Chelsea set to boost squad with new faces

Last year Barclays Premier league champions are currently at fourth place in the premier league. Last two months were the worst for the blues, Chelsea have now played five matches without a win.

Looking at the current situation of Blues Italian manager is looking to strengthen his squad during the January transfer window. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovic has promised Carlo Ancelotti for the funding to boost the squad.

Carlo Ancelotti has Andy Caroll, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Wesley Sneijder in his wish list. But this task will not be easy for him as the trio has just penned down a new deal with their relative clubs. But the Chelsea manager mentions that “the clubs will not rule out selling their players at the right price”.

Premier league giants are currently lacking the quality which the possessed. It is also the right time for Chelsea to bring two or three new faces as Dider Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry all are above 30 years of age. The new signings will not only boost the current squab but will also help the blues to cope with the future challenges.

Currently the biggest problem with the Chelsea is consistency; Chelsea has tested more than five managers in a decade which is the serious problem for the blues throughout. Likewise if you compare it with Arsenal and Manchester United it is not the case and this is also the reason we see too many players from these clubs promoted from their youth academies and settling in to the first team in no time.

Any how Good news for the Chelsea fans.. New faces that’s what they required.

Champions league draw for final 16 out now

UEFA Champions league draw for the final sixteen teams is out now.

AS Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk

AC Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur

Valencia vs Schalke

Inter Milan vs FC Bayern Munich

Olympique Lyon vs Real Madrid

Arsenal vs Barcelona

Marseille vs Manchester United

FC Copenhagen vs Chelsea

Arsenal, Inter Milan and newly promoted Tottenham will face tough competition for the race of last eight. Arsenal will face Spanish giants and Tottenham will face AC Milan. While Chelsae and Manchester united are not likely to face the tough competition from their opponents.

Unlike last year, there is a very high possibility that English club will feature in the Champions league final.

Bale is not for sale

Wishes of the Tottenham fans come true after the chairman Daniel Levy announced that Gareth Bale is not for sale, he further added that bale is better than Messi.

Tottenham emerging winger has grab the interest of some big clubs with his phenomenal performances this season. Until last season Bale was not even in the starting eleven, and he grab the opportunity after Assou Ekko injury.

It is reported that some big names like Inter, Chelsea and Barcelona has shown an interest in signing the promising winger, but Spurs chairman has made it clear that "Bale is not for Sale".

The new summer signing Rafael Van Der Vaart and Gareth Bale has rocked the premier league clubs with their speed and quality.

This season Tottenham has not only win the place in Champions league but they have also become the Premier league title contenders.

Manchester United finds Edwin's replacemant

Manchester United have completed the signing of goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard from Aalesunds.

Sir Alex Fergusan's no one choice Edwin van der sar is set to retire at the end of this season.


The 26-year-old has passed a medical test earlier this week in Manchester and signed a contract until 2014.

Manchester United has already sold Ben Foster to Birmingham city at the start of this season.

Lindegaard will start training with red's from now, but he will not be eligible to play until the January transfer window.

Dark Sunsets...

The current situation of Sir Alex Ferguson team is startling. They have won just once in last five away games. Earlier reds manager announced that they are unlikely to buy new blood
during the January transfer window which could makes the situatution more alarming.

Michel Carrick has a very quit season and reports suggest that he could leave Manchester United in the coming transfer window, where as Antonio Valencia is out until feburary after he suffered a broken leg at the start of season. Owen Hagreves who start for Manchester united against wolves is also struggling and was brought off after just five minutes. The star striker Wayne Rooney is also out for almost five weeks. In addition to that the current form of Edwin Van der Sar is also not up to the mark. where as the three most senior players Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Garry Neville are set to retire at the end of season.
If the situation does not improve it could also affect the Champians league progress of Manchester United. Old trafford fans have no doubt on the abilities of their great manager. But it seems that he needs to buy one or two midfield players inorder to compete with the quality and ability of teams in the Premier League.

Despite of having debts of more the 800 million, now is the time for reds to reconsider the decision of not shopping in january transfer windows.

Rooney saga is finally over

After a hactic couple of weeks for Manchester United fan's and Sir Alex Ferguson, finally Wayne Ronney has decided to stay at Old trafford. On friday Ronney signed a five years contract with the reds which would keep him at Old trafford till 2015.

