Start behave and Descending


Popular and elite club that sought to create Adebayor began to lose balance and start to grow a sense arogan and greed in his heart. Starting from the Togo national team, the team where he was always treated like 'god', he began to spearhead protests berulah with money problems have received the bonus. Actions that culminate in the pemecatannya and two other players from Timnas Togo.

At Arsenal, he also began to show attitude arogannya using terhadapnya for AC Milan. In an interview with the media, it shows a clear-clear that he will not feel heavy to leave the club if gajinya has not been raised. This directly results interview barbed terdalam every Arsenal fans. When a Cesc Fabregas-is always shown loyalty to the club with the refuse transfer gossip and news about himself.

Parahnya again, in the 2008-2009 season is a time where it had fallen far appearance. Suddenly no longer Adebayor who ran with enthusiasm and hard work. Even though print still had 16 goals from 38 appearance, he has changed. Adebayor Adebayor who is now a lazy, inconsistent, and less concentration. He now become the most stuck Offside. Offside is trapped normal thing for a striker, but if an attacker to extremes often trapped Offside only because he looks lazy to go down to the bottom. Ade is also not consistent when he was 10 must get the opportunity to menceploskan only one of them. Finally, lack of concentration makes firs-touchnya more inconsequential and any place, even passingnya often seen melenceng despite the distance of only 5 meters. This disadvantage of making the team because the flow of the Arsenal attacks quickly become damaged thereby.

Student evaluation reports were distributed to make clear that appearance is very bad for a striker. Arsenal fans feeling disappointed that due sikapnya the arogan develop further into the antipati terhadapnya. Ade has been trying to improve it with the report that he is still happy living in the Arsenal, but Gunners fans have been hurried memusuhinya. And when the £ 25 million bid from Manchester City to come and accepted by Arsenal, with the majority of fans accept that the decision opens.

Arsenal have the funds to purchase the minimum, even from the sale of Adebayor for £ 25 million itupun seems only £ 10-15 million are given to Wenger to spend. But money is not the cause of which is the main selling Adebayor, but the characters that should be held is not owned by a winner. A Cristiano Ronaldo, the players who are not notabone faithful and materialistic also still appear good for the MU even though he is eager to move to Real Madrid.

So, indeed pantaskah Arsenal sell Adebayor? um full.

"I still will undergo training individuals and still feel a little sick. I only need to set foot rhythm," the Russian firm aged 26 this year.

restored with surgery

Half-Portugal Deco Souza confident decisions stand in Chelsea akan improve his career that had dimmed due to injury in the last two seasons.

The birth of Brazilian players disappeared from this row on the board after leaving Barcelona and Chelsea to be disturbed injury. But Deco remain confident and steadfast membenahi appearance recover from post-injury.

That's why he rejected the desire for Inter Milan merekrutnya. And the increase seen when the game starts Deco menccetak beautiful goal to take Chelsea 3-1 win over Sunderland in the Premier League on Tuesday (18 / 8) ago.

"Careers in season ago is the worst because I never get so old injury. But this season will be different. I feel healthy and can play. I want to help and be trusted by the team coach Carlo Ancelotti," said Deco.

On the other hand, the new Chelsea Yuri oppugn Zhriskov right knee injury should be restored with surgery.

Zhirkov, who purchased from CSKA Moscow, failed to strengthen the Blues early in the season after the damage during the pre-season tour in the United States.

"I do not know from where that news comes as no right at all. My condition is improving and the doctor in three days I can not fully exercise though.

"I still will undergo training individuals and still feel a little sick. I only need to set foot rhythm," the Russian firm aged 26 this year.

Rio Ferdinand will be absent

Latch Manchester United Rio Ferdinand will be absent from the gridiron during the month due to a thigh injury.

The former Leeds United player has been absent in the initial fight two Premier League 2009/2010 season due to injury to thigh.

And according to MU coach Sir Alex Ferguson after the scan results come out when Ferdinand will be absent up to a month. "Rio absent for three to four weeks," said Ferguson.

Thus the absent Ferdinand will also defend the British national team in the important fight Qualifications World Cup 2010 European zone against Croatia in September to come.

Fortunately Ferguson may have been lower latch when Nemanja Vidic MU visit to Wigan Athletic headquarters next weekend.

