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Unrelated: Nicolas Anelka and Joe Cole’s Chelsea futures
The Daily Mail led with a headline yesterday which hooked us in straightaway, essentially because the two strands of news bear no relevance to each other.
New deal for Nicolas Anelka spells the end of the road at Chelsea for Joe Cole
Chelsea have reopened negotiations with Nicolas Anelka over a contract extension which would see the [...]
Weak exclusives: David Luiz wanted by clubs
“We’ve got an exclusive!” boast the Mirror! “It’s big, it’s exciting, and John Cross can tell us more! Aggghhhh!”
Chelsea tracking £10million-rated Brazilian central defender - exclusive
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is tracking Benfica’s Brazilian defender David Luiz.
The 22-year-old is regarded as one of his nation’s top prospects and has also attracted interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid. The [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
The weekend’s cricket
It was a weekend in which we learned that South Africa were not nearly as good as a Tendulkarful India but considerably better than a Tendulkarless one. England won a ODI against Bangladesh just as they have managed since the dawn of time, but not without the traditional nervy moments and curious team selections. [...]
On Ashley Cole and sympathy
Having watched - having largely been forced to watch, we should say, so pervasive has the coverage been - Ashley Cole’s marriage fall apart very publicly over the last couple of weeks, it feels as if we are being treated to the same media narrative over and over again from the papers. What a bastard! [...]
Bendtner’s pointless points chat
Nicklas Bendtner’s propensity for talking about himself in a rather less mundane way than most footballers has made him stand out on the back pages more than his performances on the pitch have in recent times, and this in turn has landed him a tidy little collection of articles under his tag on Sport without [...]
Blazing the rumour trail for Aguero
Aguero puts Prem on alert, suggests the Sun this morning.
CHELSEA and Manchester United target Sergio Aguero admits his days at Atletico Madrid could be numbered.
Sounds very, very juicy - so what got the Sun so excited about this one? Let’s have a look at the quotes:
He said: “I have enormous affection for Atletico but you cannot say [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
Federer remains the world’s best
Make no mistake, Andy Murray turned up to the Melbourne final in extremely good form and ready to make the step up to Grand Slam champion. His fault was not to have the game to beat the greatest men’s player of all time playing at the top of his game. Despite owning [...]
Independent thinking leaves logic and evidence to one side
The Independent excel themselves today with an informed piece on Chelsea’s spending plans. Michael Essien has an injury, you see, and that means that everything that Ancelotti and Chelsea have been telling us for months is going to change.
Essien injury hits Chelsea sales plans
Blues may be forced to look for new midfielder to cover Ghanaian’s absence
Sounds serious. So [...]
The Sun - only interested in the real deals
We live in exciting times. Highly anticipated sporting events (and horse racing) are fighting against the snow, England are fighting to save the 3rd Test in South Africa, Portsmouth are fighting for dear life, and Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are fighting a war of words. Which means they’re no longer planning to fight a [...]
Who is Frank Lampard’s favourite striker?
And remember, Frank, you’re only allowed one.
Frank Lampard on Wayne Rooney, July 13: “Wazza is the best I’ve played with…”
Ah, the English striker who is seen by many as an essential to England’s hopes of World Cup success? Most reasonable. Thanks Fra… wait, what are you saying?
Frank Lampard on Didier Drogba, November 2: “His finishing at times is [...]