One of the reason for the stricker not agreeng terms with the current clubs was the lack of investment in the current squad.

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United have been hurt by the staggering turn of events this week.

Wayne Rooney has apologised to his manager and team-mates for the negative headlines he brought to Old Trafford this week.

The news finally came with official confirmation that 24-year old had signed a five year extension. Which commets Rooney until 2015 and also makes him the highest paid player in the Manchester United history with a wage to be around £ 150,000 a week.

Now it would be interesting to see how Wayne Rooney justify his wage with his current form.

World class Van der sar set to retire....!

Former Ajax and current Manchester united goal keeper Edwin Van der sar is set to retire at the end of this season. The Dutchman turned 40 later this month and Eric Steele has hinted he has already made his mind up to call it a day at the end of season.

Van der sar started his senior career with Ajax and remained there for nine years before moving to Italian club Juventus and then to England first to Fulham and then to Manchester United. He is in one of few footballers of the world who has won Champions League with two different Clubs. Having it won with Ajax in 1995 and then with Manchester United in 2008. Van der sar was named best European goal keeper twice during his career in 1995 and 2009.

Van der sar emerged as a legend for Manchester United Since his arrival to the club, he won the hearts of the people all over the world with his extreme performances and talent. H saved United on several occasions. Now it would be interesting to see who would be Sir Alex Ferguson's No.1 choice after Van der sar retirement.

Roy Hodson in serious pressure

Roy Hodson took charge of Liverpool after Rafael Benitez left it last season, Hodson is under serious pressure after disappointing start of the season. His tactics were challenged at all levels and its now up to Liverpool fans till how long they can beer the shame.

We are not challenging Hodson's abilities, dont forget he is the one who took Fulham to Europa League final. But with Liverpool he is unable to to show his best. It is confirmed that if Liverpool fails to qualify for Champions League this season then it would be very difficult for Liverpool to retain Fernando Torres and Gerrard.

Following the last week exit from the hands of league two side Northampton reduces Red's chances of realistically winning a trophy to two in Europe and the FA cup.

No doubt he has a very talented squad but now its up to him, how he manage things in the current situation and compete with the top 4 in Premier League.

Money vs Age

Chelsea with a trumendous start will be looking to penalize city to continue their domination over the BPL. But on the other side city will be looking to cheak if there big million ponds investment will be of any good or not. As per update city as usuall will not be planning to consider Adabayor in their starting line up which is a real set back as the Togolese star was one of the most fear full strikes during his time at Arsenal. Well one thing is for sure any player who ever left Arsenal had suffered weather it was Thierry Henry or Emmanuel Petit, this can be considered as a message to Febregas weather he still want to move back to Nivao Camp. Coming back to the match well no changes expected in chelsea line up. But as per city thieir italian wonder kid Balotelli might get a chance to play again the blues.

Methink: As per recent performence chelsea have been outstanding. But thier skill will be really tested when they will face city. As before the blues didnt face any big names in BPL. If we look blue's star performer they all are in form but as per recent injuries of Kalau and Lampard Blues are suffering little bit. On the other side city are still facing some issue to gether up their reathum. But with Tevas coming back in form after scoring two goals agains wigan shows a good sign for city fans. But on the other hand city fans wold be realy anxiously waiting to see three players to fire i.e. David Silva, Toure, and Balotelli. So in the end it will be superb game but one thing for sure blues will dominate the game as per their recent performence.

Peace :)

Chelsea's team news for Champions League fixture

Carlo Ancelotti has named his side ahead of their Champions League clash in Group F against MSK Zilina on Wednesday night.

The Chelsea line-up is: Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Alex, Yuri Zhirkov, Michael Essien, Yossi Benayoun, John Obi Mikel, Daniel Sturridge, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka.

Captain Terry has shaken off a rib injury to play while England midfielder Frank Lampard is out with a hernia problem and left-back Ashley Cole has been rested.

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is suspended and full-back Jose Bosingwa is out with a knee injury.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Alex, Zhirkov, Essien, Benayoun, Mikel, Sturridge, Malouda, Anelka.
Subs (from): Turnbull, Hilario, Ferreira, Ramires, Kalou, Kakuta, Van Aanholt, Bruma.

Baird signs new deal with Fulham

Fulham's star defender Chris Baird has signed a new deal until the summer of 2013.