Vidic was absent because of some fight experience calf injury. Absennya Vidic and Ferdinand have to swallow to make MU surprising defeat of the campaign club Burnley, Wednesday.

epl schedule

TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
18:45 WIB Chelsea 2 - 1 Hull City Stamford Bridge
21:00 WIB Portsmouth 0 - 1 Fulham Fratton Park
21:00 WIB Wolverhamton W 0 - 2 West Ham Utd Molineux Stadium
21:00 WIB Blackburn Rovers 0 - 2 Manchester City Ewood Park
21:00 WIB Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Sunderland Reebok Stadium
21:00 WIB Aston Villa 0 - 2 Wigan Athletic Villa Park
21:00 WIB Stoke City 2 - 0 Burnley Britannia Stadium
23:15 WIB Everton 1 - 6 Arsenal Goodison Park


16 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
19:30 WIB Manchester Utd 1 - 0 Birmingham Old Trafford
22:00 WIB Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Liverpool White Hart Lane


19 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
postponed Fulham v Blackburn Rovers Craven Cottage
01:45 WIB Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea Stadium of Light
01:45 WIB Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wolverhamton W. DW Stadium
postponed West Ham Utd v Aston Villa Upton Park
postponed Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers Emirates Stadium


20 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
01:45 WIB Birmingham 1 - 0 Portsmouth St Andrews Stadium
01:45 WIB Hull City 1 - 5 Tottenham H Kingston Comm. S
01:45 WIB Burnley 1 - 0 Manchester United Turf Moor
02:00 WIB Liverpool 4 - 0 Stoke City Anfield
postponed Manchester City v Everton City of Manchester S


22 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
21:00 WIB Arsenal v Portsmouth Emirates Stadium
21:00 WIB Birmingham v Stoke City St Andrews S
21:00 WIB Hull City v Bolton Wanderers Kingston Comm
21:00 WIB Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers Stadium of Light
21:00 WIB Manchester City v Wolverhampton W City of Manchester S
21:00 WIB Wigan Athletic v Manchester United DW Stadium


23 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
19:30 WIB West Ham Utd v Tottenham H Upton Park
21:00 WIB Burnley v Everton Turf Moor
22:00 WIB Fulham v Chelsea Craven Cottage


25 Agustus 2009
TIME HOME AWAY VENUE
02:00 WIB Liverpool v Aston Villa Anfield

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Still has great potential


With the recent appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the new Chelsea manager and the recent announcement that Andriy Shevchenko will be coming back to the Bridge now that his one-year loan deal with AC Milan has expired, there are questions being asked of what Ancelotti / Chelsea will do with the 32-year-old striker.

While Shevchenko and many Chelsea fans are not optimistic about his future at the Bridge, Sheva still has great potential to finish his career in style and justify the money that was spent on him. The article discusses the following points:

1. Why Shevchenko did not live up to his potential at Chelsea
2. How Chelsea could have made better use of the Ukrainian international
3. Why Shevchenko deserves one more season as a Chelsea starter under Ancelotti.

The time was fall of 1997 and the place was one that has become extremely familiar to Chelsea fans recently – the 98,000 capacity stadium in Barcelona – Camp Nou. The Spanish champions were taking on the 5 time Ukrainian Champions Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League group stage. After losing 3-0 to Dinamo in their hometown, Barcelona, led by Van Gaal, was looking to bounce back from their shocking defeat.

However, Barcelona had their hopes demolished by half-time after a hat trick from a phenomenal young Ukrainian – his name was Andrei Shevchenko. Would any blue-blooded Chelsea fan seriously say that they would not have wanted that Shevchenko to have played on the starting squad against Barcelona in this year’s semi-final?

Ever since Andrei Shevchenko joined Chelsea for a record transfer fee of 30 million pounds in the summer of 2006, it appeared inevitable that with such a star studded team; Chelsea would reign supreme over England and Europe. After nearly three years have passed, various pundits, analysts, and Chelsea mangers from Jose Mourinho to Felipe Scolari have leveled severe criticism about my hometown hero’s lackluster performance. However, those former Chelsea managers never used Sheva properly as they did not understand him.

First of all, in order to understand how Shevchenko operates, you must first understand Valeriy Lobanovsky, the old Dinamo Kiev manager whose unique philosophy made him the star that he eventually became. Shevchenko has stated on many occasions that he owes all of his success to his deceased old manager and he went as far as leaving his Champions League medal on his grave.

