Wenger is frequently misquoted (once or twice by yours truly as well) but this is a royal cockup. Arsene was asked about UEFA's plan to propose to the EU that football clubs that run on an operating deficit or those who are unable to pay wages based on their current revenues and have to finance [... Click to continue reading...

A lot has been made of the players this summer who have left Major League Soccer for higher wages in Europe. I figured since today was a slower news day I would take a look at the next group of guys that could potentially cash in on a move across the pond. Feel free to give [...] Click to continue reading...

RAFAEL BENITEZ insists silverware and not money is the motivating factor as Liverpool's Champions League hopes go on the line tonight.

The Anfield outfit host Standard Liege in the second leg of their third qualifying round tie knowing only victory will guarantee them passage to the lucrative group stages. Click to continue reading...

A couple of years ago, the Reds starlet had many of us dreaming we'd found the next home grown talent capable of breaking through to the first team. Playing alongside his hero (Fowler), he scored on his Liverpool debut at just 17 years of age.

Last season he had 2 loan spells and scored a stunning volley on his debut for Notts County, sadly both loan spells were cut short because the clubs couldn't afford his wages. Click to continue reading...

Everton have seen off Newcastle in the battle to bag Juventus midfielder Tiago. The Toffees agreed to pay Juve £250,000 to take the 27-year-old on loan for a season — and could sign him permanently for £8m next summer.

They will pick up his £50,000-a-week wages in full but boss David Moyes still has to convince the ex-Chelsea man to become his first summer signing. Click to continue reading...

The Guardian reports that Arsenal is concerned about the WPS poaching their top players. Well, they US league is offering professional status, with the wages and contractual obligations that entails. If indeed Premiership clubs are concerned about a talent drain, they had better start making competitive offers to the players they want to retain. Click to continue reading...

The Guardian reports that Arsenal is concerned about the WPS poaching their top players. Well, they US league is offering professional status, with the wages and contractual obligations that entails. If indeed Premiership clubs are concerned about a talent drain, they had better start making competitive offers to the players they want to retain. Click to continue reading...

Media reports claim Emmanuel Adebayor's new long-term deal with Arsenal could be worth a staggering £80,000 a week. The Gunners have always been known to employ a strict pay structure, but according to the Times, the Togolese striker has agreed a deal to keep him in north London until 2012 that sees his previous wages more [. Click to continue reading...

At the time, somehow it slipped quite under the radar that back in June the FIFA powers-that-be ruled that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea the princely sum of £9.6million for the whole cocaine debacle that led to the termination of his contract and subsequent free move abroad to Juventus. Now though, after a further two months of appeals, FIFA's pompously-titled Disputes Resolution Chamber has decided that close to £10million was clearly just a ridiculous sum for an individual to pay, even a footballer. Click to continue reading...

In some ways Michael Owen has been a liability at St James' Park - sky-high wages and repetitive injuries, not to mention his burning ambitions to play in Europe and win league titles (no offense but I think he knows that's not happening with Newcastle this decade) which has created a LOT of speculation around [. Click to continue reading...

It's now looking like Everton are set beat Newcastle United to Juventus midfielder Tiago. Tiago - Everton look like getting the player The loan deal for the Portugal international Tiago has stalled as Newcastle have been unable to reach any agreement with Juventus over the amount of wages they are willing to pay the midfielder for this [. Click to continue reading...

The England midfielder will earn close to £140,000 a week, some £9,000 more than the previous top earner, his club-mate John Terry, who extended his stay at Stamford Bridge last year. It is believed Lampard's wages will drop slightly in the final 12 months of his deal, though, a compromise he accepted in return for such a lengthy contract. Click to continue reading...

Southampton travel to Cardiff Saturday to kick off their 3rd consecutive season in England's 2nd division. Yes, yes, I know it's called the Championship. But that's just a new label the marketers slapped on the old 2nd division.

