Milan from F.C Barcelona. The deal is said to be worth $33,000,000 for 3 years. The report from Reuters says: “AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho,” Milan said in [...]

Certainly a very interesting week of football just now….and it’s not over, Manchester United vs. Arsenal may very well decide Arsenal’s fate and United’s title chances. Portsmouth vs. Cardiff City in the FA Cup Final Both Cardiff and Portsmouth won in er….very boring 1-0 games over Barnsley and West Brom respectively, and Portsmouth’s win confirms [...]

Looks like our star Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho wants to leave FC Barcelona. He stated that he wanted to play in either the Barclays Premier League or go back home to Brazil to play for Santos once the La Liga season ends. Last year there was quite the speculation that Ronaldinho was headed to Chelsea, but [...]

These 4 teams made the top 6 in the Barclays Premier League, with Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal making it at least to the round of 16 in the Champions League, while Tottenham went to the quarterfinals in the UEFA Cup. That was last year, things have changed for these guys in 2007. Arsenal: I don’t [...]

RIP Antonio Puerta

Posted: August 29, 2007 in Deaths, La Liga, Soccer

So young (22 years old), promising future, and his life came to an end yesterday due to a heart attack. Here is a tribute video made by one Youtube user. Antonio Puerta, Sevilla defender, 1984-2007. 

Real Madrid Sign Robben, Heinze

Posted: August 25, 2007 in La Liga, Soccer

Real Madrid have made huge signings that were made official 2 days before the start of the La Liga campaign. The defending Spanish champs have signed Arjen Robben from Chelscum and Gabriel Heinze from Manchester United. Robben was signed to a five year deal worth $51.5 million US and Heinze’s deal was for 4 years [...]