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September 18, 2008

Eschewing the Transfer Market for an All-World Coaching Staff

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If your beloved club was to be bought out by an bajillionaire, would it be better to spend insane transfer fees on a number of players or bring in a coaching staff that could make the West Ham reserves play like Milan's Dream Team of the late 80's and early 90's. So why not build [...] Click to continue reading...

September 2, 2008

What Ronaldo is Worth (According to Manchester City's Newest Owners)

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$250 000 000 seized from Mexican Meth Dealers, Sept 2. 2007 Courtesy I-Am-Bored.com To put this into some sort of perspective, Abu Dhabi United Group is pricing Cristiano Ronaldo at the same dollar amount as the Arab League invested in the Darfur region last Fall. Click to continue reading...

July 26, 2008

Dream A Little Dream

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Alex Hleb's dream was to play for Barca.
Ronaldinho dreamed of playing for AC Milan.
Deco dreamed of playing for Chelski.
Dani Alves dreamed of playing in the blue and red Barca shirt.
Arshavin's dream is to swap Zenit for Barca.
Ronnie dreams of playing for Real Madrid.
Drogba dreams of playing for a different team every week. Click to continue reading...

July 19, 2008

Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?

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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should determine its price, not market forces. No, I'm not [. Click to continue reading...

January 4, 2008

All Transfer Rumor 11

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With the silly season well underway, it's time to name the Only Time Will Tell All Transfer Rumor 11.


Goaltender: Jens Lehmann, Arsenal: Probably heading back to Germany to keep him in the running for Euro 2008.


Right backs: Willy Sagnol, Bayern Munich: could be great insurance for a team like Manchester United.

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December 31, 2007

Shoppings about to start

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New Years Day means many things to many people.

In the United States it means college football games all day, in England it means soccer games all day and all over Europe it means the opening of the transfer market. Every year there are all kinds of crazy rumors of stars, like Ronaldo (pictured above), moving to other clubs and teams fighting to stay in the top division spend all types of money to fight against the drop. Click to continue reading...

November 21, 2007

More then 51 million pounds can get you an overated French Striker

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With the transfer market getting ready to open again at the end of the year, it makes you wonder about how much some players have cost over the years. One of the players that jumps out at you is the sulky French striker Nicolas Anelka. The current French and Bolton striker has cost a staggering more then 51 million pounds in transfer fees over the years. Click to continue reading...