In a nutshell, Lobanovsky (a plumber by trade) was a pioneer in football theory when he became the first Soviet Manager in the 1960’s to request a computer to be used by his football club. The theory he developed was dubbed “scientific football” in which certain numerical values were assigned to each “action” in the game such as tackles, passes, and shots. (Foer 159, “How Soccer Explains the World”) and the computer would calculate each player’s “intensively” (tackles and goal shots), “activity” (tackles and passes), “error rate” (unsuccessful actions), and “effectively” (tackles, goals, assists, passes).

Lobanovsky considered the football team to be a collective (not unlike the Borg) and judged how each individual contributed to the team’s overall performance without specific positions for players. While this led to a focus on defense, it created highly disciplined teams and largely kept egos in place. He saw pace and cohesion as the keys to victory. Not only were his teams much fitter than opposing sides, the players also seemed to have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. A result perhaps of one of his favourite drills: blindfolded five-a-side matches.

When Lobanovsky took over the struggling Dinamo again in the fall of 1996, he implemented the system once again and stated that the team is a collective and not centered on individuals. Hence, the victory over the individual focused Barcelona a year later was not only due to Shevchenko’s brilliance, but each player doing their part in making the defense, the midfield, and the strikers effective.

After Shevchenko joined AC Milan in ‘99, the team, under Carlo Ancelotti (2001-2009) eventually adapted somewhat to Shevchenko’s collectively oriented style by having the team work together in an almost Christmas tree formation to get the maximum number of goals to Shevchenko and his partner up front Inzaghi. The Balon d’Or and the CL goal scoring records set by Shevchenko overlooked the fact that AC Milan, similar to Dinamo Kiev in the 1990’s was a well oiled machine that worked tirelessly on all parts of the pitch to make the team succeed. Shevchenko was simply performing his role to his best ability.

Since Roman Abramovich acquired Chelsea in 2003, his eyes were set on the brilliant striker. However, the owner of Milan, Silvio Berlusconi, who became Shevchenko’s Godfather, did everything possible to hold on to his “son” until Roman finally made the offer Silvio could not refuse – the record breaking £30.8 million pound transfer in May of 2006. At this point Roman was becoming very impatient with Mourinho’s Chelsea coming up short of winning the Champions League and decided to “help out” Jose by acquiring Ballack , Kalou and Shevchenko against the manager’s wishes. As a result, Shevchenko was in a bad situation from the start as the Chelsea midfield became destabilized while the manager was not happy to have him.

To elaborate, from 2004 to 2006 the Chelsea midfield had been very cohesive with the combination of Lampard and the Iceland international Eiour Godjohnsen, who was one of the most versatile players around as he had performed as a central-midfielder; as a right or left winger; as a holding-defensive midfielder or as a striker. He was replaced by the slower and older Ballack who just did not seem to give the necessary effort. Hence, the midfield feeding mechanism to the strikers such as Drogba, Shevchenko and Kalou had become weak. In addition, Shevchenko, in spite of being tired after Ukraine’s World Cup performance and having to go from a very mild Mediterranean climate in Milan to the cold and humid climate of England compounded the problem.

Despite all of this, Shevchenko scored in his Chelsea debut in the Community Shield in the 2-1 loss to Liverpool, and quickly delivered again in his first Premier League goal against Middlesborough. After this, Shevchenko’s exhaustion caught up with him and he fell into a bit of a drought. The back-to-back trophy-winning Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho blamed all of Chelsea’s problems on Shevchenko and benched him as a result. He went as far as saying that Shevchenko considered himself above the other players and was expecting preferential treatment. However, Jose was wrong to have Shevchenko take the blame as an individual for the collective lackluster performance of the team.

The breakdown of the locker room atmosphere at Chelsea has been well chronicled in Claude Makalele’s recent biography Tout Simplementu. “For two years at Chelsea we lived as a group of friends, dining together, getting drunk together, going to training together and winning matches together,” wrote the French international. The team resembled Lobonovsky’s vision of a collective. But then all of a sudden Mourinho broke the solidarity by treating certain players that he was instrumental in acquiring such as Drogba as stars.

