After the unquestionable snooze fest that was World Cup 2010, I thoroughly enjoyed Euro 2012. There was much more of an attacking intent from the teams involved, but one constant remained: Spain again emerged victorious, showing the importance of creation, movement and being able to keep possession. The Spanish method, it would appear, has resonated
With just a day to go until the start of the 2012/13 Premier League campaign, PitchSideTalk looks at some of the best business completed so far. Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior, Internacional to Chelsea, £25million. Chelsea Football Club have completed the signing of 20-year-old Oscar from Brazilian club Internacional. Priced at £25-million, the youngster is
Taken from BBC Thorgan Hazard, 19, will join Champions League champions Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. He follows his brother, Eden Hazard, who joined Chelsea for a reported £32m from Lille in June.Thorgan has appeared for his native Belgium at 5 different levels, at U15 through to U19. This season he made 23 appearances for
Taken from the Blue Champions After weeks of speculation, Chelsea have completed the signing of 20 year old Brazilian midfielder Oscar from Internacional for a fee thought to be in the region of £25 million, quite a considerable price. So is he worth it? Can he be a top player who will play a key role?
Taken from Football Wallpaper 7 #1: Manchester City: The defending Premier League Champions have had an astonishingly quiet summer compared to the past few seasons. With very little entries and the transfer of Robin Van Persie from Arsenal looking a lot less likely, the Citizens main involvement in the transfer market looks to be in the
Taken from Bild Due to the departures of Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba this summer, Chelsea only have three centre forwards in their squad at time of writing. These three consist of Daniel Sturridge, Fernando Torres and Romelu Lukaku, which could get cut to two if Lukaku goes out on loan like many are recommending. There
Taken from Blog B724S While most football fans have spent the last few weeks fascinated with Euro 2012, Chelsea have changed things at their club quite a lot. Didier Drogba left the club, while Roberto Di Matteo got the manager’s job on a full-time basis. Also, Marko Marin and Eden Hazard have both joined the
Taken from Laacib Salomon Kalou completed a move to Lille following the expiry of his Chelsea deal. Let’s take a look back at his career.2006/07 SeasonA few days following Chelsea winning the Premier League, Jose Mourinho successfully bolstered his squad with the acquisition of Salomon Kalou, the fee was undisclosed, but believed to be around
Taken from MTN Football The French press has once again brought us back to the Stone Age. They are apparently claiming that PSG is ready for a big move to bring Mr. Chelsea to France. Carlo Ancelloti is a fan favourite at Chelsea after achieving the double, but stealing our captain or even thinking about
Taken from Who Ate All The Pies European Champions. The feeling still hasn’t sunk in to a number of Chelsea fans across the globe. News on the block is that Roman Abramovich wakes up every morning and visits the trophy room to get a reality check. His pride and honor is flanked by a Premier League
Taken from Talk Chelsea Back in June 2004, a 26 year old striker named Didier Drogba joined Chelsea from Olympique Marseille for £24 million. The expectation was high on both Chelsea and the young Ivorian as he was in demand after an excellent season with the French side, in which he helped them to the
Taken from Two Liverpool Fans Date of Birth: - 25th July 1986Nationality: - BrazilianHeight: - 5ft 11inches.Position: - Striker (but is extremely versatile as he can play either Wing, behind the Striker, the main Striker etc).Club History - Vitoria- Kawasaki Frontale (loan)- Kawasaki Frontale- Consadole Sapporo (loan)- Tokyo Verdy (loan)- Tokyo Verdy- Porto.Linked With - Chelsea- Manchester United-
Taken from VOXXI There are some players who go about their jobs week in week out and never suffer from loss of form. They can seemingly reproduce last season’s efforts this time around in the blink of an eye, and their consistency eventually becomes something we’re barely even aware of. There are others, however, who