What is it about Carlos Tevez that he loses his cool when he puts on the Argentina jersey? He was sent off today in the match against Paraguay for the second time in 3 matches as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. This is a great result for Paraguay as they continue to lead the South American qualifying group and got a vital result in Buenos Aires. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz should be fit to face Arsenal in the Premier League on September 13 after declaring himself available for Paraguay. Paraguay take on Argentina in a crucial World Cup qualifier on Saturday but Santa Cruz had been a doubt because of the Achilles problem that forced him to limp out of the [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mark Bunn (Northampton), Vince Grella (Torino), Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons), Julio Santa Cruz (Cerro Porteno), Danny Simpson (Manchester United, loan), Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Notable departures: Paul Gallagher (Plymouth, loan), David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham),. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Vince Grella (Torino), Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons), Julio Santa Cruz (Cerro Porteno), Danny Simpson (Manchester United, loan), Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Rovers target heading. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Vince Grella (Torino), Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons), Julio Santa Cruz (Cerro Porteno), Danny Simpson (Manchester United, loan), Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Uruguay star on. Click to continue reading...

Here is a moment of inspiration courtesy of Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguay's top international forward who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Roque recently signed a 4 year deal to stay of Blackburn so Rovers fans should be enjoying his goal scoring talents for years to come.
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Quite suprisingly (in my opinion), Santa Cruz has ended speculation linking him with a move to Man City by signing a new 4 year contract at Blackburn Rovers. Cruz will now be set to stay with the club until 2012, ending any possible interest from the likes of Man Utd, Arsenal, Tottenham, Villa and Man [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea), Jo (CSKA Moscow) Notable departures: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Geovanni (Hull City), Andreas Isaksson (PSV) Kompany set to join City Aston Villa are hoping to beat out City for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Julio Santa Cruz (Cerro Porteno), Danny Simpson (Manchester United, loan), Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Ince would like his old captain back Aston Villa are hoping... Click to continue reading...

Blackburn Rovers are considering a double swoop of Valencia's Joaquin and Nikola Zigic. These two additions would greatly improve Paul Ince's side as they aim to replace the departed David Bentley (and possibly Roque Santa Cruz if he leaves).

For those of you that aren't familiar with these two players, you soon will be. Click to continue reading...

Bentley knew from the first whistle this wouldn't be his 'debut performance.' Tottenham didn't have the pressure-free pleasure enjoyed by Rovers, who didn't have anything to prove at least as far as the league was concerned. But he was tired of all the running and wanted to live in London again. He we would only really miss Santa Cruz. Click to continue reading...

0 - 1 David Dunn 22'



1 - 1 M.Arteta 45'+2



2 - 1 Yakubu 64'



2 - 2 Roque Santa Cruz 65'



2 - 3 Ooijer 93'

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Blackburn Rovers herhalde Santa Cruz'un performansından çok memnun ki oyuncunun kardeşini de transfer etti. Julio Paraguay'ın Cerro Porteno takımından transfer edilmiş, fotvet pozisyonunda oynuyor. 18 yaşındaki oyuncu bu sezonu rezerv takımda geçirecek. Sahi bizim federasyonun konuştuğu 'rezerv lig' olayı ne oldu? Click to continue reading...

MANCHESTER CITY Notable arrivals: Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea), Jo (CSKA Moscow) Notable departures: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Geovanni (Hull City), Andreas Isaksson (PSV) City are still being linked with Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz, though the two sides are thought to... Click to continue reading...

BLACKBURN ROVERS Notable arrivals: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Possibility: Robbie Fowler (on trial) Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Possibilities: Roque Santa Cruz (Arsenal, Manchester United) Good news on Santa Cruz injury Manchester. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Possibility: Robbie Fowler (on trial) Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Possibilities: Roque Santa Cruz (Arsenal, Manchester United) Carlos Villanueva has arrived to play for the Rovers. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Possibility: Robbie Fowler (on trial) Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Possibilities: Roque Santa Cruz (Arsenal, Manchester United) Carlos Villanueva has arrived to play for the Rovers. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Possibility: Robbie Fowler (on trial) Notable departures: David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham), Brad Friedel (Aston Villa). Possibilities: Roque Santa Cruz (Arsenal, Manchester United) Carlos Villanueva has arrived to play for the Rovers. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City could get one of the signings of the summer if reports of Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz's move are correct. The Paraguay striker was a bargain last summer for Rovers and Mark Hughes would love to have him... Click to continue reading...