The catalyst for this may have been Roman encouraging the team to play a more open and offensive oriented game, which Jose flatly refused to do. He began treating players that he perceived as being close to the Roman such as Shevchenko and Terry with contempt. Makelele was stunned that the “Special One” had forgotten to value the contribution of players and began taking credit for all success and blaming individual players for any failures. “He no longer believed that players were responsible for success but only his methods did.” In short, Jose’s ego was clouding his judgment.

In response, Roman, who was obviously good friends with Shevchenko due to a common language and perhaps not wanting to see his investment wasted, forced Jose to play Sheva. Andrei proved to be invaluable in the FA Cup when he scored the goal of the year on January 19th, 2007 against Tottenham by curling the ball into the Spurs net from an impossible angle. He would prove equally useful in the Champions League by scoring key equalizers against Valencia in the Group Stage and Porto in the Quarterfinals. Unfortunately, an untimely injury and the subsequent hernia operation would keep him out at the end of the season when Chelsea needed him most.

All in all, despite all of the problems, Shevchenko ended up having an adequate season with 14 goals, well short of his 24 goals for Milan in the award winning year of 2004 but by no means was a terrible performance as Jose implied. Shevchenko gave the following explanation: “The real problem is that I cannot find any continuity. I was doing well this season, scoring seven goals in my last 10 matches, but then I suffered a back injury. Before I am judged I would like to enjoy a decent run in the side now that I have adapted to English football. Italian football is about tactics and logic, whereas England is different, it is all about speed and instinct.”

During the summer, Shevchenko did everything he could to get back in shape and work on his speed after surgery, even going as far as training with an Olympic sprinter to bring himself up to form. Roman even brought in Avram Grant as Director of Football to help Andrei, which was interpreted by Jose’s as undermining his authority. However, the training would prove to be useful as Andrei scored the equalizing goal to prevent a humiliating loss to Rosenborg BK in the Champions League Group Game. Apparently, Jose could not stand Grant and Roman being right and left “by mutual consent” as a result. It appeared that now under Grant as head coach Shevchenko would finally shine. Unfortunately, Shevchenko only scored 5 goals in the Premier League that season and Grant appeared to have given up on him when he transferred in former gunner Nicholas Anelka to essentially take Shevchenko’s spot as backup striker, leaving Shevchenko on the bench once again.

When Scolari took over the Chelsea reigns in the summer of 2008, he promised to give Shevchenko a “fresh start” but later contradicted himself by playing Deco in his place in the season opener against Portsmouth. Shevchenko was sent on loan to Milan and has begun regained his form. His goal against England in the World Cup qualifier illustrated his resurgence.

The newly appointed Chelsea manager and Sheva’s old AC Milan manager, Carlo Ancelotti, stated that Chelsea’s mistake was that they did not use Shevchenko properly by persistently using the one-striker system with Drogba upfront rather than being more flexible and adjusting the midfield to feed the ball to two strikers (Drogba and Sheva) upfront like Milan did. In addition, Shevchenko never prospered because he never felt welcome in London – mostly because of Jose’s arrogance. The unjustified blame game under Mourinho certainly took its toll on him and likely hurt his subsequent performance.

All in all, with Drogba facing a possible 5 match ban from the Champions League, the Boys in Blue are in dire need of a second striker besides Anelka. In my humble opinion, Shevchenko could fill this role provided that the team is willing to accept him and the midfield is willing to adjust to accommodate the two striker strategy.

Why spend another 30 million pounds on Tevez or David Villa when Chelsea already has Sheva under contract and the real problem is in the midfield? Just like a roofer would not spend money on buying a customized golden drill bit when the drill battery is dead and the power cord is broken, Chelsea must fix the truly broken part of its team (midfield) rather than spending enormous sums fixing something that is working reasonably well (offense).

Despite his age of 32 (top players like Zidane, Beckham, Pele, Maldini played well into their 30’s), Shevchenko still has the skills and now has something to prove to Chelsea fans. Under Ancelotti, who understands Sheva and how to make a team play a common strategy rather than a group of individuals, Sheva may once again become the top striker we know him to be.

Mourinho was brought

Mourinho was brought in at the start of the previous season to bring his Champions League winning knowledge to bear on the club, but the side struggled through the group stages before tamely falling to Manchester United in the last 16.

Four major new faces were brought in over the summer. Genoa pair Diego Milito and Thiago Motta arrived soon after the end of the season and Brazil captain Lucio was a surprise purchase from Bayern Munich before Samuel Eto'o arrived as part of the deal that took Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona.

