Well, it looks like Nic Anelka owners may be in for another price rise after Bulgaria's Berbatov picked up an international not-so-friendly thigh injury. Anelka (9.9MM) is in the form of his career and is already owned by 20% of managers, but those 17% of managers who own Berbatov (9.6MM) may now jump ship and head from Sofia to Paris to pick up the sulking Frenchman. Click to continue reading...

I don't know why I'm surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Raymond lost a DM, a center/leftback, and a rightback this week to injury Lassana Diarra, Julien Escudé and Bakary Sagna.

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The Prem's biggest bottom-lip bearers 1. Nicolas Anelka The man who is nicknamed Le Sulk is our inevitable number one. The original master of the enforced transfer saga that we have heard so much about this summer with Robbie Keane, Gareth Barry, Dimitar Berbatov etc. Click to continue reading...

1. Vedran Corluka has escaped the razor for a few more days at least. 2. Arsenal are not going to win the title, but hopefully they proved to themselves and their critics that they are not a poor time - just poorly mentally equipped for games they ought to win. 3. Joe Kinnear, on a lesser scale [... Click to continue reading...

1. Having taken plenty of stick from Spurs fans (on this site and others) when I had written articles saying that the club had to get rid of Damien Comolli and Juande Ramos to stop the rot, it would be fascinating if the same people could come forward with their opinions now! 2. Harry Redknapp will [. Click to continue reading...

I know, I know. After all that Didier Drogba has done as a Blue, a statement like that is damn near blasphemous.

But hear me out.

I want you to take a look at two Chelsea peformances this season: the 0-0 draw with CFR Cluj and the subsequent 2-0 win against Aston Villa.

Drogba started up front against Cluj, flanked by Florent Malouda on the left and Salomon Kalou to the right.

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Yesterday afternoon, during the second half of Chelsea's horrific display against CFR Cluj, Didier Drogba suffered what looked to be a season-ending knee injury. Key word: looked.

After a day of undergoing medical diagnosis, it appears as if the Ivorian maniac will in fact only miss a few weeks.

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Stoke 0 - 2 Chelsea
Chelsea are back on top of the Premier League after a solid 2-0 victory over Stoke. Jose Bosingwa joined the attack on many occasions from his right back position, and he was rewarded with a goal in the 36th minute. Bosingwa got behind the defense, running on to a nice lobbed pass from Frank Lampard, and lashed the ball just inside the far post.

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So it's the day after the Los Angeles Galaxy's awful 3-1 loss to Chicago on Thursday and you're probably wondering where the Galaxy will go from here. I can tell you where at least one of their players is.

None other than David Beckham is in New York City today along with wife Victoria to promote their fragrance lines.

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Former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka has praised his old club for their 'extraordinary football' that has seen them usurp his current employers at Chelsea to go top of the table. The France international, who scored a number of key goals in the Gunners' double-winning season of 1998, hailed Arsene Wenger as a 'super boss' although he [. Click to continue reading...

Salomon Kalou's header ten minutes from time cancels out Ji-Sung Park's opener and preserves Chelsea's unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United ends honors even at 1-1.Unlike the Liverpool/Manchester United clash last weekend, this was more typical big four fare. The game wasn't pretty by any means, plenty physical and full of [. Click to continue reading...

Salomon Kalou's header ten minutes from time cancels out Ji-Sung Park's opener and preserves Chelsea's unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United ends honors even at 1-1.

Unlike the Liverpool/Manchester United clash last weekend, this was more typical big four fare. The game wasn't pretty by any means, plenty physical and full of controversy.

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Salomon Kalou for preserving Chelsea's home unbeaten run. And for bailing out Nicolas "I have no business being here" Anelka and Joe "I don't pass" Cole.

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I've just watched Manchester United fight their way to a point in a typical early season battle at Stamford Bridge. The best player on each team, Ronaldo and Drogba, are both far from their best and both started on the bench. The football was average, so to me, the biggest story from this team was [. Click to continue reading...

Man, I never woulda had Roma losing to Cluj, a Romanian side, at home.

Christian Panucci had the favored side up 1-0 with a header in the 17th minute, but Emmanuel Culio bagged the next two with goals at 28' and 49' to give the visitors a shocking win.

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It was not a great day for French teams in the Champions League. Marseille lost to Liverpool 2-1 after taking an early lead, and Bordeaux got decimated by Chelsea, 4-0. (And it could have been worse.)

The only bright side? Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka both scored for Chelsea.

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1. West Brom are the best sponsor-less team in the Premier League We know this because they beat West Ham 3-2 in the big "your name here" showdown on Saturday. 2. £60+ million doesn't buy you a win It buys you an assist, and a sweet free kick. But Dimitar Berbatov and Robinho both tasted defeat on their [. Click to continue reading...

kaka e le modelle
Originally uploaded by C.G.B. Spender Ya habiamos puesto la lista de la MLS, pero me llamo la atención ver esta nota en futbol champagne donde muestra a los 200 mejores pagados, yo solo pongo la lista de 100, lo doble es demasiado dinero junto.

