Weekly Football Round-Up: 27th July 2008

Near the end of last season we started a weekend football round up, with a promise that we will continue the weekend summary in the forthcoming season.

Well, we are not ones for breaking promises. But, there is a small difference - every Sunday from this day on, we will summarise the weeks football action for you. Welcome to our first of many ‘CLDsport Weekly Football Round Ups’.

With transfer rumours still hitting the headlines, and supposedly Read more

Robbie Keane’s Transfer to Liverpool Imminent?

News reports suggest that Robbie Keane is set to sign for Liverpool ‘within the next 48 hours’ for a fee believed to be approximately £18million. Rafa Benitez has long admired the Spurs’ striker, and stated last week he hopes to sign him before the start of the season.

Keane has been at White Hart Lane for 6 seasons, and has scored 107 times in 253 appearances for the North London club.

Ironically, Keane almost joined Read more

Alexander Hleb Signs For Barcelona

As predicted, Alexander Hleb has joined Barcelona for a reported £11.8million after spending 3 years at Arsenal.

The Belarus international completed a medical in the Spanish city on Wednesday and said:

“I love this team. I will give my best and I want to win everything with Barca.” Read more

Lampard to Inter, Berbatov to Man Utd

Another day of transfer rumours. Speculation and more speculation seems to be rife - possibly due to the boredom created by the space vacated by Euro 2008! It’s increasingly difficult to sort the fact from the fiction, but the team at CLDsport are doing our best to do just that.

According to an English newspaper report today, Lampard Read more

Chelsea Splash The Cash - Deco Signed, Robinho To Follow?

We have all come accustomed to Chelsea’s spending power in recent times, and this summer is no different. Portuguese midfielder Deco has already been confirmed as a Chelsea player, and reports suggest that Robinho is also set to move to the Blues.

30-year-old Deco has completed his £7.9million move from Read more

Football News Round-Up

In this article: Hleb in talks with Barcelona, Ince set to become Blackburn manager, Nasri ‘agrees’ Arsenal contract, Roma sign Riise from Liverpool, and the latest Cristiano Ronaldo rumours.

With Euro 2008 creeping towards the final, it’s important that we don’t forget all the other football news. So, this is your chance to catch-up on all the latest football transfer news, managerial vacancies and more.

Firstly, Alexander Hleb has been linked with a move to Barcelona for the last few months, and reportedly Inter Milan were interested - although Jose Mourinho’s appointment may have changed that. Read more

Dos Santos For Tottenham and Other Transfer News

Thursday 5th June 2008:

Well, it’s turning out to be a pretty intensive summer for transfer speculation - ALREADY! With the ‘is he staying or not’ Cristiano Ronaldo saga, it now appears likely that the Portuguese star will be on his way to Madrid after admitting that he’d like to join Real.

Giovani Dos Santos has been linked to Tottenham Hotspur many times in recent weeks, and now the player himself has said: Read more

Jose Mourinho: No Longer The ‘Special One’

With Jose Mourinho now confirmed as the new Inter boss, after weeks of speculation, it’s been a time to enjoy the ‘Special One’ in the spotlight once again. But, it seems, Mourinho no longer thinks he is special. Has the arrogance we all loved been tamed? Or, maybe he thought the Inter fans were not going to be as receptive to a messiah like claim?

Mourinho was asked ‘What do you want to be called now?’. A question with direct reference to his ‘Special One’ tag. This was his response: Read more

Jose Mourinho Appointed Inter Milan Coach

Just as predicted, Jose Mourinho has today been announced as the new manager at Inter Milan, after Roberto Mancini was sacked last week. A press conference has been arranged for 10.30am (UK time) to formally introduce the former Chelsea boss to the media.

A statement on the Inter Milan website said: Read more

Inter Clinch Serie A Title

Inter Milan have taken the Serie A title in the final game of the season after beating already relegated Parma 2-0.

Inter were favourites at the start of the day, but needed to win to ensure they finished above Roma - who started the day two points behind in second.

With Rome only managing a 1-1 draw away to Catania, the Nerazzurri finished 3 points above them to take a 3rd successive league title. Read more

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