According to The Independent, Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini is Milan bound as of July 1.
Flamini will reportedly sign a five-year 20 million Euro contract with A.C. Milan. The Rossoneri see him as the eventual replacement to Gennaro “The Snarling Dog” Gattuso.
The contract was worth a million more per year than Juventus’ offer and much […]

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For me, the best thing to happen to exiled followers of English soccer in the past 10 years has been the Internet. The highlight of which is the ginormous number of articles that the traditional British newspapers publish daily on the topic of the Premier League.
Whether you’re looking for breaking news stories, gossip, humor, rants […]

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So much soccer news, so little time. Here are some of the top stories that you may be interested in:

If you want to receive a beta invite to Pownce, one of the hottest new social networking web sites out there, email me at thegaffer[at]epltalk[dot]com with “Pownce” as the subject line. The first six people to […]

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Earlier this week, The Independent newspaper in England announced that the Premiership has grown so much in popularity that it now has 160 million viewers in 202 countries. Just for the Arsenal against Man United match, the UK TV audience was up to 6 million people.While the game is growing in popularity in the States, […]

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If you’re the type of football fan that loves the game and the stories that goes on within it, you’ll undoubtedly enjoy these two articles.
The Independent reports about an intriguing match-up this weekend against two fierce rivals who are steeped in history. But it’s definitely not the clubs you’d expect to read about it. Read […]

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We’re not even into week three of the Premiership, but who would have expected the Tevez and Mascherano transfers to ever happen and to West Ham of all places?
Never before have transfer signings been clouded in so much mystery. No one publicly knows what the transfer fees were, how long their contracts are for, and […]

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While much of the focus last week was on Setanta winning rights to two of the six UK Premiership TV packages (and Sky securing the remaining four), now is a good time to consider how much money the Premiership will make from the deal.
Consider these stats (courtesy of the Independent newspaper from England):
1. The Premiership […]

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