"Compared to last season we are a new team with new men and a new style of play," captain Javier Zanetti said.

Despite Mourinho missing out on Deco and Ricardo Carvalho, who were part of his FC Porto side that won the 2004 Champions League and who he later took to Chelsea, the Portuguese coach was pleased with the purchases.

"The team has started to come together as I wanted," Mourinho said after signing Eto'o. "The defense is settled and we have an excellent group of strikers with Samuel, Diego Milito, Mario Balotelli and even David Suazo with his speed.

"I now have great trust in this squad."

There was initial disappointment that Ibrahimovic was sold, but with €50 million (US$70 million) coming into the club coffers, along with Eto'o, many proclaimed it the deal of the summer.

The Cameroon striker is a player who delivers on the big occasions. He was key to Barcelona winning the Champions League in 2006 and 2009, scoring in both finals, and has won Olympic gold at the 2000 Games and two African Nations Cups with his country.

"I know that Inter is desperate to win the Champions League, but you can't only think about that cup," Eto'o said. "Because if you are too focused on the Champions League, you forget about the other competitions and then you run the risk of being knocked out of European competition.

"You need to take it match by match and treat them all as a final."

With the 28-year-old forward likely to lineup alongside Milito, who hit 24 goals to help Genoa reach the Europa League playoffs, there is hope that the side will no longer be so reliant on one player, as it was when the Swede was leading the attack.

Whilst Ibrahimovic was the undoubted star of the side, leading the league's scoring last year with 25 goals, all too often Inter's game plan revolved around giving him the ball and expecting him to weave his magic.

It may have worked domestically, but when the team met tougher resistance in the form of Manchester United the plan fell apart. The hope is that the new signings will give Inter a more flexible, intelligent style of play that will allow them to make real progress in Europe.

Inter has won two European Cups, the last in 1965. In that time, city rivals AC Milan has won it six times and Juventus twice.

liverpool transfer 2009

Name Pos. Previous Club New Club Transfer Fee
Xabi Alonso M Liverpool Real Madrid $43.2 million
Alberto Aquilani M AS Roma Liverpool $34 million
Alvaro Arbeloa D Liverpool Real Madrid $5.7 million
Ryan Flynn M Liverpool Falkirk On loan
Adam Hammill M Liverpool Barnsley Undisclosed
Jack Hobbs D Liverpool Leicester City Undisclosed
Sami Hyypia D Liverpool Leverkusen Free
Glen Johnson D Portsmouth Liverpool $28.6 million
Sebastian Leto M Liverpool Panathinaikos Undisclosed
Chris Mavinga D Paris Saint-Germain Liverpool Undisclosed
Jermaine Pennant M Liverpool Real Zaragoza Free
Stephen Sama D Borussia Dortmund Liverpool Free

The challenge for Milan

Reads a statement released by Milan: "AC Milan and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ronaldinho.

"Tomorrow, the player will be in Milan for the medical, and to sign the contract which will tie him to Milan until June 30th 2011."

This announcement brings to an end months of speculation over the Brazilian's future.

He had been on the outer at Barcelona pretty much since El Clasico in December, with his private life, his fitness and his bulging waistline making more headlines than his performances on the pitch.

Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, always one to back him given what they had achieved together, had to drop him due to his dropping fitness levels, and once Pep Guardiola was announced as the new coach in early May, a summer exit for the two time World Player of the Year was only a matter of time.

Chelsea and Milan were the early frontrunners, with the player himself expressing a desire to team up with Luiz Felipe Scolari once again last month. However, Big Phil was not too keen, and Manchester City subsequently came into the fray.

But with Chelsea out, there was only going to be one winner, and that had been clear for two weeks now. City had a superior financial offer for Barca, but as with many things these days, the player's will had the final say and a deal was struck with Milan after intense negotiations between Adriano Galliani, Joan Laporta and Roberto de Assis.

During his five years in Spain, Ronaldinho won two La Liga titles (2004-05, 2005-06), one Champions League (2005-06), the World player of the Year award twice (2004, 2005), and the Ballon d'Or (2005).

He leaves on a low, but when the dust settles, he will go down as one of the best to ever play for Barcelona - as much for what he won as for the way he heralded a new era for the club following the collapse of Real Madrid's 'Galactico' policy.

