The World Cup is the opportunity for footballers around the world to shine and perform on the biggest stage. The best players from England, Brazil, Spain, Argentina and the rest of the 32 competing countries will all be hoping that they can score the goal that takes their team through to the next round or even the goal that wins the final! World class players such as Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney cannot say that they are truly great players until they lift the World Cup trophy, and with the 2010 tournament in South Africa upon us, they’ll be going all out to return victorious.
Not only are World Cups and other major international football tournaments graced by some of the best players in the world, but it’s also an opportunity for streakers to get some limelight. It’s always a laugh watching a streaker being chased by the stewards around the ground and it provides some light entertainment aside from the tension of the matches themselves. There’s a new kind of streaker looking to make his mark at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Tiny!
Tiny streaks for a living and is looking to get to the South Africa where he can show off his figure and his amazing beard! You might not have seen him before, but he’s set to become one of the most famous streakers in the world, albeit the smallest as well. Every World Cup has an outstanding individual, whether that be Pele for Brazil in 1970 or Maradona for Argentina in 1986, but the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be remembered by just one man and his beard, Tiny. Find out more about Tiny on his site.
Wenger clearly believes that if you can’t beat them, then join them, as he has openly declared his interest in Cole, Schwarzer and Pienaar this past fortnight. It does appear the best way to sign up players in the modern football, as the game’s morals and common decency continue to go out of the window.
This week at FFC we have seen a mixed bag of Arsenal blogs which has included…Wenger should move for £30m quartet; Van der Wiel welcomes Arsenal’s interest and Emmanuel Eboue’s unofficial World Cup Diary.
Plus we have taken a look at the best Arsenal stories on the Web this week.
The £30m question that Arsenal fans will be asking
Should Arsenal break the bank for Cole?
Emmanuel EBOUE’s unoffical World Cup Diary – PART II
£30 million quartet is just what Mr Wenger should order
Spain are the international equivalent of Arsenal
Van der Wiel welcomes Arsenal’s interest
How ‘Championship Manager’s’ finest failed to make the big time: Part Two
Why is 11-a-side football dying a slow death in this country?
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Best of Web
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2010/11 Fixtures And Arsene Goes Bah Humbug! – A Cultured Left Foot
Where are the signings? – Online Gooner
Why don’t Arsenal report Barcelona to FIFA? New winger on the horizon? – Le Grove
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Almunia’s Not Worried As Goalkeeping Targets Fail Their Auditions – A Cultured Left Foot
Who was the greatest home grown player we’ve ever had, and who is it now? Read on… – Le Grove
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Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has ended his interest in Sol Campbell after agreeing a deal to sign Titus Bramble.
Bruce had held talks with the veteran Arsenal defender last week over a free transfer move to the Stadium of Light.
However, he has since returned to former club Wigan Athletic to sign fellow centre-half Bramble in a £1million deal.
The 28-year-old former Newcastle United defender will join the Black Cats subject to passing a medical.
"Now that we've got Titus, I think that's it for Sol," Bruce told The Journal.
"We had a chat with him and we talked about it, but we've got a better deal with Titus coming in.
"We're not looking to sign Sol Campbell anymore."
Speaking about Bramble, Bruce added:"He was absolutely outstanding for me for two years at Wigan and it is a fantastic deal for this football club.
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Cesc Fabregas’s proposed move to the Nou Camp looks as though it is petering out with each day the midfielder looking more and more likely to be staying put- for now.
While that may be great news for the Gunners, it’s not for the rest of the Premier League with Arsenal starting the season, arguably for the first time in four years with as just as strong a squad- if not stronger than the one before.
Every season for the past four, the Gunners have lost some of their best players in the summer, with the likes of Patrick Vieira, Ashley Cole, Thierry Henry, Alexandr Hleb and Emmanuel Adebayor all departing.
This summer though, Arsene Wenger has managed to not only keep hold of his prized asset but can also look forward to the return of some players who were not readily available last time round.
Jack Wilshere has looked impressive in pre-season and had is coming off the back of a superb season at on loan at Bolton, Wenger has said the midfielder has shown him enough to stop him entering the transfer market for a similar player. There’s a lot to be said for loaning out a younger player to a Premier League club and Wilshere will not face any surprises when the season kicks off.
Theo Walcott is another player who’s impressed in pre-season and following his World Cup omission and rather disappointing time last year may have something to prove. There’s no doubting Walcott’s talents, and if he can find any form of consistency he could be one of Arsenal’s leading lights over the next ten months.