I've had company, am trying to write the stuff I'm supposed to write, and it's downtime in the footie universe. So, for the moment let me just share this awesome video my guest shared with me: It's a German band called Sportfreunde and their song celebrates one of my favorite rising stars (and object of transfer gossip), Roque Santa Cruz. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City could be looking at bringing in Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. Mark Hughes is worried about his striking options and is willing to go after the striker who played so well for him at Ewood Park last season. Click to continue reading...

Hay una falta de organizacion en nuestro futbol que prohibe mejorar a todo nivel. Con las manos vacías

Oriente Petrolero, Blooming y Guabirá dejaron a sus seguidores con los crespos hechos y con el sabor amargo de ser una vez más meros testigos de la consagración de otros. A menos que en el torneo Clausura alguno de ellos revierta la figura, Santa Cruz nuevamente quedará impedida de albergar un torneo continental el próximo año.

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Spurs have joined Arsenal in the race to sign Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz according to reports in The Guardian today.
Santa Cruz joined Rovers last year from Bayern Munich and had an outstanding debut season in the Premier League bagging 19 goals, for then Mark Hughes' side. New boss Paul Ince has vowed to try and cling onto the Paraguayan international, despite Santa Cruz saying he is open to offers. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United have all been linked with Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz, but for the time being, the Paraguay international has no intentions to leave Ewood Park. Many said my transfer to a bigger club was... Click to continue reading...

There's plenty to report on in today's roundup, so without giving you much of an intro, I'll get right to the good stuff. Enjoy! "Transfer Rumors (14 July 08): Manchester City make offer for Ronaldinho, Berbatov out, Santa Cruz in at Tottenham, Shevchenko to Sampdoria, and more" was originally published at Soccerlens. Click to continue reading...

Just a quick comment this morning on Wenger's 'quotes' about Arsenal effectively being a selling club, and needing to balance the books year on year to pay for the stadium.

If you look at the more reputable papers this morning, while it is true they have picked the story up, they have done so rather hesitantly and have added caveats like "was reported as saying" and "was quoted as saying" to his so-called words.

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Premiership Talk understands that Brazilian star Ronaldinho is set to decide his future in the coming weeks - and that AC Milan, not Manchester, is his destination. Ronaldinho's brother (who is also his agent) said in an interview today, "He is likely to go to Milan. Everything is ready for the transfer. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal and Manchester United are both being linked with Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz with the Gunners having been given the inside track for the Paraguay international. They were linked with Santa Cruz before I left on vacation and are... Click to continue reading...

I trust we all watched the US match yesterday and if you did not see it, you didn't need to. Barbados missing four of their five best players got rolled by a fired up US squad 8-0. While the scoreline was impressive, many concerns still persist for the U.S. like keeping proper spacing between attackers on the pitch and players knowing their respective roles while on the pitch.

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Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz led Paraguay to a 2-0 win over Brazil today in World Cup qualifying.

The Mirror says that Manchester United view the striker as a possible "bargain" purchase in the summer transfer market. Bargain-schmargain, just sign the man, please. His price is only going up.

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The latest striker to be linked with United is Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz. Reportedly Sir Alex is preparing a £15 million bid for the Paraguayan goal scorer, but United is not alone. Man City, who look to have already snatched up Blackburn's boss Mark Hughes, are also in the running for the 26-year-old, but who [. Click to continue reading...

Don't want to get excited about this rumour from The Sun, but wowee zowee!!!

Manchester United are planning to hit Blackburn with a £15million bid for towering striker Roque Santa Cruz. Boss Alex Ferguson has earmarked the Paraguay international as United's main summer signing.

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Helllllllooooooooooooooooo all you gooners. It's Friday, which is great news. So along the lines of great news, we have Emmanuel Adebayor, who loves bringing us, well, great news. He told The Sun that he has no plans of leaving and that he is here to win trophies.

"I've assured the gaffer Arsene Wenger I'll stay because I believe in the team and I want to assure the fans my concentration is here.

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Arsenal went five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table after defeating a hard working Blackburn Rovers side. The win also ensured that the Gunners have goal differential equal to that of Manchester United. Mark Hughes' Rovers failure to win any points saw them slip down to 9th falling behind Portsmouth, who beat Bolton on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Kolo Toure may be rushed back from the African Cup of Nations in order to feature for Arsenal against Blackburn on Monday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be missing defender Johan Djourou and may be without Philippe Senderos, leaving the Arsenal squad with only one fit central defender, captain William Gallas. Click to continue reading...