The Irish international, who was signed from Southampton in the summer of 2007, played a key role as Fulham make their way to the Europa League final last season.

Baird made his first appearance under Fulham's manager Mark Hughes at the weekend when he appeared as a second-half substitute in the 2-1 win over Wolves.

Baird, 28, showed his versatility last season by filling a midfield role while Dickson Etuhu and Danny Murphy were missing through injury.

Arsenal looking to steal the next Fabregas.

Barcelona is under shock after the recent reports suggests that Arsenal could look to sign Oriol Romeu from their youth team.

Arsene Wenger is one of the few managers in the world who have a vision to identify talent. Now according to reports Arsenal are closing in to sign Barcelona's impressive young star Oriol Romeu.

The 18-year-old is highly rated and impressed at the final of the recent Under-21 European Championship, playing as a defensive midfielder.

Romeu is aware of the fact that arrival of Javier Masherano has affect his opportunities in the current club.

Just to remind you Romeu is not the first player who will be joining Arsenal from Barcelona's youth acadmey, before that Arsenal nab Cesc Fabregas from La Masia, Barcelona's creche for youth players.

Robinho finally joins AC Milan

AC Milan has confirmed the signing of Brazilian forward.

Robinho was unsettled at city since he left Real madrid and spend second half of the season on loan at Santos.

Robihno has signed a four year contract with Seria A club.AC Milan did not reveal the transfer fee for the 26-year old striker.

AC Milan also signed Zaltan Ibrahimovic from Barcelona on Monday and Robinho's arrival means Rossoneri have a lot of Brazilian stars with Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato already in book.

Robinho joined City two years ago from Real Madrid for a clubs record transfer fee of £32.5m but unable to adjust himself at Eastlands.

Robinho expressed his satisfaction about joining Italian giants.

"I am very happy," he said. "Milan is excellent club"

Sunderland Sealed Gyan move.

Sunderland have signed Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan on a four-year deal from french club Rennes.

A club statement confirmed that deal was done 20 minutes before the transfer deadline with a club record fees of 13m. Asamoah Gyan impresses many clubs during the world cup while playing for Ghana. he scored 3 goals in south africa this summer.

Fulham and Arsenal in search of goalkeeper

Fulham boss Mark Hughes is hoping to sign Shay Given from Manchester City on a season long loan as a replacement for Australian Mark Schwarzer.

Mark Schwarzer is being linked with a move away to Emirates, as Arsene Wenger is not satisfied with the inconsistent performance of Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski and looking for the replacement.

Having £ 2m bid rejected by Fulham, Arsenal have now launched improved £ 4m bid for the Australian stopper.

According to Latest reports Shay Given has decided to stay at City. Now if Hughes does loose battle to keep Schwarzer, he could turn his attention to Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici.

Zalton Ibrahimovic is out Barcelona

Barcelona have send last season record signing Zalton Ibrahimovic on loan to AC Milan, he will complete a € 24 million (£19.8m) move to San Siro after his initial loan. the 28 year years old has reached terms on a four-year deal with the Italian giants.

"Guardiola is the philosopher who has shattered my dream to play with Barcelona," Ibrahimovic said.

Ibrahimovic is set to undergo a medical on Monday in order to complete his season loan move to Milan.

A story of good luck and bad luck

Well the 18 time BPL champs started their first game at Craven Cottage with lot of ups and down. Well as per expectations it was thought that MU will undoubtly overcomer their competators with ese. But fate had something else to say. As with the kick off MU started to dominate the game and started to make some impressive moves which result in scholes's trumendus shot from 25 yards which found the right corner of the net. With this MU started to dominate the game throughout the 1st half.


But with the end of 1st half things started to change a little bit. With the start of 2nd half Mark Hughes men bounce back with a superb move by Evra before he found Zamora who ultimately pass the ball to walves midfilder Davis who had all the time to pick a sweet spot to bring back The Cottagers in the game. Well now the scores are level. MU made their 1st sustitute with Nani which begain to look right as he started to make a brilliant impact on the game. He was stating to look dangerous which proved to be vital when in 83 minutes his innocent looking corner find the back of the net with the help of Hangeland. So now MU were back in business. Well there good luck didn't came to end when until in 86th minute Duff unintentional handled the ball which result in plenty. Well at this point one would think that mu had surely score the goal and would have increase their lead by two goals. But sorry to say this plenty started to prove bad luck for them. With Nani simply missing the plenty and no doubt a great save by Stockdale and the Fortuna left MU side. But Fortuna didn't left the game she join the side of Hangeland and Duff and gave them a chance to amends their errors. Fulham won a corner with only 1 min remaining on the clock. With an impressive shot by Duff from the corner at which Hangeland jumped and guided the ball to home. So in the end a game which was expected to be one sided proved something else.


