Liverpool have today confirmed the signing of French starlet David Ngog from Paris St Germain for a bargain fee of around £1.5 million on a 4-year contract. The 19-year-old striker only managed 3 goals in 25 appearances for Paul Le... Click to continue reading...

It took a while, but Freddy Adu finally made his first start for AS Monaco. The U.S. Olympic midfielder made the starting XI in Monaco's French Cup match against Paris St. Germain. It could be Adu's last start for a while after a goal from one-time Chicago Fire target Fabrice Pancrate gave PSG the win, thus ending Adu's potential source for major playing time.

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Having had a few days to do some studying and weigh all need factors specific to the clubs, I will now present my list of best summer shoppers of 2008... #5 - Paris St. Germain Despite not spending nearly as much as many clubs, rebuilding PSG added a strong veteran, winning influence with the arrivals of Ludovic Giuly, Mateja Kezman and Claude Makalele. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez suffered a torrent of abuse and saw his Liverpool side miss out on the chance to go top of the Barclays Premier League after a goalless draw at Villa Park.

Aston Villa fans taunted the Reds boss with chants of 'There's only one Gareth Barry' after the collapse of the England midfielder's move to Liverpool, and some of the crowd aimed personal insults at the Reds manager. Click to continue reading...

The Turkish team's opponents for the UEFA Cup first round were determined on Friday, Galatasaray, who failed to qualify to the Champions League, will play against AC Bellinzona of Switzerland

Besiktas will play against Ukranine's Metalist Kharkiv, while Turkey's third representative, Kayserispor will play against Paris St Germain of France. Click to continue reading...

There's a fair amount of France news, but I'm finding that I can't focus on anything else until I do a tribute to one of my all-time favorite players (probably second only to Zizou), Lilian Thuram.

As you probably know by now, Thuram officially retired a little over a week ago because of that recently-diagnosed heart defect.

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Hungarian National coach Erwin Koeman has claimed that Liverpool youngster Krizstian Nemeth must look for a loan deal in the Championship rather than play another season in the Anfield reserves if he wants to improve.

19-year-old Krizstian Nemeth is amongst a group of young players on the fringes of the first-team at the Reds, along with Paris St Germain Signing David Ngog and Daniel Pacheco. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you put some clothes on... Jewell or Belichick: Which sex tape is worse? (Dave's Football Blog) A surprisingly convincing argument for 3-6-1 (Gramsci's Kingdom) Previewing the Olympic ladies (USA WCB) Reinventing PSG (Just Football) But why do they call him Billy? (Milan Offside) Jerson dos Santos - late starter (Sniffing the Touchline) Sepp Blatter denies saying that thing [. Click to continue reading...

I just saw an article on ESPN.com that Lillian Thuram has retired from soccer due to a heart condition. He had retired from the French National Team once again and was going to move from Barcelona to Paris St. Germain for at least one more season, but has to retire due to a heart condition. Thuram is one of the last members of the great French teams from the late 1990's and early 2000's to still have been playing and was there for all of those great moments. Click to continue reading...

Though Paris St Germain were in a relegation battle last season, they did manage to win the French League Cup, which qualifies them for the UEFA Cup competition. In preparing for their season, PSG has made some bold moves in the transfer market. Their first signing of the summer was Ludovic Giuly from AS Roma. Click to continue reading...

One of the great things about football, one of the things that in my opinion is fundamental in sustaining the umbilical cord that acts as a near permanent bond between team and fan, is the consistency with which the chance arises for a club to reinvent itself and with it renew interest from both fans and onlookers. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres has already taken Liverpool's new French teenage striker David Ngog under his wing.

Ngog, 19, joined the club for £1.5million from Paris St Germain last week, and could well make his debut in Wednesday's friendly game against Villarreal - a match that may also see the first appearance of Robbie Keane in a Liverpool shirt. Click to continue reading...

What's Going On with the Emirates Cup? Well, at the moment, not much; but that will all change this coming weekend. For those of you not familiar with the Emirates Cup, it is a two-day exhibition tournament that dates back to the middle ages, if you consider last year to be the middle ages, and has continued until this day. Click to continue reading...

Ferguson said that he did not expect to see "outstanding progress coming from a team in their 30s". But Blues midfielder Ballack, 31, said: "Our team can still improve. If you are 30 or 31 you are not old.

"Claude Makelele was 34 and played well last season. This sort of banter occurs between people during the summer.

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Excuse our indifference but we've been through this before.

No matter how hyped up the transfer of David N'Gog is, it is hard to get excited. Any flattery lavished on the French sounds far too similar to the praise devoted to the likes of Anthony Le Tallec and Florent Sinama Pongolle before they joined. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have brought in another teen, signing David Ngog from Paris St Germain. Marton Fulop looks available for Stoke City after Sunderland manager Roy Keane signed Nick Colgan. Click to continue reading...

I fail to see that anyone aside from myself might be interested in this but that hasn't stopped me before! So just for the record here is the list of grounds I've seen matches at:

Italy (4)

Inter Milan (San Siro)
Juventus (Stade Delli Alpi)
Brescia (Stadio Mario Rigamonti)
Empoli (Stadio Carlo Castellani)

Belgium (4)

Anderlecht (C. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez expects to seal a deal for teenage French forward David N'Gog today.

