Barton is already serving a 6 months after pleading guilty to assault and affray after his 5.8 Million Pound switch from Manchester City to Newcastle, but has supposedly been told that he’ll have to take ONLY 30 K a week to continue with Fog on the Tynes.
Does anyone else think Barton might be the latest, much smaller version of Gazza?
While Cristiano Ronaldo is holing up in the Portuguese camp, Ricardo Carvalho is an open book and letting everyone know his intentions.
Carvalho has publicly admitted his desire to reunite with his gaffer, Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan and has decided to hold talks with Chelsea’s Peter Kenyon over his future at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea paid 19.85 Million Pound to Porto for Carvalho’s services back in 2004 after winning the Champions League under Mourinho.
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Manchester City Executive Chairman Garry Cook has let the cat out of the bag after telling Radio Five Live that Barcelona gave City clearance to negotiate personal terms with Ronaldinho.
Thaskin Sinawatra has already admitted to wanting star power at the Eastlands for the upcoming year and the Brazilian is that type of player, BUT…
I’m just not sold as to how Ronaldinho would fit into Mark Hughes’ mentality. Hughes loves tough training sessions, accountability and hard work.
There will never be a doubt as to the level of play and skill that Ronaldinho possesses, just the health and fitness of a player that is still only 28 years old.
AC Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has told SkySports News that Milan has been allowed to open talks with Chelsea and Ivory Coast hit man Dider Drogba, but not Andrei Schevchenko.
Galliani has also admitted that he was able to convince Barcelona to allow personal negotiations with Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o.
Makes it pretty obvious that once the OG Ronaldo is back (healthy and fit), his time will be officially over.
And what will happen to Pato and his continuing development? With Kaka moving deeper into the midfield, who’s the odd man out? Flamini, Gattuso, Seedorf, Pirlo?
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UPDATE - Great read about Bradley from FIFA’s website.
That’s a lot of respect being shown to the young, 20 year old.
If you’re keeping track, that’s Everton, Blackburn, Aston Villa and Sunderland all linked to Bradley within the last week.
After Jozy Altidore’s amazing transfer to La Liga’s Villareal (as reported by Ives), it seems like young American’s are finally getting a bit more respect in the dollar category worldwide.
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There’s never really been any doubt whether a “healthy” Harry Kewell can play at the highest level or not. The ONLY question is can he stay “healthy”?
Now word is starting to link him with Glasgow Celtic, Juventus, Newcastle and even the New York Red Bulls after injuries have limited his appearances with Liverpool over the last four years since his transfer from Leeds (remember when they used to be good?).
Word around the transfer campfire is that Toronto FC are trying to get their hands on former Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi. Apparently there are a few teams trying to wrangle the Nigerian’s services. Getting young players with global experience would be a step in the right direction for MLS. If this happens, what will Dave from Stoke, aka Dave from Newcastle do? In his famous words, “You don’t give up Ameobi…you manage it…”
