As already suggested on this blog, Peter Kenyon went on his travels again on Wednesday, in the direction of Madrid and his continued search for Robinho’s signature. No, not an autograph, but an agreement to a deal in the region of £26million. Unfortunately for him, Real Madrid turned down his advances for the Brazilian yet [...]

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Luiz Felipe Scolari has agreed to take Sporting Lisbon’s Fabio Paim on loan until the end of the season. But who is he?
Well, he’s a 20 year-old Portuguese winger who, at one time was widely regarded as the next big thing. It was suggested his football was in the same vein as Quaresma – great [...]

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I have to say I was less than impressed to see Joe Cole left out of England’s starting line-up on Wednesday night, particularly with Fabio Capello suggesting he’d be putting out a full-strength squad with the World Cup qualifiers in mind. But I’m even less impressed to see that the England manager apparently considers playing [...]

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Well, the mystery that is Didier Drogba’s injury just gets deeper and deeper apparently. Because having questioned his status – and even his whereabouts – only two days ago, with him being named in the Ivory Coast squad to face Guinea on Wednesday, not only did he not play (although he did travel) but it’s [...]

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Was it really only two days ago I was patting Chelsea on the back for ‘doing the right thing’ where Andriy Shevchenko’s concerned?
Well, obviously I spoke too soon, because a mere two days later, Adriano Galliani has revealed talks over a potential deal are “frozen” because the ‘agreement’ stage was never reached. How unusual for [...]

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