The club return to Melwood today after a three-match tour of Switzerland and Germany which concluded last night with a 0-0 draw against Hertha Berlin.

Although Liverpool extended their unbeaten run in pre-season to four games, a third victory could have been recorded had Andriy Voronin not seen his 50th-minute penalty saved by Christian Fiedler.

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Some interesting news from the French Football League as Paris St. Germain have signed both Claude Makelele and Ludovic Giuly for next season. On the surface these seem like good signings, but I think it might be about time that Paris St. Germain start to develop a more long term plan for success. They have the potential to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe by playing in Paris with virtually no competition in terms of other big clubs to draw fans away from them (unlike London or Moscow for example). Click to continue reading...

Seems a bit cruel to show a picture of Voronin from today's game above that headline.

I didn't see today's match – and I'm not holding a missed penalty against him – but Voronin had been decent in the three before. I've written that he did the same last year only to disappoint by May, but I'm holding out hope he's actually progressing. Click to continue reading...

Much like a shy teenager, Paris St Germain want William Gallas- but they want him to make the first move. After a rumor came out that PSG and Barcelona were interested in the Frenchman, PSG's president Charles Villeneuve sounded like... Click to continue reading...

I'm think I'm going to be sick.

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Premiership Talk was the first to announce that Claude Makelele was leaving Chelsea for Paris St. Germain on Friday, and today he was unveiled in Paris. Makelele is the first big name player to leave under new manager Felipe Scolari's tenure.

More Chelsea exits are expected to follow - especially with Didier Drogba's future unclear. Click to continue reading...

Claude Makélélé is all set to be announced a Paris St Germain player this afternoon, after five good years in the Premier League with Chelsea. It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of a man who has a position named after him. The defensive midfield role exited pre-CM and will exist post-CM, but it's now [. Click to continue reading...

Fallen French giants Paris St Germain have sealed a homecoming deal for Chelsea's 71-cap veteran midfielder. 35-year-old Claude Makélélé is set to be unveiled as a PSG player on Monday after Chelsea agreed to let him leave on a free transfer. PSG announced the deal to bring the Congo-born midfielder to . Click to continue reading...

It was an interesting weekend in the soccer world to say the least.

From the New England Revolution's flight to remember, to the big fan brawl at the Columbus Crew-West Ham friendly, there was plenty of off-field activity to talk about. Fortunately, there was also some on-field stuff to talk about as well, including the completion of SuperLiga group play and the MLS schedule, which finished with five ties (yes, all five games this week finished tied).

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Claude Makelele will end his five-year spell at Chelsea by completing a move to Paris St Germain. Click to continue reading...

Wenger's troubled captain has become a surprise target for two interested parties, but will the Gunners boss decide to cut his losses and sell him? Arsenal captain William Gallas has emerged as a £5million target for Barcelona and Paris St Germain. Gallas, 31 next month, joined Arsenal two years ago from Chelsea . Click to continue reading...

Arsenal fans are bracing themselves for another possible exit from their club. Captain - former captain, that is - William Gallas could be leaving the Emirates Stadium for Barcelona or Paris St. Germain. This move is being helped by the fact that Arsene Wenger has decided to strip the Frenchman of the captaincy as he is anxious to hand that responsibility to Cesc Fabregas. Click to continue reading...

Media reports suggest Arsenal skipper William Gallas is at the centre of a £5million tug-of-war battle between Barcelona and Paris St Germain. The former Chelsea defender, who will be 31 next month, could be on his way according to the Sunday Mirror. The paper claims Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is set to strip the French defender of [. Click to continue reading...

"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but people just don't notice him, don't notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew, the players all knew he was the most important.

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Claude Makelele appears to be the first Chelsea player to leave under new manager Luis Felipe Scolari. The French international is in Paris ahead of his scheduled medical on Saturday. Paris St. Germain have been strongly linked with the 35 year old this summer and the paperwork should be signed early next week. Click to continue reading...

Everyone knows that Cristiano Ronaldo covets a move to Madrid, but now we all know he wants to stay far away from Paris. No, not Paris St.-Germain, but Paris Hilton. Ronaldo is in Los Angeles on a "business" trip and was seen at a posh L.A. nightclub last night. Paris Hilton was in attendance at the party and sources at the party all say that Hilton couldn't take her eyes off the Portuguese winger. Click to continue reading...

Every now and then football fans around the world get a pleasant reminder that professional footballers are human, and Patrice Evra yesterday had one of those moments.

As many of you may already know, Hull City have recently signed Bernard Mendy from Paris St.-Germain. As a close friend of Evra's, Mendy called the left-back to inform him of the move. Click to continue reading...

This is not my opinion. This is the view of "top French football boss" Michel Moulin. The former Paris St-Germain director of sport believes that Wenger is over hyped and and is a failure.

This dumbass has criticised Le Boss for not winning the Champions League in his time at Arsenal and that many other coaches would have won far more trophies armed with Le Bosse's transfer budget. Click to continue reading...