There’s also the case of Robin Van Persie, who’s absence last season arguably cost Arsenal a real shot at the title. Like Walcott, RVP having missed the majority of last season and being fairly anonymous during the World Cup- despite Holland’s run-will be keen to show he’s capable of challenging the Wayne Rooney’s and Didier Drogba’s of this world for the golden boot.
Defensively Arsenal still have certain frailties, particularly in the centre back department.
A lot will depend on new signing Laurent Koscielny and whether he can fit straight into the team, although if his debut season is as good as Thomas Vermaelen’s was then he may be good enough to be part of a title winning side. Wenger has made comments that he may sign another defender and with time running out he will have to act soon. This is the one area I can see being a real Achilles heel for the Gunners, as if they face injuries and suspension, they may have to either play someone out of position or throw a youngster into the fray and centre back more than anywhere else on the pitch is the one place you cannot hide. Recently there have been rumours of German defender Per Mertesacker joining the club- well at least it’s a change from the ubiquitous Mesut Ozil- which if prove to be true could well be the difference between success and failure in the Gunners title bid.
Wenger’s took a step in the right direction by getting rid of some of the older defenders in his ranks. Former centre-spot warmer William Gallas has taken his sulkiness elsewhere, although where that will be is still unknown, and has been joined by Sol Campbell, Mikael Silvestre and former world footballer of the year Phillipe Senderos. While these departures may rob Arsenal’s defence of experience it has also relieved them of three players who all struggled at times to be reliable. Gallas’s problems, including the infamous day at St Andrews, not to mention his criticism of his younger colleagues and subsequent stripping of the captaincy will surely not be too missed in the Emirates dressing room. When it comes to Silvestre the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson was willing to sell one of his defenders to one of his main rivals should have made Wenger see the warning signs. While Silvestre has always been capable of putting in a decent shift, he’s never been a truly world-class player and is at least 3 years past his best, which is about the same amount of time as Campbell. As for Senderos, there are still Italians sitting in the San Siro wondering how on earth the Swiss defender ended up on loan there, and no doubt their bafflement will be shared by a few Fulham fans this season. While Wenger has signed an array of unearthed gems in his time, Senderos surely falls into the Pascal Cygan, Igors Stepanovs school of mistakes.
In the full back departments if Gael Clichy can stay injury-free on his day he’s up there with Patrice Evra’s and Ashley Cole’s as not just one of the Premierships best left back’s but arguably one of the world’s. Bacary Sagna is one of the more reliable right backs around, while in Keiran Gibbs and Emmanuel Eboue- when he’s called to that position, Arsenal have ample cover.
The one position which could make or break the Gunners title aspirations is undoubtedly between the sticks. Manuel Almunia is about as consistent as David James’s barnet and often cited as reasons why Arsenal have failed to in their attempts to finish above Chelsea and Manchester United these past few years.
There’s been talk of Wenger replacing the bleach-haired blunderer with Mark Schwarzer of Fulham, whether this is likely is debatable and at 37 years-old the Australian would certainly be no long-term solution, however for this season he could well be the reliable ‘keeper needed for a championship.
If Wenger does stick with Almunia, then all is not lost, after all, the Spaniard, while never joining the likes of Pepe Riena, Edwin Van Der Sar or Petr Cech in the list of premiership’s best is still capable of turning in enough decent performances that if the defence does it job Arsenal may just get away with it. The same cannot be said for Lukas Fabianski however, although his inept performances last season may have inadvertently done the Gunners a favour as Wenger must have realised he needed to strengthen the goalkeeping department, or at least find a better understudy.
As almost any Gooner will tell you, Arsenal failed to last the title distance due to a list of injuries that would make Owen Hargreaves blush. The quality of some of the fringe players was at best very high and at worst far too inconsistent. While almost every player at the Emirates is capable of top-drawer football, some more than others cannot be relied upon to string a run of good performances together. One such culprit is Niklas Bendtner who the term ‘from the ridiculous to the sublime’ could almost have been based on. Champion’s League hat-tricks are all well and good but if you cannot put away at least one chance in six against average PL opposition then that simply isn’t good enough.
Bendtner, like everyone else at Arsenal is young though and will surely only improve as time progresses, and in new signing Marouane Chamakh, Wenger may have found a useful different option should anything happen to RVP.
