Arsenal are eyeing a move for Brazilian wonderkid Detinho, according to reports in the Spanish media. The forward, who plays for Brazilian outfit Corintians, has been likened to the Gunners' latest youngster to grab the headlines, Carlos Vela. The Mexican 19-year-old scored a stunning hat-trick in Arsenal's recent 6-0 demolition of Sheffield United and reports in Spain [. Click to continue reading...

Argentine wonderkid Sergio Aguero is on the wish list of big spenders Manchester City, according to reports that emerged last week. But it seems that his current club, Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, have denied any such link-ups. An Atletico Madrid spokesperson has emphasised that they have no bid from Manchester City . Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are thought to be battling Chelsea for Barcelona wonderkid Gerard Delofeu. The 14-year-old has been billed as the 'new Ronaldinho' and has caught the eye of Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger. The youngster has yet to sign trainee terms with the Catalan giants and could be snapped up by Arsenal, in a very similar way the Emirates [. Click to continue reading...

Juande Ramos is looking to raid Southampton and capture another one of their talented youngsters! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! TOTTENHAM'S planned raid for Southampton wonderkid Adam Lallana will cost them at least £5million. Spurs are on the trail of one of England's brightest young stars but Saints will demand . Click to continue reading...

As if the first team wasn't youthful enough, Gunners manager Arsène Wenger has consistently used the Carling Cup to blood promising youngsters. Expect, then, to get a first home glimpse of Welsh wonderkid Aaron Ramsey and maybe even teenage English winger Jack Wilshere who impressed in pre-season. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are thought to be in the hunt to sign American wonderkid Charles Renken after the 14-year-old impressed at a trial with the Gunners. The teenage sensation is one of the hottest young properties in the game and is also understood to have trained with Reading and German side 1860 Munich. Born in Zambia, Renken was adopted [. Click to continue reading...

Hey! I am a new blogger here at FCTP! My name is USvsIreland and I am a student who is a massive fan of US Soccer. Hope you enjoy the first piece.
Looking Ahead to 2009: The Involvement of College Soccer Players

       What went largely unnoticed in the furor of our Olympic exploits (or lack thereof) is that the United States sent a Youth National Team to a tournament without a single non-professional player. Click to continue reading...

For all those people that since June 22, 2008 have been anxiously waiting to see the Azzurri back in action, those weeks of anticipation are finally over. Granted, this isn't the Nazionale (we'll have to wait until August 20th for that), but the Azzurrini are always a fun bunch to watch, as we have so many talented young talents and this Beijing Olympics should be very interesting.

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Daily Mirror EU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET
QPR sign wonder-kid Parejo from Real and billionaire chairman says: It's just the start
Qpr yesterday signed Real Madrid wonderkid Daniel Parejo and vowed to continue to raid Europe's top clubs in their quest to reach the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

The tapestry of professional football is rich and varied. People respond to different aspects of the game, whether it be the pace on the field or the inter-terrace rucking. I think it's pretty safe to say that for STT, what makes football great is tricks; nothing beats a good nutmeg or a backheel when a simple pass to feet would've sufficed.

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Leicester City wonderkid Joe Mattock is being linked with West Ham. The Irons are thought to be chasing the 18-year-old, who also has been linked with Aston Villa and Everton, again after failing to bring the defender to Upton Park... Click to continue reading...

The new season fixtures were announced today and in honour of the football club that this blog is dedicated to, I start by revealing Oldham Athletic's first games of the season for 2008/09. The 'Real Latics' start off at home to Millwall on August 9th, then they travel to Leeds on the 16th August, followed by the visit of Cheltenham Town on the 23rd August. Click to continue reading...

Cardiff wonderkid Aaron Ramsey, rather frothily described by the Independent as "the outstanding talent of his generation" has opted to sign for Arsenal over Man Utd. Although Ferguson's men gnawed away at Arsenal's early season lead, and the Gunners tailed off to third place, the first transfer blood of this summer looks to [. Click to continue reading...

Picture the scene, you're a young up-and-coming wonderkid who currently plies his trade for Cardiff City, but after a strong season, a tsunami of clubs are crashing in, wanting to pull you away to the Premier League. So who would you choose? Manchester United and the Lord of the Ferg, where you probably wouldn't [. Click to continue reading...

Happy Monday to you all.

Hope you had a good weekend. It's a Monday filled with nothing more than rumour and speculation, but you love all that, don't you?

Aaron Ramsey, the Cardiff City midfield wonderkid, flew to Switzerland at the weekend to meet Arsene Wenger.

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It's another quiet news day folks with it being an international weekend, so it comes as no surprise that The Sun is doing a spot of transfer kite flying with United supposedly set to splash out £7m for Patizan Belgrade's 17-year-old striker Stevan Jovetic. The Montenegro international has scored six goals for his club side this season.

Here's a question, supposing for one moment that this story is actually true, how come United always have to pay over the odds when signing players? Click to continue reading...

Okay it might just be another in a long line of rumours but now Freddy Adu - the 18 year old American wonderkid is being linked with a move to Celtic. Seemingly a meeting is lined up for next week in Denver when Celtic fly out for their game against the MLS All Stars. Again a [...] Click to continue reading...