De Laet returns from loan-spell

On Tuesday night Norwich City confirmed that defender Ritchie De Laet’s loan-spell had been cancelled, therefore, he will return to United with immediate effect. Norwich released a statement on their official website early Wednesday morning, in which Paul Lambert said: “Ritchie has gone back to Manchester United. We thank Sir Alex Ferguson for loaning him to…

Van Aanholt joins Vitesse on loan for rest of season

Patrick van Aanholt is off once again. Vitesse announced today that the 21-year-old fullback will be joining the Dutch club on loan for the remainder of the season.

In need of games
This is pretty good news. While the Eredivisie is a clear step down in competition from the Premier League, van Aanholt should have a [...]

It’s done, finally: Cahill joins Chelsea

It’s done.
No, really. I’m serious, man. Just take a glance at the image below. Look, I swear it’s not photoshopped. Look at his hair. I mean, how could I ’shop that?

Jack Bauer stylings
From now forth – or at least until he fucks up – Gary Cahill is a Chelsea player. The club officially unveiled [...]

Chelsea Complete Gary Cahill Signing

Chelsea have finally completed long-awaited signing of Bolton defender Gary Cahill. The two clubs agreed a fee of £ 7m almost 2 weeks ago, but it has taken such a long time for the player and the club to come to terms regarding the personal terms.

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Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland: World’s most glorious assist separates sides in nervy affair

It has indeed happened. We have reached the magical plateau of 40 points, and are thus unlikely to be relegated. Three cheers. As for this fixture, it was a right odd one, with the Chels looking equal parts sterling and benumb, particularly in defense. Chances, there were a fair few for both sides. Still, regardless [...]

Arsenal to be cautious with signings

Here we are in the January transfer window, and we are all excited over the

PICTURE: Gibson joins Everton from United

Darron Gibson has joined Everton on a four-and-a-half-year deal after undergoing negotiations with the Merseyside club all week. He will wear the number 4 shirt visible in the image to the right. The 24-year-old moved from United for a reported fee of £1million, rising to £2million on appearances. He has become Everton’s second signing this month…

Josh is off to Swansea on loan – finally, thankfully

No better source than the kid’s own mouth.

Glad to see that the club has finally wrapped this deal up. It’s been a highly disappointing season for McEachran thus far, with the player finding it damn near impossible to break into the first team at Chelsea under Andre Villas-Boas. Hopefully this move will prove to [...]

Chelsea are prepared to splash out €30million on Hazard but Arsenal to have a Say

 Andre Villas Boas is keen to add the midfield maestro to his squad but faces stern opposition from Europe’s top football clubs especially Arsenal who have been long time admirers . Commenting on the increasing amount of interest shown in his player Lille director, Jean-Michel Vandamme told L’Equipe. ‘Yes, we have received a lot of [...]

Bitter reality check

Nine points behind the spuds. That reality brought me crashing after the euphoria of our decent run pre-Christmas. Not that I think we can’t recover the points, case point being the fact that the spuds next five away matches are Man City, Liverpo…

Arsenal new target Barcelona defender Abidal confirmed

Eric Abidal in Barcelona Shirt

Arsene Wenger has confirmed interest on Barcelona defender Eric Abidal. He is keen to bid at least  £4.1 million for 32 year old defender. 
In mean time, Arsenal lack defender as Thomas Vermeelan, Jenki…

Kakuta Goes On Loan + News & Notes

There’s some news you might be interested in. Might. More, after the jump:

Back to France

Dijon have confirmed that, after a protracted series of negotiations, Gael Kakuta will be joining the club for the remainder of the campaign. Over the last ten days, Chelsea have been engaged in a series of loan discussions with both Dijon [...]

Transfer Roundup: Cahill Deal Almost Finalized

Word has begun circulating that Chelsea are expected to close the signing of Gary Cahill in the next 48 hours. More, after the jump:

English Recruits

So, this one looks like it’ll finally be finished. The worst-kept secret of the winter is coming to its final hours, after an apparent break-through in negotiations took place Sunday evening, [...]

Club issue a statement on Rooney’s future

Manchester United acted surprisingly quick to rubbish reports that will be made in Saturday’s Independent that the club were set to allow Wayne Rooney leave after undergoing an argument with Sir Alex Ferguson. Without any over-exaggeration, the club issued the official statement less than a half-an-hour after The Independent front-page went public on Twitter. Another…

A Benfica Fan’s take on Nicolas “Nico” Gaitan…

By Matthew J. McKay. Nicolas Gaitan arrived in Lisbon, Portugal in the early summer of 2010 from heralded Argentinian club Boca Juniors. Many casual fans and observers think that he was bought as a direct replacement for the outgoing Angel DiMaria, who…

A Benfica Fan’s take on Nicolas “Nico” Gaitan…

By Matthew J. McKay. Nicolas Gaitan arrived in Lisbon, Portugal in the early summer of 2010 from heralded Argentinean club Boca Juniors. Many casual fans and observers think that he was bought as a direct replacement for the outgoing Angel DiMaria, wh…

Vermaelen’s injury leaves door open for Bridge | A match that typified the year

Arsenal ended 2011 with a match which summed up the year. Great expectations followed by a doze of reality. Excellent defending sprinkled with moments of amateurish play. Lovely attacking play accompanied by poor finishing. Atrocious officiating and th…

Igwe Returns, Frimpong to Wolves and a must win game

Arsenal take on QPR in what is now close to a must win game following Liverpool’s victory over Newcastle. No doubt the whole pre-match talk is about return of King Henry or Igwe (igbo word also meaning king) as he’s affectionately called in…

Club confirms fee agreed for Cahill, personal terms ‘miles apart’

This right here is a shocker. Eh, not really.
The club today confirmed that it had agreed a fee with Bolton for Gary Cahill. It’s not a done deal yet, though, with personal terms still far off between the two parties.

Moving in
Andre Villas-Boas spoke of Cahill at his pre-match presser for Aston Villa. He confirmed [...]

“Henry set to agree two-month loan deal”

Arsenal are on the brink of re-signing Thierry Henry. That’s according to Sky sources, who

Manchester United Isn’t Interested In Making Transfers. Is This A Disimulation?

The Red devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he has no plans to add to his squad during the January transfer window, and will not be picking up any players on a whim. Sir Alex say’s he has no new targets in mind for the January transfer window, and we …

Arsenal want the Argentinian Nice fullback

Nice’s Argentine fullback says he loves the English Premier league, but says he will not walk out on nice while they are fighting against relegation. The 24-year-old former Boca Juniors defender joined Nice over the summer When Fabian Monzon came…

Arsenal want the Argentinian Nice fullback

Nice’s Argentine fullback says he loves the English Premier league, but says he will not walk out on nice while they are fighting against relegation. The 24-year-old former Boca Juniors defender joined Nice over the summer When Fabian Monzon came…

Manchester United target Swedish International

Rasmus Elm says he is over the moon to hear he could be going to Manchester United. His agent is taking care of his future he says. The 23-yearold midfielder who player his games in Holland for AZ Alkmaar is reported to be moving to Old Trafford in Jun…

Cahill indeed a target, AVB points to limited January activity

I think we all had a feeling, for better or worse, that Gary Cahill was going to be a Chelsea player come January after seeing Owen Coyle’s comments last week. Now, we have some concrete information from Andre Villas-Boas that the club is indeed pursuing the English defender.
Only a matter time until this is closed [...]