Peace :)

New Premier League Rules

New Premier league rules have become headache for most of the Premier league managers this season.

According to new Premier league rules each club must announce its 25 man squad before the end of every transfer window. Managers will be allowed to change the squad only during the transfer window with provisional rule in place for extenuating circumstances (like Goal keeper Crisis).

In addition club must register a 25 man squad which must include eight 'home-grown' players, meaning that they have been associated with the FA or Welsh FA for three seasons (or 36 months) prior to their 21st birthday. And home grown does not refer nationality, simply how much years they have spend in England as a youngster.

And club can also supplement squad with unlimited number of players under the age of 21.

These rules applies to only Premier league matches and does not apply on Champions League, Carling cup or FA.

The new Premier league rules were imposed soon after the England's second world early exit. In theory these new rules will help to groom the young talent in house rather than buying expensive foreign players.

The prices increases in the market after Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid spend a massive amount in the last season. Only Manchester City Spend more the 150 Million Pounds during the last three seasons.

Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, said: 'It encourages youth development and promotion of young players, but this is nowhere near a nationality test'.

Now it would be interesting to see how Premier league clubs manages them-self according to new Premier League rules.

Mancini with Money at Mancity

Manchester City is the only club in Premier league spending more than 50 million in two consecutive seasons. During the last transfer season Manchester city buy four strikers Emmanuel Adabayor (Arsenal, £25 million), Craig Bellamy (West ham, £12 million), Santacruz (Blackburn, £17 million) and Carlos Tavez (Manchester United, £25 million). Even with so much fire power they were unable to qualify for Champians League spot without winning the single trophy last season.

During the current transfer window till now Manchester City have invested more than £75 million and signed Yaya Toure (Barcelona, £28 million), David Silva(£24 million, Valencia ), Jerome Boatang (Hamburg, £11 million), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio, £16 million), Alex Henshall (Swindon, £250,000), Albert Rusnak ( MFK Koviec, £18) and reports suggests that they are also chasing Mario Balotelli who is currently with Inter milan.

Manchester City have another highly rated striker in their pockets, Robinho who cost them the massive £35 million but during last season he was send on loan to Santos........!

Roberto Mancini the current Manchester City manager took charge of the club when Mark Hughes was sacked by the club owner during last season and since then the new Italian manager is trying to make his impact on the club.

With too much stars in the club it would very interesting to see how Mancini manages his squad. The situation at Eastland doesn't looks good. During the last two years there are lot of changes recorded in the squad. And if Mancini wants to achieve some results this season, somebody Please tell him he can not win matches on the basis of star players at Eastland.

Another problem that all Premier League managers are currently facing is the New Premier League rules, according to which at the close of each transfer window a club must announce the squad list of 25 players.

Not only that, Eight of these players must be "home grown", meaning they have been associated with the FA or Welsh FA for three seasons (or 36 months) prior to their 21st birthday. And Home-grown does not refer to nationality, simply how many years they have spent in England as a youngster.

Now it would be interesting to see how Mancini manages his squad according to the New Premier League rules.

Bayern Munich begins with silver cup

Confirming their position as the strongest team in the Liga the bayern munich clinched the top spot in the recently revived Super cup DFL, after a gap of fourteen years.

Schalke's defence gave way to the german worldcup players on the FCB. Goals by Muller and finally by Klose sealed the fate of the Supercup final.

The paced of the game was good in the first half even though there were some attempts on the goal, but still non of the teams could find any break through. It was in the second half that the game heated up to energize the crowd of 25,000 in impuls arena. An attempt on goal with schweinsteiger passing the ball to klose who in his stride rattled the goal post. Schalke counter-attacked with dazzling fury only to be thrawted by Kraft. It was only on the 75th minute that the breakthrough was acheived by the FCB when Muller Steered the pass by Klose into empty net.

Schalke barely had recovered when Klose struck in a counter attack, to seal the fate of the match.

