West Ham 4 West Bromwich Albion 3 (Barclays Premier Reserve League South) WEST HAM hot-shot Freddie Sears sent a timely reminder of his talents to boss Gianfranco Zola with four goals as the reserves edged a seven-goal thriller with West Brom this evening. With the Italian and number two Steve Clarke in attendance at Bishop's Stortford FC's Woodside Park, [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is a master of picking up kids when they are in the mid-teens and then restructuring them into world-class talents, Spanish superstar Cesc Fabregas being a prime example. Fabregas was lured away from the Camp Nou when he was just 16 and it has now emerged that ... Click to continue reading...

I read lately an article on the Dutch Blog on how many young talents they possess. Polish football, on the other hand, is not known for wunderkids spread around Europe. That's why we're so thrilled with Michal Janota, a guy who at 18 already scores for the Feyenoord senior team.

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is considering another move for Brazilian central-defender Aislan of Sao Paulo, after missing out on the talented defender during the summer, according to reports.

20-year-old Aislan has been at the Tricolor Paulista since 2003 and despite only making a handful of senior appearances for the Brazilian club, he already has a release clause of £10. Click to continue reading...

Firstly what a fantastic performance last night, it seems unfair to highlight individuals in what was a magnificent team display. Even the youngsters on the bench are great talents, it really does demonstrate what magic Wenger has done over the years in developing our youth. Those who like to blame Wenger for England's woes would do well to notice the fact that Wilshere, Gibbs, Hoyte, Randall, Click to continue reading...

From Young Guns regarding US youngster Charles Renken: The whole of America is going crazy over his talents which sees him average a goal a game in every fixture he plays, something his Under 9 side had the pleasure of. Umm, have they been to America recently? I love Arsenal. I know about Charles Renken. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger once stated that Dutchman van Persie had "the class to be as good as Dennis Bergkamp." He was one of Feyenoord's brightest young talents until Wenger snapped him up for £2.75m in April 2004 at the age of 20. Now the 25 year old has begun to shake off the tag of being [...] Click to continue reading...

Well you could say find out week. But today is the really critical day for the Roar, Wellington and the Glory.

Find out 1 - the Roar: Was the off-season purchasing in tune with the challenges of version 4 of the A-League? Key find out: is Sergio V-D a quality striker and is Craig Moore in good enough shape to handle the A-League? Click to continue reading...

Chelsea are to join the race to sign Arsenal target Steven Appiah. The former Fenerbahce midfielder left the Turkish club earlier this summer and is keen to come to England, with Arsene Wenger and now, Blues boss Luis Fillipe Scolari keen to offer him that chance to come to the Premier League.

The Ghana international could fit straight into Scolari's starting eleven with current holding midfield player Michael Essien likely to be out for up to six months. Click to continue reading...

There was a time not so long ago that United seemed to lose out to Chelsea on transfers all the time. Whether it was Arjen Robben or Michael Essien, the top talents in Europe wanted a piece of Chelsea's money and sucess, whilst we settled for Djemba-Djemba shaped crumbs. The tides have turned somewhat since then, [. Click to continue reading...

Although Mark Hughes has stated that he has to be the one who decided which players are brought in at Eastlands, that hasn't stopped members of the Abu Dhabi United group revealing some of the world-class talents that they would like to see wearing a Manchester City shirt. This includes ... Click to continue reading...

It never ceases to amaze me just how many people have told me over the last week how worried they are about Mad City (link) and the possible repercussions. Yes Al-Fahim is going to change the financial landscape more so than Abramovich has. But I look at it and see many possible positive outcomes.

We've got some truly exciting talents at youth level who are on the verge of making the breakthrough to the first team. Click to continue reading...

Did anyone notice that I now have family in the U.S. U17 national team program? It's in the genes, I tell ya.

Seriously, I don't think we're related, but it was still fun to see the name on the list.

Back when I was covering games for TopDrawerSoccer, I watched a few of the guys on this list play, including one young Charles Renken. 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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'Pack your bags and leave tonight' is one of the lyrics to Wham's 'Club Tropicana' and it's a sentiment that will be shared by James Milner after he handed in a request to leave Newcastle this week. The winger is one of the star talents in the Magpies squad, although ... Click to continue reading...

Wenger is once again using his excellent team of scouts to scour Europe for the best young talents around, so he can hone them into Premier League stars of the future. Has he struck gold again? Why not join the debate at the COS forum? Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has his chief ... Click to continue reading...

There are only a handful of days before the transfer window slams shut and Manchester United don't seem particularly close to bringing in a new striker. The Red Devils managed to land the Premier League last season with the attacking talents of Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney, although the absence of ... Click to continue reading...

England are wasting Steven Gerrard. They are ruining an outstanding talent. I've heard the word 'timid' being whispered as a reason for him not being a contender to take the captain's armband. Timid? You've got to be joking.

Here are some better words for him: Powerful. Explosive. Dynamic. Click to continue reading...