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The point is, Arsenal are looking in good shape for the coming season and may now finally be poised to end the Chelsea/Man U recent dominance. There hasn’t been a great deal of improvement at either Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge this summer, while the likes of Javier Hernandez and Yossi Benayoun will no doubt provide goals and excitement at their new employers both Chelsea and United contain a fair amount of squad players the wrong side of 30, who may struggle this season. The same cannot be said for Arsenal who’s almost exclusively young side is looking more and more ready for the task ahead.
The five year trophy drought will also be hanging like the sword of damocles over the heads of many associated with the club and while a League or FA cup would be a good way to end it, winning the title would eclipse either one and justify both Wenger’s transfer policy and his faith in youth. With the prospect of this being Fabregas’s last season at the Emirates, Wenger may know it might just be both his best and last chance to finally silence his critics and give the fans more than just the pride of playing attractive football. The question is if Arsenal should finish yet another season trophy-less will pretty football still be enough?
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West Ham United's hopes of signing Everton striker Yakubu appear to be slim, after Irons co-owner David Sullivan put a value of less than £2million on the Nigeria international's head.
The Toffees are reported to want up to four times the amount that Sullivan is prepared to pay, meaning that a deal is highly unlikely.
He told the Daily Telegraph:"We have cooled on Yakubu. When you have a good, hard look at him, we want younger and quicker and better.
"Everything has a price. You want to get Yakubu for £1-2million and they are quoting £8million and that is far too much.
"They have to be more realistic. If they said £1-2million we might go back.
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The Premier League’s global popularity is unquestionable, its total income from foreign rights deals from 2010-13 inclusive will be £1.437bn, or £479m a year – four times that of La Liga, more than six times what Serie A earns annually and almost fourteen times the foreign income of the Bundesliga. So it is perhaps no wonder Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are maximising their potential with pioneering deals that could well see other clubs follow suit.
Manchester United recently announced a deal with Hong Kong-based telecommunications giant PCCW who will broadcast the club’s television channel, MUTV, in addition to making content available online, through mobile phones and its EYE2 portable media centre and the lucrative nature of such a deal could instigate a flurry of similar deals in the future.
United’s commercial director Richard Arnold said: “We continue to support the collective bargaining because it makes the Premier League incredibly competitive,”
“But there are other rights that centre around the club and players, where our access is not paralleled anywhere else. It would be very surprising not to put into place something that allowed you to communicate with fans all over the world.”
And such a deal may well open upon untold possibilities for both the club and the Premier League, as well as alleviating the debt amassed by the Glazer family since their controversial takeover in 2005.
Premier League clubs may be able to inflate their income through hi-tech media in other major countries where there is high demand for coverage and media has certainly become the lion share of ticketing, sponsorship and media.
Meanwhile, Tottenham have announced a sponsorship deal with specialist banking and asset firm Investec who will be their second sponsor for Champions League and domestic cups and this more set a trend whereby other Premier League clubs split sponsorship in order to maximise profits from shirt sales throughout the season.
Spurs fans will now have to purchase a different shirt as a token of their Champions League adventures and cutting their sponsorship cloth a different way may see a change in football shirts over the next few years if the venture is successful. Football shirts may become more like Rugby shirts with numerous sponsors on the sleeves – such is the popularity of the Premier League many companies would be more than happy to participate.
A sponsorship consultant said: “I think that other clubs may now look at ways of increasing the value of their shirt sponsorship.”
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It is highly likely that we see Daniel Levy’s clever ploy to earn more money from sponsorship around the country, the only question that would remain is whether fans would fork out their hard-earned cash on two shirts a season.
Birmingham City fans are dismayed at the lack of availability with regards to their new Xtep shirt due to the China floods and they try to exploit the Asian market with Carson Yeung at the helm and it is likely it will not be in shops until October. Although it is rare, such problems can arise and with the prices of football shirts around £40 for a few months of football before it is inevitably changed come the summer – two shirts may be that step too far.
Another exciting weekend of Premiership football awaits, the highlight undoubtedly being the North-West derby between Manchester United and Liverpool.
Chelsea welcome newly promoted Blackpool to Stamford Bridge and will be looking to keep up their flying start to the season.
The Sunderland vs Arsenal game promises to be a thrilling affair and we will see if Tottenham can adapt to playing Premiership football after their travels in Europe.
Here are my predictions:
Stoke City v West Ham
The Hammers will be without their manager Avram Grant as he observes Jewish holy day Yom Kippur.
Stoke should have the wind in their sails after coming from behind to beat Aston Villa last Monday.
West ham have now gone twenty games without an away win in the Premiership and I can see it being twenty one the game at the Britannia Stadium this weekend.