Last but not the least it seems that FCB flexed the german muscle it has, giving them a morale boost over the other Liga teams.

Mourinho will start Mind games soon..

Portugal national Jose Mourinho resigns as a coach of Inter Milan after winning the Champions League with the Seria A club, and become the first manager to win the title for two different clubs.

The most important thing about Mourinho’s management is the understanding of the situation and his reaction according to it. We saw in champions league how he trained his squad and change the strategies according to the requirement of the situation in the crunch match against Spanish giants Barcelona and his former

club Chelsea.

Before Inter Milan he wins the grand Champions League title with FC Porto in 2003.During his football career he managed some very good clubs like Benfica, FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and now he has signed a four year deal with the Spanish club Real Madrid.

Real Madrid make huge spending during the last transfer window and grabbed some very good star players like Cristiana Ronaldo(Manchester United ), Kaka (AC Milan), Karim Benzima (Lyon), Arbeloa(LiverPool) , Xavi Alonso(Liverpool) but the former Madrid manager failed to impress the fans and the management at Real Madrid and they have spend yet another trophy less season.

After the Mourinho’s impressive season at Inter Milan, many clubs were reported to seek the services of Portuguese International but he chooses to go with Real Madrid and signed a four year deal with Spanish giants.

At Real Madrid Mourinho’s biggest threat would be FC Barcelona. Till now Mourinho has signed the German international Sami Khedira Stuttgart (€12m, Stuttgart), with a fee reported 14 million euro, Angel Di maria(€25m, Benfica), Miguel Palanca (loan return, CD Castellon), Pedro Leon (€10m, Getafe). Mourinho has also show a desire to sign another striker this season.

After signing with the Spanish club Mourinho tried to grab Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Ricardo Carvalho from his former club Chelsea FC. But the current Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelloti has made it clear that he would not entertain any offer for the above mention Chelsea players.

Now it will be interesting to see how Barcelona managed to react on Mourinho’s mind games …!

Bundesliga transfer details.

The transfer period in the german bundesliga ends on the midnight stroke of 31^st august. Which now has pushed up the temperature in the liga transfers by a few degrees. So the overview of the transfer activity for this season is ‘hot’ taking into account the German performance in the FIFA2010 worldcup:

FC Bayern München
Arrivals:

Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen, return from loan), Jose Ernesto Sosa (Estudiantes Buenos Aires, return from loan), Andreas Ottl (1. FC Nürnberg, return from loan), Breno (1. FC Nürnberg, return from loan), Edson Braafheid (Glasgow Celtic, return from loan)

Departures:

Luca Toni (Genoa CFC), Georg Niedermeier (VfB Stuttgart), Michael Rensing, Andreas Görlitz (club unknown), Christian Lell (Hertha BSC)

FC Schalke 04

Arrivals:

Carlos Grossmüller (Danubio FC Montevideo, was on loan), Tim Hoogland (1. FSV Mainz 05), Marvin Pourie (FC Schalke 04), Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Erik Jendrisek (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Lars Unnerstall (FC Schalke 04 II), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Olympiacos Piräus), Raul (Real Madrid)
Departures:

Gerald Asamoah (FC St. Pauli), Kevin Kuranyi (Dynamo Moscow), Mohamed Amsif (FC Augsburg), Lewis Holtby (1. FSV Mainz 05, on loan), Ze Roberto II (Vasco da Gama), Jan Moravek (1. FC Kaiserslautern, on loan), Vicente Sanchez (unknown), Marcelo Bordon (Al Rayyan Sports Club Qatar), Carlos Zambrano (loaned to FC St. Pauli), Heiko Westermann (Hamburger SV), Carlos Grossmüller (contract terminated), Tore Reginiussen (US Lecce on loan)

Werder Bremen

Arrivals:

Felix Wiedwald (Werder Bremen II), Carlos Alberto (Vasco da Gama, return from loan), Torsten Oehrl (Fortuna Düsseldorf, return from loan), Kevin Schindler (MSV Duisburg, return from loan), Jurica Vranjes (Genclerbirligi Ankara, return from loan), Marko Arnautovic (FC Twente Enschede), Felix Kroos (Hansa Rostock)

Departures:

Aymen Abdennour (ES Sahel Sousse, was on loan), Martin Harnik (VfB Stuttgart), Torsten Oehrl (FC Augsburg), Carlos Alberto (Vasco da Gama)