Some of his best displays also came on the biggest of stages - a sensational left footed strike against Milan in the Champions League in 2004, two more against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge that almost saw Barcelona through single handedly later that season, and then that sublime assist for Ludovic Giuly at San Siro a year later - which guaranteed Barcelona's progress to the final.

However, perhaps the crowning moment was his stunning showing at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2005, when he got a standing ovation from the Real Madrid fans after two goals and a mesmerising display of football in a 3-0 win.

The challenge for Milan now will be to get the player back to peak fitness, before we even speak of form. He still has the magic in his feet as we saw from his two goals on his return to football a couple of weeks ago, but whether he can roll back the years and offer the Rossoneri the kind of service he did to Barcelona, remains to be seen. His ability against rigid Italian defenses will also be tested to the limit.

It will also be very interesting to see how he fits into the team, and whether Ronaldinho, Kaka, Alexandre Pato, Andrea Pirlo and Clarence Seedorf (who has openly opposed this move) can play together.

Barcelona, in the meantime, are expected to announce the signing of Aliaksandr Hleb, with Arsenal seemingly having given the nod following the signing of Samir Nasri from Marseille.

The challenge for Milan


Reads a statement released by Milan: "AC Milan and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ronaldinho.

"Tomorrow, the player will be in Milan for the medical, and to sign the contract which will tie him to Milan until June 30th 2011."

This announcement brings to an end months of speculation over the Brazilian's future.

He had been on the outer at Barcelona pretty much since El Clasico in December, with his private life, his fitness and his bulging waistline making more headlines than his performances on the pitch.

Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, always one to back him given what they had achieved together, had to drop him due to his dropping fitness levels, and once Pep Guardiola was announced as the new coach in early May, a summer exit for the two time World Player of the Year was only a matter of time.

Chelsea and Milan were the early frontrunners, with the player himself expressing a desire to team up with Luiz Felipe Scolari once again last month. However, Big Phil was not too keen, and Manchester City subsequently came into the fray.

But with Chelsea out, there was only going to be one winner, and that had been clear for two weeks now. City had a superior financial offer for Barca, but as with many things these days, the player's will had the final say and a deal was struck with Milan after intense negotiations between Adriano Galliani, Joan Laporta and Roberto de Assis.

During his five years in Spain, Ronaldinho won two La Liga titles (2004-05, 2005-06), one Champions League (2005-06), the World player of the Year award twice (2004, 2005), and the Ballon d'Or (2005).

He leaves on a low, but when the dust settles, he will go down as one of the best to ever play for Barcelona - as much for what he won as for the way he heralded a new era for the club following the collapse of Real Madrid's 'Galactico' policy.

Some of his best displays also came on the biggest of stages - a sensational left footed strike against Milan in the Champions League in 2004, two more against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge that almost saw Barcelona through single handedly later that season, and then that sublime assist for Ludovic Giuly at San Siro a year later - which guaranteed Barcelona's progress to the final.

However, perhaps the crowning moment was his stunning showing at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2005, when he got a standing ovation from the Real Madrid fans after two goals and a mesmerising display of football in a 3-0 win.

The challenge for Milan now will be to get the player back to peak fitness, before we even speak of form. He still has the magic in his feet as we saw from his two goals on his return to football a couple of weeks ago, but whether he can roll back the years and offer the Rossoneri the kind of service he did to Barcelona, remains to be seen. His ability against rigid Italian defenses will also be tested to the limit.

It will also be very interesting to see how he fits into the team, and whether Ronaldinho, Kaka, Alexandre Pato, Andrea Pirlo and Clarence Seedorf (who has openly opposed this move) can play together.

Barcelona, in the meantime, are expected to announce the signing of Aliaksandr Hleb, with Arsenal seemingly having given the nod following the signing of Samir Nasri from Marseille.
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Top 10 NFL players


Cleveland Browns, 1957-1965
Forty years after his shocking retirement at the peak of his career, and now only seventh on the all-time rushing list, Brown still ranks as the standard against which all other running backs are measured. In only nine seasons, and playing largely with a 12-game schedule, he rushed for 12,312 yards. His 5.2-yard average remains the best among the game's top 20 all-time rushers. An awesome combination of brute force inside the tackles, absolutely punished tacklers, but still could outrun defenders in the secondary.
-- Len Pasquarelli