My prediction: 2-0
Aston Villa v Bolton
Bolton are without suspended Gary Cahill and Jussi Jaaskelainen for this match which leaves their defence weakened.
The last three meetings between these two sides at Villa park have been high scoring victories for the home team.
This is caretaker manager Kevin Macdonalds last game in charge for Villa, before Gerard Houllier takes the reigns. The game may not be a high scorer, but I think Macdonald will end on a high note.
My prediction: 2-1
Blackburn v Fulham
Mark Hughes returns to the club where he earned his managerial trade this weekend and will be looking to win consecutive games for the first time this season following Fulham’s win over Wolves.
Fulham will still be hurting from the loss of their star player Bobby Zamora, which is a massive blow for their team.
Blackburn are difficult to beat playing at home and I can see this game ending in a draw.
My prediction: 1-1
Everton v Newcastle
Everton have had their poorest start to the season in years, securing only two points from their first four games.
They are starting to show definate signs of improvement though, following an epic comeback against Manchester United last weekend.
I can see Everton getting their first win of the season against Newcastle on Saturday.
My prediction: 2-0
Tottenham v Wolves
Tottenham will have to adapt to playing Premiership games in the aftermath of midweek Champions League games this season.
Many clubs performances can be seen to dip with the onset of a ‘Champions League hangover’.
We saw them slip up against Wigan following their last game in Europe, so could be a tricky fixture against Wolves.
My prediction: 2-0
West Brom v Birmingham
Birmingham are currently unbeaten in the Premiership and sitting at the dizzy heights of fifth in the league.
Not bad for a newly promoted team, though we know all too well from the likes of Hull that early promise can turn sour very swiftly.
West Brom have also had a decent start to the season, but I expect Birmingham will be the better team in this match.
My prediction: 1-2
Sunderland v Arsenal
Arsenal are enjoying their best start to the premiership since 2007, despite having the Premierships longest list of injuries.
They will be looking to keep the momentum going after a magnificent mid-week Champions League victory.
Fabregas looks to be getting back to his best and Arsenal will want to keep the pressure on Chelsea at the top of the league, though Sunderland won’t make it easy for the Gunners.
My prediction: 1-2
Man Utd v Liverpool
Following a spate of not so great results for United in the Premiership and Europe, Fergie’s hairdryer is sure to have gone into overdrive.
United have been unfortunate with some of their results so far this season and it has taken the shine of some otherwise very good performances.
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I think it wil be close, but United will win this one.
My prediction: 1-0
Wigan v Man City
City have had some underwhelming results of late, despite the overwhelming array of talent in their star studded squad.
Having failed to deliver in their previous two Premiership matches, this is a must win for City and Mancini to avoid coming under further scrutiny.
Wigan’s defence has major problems which will be exploited by City. I can only see one team winning this match.
My prediction: 0-2
Chelsea v Blackpool
Despite any fatigue from playing midweek in the Champions League, I expect Chelsea look to keep up their 100% win streak with yet another high scoring victory over Blackpool.
Blackpool provided a surprise result with last weekends away victory against Newcastle as they continue to exceed expectations in the Premiership, but the chances of them coming away from Stamford Bridge with any points are extremely slim.
Chelsea have conceded just one goal in their last seven games in the Premiership and I dont think they will leak any goals against Blackpool.
We may not be a two man team that our critics love to point out, however our over reliance on Fernando Torres to put the ball in the back of the net has been highlighted on numerous occasions this season. We haven’t got a Plan B upfront and subsequently we have struggled as a result.
It has been a problem for a couple of years now and Roy Hodgson’s failure to improve the attack in the summer certainly caused a little confusion. Whether Hodgson believed that Milan Jovanovic would produce more of an attacking threat may have swayed his thinking, but it was a huge error on his part, given it was a lack of potency in the final third that cost Rafa dear last season.
David N’Gog has certainly improved this season, but is he really the answer long term? Hodgson, like Rafa, clearly doesn’t believe that Ryan Babel should be given the opportunity to stake a claim for a striking role, therefore we are rather stuck and subsequently short of options. The longer Fernando Torres continues to fire blanks, the longer our pain will go on.
There have been reports in the papers today that we are sniffing around Zenit St Petersburg striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov. The Russian has been in top form this season bagging 10 goals in 22 games and is reportedly Roy Hodgson’s top target in January. £6m is certainly a snip for a player of Kerzhakov’s class, and would provide us with the ideal Plan B for Fernando Torres.
