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Do you remember when transfers had rules?
A couple of days ago, when I was talking about Arsenal’s impending exodus, I mentioned that Real were eyeing up Cesc Fabregas. Now though, in an effort to completely flout the transfer rules, they have...
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Wenger to sue Hleb?
I’ll let you re-read that title. It seems that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally snapped. Annoyed at the potential exodus at the Emirates, starting with Matthieu Flamini and heavily rumoured to...
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Chelsea try ‘cheeky’ Torres bid
With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he’s wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea’s general unwillingness to play Andriy Shevchenko, they need a striker....
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Ronaldo out, Kaka’ in? Summer just got interesting.
You’ve probably heard the news that C-Ron has decided that if Real Madrid do want to pay £70m for him, he might as well play for the club he grew up dreaming he’d play for. What you might not have...
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Lampard Not Going Anywhere?
The big news to come out of new Chelsea manager Luis Scolari’s first press conference at the club is that midfielder Frank Lampard isn’t going anywhere. It has long been assumed that the controversial...
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Chelsea want Lampard to see out his contract. Why?
Chelsea chief exec Peter Kenyon today announced the club had turned down an £8m approach from Inter Milan for Frank Lampard, but they refused the offer because they want him to see out his contract....
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Is this the slowest, dullest, longest Transfer Window ever?
Remember when you were young, summers lasted forever, Blur on the stereo, all your friends messing around in the sun, kicking a ball around, pretending to be whoever your clubs latest signing was? Is...
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Arsenal’s Exodus: But Will They Miss Them?
Arsenal were the pleasant surprise of last season. Most people had them down for 4th, or maybe 5th if Spurs could get thier act together. Turned out, they led the league for a long time and The Kids...
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Kaká: Its the money and stuff.
I’m going to open up a pub debate* to you all Offsiders. Kaká as you will know by now, is wanted by Chelsea, they apparently have a had a bit of £60m turned down (although the talk has been of £80m)....
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Controversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto’o
As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel Eto’o. The main inspiration for his inclusion is...
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Reviewing My Predictions Plus What We Learnt From The Groups
Predictions, a fools game. They really, really are. You can never ever know what’s going to happen. But they are fun. And even more so when you can look back smugly and…oh. When you can look back and...
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Champions League Knockout Draw!
Technical issues meant no liveblog of the draw, but its all pretty interesting nonethless. The highlight is perhaps Jose Mourinho returning to Chelsea with his Inter side. Elsewhere the other Milan...
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Champions League Semi Final Amidst A Cloud of Ash
As a giant cloud of ash blankets much of Western Europe I begin my new tenure as writer of the Champions League Blog here at theoffside. Having been a long time reader and contributor to various blogs...
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The Calm Before the Storm *Semi-Final Preview*
Back to Business in Europe’s premier club football tournament. This coming week promises to be one of the most exciting and ‘fresh’ Champions League Semi Finals in quite some time. For starters it’s...
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OL v. Bayern Munich: Second Leg (0-1 Agg)
Following an intense first leg, we now move to France, where the German giants arrive with a 1-0 lead from the first leg. Lyon will attempt to capitalize on the absence of one Franck Ribery, while...
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Inter v. Bayern: Bigger than the World Cup Final!
Says the manager not going to be taking part in the world cup this summer in South Africa – Jose Mourinho. Truly Mourinho has recently grabbed many headlines, not so much with the preparations for this...
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2010/2011 Season Ready Willing and Able
I’ll start off this season with a bit of a promise…Continuity! Last season, I began my tenure well into the champions league mayhem. So, I can tell you, I was a little flustered with the...
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Match Day One: Review
So, the first week of the 2010 Champions League has passed, and already I find myself apologizing to the masses. Apologizing for the delay on this post and the lack of excitement leading up to the...
View ArticleUEFA Champions League Top Scorers
The top scorers so far in the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League are as follows. Samuel Eto’o currently leads with seven goals, and better than a goal-per-game average, but Messi and Gomez are only one...
View ArticleChampions League Winners by Year
Of course, we’re about to enter into the knockout rounds of the 19th UEFA Champions League (since being called that) and the 56th including the days of the European Cup. Of the sixteen remaining teams,...
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