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I will adapt to English football – Suarez

magician — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:50:00 +0000

I will adapt to English football – Suarez
Liverpool, United Kingdom – Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is confident he will adapt to the demands of English football after scoring on his debut against Stoke City.

I know you want me: Jose Mourinho tells English football, ‘We miss each other’

magician — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:38:48 +0000

I know you want me: Jose Mourinho tells English football, ‘We miss each other’
Jose Mourinho has continued his long-distance love affair with English football while at the same time pouring scorn on the attitudes of the Spanish press.

The Kid

magician — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:43:39 +0000

The Kid
As a boy growing up in the Argentine city of Rosario, wee Lionel Messi often played soccer with the older children, a dimin-utive lad in a world of sprouting young giants. Like so many others in his native country, The Kid would pretend to be national hero Diego Maradona, weaving through the much [...]

Italian Football Results

magician — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:40:14 +0000

Italian Football Results
ROME (AP) — Results in the Serie A, the Italian first-division football league (home teams listed first): Saturday’s Games AS Roma 2, Inter Milan 1 Palermo 3, Bologna 1 Sunday’s Games Chievo Verona 0, Parma 0 Fiorentina 4, Udinese 1 Juventus 2, Atalanta 1 Livorno 1, Bari 1 Napoli 1, Catania 0 Sampdoria 1, Cagliari 1 Siena 0, Genoa 0 AC Milan 1, Lazio 1 Saturday, April 3 Atalanta vs. Siena Bari …

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Mourinho: I miss English football

magician — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:39:07 +0000

Mourinho: I miss English football
Mourinho: I miss English football. (©PAphotos) Inter Milan’s former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho admits he still misses managing in the Premier League.

German Football Results

magician — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:42:34 +0000

German Football Results
FRANKFURT (AP) — Results from the 27th round of the Bundesliga, the German first-division football league (home team listed first): Friday’s Game Cologne 1, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1= Saturday’s Games Eintracht Frankfurt 2, Bayern Munich 1 Nuremberg 0, Hoffenheim 0 Stuttgart 2, Hannover 0 Werder Bremen 3, Bochum 2 Freiburg 1, Mainz 0 Borussia Dortmund 3, Bayer Leverkusen 0 Sunday’s Games …

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English Football Results

magician — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:41:48 +0000

English Football Results
LONDON (AP) — Results Saturday in English football (home teams listed first): Premier League Aston Villa 2, Wolves 2 Everton 2, Bolton 0 Portsmouth 3, Hull 2 Stoke 1, Tottenham 2 Sunderland 3, Birmingham 1 Wigan 1, Burnley 0 Arsenal vs. West Ham (late) League Championship Blackpool 2, Crystal Palace 2 Doncaster 1, Sheffield United 1 Ipswich 1, Barnsley 0 Middlesbrough 1, Reading 1 Nottingham …

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German Football Summaries

magician — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:45:24 +0000

German Football Summaries
Summary of Sunday’s games in the Bundesliga, the German first-division football league (home team listed first): Hoffenheim 0, Werder Bremen 1 Bremen: Claudio Pizarro (81) Bayer Leverkusen 4, Hamburg 2 Leverkusen: Stefan Kiessling (22, 62), Eren Derdiyok (55), Gonzalo Castro (84) Hamburg: Ze Roberto (33), David Rozehnal (83)

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La Liga Football Shirts Outsell Premiership Football Kits

magician — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:18:01 +0000

The Premiership is the richest league in the world at the moment and for a few years it was where the top players in the world were being attracted to. However with the return or the Galacticos mentality at Real Madrid we appear to be witnessing a shift in power once again, with Spain being the attractive league for most of the top names in world football at the moment.

The Premiership teams have dominated the Champions League in recent years with Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal all reaching the later stages of the competition on a regular basis, but it was Barcelona who triumphed over Man Utd this year to take the title and with both Real Madrid and Barcelona continuing to strengthen Spain could be set to restart their domination.

The top teams in Europe are always big shirt sellers but as a result of the quality of players moving to the Premiership we had seen a rise in the number of Premiership shirts sold in comparison to other leagues, however his is expected to change due to the number of top names signing for Real Madrid in particular. The signing’s of Benzema, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo alone are huge shirt sellers with Cristiano Ronaldo selling 3000 shirts in the club store in the first two hours.

La Liga shirts have already taken a good lead as the Premiership trail behind in the signing of top quality players. There are a number of top players linked with moves to England so there is still a possibility that the Premiership shirts will make a resurgence but at the moment La Liga shirt sales are way out in front.

The loss of the Cristiano Ronaldo from the Premiership will in itself make the sales of shirts go down and because of his world record price tag he immediately becomes a fans favorite. His signing has completely overshadowed the signing of Kaka who in comparison to Ronaldo only sold 800 shirts in his first day whilst Ronaldo sold 3000 in the first two hours and the club shop sold out by the end of the day.

With more big names expected to arrive in Spain from the Premiership and beyond the number of La Liga shirts that are expected to sell is considerable with supply likely to struggle with the considerable increase in demand. This will be intensified further can follow up their big spending with trophies this season.

The most popular La Liga football shirts, other than Real Madrid and Barcelona, depends on which teams qualify for the either the Champions League or the Europa League. Teams that are regular big sellers are the likes Atletico Madrid, Villareal and Valencia . Another aspect of these teams is that they all have top players playing the club, so often the sale of their shirts is not because of their on pitch performance but their star player.

As the start of the season fast approaches it is certain that lots of transfer activity has still to come, especially from the Premiership where everything has been quiet so far. At the moment the Spanish La Liga football shirts are far out selling their Premiership rivals but with top names such as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Franck Ribery, Luis Fabiano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all being linked with possible moves to the Premiership then there is a long way to go to see whish countries shirts will be the biggest sellers for this year, but with Real Madrid looking far from finished in their spending then La Liga shirts are certainly the ones leading the way at the moment.

Live – Saturday football

magician — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:55:10 +0000

Arsenal can go top of the Premier League with a big win over Burnley while West Ham host Bolton, after Portsmouth reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

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