They're certainly one of Europe's biggest clubs these days, although managing to shoehorn all of Chelsea's attacking talents into one side is going to take some doing if this signing does indeed go through. It's certainly moved from 'possible' to 'probable' in the past 48 hours, with Peter Kenyon travelling . Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have completed the signing of young Belgian defender Vincent Kompany from German club Hamburger SV. The 22 year old, regarded as one of the brightest talents in Europe, joined Hamburg from Anderlecht in 2006 for two million euros. Kompany has signed a four year deal at Eastlands, and is expected to feature in [. Click to continue reading...

Photo from CBC.ca With yesterday's deal for Carlos Ruiz, Mo Johnston has proven once again he can make a deal to keep his team ahead of the curve or in this case from falling off the curve. Major League Soccer has very few proven consistent goal scoring talents. TFC had one in Jeff Cunningham, but now [. Click to continue reading...

Shorn of the midfield talents of Robertinho and Greg Nwokolo Persija struggled against a well organised Pelita Jaya side that proved hard to unlock.

Persija took the lead through new signing Ade Suhendra with a 30 yard drive but Pelita Jaya equalised early in the second half through Eduardo. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez continues to add more young talents to his Liverpool squad for the future! Liverpool are reportedly about to raid Barcelona for yet another Spanish Youth international, according to the Barcelona-based paper Sport. The target in question is an exciting young winger, Iago Falqué, who reportedly rebuffed a move by Chelsea last season, saying that [. Click to continue reading...

ADELAIDE UNITED FC ANNOUNCES COACH FOR NEW W-LEAGUE

ADELAIDE UNITED FC ANNOUNCES COACH FOR NEW W-LEAGUE

Adelaide United FC has named Michael Barnett as the club's Women's Team Coach for Football Federation Australia's (FFA) new national women's league, the Westfield W-League.

Barnett is the current coach of local South Australian Super League club MetroStars and has over a decade of coaching experience, which includes two years in charge of the men's SA State Team. Click to continue reading...

Lucky Melbourne. Lucky Lucky Michael Theoklitos. He should be watching the first few games from his lounge room. He still may if the FFA decides to review the DVD of the game.

Melbourne won but it took them 9 kicks in the penalty shootout. Theoklitos saved them. But he may have been sent off in about the 50th. Click to continue reading...

It seems that the Premier League is now even more chock a block with young talents but here is a run down of the ten most promising players still yet to celebrate their 20th birthday! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! 10) Febian Brandy (Manchester United) – Even though this ... Click to continue reading...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've actually missed writing up match previews. It's been over two months since Lyon's last competitive match, which was the Coupe de France final against PSG. Tomorrow, Lyon will be facing off against Bordeaux in the Trophée des Champions, otherwise known as the French Supercup.

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  Arsenal's new signing Samir Nasri has told L'Equipe that the main reason he joined Arsenal was because of Arsene Wenger.   Arsene Wenger has nutured many talents in his time at Arsenal, those that have stayed loyal to the maanger like Henry and Vieirra have reaped the benefits, those who were anxious to move on like Anelka [. Click to continue reading...

Dal Paris Saint Germain, i reds hanno prelevato ufficialmente l'attaccante David Ngog, che ha firmato un quadriennale. E' il cugino dell'ex bianconero Jean-Alain Boumsong.

Da Calciomercato.com

Comunicato Ufficiale Liverpool:

REDS SIGN FRENCH STRIKER NGOG

Liverpool have today signed French hotshot David Ngog from Paris Saint Germain. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has been linked with a number of top talents this summer; however, almost every player on his wish list has all but disappeared from the news after being linked the Tyneside club. This time around, that doesn't appear to be the case, as Keegan looks keen ... Click to continue reading...

Every summer, a wealth of top-class talent fills the tabloid back pages, 99% of whom will end up staying at their current club! Here is a rundown of five of the biggest talents constantly linked with a big money move. Samuel Eto'o – For some reason Barcelona don't seem to ... Click to continue reading...

News has filtered through regarding the possibility of an audacious attempt to capture one of the hottest young talents in the game, and the sources below suggest it could well be Rafa who is looking to trump Manchester United to this La Liga ace! Reports coming out of Spain today suggest ... Click to continue reading...

Various sources are reporting that terms have been reached that will send Dorin Goian to Sunderland of the Premier League. While neither club has formally announced this yet, the fee is reputedly in the £3.85 - 4.5m range. The tall 1.96 m Defender showcased his talents well at the recent Click to continue reading...

Every now and again a player appears on the horizon and you think ‘this could be the one'. A few years ago me and my colleague were in Brazil watching Santos against Botafogo. The game was as eventful as ever, but it was remarkable for the talents of Robinho and Diego, two players who shone [...] Click to continue reading...

Long-winded people are boring, and writing full sentences is for chumps. So instead you have just SIX words. Sound easy? Good for you. New Spurs signing Luka Modric wowed the crowds at Euro 2008 as did Spain hero Cesc Fabregas. There is no doubting the Croat's talents but can he be ... Click to continue reading...