Watch Aleksandr Kerzhakov in action below
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Putting two and two together and making five, whether it is seeing your best friend and your ex cavorting in a club, or making assumptions about that Playstation shaped gift under the Christmas tree, is something we’ve all done. But, however damaging some of these postulations can be, we come to these innocently misguided conclusions only on an occasional, or at least part-time basis. However, in certain sections of the media they seem to have entire teams of people, operating on permanent contracts, dedicated to getting mathematical problems wrong. The problem is, with the considerable weight and influence behind these often illogical conclusions, what at first may seem to be a wholly false assumption, could very well turn into a tangible reality.
Take today’s rumours for example; in Metro they lead with an article entitled “Michael Carrick ‘to be offered back to Spurs’ as United prepare £100m spending spree”, in which they state; “according to reports, he [Carrick] may be lined up for a return to his old club Spurs – potentially as a makeweight in negotiations for their star man Gareth Bale”. Clues as to the validity of this rumour can be found in the title, with ‘to be offered back to Spurs’ in quotation marks, steering the finger of blame for this rumour firmly away from the writer and paper to an anonymous source. The fact this quote is then not corroborated with any anecdotal evidence from the text, and there are in fact no citations to be found in the article whatsoever, combined with qualifying statements such as “according to reports” and “potentially”, means this rumour is tenuous to say the least.
The way this rumour seems to have materialised, is one of combining several different story strands and trying to come out with a completely original yarn. First, you have the story that having spent a reported £200,000 on a weekly contract for Wayne Rooney, the Glazers have given Sir Alex Ferguson a £100m transfer kitty. Second, you have the current form of Tottenham Hotspur wunderkind Gareth Bale, and third, you have Michael Carrick’s lack of form and present status as benchwarmer at Old Trafford. If you then throw these ingredients together, and sprinkle the herbs and spices of plausibility on top that not only has Carrick played for Spurs previously, but that he came through the youth system at West Ham under the guidance of current Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, then you have a rumour fit to dine on.
And I have no doubt the media will dine out on this rumour; it’s got legs, at least until the January transfer window is firmly shut anyway. But is there any problem with letting the media have a little artistic licence with their transfer rumours? The problem lies in the round-a-bout way these articles sometimes make the leap from fiction to fact. It has been seen before, and will no doubt be seen again, that articles of this nature can in fact facilitate moves for players, turning what was originally conjecture into a reality, essentially creating truth from what ultimately can be seen as lies.
I am not suggesting in any way that this proposed deal between United and Spurs will go ahead, but some aspects of it may well become true, for example Michael Carrick making the move back to White Hart Lane. It is indeed highly possible that Carrick’s agent did in fact release information to the press that the 29 year-old midfielder wanted a transfer, and the media filled in the blanks, in which case, with all the recent condemnation concerning agents power within the game on the back of the Rooney saga, the media surely provides yet another string to the agents’ already fairly extensive bow.
But while football continues to be the money-spinning enterprise that it is, and football rumours sell papers, media agencies will have carte-blanche to write pretty much what they want and continue to influence the game. The ‘unsettling’ of players has become a big inter-club issue and with the media lubricating transfer rumours, articles of this nature merely exacerbate the problem.
It seems the spreading of rumours is not confined only to OK magazine and all-girl teenage cliques, and is rife within the football-related media, and like those teenage girls who have been told how damaging their rumour spreading can be, the media outlets know exactly what they are doing.
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Liverpool’s woes this season have been well documented. With the club finally having secured new owners, Anfield boss Roy Hodgson has been quick to pinpoint the need to add to his squad, particularly the purchase of another striker.
Last week, Hodgson bemoaned the lack of front men at the club, saying “A club like Liverpool shouldn’t have to rely on non-specialists like Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Babel ‘doing a job’ up front when they are primarily wide players.
“In training, I can’t have practice games where each team plays a 4-4-2 because I don’t have the front players to do that.”
With Liverpool’s new owner John Henry meeting this week with Hodgson, there is every chance that a variety of names have been mentioned as potential partners for Fernando Torres in attack.
Although it remains unclear how much money Henry and his NESV group will plough into Hodgson’s squad in January, it is likely that the funds won’t be in place to purchase the planet’s top strikers such as Luis Suarez and Edin Dzeko. Nonetheless, there are plenty of other worthwhile and cheaper options who might be available.
IMScouting takes a look at five strikers in that bracket that are worth Liverpool considering
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