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Champions League End of Season Awards

May 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Frank Lampard, ac milan, andrea pirlo, arsenal, barcelona, carles puyol, carlos tevez, champions league, chelsea, cristiano ronaldo, fenerbahce, fernando torres, john terry, lionel messi, liverpool, manchester united, patrice evra, petr cech, ryan babel, schalke, steven gerrard, theo walcott

So, here we go with my version of the 2007-2008 Champions League awards. The English clubs dominate the awards here but I did single out some players from teams that were knocked out earlier in the competition as they gave some great individual performances.
Player Awards
Most Outstanding Player: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Most Valuable Player: Steven Gerrard […]

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Transfer Rumours: Ronaldo to Real for how much??

May 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · ac milan, barcelona, bordeaux, champions league, cristiano ronaldo, english premier league, manchester united, ronaldinho, tottenham, uefa cup

The biggest news today is coming out of the Manchester United camp, as the Daily Mail has an article that states Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to commit his future to United. Real Madrid are apparently prepared to pay Ronaldo a staggering salary of £200,000 a week to join them. United insist Ronaldo is not […]

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Chelsea shakeup: Bosingwa in, Cech and Drogba out?

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments · ac milan, champions league, champions league qualifying, chelsea, didier drogba, fc porto

Chelsea have reached an agreement with Porto for the £16.2m transfer of right-back Jose Bosingwa. Though he is just 25 years old the full-back helped has been a part of the first XI since the 2004-05 season and was instrumental in their dominant championship run this season. Bosingwa was born in the Democratic […]

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Could Berbatov be on his way to Barca or AC Milan?

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Clubs, Kaka, Valencia, ac milan, barcelona, champions league, real madrid, tottenham

The summer spending sprees will soon start but Tottenham have already started their work with one purchase and heavy rumours of a sale in the very near future. Tottenham manager Juande Ramos began his shopping early with the capture of young Croatian star Luka Modric and the £16 million splashed out on that deal is […]

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Roundup of European Domestic League action

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Stuttgart, Valencia, ac milan, arsenal, as roma, atletico madrid, barcelona, bayern munich, champions league, champions league group stage, champions league qualifying, chelsea, hamburger sv, inter milan, internazionale, liverpool, manchester united, ronaldinho, uefa cup, villareal, werder bremen

As we wait for the Champions League final, it’s a good time to look at the leagues around Europe and see who will be part of next season’s competition. In this first report, we look at what I would call the “bigger” leagues in Europe — England, Italy, Spain and Germany. In part two, we’ll […]

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The game’s highest-paid players

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments · ac milan, barcelona, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united

After a thread on our sister site, EPL Talk, I did a bit of research to find information on the top paid players. No one on Arsenal’s squad makes an appearance until 60th place, where captain William Gallas pops up.
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Ronaldinho on his way to AC Milan

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments · ac milan, andriy shevchenko, barcelona, chelsea, inter milan, internazionale, manchester city, ronaldinho

Barcelona’s Ronaldinho has reportedly agreed initial terms with Italian giants AC Milan, according to his brother and agent Roberto de Assis. Ronaldinho is out of action for the rest of the season with injury but is said to be disillusioned with life at the Nou Camp and keen for a move.
Rivals Inter as well as […]

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Ronaldo finished?

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments · ac milan, ronaldo

The career of AC Milan striker Ronaldo appears to be in trouble after it was confirmed that he has completely severed the tendon in his left knee. Ronaldo collapsed in the penalty area in agony just minutes after coming on as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Livorno. You can view the incident via […]

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The smoke clears

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments · ac milan, arsenal, as roma, barcelona, celtic, champions league, chelsea, fenerbache, internazionale, liverpool, lyon, manchester united, olympiacos, real madrid, schalke, sevilla

…and we are left with 16 teams. The knockout phase pairings will be drawn on December 21 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The complete list of teams heading into the draw is posted below:
2007/08 UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16 – to be played 19/20 February and 4/5 March
Group winners […]

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Benfica’s Bounceback and Inzaghi’s Golden Strike

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments · ac milan, benfica, celtic, champions league group stage, filippo inzaghi, gerd muller, ruud van nistelrooy, shakhtar donetsk

The stories of legendary proportions continued to be written on Tuesday night as Group D was decided. In a stunning reversal of fortunes, former Group D leaders Shakhtar Donetsk were knocked out of all European competitions last night. Oscar Cardozo was the hero for Portugese giants Benfica as he scored two goals in the […]

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