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Phil Scolari Set to Sign…Everyone

tyduffy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:05:16 +0000

Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari stirred the footballing pot when Chelsea announced an agreement with him to become their next manager, at the termination of his Portugal contract after Euro 2008. Throwing even more chum into the water, are the ever truthful transfer magicians, who now have just about everyone available linked to Chelsea.Big Phil supposedly will start his reign with an audacious £60m bid for AC Milan star Kaka, which may or may not include Didier Drogba and/or Shevchenko as bait. He may also set his sights on Andrea Pirlo, with a £7m per season contract.Additionally, he may look to bring in Portugal and Barcelona midfielder Deco, who is free to discuss terms with other teams. Barcelona will also shed longtime Chelsea target Ronaldinho, who played for Scolari when he coached Brazil. But, they may include Samuel Eto’o with Deco in a £43m deal.Scolari may convince Frank Lampard to stay with a lucrative new contract, or, alternatively, be the factor that forces him to go to Inter Milan.Cristiano Ronaldo’s flirtations with Real Madrid may be the work of Scolari, who wants the player to move away from potential rival Manchester United. However, Big Phil may fancy the lad himself and jump into the bidding with Real Madrid.Big Phil may nab Robinho and David Villa as well just for the hell of it.Tyler Duffy has been a contributing blogger to EPL Talk since 2006. His work can also be viewed as a weekly soccer commentator for TheBigLead and on his blog at Odds and Sods.

Fernando Torres And Soccer Superstars Coming To Texas This Summer

The Gaffer — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:56:10 +0000

On July 5, Premier League star Fernando Torres is scheduled to play in the Free Kick Master 2008 tournament at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Accompanying the Liverpool striker at the event is a who’s-who of the star players in the world including Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Rafael Marquez, Alessandro del Piero, Robinho, Deco, Didier Drogba (final negotiations; announcement expected soon), Emmanuel Adebayor (final negotiations; announcement expected soon), Robert Pires, Kasey Keller and many more. For the complete list, visit the event’s web site.

The event is a free kick tournament featuring some of the best free kick takers competing against world-class goalkeepers. The tournament will be available on TV via pay-per-view across the United States. Free Kick Masters 2008 will also be distributed around the world on TV via Fox Sports International.

Ticket prices range from $20 to $750 (for VIP seating).

Sven to be sacked

Lonnie — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:30:30 +0000

As I wrote previously, it looks like Manchester City are going to sack Sven-Goran Eriksson after just one season in charge. In that article, I outlined my reasoning for stating that this was a bad move.

Pat Doyle of The Guardian has his say on the matter, The Telegraph ponders the candidates to replace Sven, while The Independant earlier discussed the rumoured transfer list that Sven and Shinawatra were to discuss. The list apparently included names like Ronaldinho, fellow Brazilian Jo (CSKA Moscow) and Liverpool’s Peter Crouch.

What do you think of the move to dump Sven?