Bayer Leverkusen

Arrivals:

Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Sidney Sam (Hamburger SV), Domagoj Vida (NK Osijek), Zvonko Pamic (NK Karlovac), Marcel Risse (1. FC Nürnberg, return from loan), Hanno Balitsch (Hannover 96), Nicolai Jörgensen (AB Copenhagen)

Departures:

Thomas Zdebel (Alemannia Aachen), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München, was on loan), Theofanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt), Zvonko Pamic (SC Freiburg, on loan), Jens Hegeler (1. FC Nürnberg, on loan), Lukas Sinkiewicz (FC Augusburg)

Borussia Dortmund

Arrivals:

Lukasz Piszczek (Hertha BSC), Mitchell Langerak (Melbourne Victory), Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka), Florian Kringe (Hertha BSC, return from loan), Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznan)

Departures:

Tinga (Internacional), Marcel Höttecke (1. FC Union Berlin), Marc Ziegler (VfB Stuttgart), Julian Koch (MSV Duisburg, on loan), Uwe Hünemeier (FC Energie Cottbus)

VfB Stuttgart

Arrivals:

Christian Gentner (VfL Wolfsburg), Marc Ziegler (Borussia Dortmund), Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen), Georg Niedermeier (FC Bayern München), Georges Mandjeck (1. FC Kaiserslautern, was on loan), Elson (Hannover 96, return from loan), Cristian Molinaro (Juventus Turin, signed after loan deal), Michael Gardawski (1. FC Köln, on loan)

Departures:

Jens Lehmann (retired), Aliaksandr Hleb (FC Barcelona, return after loan), Roberto Hilbert (club unknown), Julian Schieber (1. FC Nürnberg, on loan), Martin Lanig (1. FC Köln), Georges Mandjeck (Stade Rennes), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid)

Hamburger SV

Arrivals:

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1. FC Nürnberg, return from loan), Mickael Tavares (1. FC Nürnberg, return from loan), Änis Ben-Hatira (MSV Duisburg, return from loan), Jaroslav Drobny (Hertha BSC), Lennard Sowah (Portsmouth FC), Dennis Diekmeier (1. FC Nürnberg), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04), Gojko Kacar (Hertha BSC)

Departures:

Sidney Sam (Bayer Leverkusen), Maximilian Beister (Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan), Jerome Boateng (Manchester City), Tolgay Arslan (Alemannia Aachen, on loan)

VfL Wolfsburg

Arrivals:

Mario Mandzukic (Dinamo Zagreb), Nassim Ben Khalifa (Grasshoppers Zürich), Caiuby (MSV Duisburg, return from loan), Daniel Adlung (Alemannia Aachen, return from loan), Mahir Saglik (SC Paderborn, return from loan), Vlad Munteanu (FSV Frankfurt, return from loan), Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC), Simon Kjær (US Palermo), Cicero (Tombense CF, on loan)

Departures:

Christian Gentner (VfB Stuttgart), Jan Simunek (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Obafemi Martins (Rubin Kazan), Jonathan Santana (Kayserispor)

FSV Mainz 05

Arrivals:

Mario Vrancic (Rot Weiss Ahlen, return from loan), Marco Caligiuri (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Lewis Holtby (FC Schalke 04, on loan), Haruna Babangida (Apollon Limassol), Adam Szalai (Real Madrid Castilla, return after loan)

Departures:

Tim Hoogland (FC Schalke 04), Chadli Amri (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Dimo Wache (retired), Marco Rose (retired), Malik Fathi (Spartak Moscow, return after loan), Adam Szalai (Real Madrid Castilla, return after loan), Tufan Tosunoglu (FSV Frankfurt)

Eintracht Frankfurt

Arrivals:

Theofanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Markus Steinhöfer (1. FC Kaiserslautern, was on loan), Habib Bellaid (US Boulogne-sur-Mer, was on loan), Georgios Tzavellas (Panionios Athens), Sebastian Rode (Kickers Offenbach)

Departures:

Christoph Spycher (Young Boys Bern), Nikos Liberopoulos (club unknown), Jan Zimmermann (club unknown), Alexander Krük (VfL Osnabrück), Faton Toski (VfL Bochum), Selim Teber (Kayserispor), Markus Pröll (no club)

1899 Hoffenheim

Arrivals:

Tom Starke (MSV Duisburg), Ramazan Özcan (Besiktas Istanbul, return after loan), Wellington (FC Twente Enschede, return after loan), Peniel Kokou Mlapa (TSV 1860 München)

Departures:

Timo Hildebrand (club unknown), Per Nilsson (1. FC Nürnberg), Wellington (Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Arrivals:

Jens Wissing (Preußen Münster), Igor de Camargo (Standard Liege), Anderson (Tombense Futebol Clube), Sebastian Schachten (SC Paderborn, return after loan), Mohamadou Idrissou (SC Freiburg)

Departures:

Oliver Neuville (Arminia Bielefeld), Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Thomas Kleine (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Moses Lamidi (Rot-Weiß Oberhausen), Frederic Löhe (SV Sandhausen, on loan), Rob Friend (Hertha BSC)

FC Köln

Arrivals:

Konstantinos Giannoulis (Iraklis Saloniki), Alexandru Ionita (Rapid Bucharest), Marvin Matip (Karlsruher SC, return from loan), Wilfried Sanou (Urawa Red Diamonds, return from loan), Lukas Nottbeck (Borussia Dortmund II, return from loan), Michael Gardawski (Carl Zeiss Jena, return from loan), Martin Lanig (VfB Stuttgart), Christopher Buchtmann (Fulham FC), Mato Jajalo (AC Siena), Andrezinho (Vitoria Guimaraes)

Departures:

Maniche (Sporting Lisbon), Zoran Tosic (Manchester United, return after loan), Sebastian Zielinsky (FC Ingolstadt), Thomas Kessler (FC St. Pauli, on loan), Michael Gardawski (VfB Stuttgart, on loan)

SC Freiburg

Arrivals:

Jan Rosenthal (Hannover 96), Zvonko Pamic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, on loan), Andreas Glockner (TuS Koblenz, return from loan), Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (Rot Weiss Ahlen, return from loan), Michael Müller (1. FC Saarbrücken, return from loan), Maximilian Nicu (Hertha BSC)

Departures:

Michael Langer (FSV Frankfurt), Mohamadou Issidrou (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Eke Uzoma (TSV 1860 München)

Hannover 96

Arrivals:

Moritz Stoppelkamp (Rot-Weiß Oberhausen), Lars Stindl (Karlsruher SC), Ron-Robert Zieler (Manchester United II), Markus Miller (Karlsruher SC), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough FC)

Departures:

Jan Rosenthal (SC Freiburg), Jiri Stajner (Slovan Liberec), Arnold Bruggink (club unknown), Jan Durica (Lokomotiv Moscow, return after loan), Hanno Balitsch (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

FC Nürnberg

Arrivals:

Timmy Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Jens Hegeler (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, on loan), Rubin Rafael Okotie (Austria Wien), Christoph Sauter (1. FSV Mainz 05), Dario Vidosic (MSV Duisburg, return from loan), Matthew Spiranovic (Urawa Red Diamonds, return from loan), Julian Schieber (VfB Stuttgart, on loan), Robert Mak (Manchester City), Per Nilsson (1899 Hoffenheim), Mehmet Ekici (Bayern München II), Felicio Brown Forbes (Hertha BSC)

Departures:

Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar FC), Dominik Reinhardt (FC Augsburg), Havard Nordtveit (FC Arsenal, return after loan), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Hamburger SV, return after loan), Mickael Tavares (Hamburger SV, return after loan), Breno (FC Bayern München, return after loan), Andreas Ottl (FC Bayern München, return after loan), Marcel Risse (Bayer Leverkusen, return after loan), Jaouhar Mnari (FSV Frankfurt), Dennis Diekmeier (Hamburger SV)

FC Kaiserslautern

Arrivals:

Erwin Hoffer (SSC Napoli, on loan), Stiven Rivic (FC Energie Cottbus), Ilian Micanski (Zaglebie Lubin), Christian Tiffert (MSV Duisburg), Oliver Kirch (Arminia Bielefeld), Chadli Amri (1. FSV Mainz 05), Ricky Pinheiro (VfL Osnabrück, was on loan), Ivo Ilicevic (VfL Bochum), Leon Jessen (FC Midtjylland), Jan Moravek (FC Schalke 04, on loan), Jan Simunek (VfL Wolfsburg)

Departures:

Erik Jendrisek (FC Schalke 04), Mario Klinger (Rot-Weiß Oberhausen), Anel Dzaka (club unknown), Dario Damjanovic (club unknown), Fabian Müller (club unknown), Dragan Paljic (club unknown), Sascha Kotysch (club unknown), Sidney Sam (Hamburger SV, return after loan), Georges Mandjeck (VfB Stuttgart, return after loan), Markus Steinhöfer (Eintracht Frankfurt, return after loan), Ivo Ilicevic (VfL Bochum, return after loan), Daniel Pavlovic (FC Schaffhausen, return after loan), Fabian Müller (Erzgebirge Aue), Christoph Buchner (1. FC Saarbrücken)

FC St. Pauli

Arrivals:

Gerald Asamoah (FC Schalke 04), Fin Bartels (Hansa Rostock), Moritz Volz (Fulham FC), Thomas Kessler (on loan from 1. FC Köln), Carlos Zambrano (Schalke 04, on loan)

Departures:

Jonathan Bourgault (Preußen Münster), Thomas Meggle (retired), Andreas Biermann (club unknown), Morike Sako (club unknown)

All about Spurs...!

Spurs looking to strengthen their squad without spending too much in summer transfer window.

Spurs's manager showed interest in some promising individuals, but he admits that he is unable to pay the price...!

Spurs finished at fourth in Premier League last season and qualify for the Champions League football. During 2009-2010 season Tottenham outclass the Premier league giants Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester city.

Currently Spurs have reported some major issues in the heart of their defense. The two experienced central defenders are injured and one of them is not looking good to start this season. Jonathan Woodgate played only three games last season and missed the rest of the season due to serious groin injury. The England international traveled to New York for physiotherapy and Australia for surgery in order to get rid of injury and is a huge possibility that he would not be the part of Spurs 25 man squad this season.

where as on the other end Spurs most experienced defender is also injured but according to reports he will be fit in three week time. In the absence of Woodgate Spurs are most likely to bring his replacement.

Unlike Manchester City Spurs are confident to strengthen their squad but without spending too much money.

If we look at the midfield and forward lineup of Tottenham it is far better from remaining Premier league clubs but in order to achieve something they have to be consistent.

Arsene Wenger is desperate to win trophies…!

Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can win a Barclays Premier League title challenge despite the huge spending by the likes of Manchester City.

Arsenal, in contrast, have spent just £8.5million on defender Laurent Koscielny and Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh moved to the Emirates on a free transfer.

City have splashed out £80million on four players so far this summer in a bid to break into the top four and secure Champions League football.

But Wenger is convinced Arsenal will improve on last year's third-place finish.

"I am very confident [we'll do better than last season]," Wenger told the club's website.

"We know in England that the Premier League is the biggest league in the world and everybody invests a lot of money.

"We invest in our work, in our beliefs, in the quality of our behaviour and I am confident that will pay off. "We finished third last year and we hope we can improve on that - but the race will be tough."

Arsenal's pre-season preparations will continue against AC Milan on Friday in the Emirates Cup.

Wenger: Cesc Fabregas is not for sale at any price

Arsene Wenger has made it clear to Barcelona that Cesc Fabregas is not for sale at any price.

Barcelona is to bring Fabregas back to the Nou Camp, where he played in the youth set-up before moving to Arsenal.

Arsenal turned down a £29million bid for Fabregas earlier this summer and consistently stated that the club captain is going nowhere

Wenger told Arsenal.com: "I am very happy with Cesc and we are all very happy at the club with Cesc”.

Barcelona spokesman Toni Freixa said this week: "Arsenal don't want to sit down and negotiate with us.

Wenger said he has learned to live with situation and he insisted Arsenal fans should not be concerned about where Fabregas' future lies.

"It is only noise. In our job we have to deal with what we can master. What we cannot influence is not to worry about," Wenger added.

Drenthe to join Liverpool soon.

Real Madrid Left back Royston Drenthe has revealed he is set to leave the madrid for Liverpool.

The under-21 Netherlands star who joined Spanish giants in 2007 from Feyenoord was struggled to secure regular first-team action.since his arrival and now he is set to leave Real Madrid after been linked with Liverpool.

This may not be the surprising signing by liverpool manager who is desperately looking ot for a left back following the departure of Fabio Aurelio and Emiliano Insua.