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The Times has a list of the 50 defining moments of 2007-08.
How was it for you? The usual mix of theatre, tedium, joy and despair? From Keegan’s comeback to Terry’s tears, however you found 2007-08, it was eventful. Here are 50 talking points, matches and dramas that shaped the football season
The LA Times has a list of the 10 big names that are high on the wanted lists of top clubs. Players making the move this summer could include: Ronaldinho, Didier Drogba, Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero and Aleksandr Hleb.
Looks like Sepp Blatter has got his way with his controversial “6+5 rule” rule which would limit the number of foreign players to 5 in each each team.
In a ballot at FIFA’s 58th Congress, associations voted overwhelmingly. However its not all over because the biggest and richest clubs in Europe and the European Union are against it, so don’t expect this to happen any time soon, if at all.
Robbie Keane with the goal as the Republic of Ireland secured their first win under Giovanni Trapattoni.
Chelsea have let go of Henk Ten Cate and it will come as a bit of a surprise to the Dutchman.
This is what he had to say on Tuesday:
“Half an hour before Chelsea made the message about Grant officially known, I was called by the chief executive Peter Kenyon.
“He informed me that the departure of Grant will not affect me. I’d rather go on that than all those newspaper reports.
“That appointment was long planned and therefore separate from recent developments.
“In January I had one such evaluation and then we said we would do again after the season. I have a contract until 2010.”
Video highlights of Holland 1 – Denmark 1.
Ruud van Nistelrooy and Christian Poulsen with the goals.
Poland have qualified impressively for the last two World Cups, only to flop badly having got there and the fear is that, having reached the finals of the European Championship for the first time, the big tournament experience might be about to repeat itself.
Bucking the trend for giddy pre-tournament optimism, the general consensus
both inside and outside Austria is that this could be the worst team ever
put out by the hosts of an international championship. Such pessimism is
based largely on Austria’s current Fifa world ranking of 101, just ahead of
Haiti and the Cape Verde Islands.
The BBC’s Match of the day have produced what they consider to be the contenders for goal of the season.
All 10 goals are excellent and it is really hard to pick out the best one but after watching it a couple of times I think It will be between Adebayor, Petrov and Christiano Ronaldo’s back heel.
Which is your favourite goal?
The telegraph is reporting that Arsenal have signed Samir Nasri from Marseille for £12.5 million.
No official confirmation from Arsenal yet but I think that will come later in the day.