Saint's new Dutch manager Jan Poortvliet says the team will be ready.

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It's officially officially over. After nearly two months of speculation involving insane sums of money (€100m transfer fee, £200,000 per week wages) and of course Sepp Blatter's awesomely ill-advised slavery quote, Cristiano Ronaldo is staying at Manchester United. Alex Ferguson says so (he always did), Ramon Calderon says so (in so many words) and now Cristiano [. Click to continue reading...

Freddie ljunberg has had his contract terminated at West Ham United by mutual consent. The Swedish winger struggled to break into the first team at Upton Park last season due to injury but proved his fitness at this summers Euro 2008 tournament. The decision has however been taken to cancel his contrat. Click to continue reading...

Being a Spurs fan is amazing. I probably get more excited in the run up to the season than I do once the actual games get underway.

I have come to realise most of the copy I read where transfers are concerned is complete fiction but some of it still gives me a buzz....unless it's regarding Dean Ashton and £15m from the THFC coffers. Click to continue reading...

Being a Spurs fan is amazing. I probably get more excited in the run up to the season than I do once the actual games get underway.

I have come to realise most of the copy I read where transfers are concerned is complete fiction but some of it still gives me a buzz....unless it's regarding Dean Ashton and £15m from the THFC coffers. Click to continue reading...

£6m...That's Ljungberg's reward for being a Premier League flop as Hammers show him the door

Freddie Ljungberg's disastrous spell at Upton Park is over after only 12 months as West Ham agreed to pay a staggering £6million to get him off their spiralling wage billl.

As the full extent of Ljungberg's incredible salary details emerged - he is paid £85,000 a week and had an option for another year if he made just 15 appearances this season - West Ham are still suffering from the aftershock of one of the most expensive mistakes in British football history. Click to continue reading...

The summer is always full of transfer rumours but just how much attention should we pay to paper talk and gossip. Ronaldo to Real, Barry to Liverpool, Robinho to Chelsea and Arshavin and Adebayor to quite their clubs are all deals that have been touted around the media but how many have gone through. Click to continue reading...

Realpolitik - No, not the way Madrid go about their business but the diplomatic concept of reality winning over ideology - is what sees Adebayor sign a one-year contract extension, doubling his wages in the process.

In an ideal world Arsenal would have sold Adebayor, or told him to shove his demands, coming as they did only a year or so after his recent contract extension, and in the light of a summer of mixed messages from him that did Arsenal no favours.

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Would someone make up their minds about these players already?

One day, Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o is not wanted by Barcelona, new manager Pep Guardiola saying, 'We are putting a team together and they (Eto'o and Ronaldinho, who has since moved to AC Milan) aren't in our thoughts but we'll see what happens. Click to continue reading...

Gary Megson has wasted no time in replacing El Hadji Diouf, and has immediately captured the signing of Dutch under 21 international Mustafa Riga from Levante.

The winger, 26, was a big hit at the Spanish outfit, and was given the nickname "The Bullet" for his blistering pace. Click to continue reading...

Gary Megson has wasted no time in replacing El Hadji Diouf, and has immediately captured the signing of Dutch under 21 international Mustafa Riga from Levante.

The winger, 26, was a big hit at the Spanish outfit, and was given the nickname "The Bullet" for his blistering pace. Click to continue reading...

Our first serious friendly of the pre season against Hercules of the Spanish 2nd division last night ended 1-1 thanks to a Darren Bent equaliser. (Yes, I did say Darren Bent!)

I know Bent scoring is a big story in its own right but two others almost as big were;

Robbie Keane was not even on the bench. Click to continue reading...

Our first serious friendly of the pre season against Hercules of the Spanish 2nd division last night ended 1-1 thanks to a Darren Bent equaliser. (Yes, I did say Darren Bent!)

I know Bent scoring is a big story in its own right but two others almost as big were;

Robbie Keane was not even on the bench. Click to continue reading...