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...

The Johnny Exantus saga takes a twist abroad.

He's now with Royal Racing in Belgium, whose logo seems to be a rat.

I don't know yet if Red Bull New York got any compensation for him. He was in their youth academy, but was considered a great prospect to sign. They're going abroad at a younger and younger age, it seems. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids have traded forward Herculez Gomez to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, as well as a first-round pick in the '09 Supplemental Draft and an undisclosed sum of allocation money.Gomez, 26, was once one of the brightest young stars in the league when he was with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Click to continue reading...

Our new 22 year-old Spanish striker Xisco, has talked today about his move to Newcastle United, that was completed yesterday. Xisco - delighted to join Newcastle The 22-year-old has signed a five-year deal at St. James' Park, and he joins an ever growing list of young stars at the club. He was on Tyneside yesterday, but is now [. Click to continue reading...

I had a chance to watch Game Breakers: The Stars of Major League Soccer this evening. The A&E DVD about several of the stars of Major League Soccer was just released today.

The description of the DVD lists 12 players that they profile but you will see so much more than just 12 player profiles.

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Hull City got off to a flyer, but would dearly love to clinch this deal for one of Manchester United's fine young stars. Why not join the debate at the COS forum? Hull City boss Phil Brown wants to sign Manchester United striker Fraizer Campbell in a permanent deal. The Daily Mail ... Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have made it clear they have no intention of forcing their players to return from the Beijing Olympics, despite a ruling by the CAS.

Suggestions Javier Mascherano, Ryan Babel and Lucas Leiva would be told to return to England have been discounted by club sources.

The confusion had arisen during the day following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholding an appeal from Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke that allows the clubs to recall their players from the Games. Click to continue reading...

Ok... with the premiership all ready to kick off, here are my picks for the best young stars that have made a transfer this summer who are going to keep us glued to the TV and YouTube and all the football boards including this one. Carlos Vela Not quite the finished article yet, but under the [...] Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner We hear the same thing every year. Arsene Wenger promises to buy two may be three players and he insists that the money is there for him if he wants it. Then his attention is diverted in trying to keep the young stars he created from departing to what they think are pastures new. Click to continue reading...

It's been a day of ex-players, as Arsenal traveled up to Germany to help VfB Stuttgart celebrate the renaming of their stadium (to the Mercedes-Benz Arena- Stuttgart is the home of the company, after all). Stuttgart, of course, is the new home of former Arsenal goalkeeper/entertaining character Jens Lehmann.

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*rimshot* and groan. I know the pun is awful - but I couldn't resist. The Olympic tournament is causing considerable consternation for many clubs who want their talented young stars fit and healthy, and focused on club competition this August.

Among those stars in the throws of a Country vs. Click to continue reading...

So far this summer, Arsenal's transfers read like this: In: Carlos Vela (returning from loan, work permit approved), Aaron Ramsey (£5m, Cardiff) Out: Mathieu Flamini (free, AC Milan), Jens Lehmann (free, Stuttgart) Add to this the impending arrivals of both Samir Nasri and Amaury Bischoff and you have a nice nucleus of young stars arriving at Arsenal [. Click to continue reading...

An excellent article from Miles Starforth today in the Sunderland Echo, where Miles has held an interview with one of our very top young stars, 18 year-old Ben Tozer. Ben Tozer - loves it at Newcastle,  just loves it Click to continue reading...

It was hard to imagine the US "B" team equaling the full team's first-leg effort in yesterday's 1-0 win at Barbados, but the young Yanks (with goal-scorer Lewis and DeMarcus Beasley thrown in) did enough to propel the US to Concacaf's WC 2010 Semifinal Qualifying Round.

With US U-20 stars Freddy Adu (assist on the Lewis goal), Michael Bradley, and Danny Szetela running the midfield, the Yanks didn't play the most sterling ball ever, but with an 8-0 cushion after leg one in LA, the young stars just had to manage the match. Click to continue reading...

Lately i get caught in such different states of mind about us. I watch videos on youtube of our young technically gifted squad doing the amazing on the pitch and think how great our youth policy is. We get to see these young lads come through the ranks and out play arrogant so called experienced players all over the pitch and its a joy to behold. Click to continue reading...

I have my Palmeiras tickets for Saturday 12 July. Palmeiras are from São Paulo. Their team for the Lang Park match is may include Juninho. Yep the Sydney FC Juninho. In the past their team has included: Denilson, Marcos, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu. It promises to be a very exciting game and well worth the $20 (father-son) general entry. Click to continue reading...

The "Bojan Generation" that´s the term being used by local sports media to describe the young Spanish Football players coming out of the junior levels & getting their chance & a spot in their... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...