2. WR Jerry Rice -- 49ers, Raiders, Seahawks, 1985 -- 2004
Everyone knows the numbers that Jerry Rice has put up -- among them NFL records in touchdowns (205), receptions (1,519) and receiving yards (22,466). But what set Rice apart was his work ethic. Rice's work ethic was, and still is at 41, unparalleled and that's a major reason why he's one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL. He not only made big catches in the games that didn't matter, he also made them when the games mattered. -- Sean Salisbury


tobe continued

Argentina squad

Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Real Zaragoza), Mariano Andujar (Catania)

Defenders: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Emiliano Papa (Velez Sarsfield), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Daniel Diaz (Getafe), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Nicolas Otamendi (Velez Sarsfield), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors), Mario Bolatti (Huracan), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United), Jesus Datolo (Napoli), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes)

Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Lisandro Lopez (Olympique Lyon), Diego Milito (Inter Milan), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli)

Tevez named in Argentina squad

It will be Argentina's last match before their World Cup qualifier at home to arch-rivals Brazil on September 5.

Bolatti was widely regarded as the best player of the Argentine Clausura championship in which Angel Cappa's brilliant Huracan side finished second to Velez Sarsfield last month. The 24-year-old was called up by previous coach Alfio Basile in 2007 but was not capped.

Datolo, 25, has received his first call-up since joining Napoli this year.

Maradona included Manchester City's new signing Carlos Tevez although the striker is nursing a left ankle injury.

National team physio Luis Garcia was travelling to England on Tuesday to help with Tevez's treatment, the Argentine FA said.

Javier Zanetti

Inter Milan Defender
Height: 1.78m. Weight: 73.00kg. Nationality: Argentina
Born: 10/08/1973 in Buenos Aires
First professional match: Inter - Vicenza : 1-0 le 27/08/1995

Season Club Championship European Competitions Caps
92-93 Talleres (-)
93-94 Banfield 1 Goals, 37 Games (-)
94-95 Banfield 3 Goals, 29 Games (-)
95-96 Inter Milan 2 Goals, 32 Games 2 Games (UEFA Cup)
96-97 Inter Milan 3 Goals, 33 Games 12 Games (UEFA Cup)
97-98 Inter Milan 28 Games 2 Goals, 9 Games (UEFA Cup) 1 Goals, 5 Games
98-99 Inter Milan 3 Goals, 34 Games 1 Goals, 9 Games (Champions League)
99-00 Inter Milan 1 Goals, 34 Games (-) 5 Games
00-01 Inter Milan 29 Games 4 Games (UEFA Cup) 5 Games
01-02 Inter Milan 34 Games 1 Goals, 10 Games (UEFA Cup) 8 Games
02-03 Inter Milan 1 Goals, 33 Games 16 Games (Champions League)
03-04 Inter Milan 34 Games 6 + 6 Games (Champions League + UEFA Cup)
04-05 Inter Milan 35 Games 11 Games (Champions League)
05-06 Inter Milan 26 Games 8 Games (Champions League)
06-07 Inter Milan 1 Goals, 37 Games 8 Games (Champions League)
07-08 Inter Milan 1 Goals, 37 Games 8 Games (Champions League)

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player salary

Player contracts and compensation

NFL players are all members of a union called the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). The NFLPA negotiates the general minimum contract for all players in the league. This contract is called the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), and it is the central document that governs the negotiation of individual player contracts for all of the league's players. The current CBA has been in place since 1993, and was amended in 1998 and again in 2006. The NFL has not had any labor-related work stoppages since the 1987 season, which is much longer than Major League Baseball, the NBA or the NHL. The current CBA was originally scheduled to expire at the end of the 2012 season, but in 2008 the owners exercised their right to opt out of the agreement two years early.[31][32]

Players are tiered into three different levels with regards to their rights to negotiate for contracts:

