Everton have accepted a £10.5million bid from Fulham for striker Andy Johnson, according the Liverpool Echo. The England frontman’s future at Goodison Park has been the subject of constant speculation all summer with a host of clubs believed to be keeping tabs on him. And Fulham now appear to have jumped to the front of the queue - ahead of Wigan and Sunderland - by having their offer accepted.
I know everybody here is focused on the “Big Four”, but this would be a great acquisition for the Cottagers.
Unfortunately Kolo Toure is following the unfortunate steps of Celestine Babayaro as the Arsenal and Ivory Coast defender has been diagnosed with Malaria.
Toure had just joined up with his teammates over in Hungary for a pre-season tour after returning from his homeland Ivory Coast when he started to struggle with dizzy spells and fatigue.
There has been lots of talk about Nobby Solano signing with the Galaxy after being released by West Ham. Nobby, who was the first Peruvian to play in the Premier League has had some great years playing in England and I have a feeling we could see this one wrapped up pretty soon. If the Galaxy do pull this one off, it would be quite a coup. After the jump, check out some highlights of Nobby from his time with Newcastle.
If you’re a want-away like Gareth Barry is from Aston Villa, how should the home side fans react in your first appearance since the collapse of a proposed move to Liverpool?
They boo. They boo every time you touch the ball. They boo when you shoot. They boo even when you’re substituted. Then they applaud that you’re off the field.
My life with The Game has taken me in many different directions. I’ve been fortunate (or unfortunate) to be involved in a variety of capacities: player, coach, and administrator/suit. I can now add supporter to that list as well.
I spent some time with the supporter’s groups of the Columbus Crew for their Thursday night Primetime game on ESPN. The night started with a pre-game “social” at Ruby Tuesday (a bar that the Hudson Street Hooligans calls home). I then took a 20 minute stroll with them over to Crew Stadium. The walk is actually shorter, but we made a stop at the United Food Land. It was really warm and the folks were thirsty….really thirsty. Needless to say, the owners of this place should be very supportive of the Crew due to the increase in business they receive on gamedays. I spent a part of the game in the stands with the HSH and the two other supporter’s groups, La Turbina and Crew Union. I then spent a little bit of time with the La Turbina folks practicing mi Espanol and cerveza tasting in the parking lot. This was an experience I will never forget!
I just came across this story on SI that says seven people have been arrested in a crackdown on an organized crime group that tried to buy Lazio football club with laundered money. What?! What is even crazier is that apparently former Lazio and New York Cosmos striker Giorgio Chinaglia is being sought as well and that he has been on the lam.
This song has been in fairly heavy rotation for me lately, so with the video finally beingn released I had to throw it up. Kanye, along with a lot of other rappers have been using the auto tune recently, but I think it works on this track. In fact I think he kinds steals the song.
Our cohort and fellow DP Shawn over at The Offside Rules hipped us to the fact that MLS Insider will be Twittering away from Toronto during the All Star Festivities. Definitely the best way I can think of to stay in the loop with all that will be taking place up in Toronto. Click here to subscribe to the Twitter feed.