Kaka liderea la lista y eso que el Manchester City se lo quiere llevar, necesitaran muchisimo dinero mas. Click to continue reading...

A gift (from Frank Lampard) + dreadful second half + an opponent content to defend = a monotonous 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

Is there reason to worry? Of course not.

Three games into the season, and we're top of the league. We were unlucky to concede, a brilliant assist from Lampard costing us all three points.

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Well, that wasn't impressive now was it. Almost depressing really.

At least we know Uncle Phil can win ugly.

Chelsea flogged through a 1-0 win at Wigan Sunday, thanks to a sterling free kick from Deco early on. From thereon, it was a dire, slow performance from the Blues.

Wigan were really unlucky not to grab at least a point, Petr Cech making a handful of quality stops to preserve Chelsea's status at the top of the Premier League after Week 2.

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If you haven't heard about it yet, the newest bug going around Premier League clubs is one that makes a club short on strikers. Manchester United have suffered from the early season bug as they struggled to string together any meaningful attacks in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle. Everyone saw this coming as they drew 0-0 to Portsmouth a week prior. Click to continue reading...

Deco introduced himself to the Premier League with a brilliant display for Chelsea against Portsmouth. Playing alongside Joe Cole and behind Nicolas Anelka he had the playmaker thing down pat, making Cheslea look fluid than in recent seasons and capping the whole thing was a goal. But he also introduced himself to Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra [. Click to continue reading...

So much for settling in.

Uncle Phil set Stamford Bridge ablaze on his debut, guiding Chelsea to a superlative 4-0 win over Portsmouth in the Premiership curtain raiser for both clubs. First-half Goals from Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka and Frank Lampard insured three points for the Blues, while Deco's out-of-nothing scorcher in the 89th minute capped a memorable performance one which will have put the rest of the league, including Fergie's boys, on notice.

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Four goals. Four different goal scorers.

Chelsea have come out of the starting gates this new EPL season with a vengeance as poor Portsmouth was on the receiving end of a veritable whooping.

First half strikes from Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, and Frank Lampard (ok, so it was a penalty kick but still) set the tone early for a Chelsea side that looked to have an extremely solid defensive line and an equally creative (courtesy of Deco) midfield. Click to continue reading...

Premier League football is back, and the goals were flying into the net this opening weekend. Where to start?

Chelsea 4 - 0 Portsmouth
How about with Scolari's Blues as Chelsea thrashed Portsmouth 4-0. Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard, and Deco all scored as Chelsea soared to the top of the table on goal difference.

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The time has finally arrived. Word.

Chelsea begins a new era today as it opens the 2008-09 season against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. The match marks the debut for Blues manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who returns to club football for the first time in seven years.

The Blues are not only looking to extend their immaculate home unbeaten streak to 83 games, but also their 21-game Premiership unbeaten run.

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With Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko in their striking ranks, Chelsea own one of the most exciting, powerful and experienced attacking line-ups in world football. And complemented by the offensive starlets of Deco, Florent Malouda and Joe Cole, who themselves sit in front an immensely strong central midfield duo of Frank [. Click to continue reading...

Les Bleus will be traveling to Sweden for a friendly on August 20th, a game which will hopefully get the team ready for the World Cup qualifiers that will be starting soon.

There a lot of old faces on the squad, but there are also some players missing, including Franck Ribery and Francois Clerc, who are out injured, and Samir Nasri and Eric Abidal, who were dropped entirely.

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I'm not sure what language this video is in. Arabic, maybe? Whatever it is, they seem to be saying that what our Nicolas Anelka did for Chelsea yesterday against AC Milan is called a "Super-Hat-Trick."

Is that what you call it when one person scores four goals in one game?

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Nicolas Anelka has something of a bad rep for a fantasy football striker. I've never been keen on having him in my squad - perhaps I bought into all those "sulking" rumours. Or the hype that he was going to be a hat-trick-per-game striker, and then felt let down when he wasn't. Or maybe its just cos he's French. Click to continue reading...

Carlo Ancelotti will not be a happy man. Neither will Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani after the Rossoneri were thrashed 5-0 by Chelsea in the Russian Railways Cup. The game was an effective third place playoff after Chelsea and Milan had lost to Lokomotiv Moscow and Sevilla respectively. Nicolas Anelka scored four goals and Frank Lampard [. Click to continue reading...

Nicolas Anelka fills his boots against sluggish Italians Some clownish goalkeeping by Milan's giant Aussie, Zeljko Kalac, helped Chelsea rack up five goals against the Serie A team in Moscow at the weekend. Nicolas Anelka helped himself to four, with... Click to continue reading...

Sevilla won the Russian Railways Cup beating Lokomotiv 3-0 in the final. Chelsea took third place after thrashing Serie A's AC Milan 5-0.

Nicolas Anelka scored four goals including a perfect hat-trick.

Here are all the goals:






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Chelsea and AC Milan played each other in the 3rd place game of the Railways Cup pre season tournament, and the game was anything but a game. Chelsea got 4 goals from Nicolas Anelka of all people and a goal from Frank Lampard to win 5-0. Milan was playing without Kaka, who has been ruled out of the rest of the preseason due to injury. Click to continue reading...