* Players who have been drafted (see below), and have not yet played in their first year, may only negotiate with the team that drafted them.[31] If terms cannot be agreed upon, the players' only recourse is to refuse to play ("hold out") until terms can be reached. Players often use the threat of holding out as a means to force the hands of the teams that drafted them. For example, John Elway was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1983 but refused to play for them. He had a fallback option of baseball, as he had played in the New York Yankees organization for two summers while at Stanford. The Colts traded his rights to the Denver Broncos and Elway agreed to play.[33] Bo Jackson sat out an entire year in 1986, choosing to play baseball in the Kansas City Royals organization (and ultimately for the Royals themselves) rather than play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team that had drafted him. He reentered the draft the following year, and was drafted and subsequently signed with the Los Angeles Raiders.[34]
* Players that have played 3 full seasons in the league, and whose contract has expired are considered "Restricted Free Agents" (see below). They have limited rights to negotiate with any club.[31]
* Players that have played 4 or more full seasons in the league, and whose contract has expired, are considered "Unrestricted Free Agents"(see below) and have unlimited rights to negotiate with any club. Teams may name a single player in any given year as a "Franchise Player"(see below), which eliminates much of that player's negotiation rights. This is a limited right of the team, however, and affects only a small handful of players each year.[31]

In 2010, unless the CBA is extended, the rules will change so that players don't become "Unrestricted Free Agents" until they have played at least 6 full seasons in the league. They will be "Restricted Free Agents" if they have 3-5 full seasons in the league.

Among the items covered in the CBA are:

* The league minimum salary
* The salary cap
* The annual collegiate draft
* Rules regarding "free agency"
* Waiver rules

top 50 Champions League goals


Leading pundits from across the UK were asked to compile a top 50 Champions League goals for a TV special this week.

And Zizou’s goal that gave Real Madrid a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in 2002 was rated the finest ever seen in the world’s top club tournament.

The Frenchman’s turn and rifled shot with his weaker left foot started the party for thousands of travelling fans in Glasgow’s South Side on a memorable night.

I don’t have much to add to this except: Watch the video!

Oh, and one more thing: I miss Zidane.

Most of the world outside the United States thinks of Zinedine Zidane as one of the greatest - as in, top five all-time - soccer players. Most of the U.S., if they recognize the name at all, know him as that guy who head-butted an Italian player in the 2006 World Cup final, possibly costing France a title.

Ultimately, Zidane's legacy for future generations might be contained in the film "Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait," which premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and plays in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts beginning this week. (It is not available on DVD in the United States.)

It is, no kidding, one of the best sports documentaries ever made - certainly one of the most original.

What makes the film, directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, so special is its experimental concept: The entire 92-minute movie, which utilizes 17 cameras, focuses on Zidane during the course of a single game.

No interviews, save for an occasional voiceover by Zidane. No biographical background. No reactions from other players. Simply Zidane, often filmed from the waist up, with and without the ball (there is a nice score from Mogwai, a Scottish rock band).

The idea is to observe a top tier athlete and not only his physical ability, but his decision-making process, his interaction with teammates and how he handles fatigue. It is an up-close study of an athlete at work.

It's hard to see this concept working in an American sport, with the possible exception of basketball (It'd be fun to follow Baron Davis around with 17 cameras during a playoff game).

Baseball's best bet would be an elite National League pitcher, say Greg Maddux, who is involved in every pitch on defense and still bats. Barry Bonds standing around left field for most of a three-hour documentary wouldn't be too interesting.

In the NFL, probably a quarterback who audibles, such as Peyton Manning, would be best, but half of that documentary would be looking over formation photographs while his team is on defense.

The NHL? Too many line changes.

The game depicted in "Zidane" was between his club team, Real Madrid, and Villareal in a Spanish league game played before 80,000 fans in Madrid on April 23, 2005. Gordon and Parreno's cameras are so zeroed in on Zidane that many of his famous Real teammates - David...

Zidane

Real Madrid have spent €93 million on Cristiano Ronaldo and have not given up on adding Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich to their list of summer reinforcements.

The Frenchman has declared he would be delighted to move to the Santiago Bernabeu but the Bavarian club are doing everything within their power to prevent Ribery from leaving,

Zinedine Zidane, who is an advisor to Real president Florentino Perez, has now praised his compatriot, branding him the best player in the world.

"There are very good footballers in the world, like Cristiano Ronaldo or [Lionel] Messi, but the best for me is Ribery," he told ESPN. "And I am not saying that because he is French, but because he is very good."

Zidane has also explained that, regardless of who Real Madrid decide to buy, they should never be called 'Galacticos' again.

"The president of Real want the best players for his team, but he should not call them galacticos," he stated.

"I remember that we were called galacticos when [David] Beckham, [Luis] Figo, Ronaldo and I were playing and the result was very negative.

"People should say they are the best and that is it."