The Chaaampiooons
UEFA have been playing with the crazy pots again
The good officials of the Champions League gathered around the trough in Monaco this afternoon, pausing briefly to pompously remove some plastic footballs from mixing bowls in one of their favourite little rituals.
As per, various pundits and sundry authorities were on hand to discuss the mouth-watering nature of the dance card, while those associated with the managerial side of things vowed not to underestimate anybody, as decreed by UEFA’s guidelines on how to talk to the press at times such as this.
Of the English teams, Liverpool probably feel the men in blazers could have looked harder to find them a couple of soft sides, but at least

Tags: Aalborg, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Basel, Bate Borisov, Bayern Munich, Bordeaux, Celtic, CFA Cluj, Chelsea, Dinamo Kiev, Famagusta, Fenerbahce, Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Liverpool, Lyon, Man Utd, Marseille, Panathiniakos, Porto, PSV, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting Lisbon, Steaua Bucharest, Villarreal, Werder Bremen, Zenit
Posted: August 28th, 2008 by Ed Needham
Transfer Talk
All the big news written down in English

For those who lie awake wondering whatever happened to Bill Wyman after he walked out on the Rolling Stones in 1993, you can breathe easy - he’s totally fine, and making a fine living as the face of SuperSmoker electronic cigarettes. They look brilliant/ridiculous. Anyway, now that you can relax properly, why not fill your mind with new information, like today’s transfer rumours?
Paul Robinson to Bolton
Forgetful Gary Megson - Egyptian keeper Ali Al Habsi emerged as a star in Bolton’s relegation run-in, he was brilliant. Not brilliant enough to keep Megson’s beady eyes away from Robinson’s slippery wet hands though.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: For £5 million! Madness.
Gregory Coupet to Tottenham
While Robinson takes his eel-like fingers back up North. Juande Ramos is putting France’s number one goalkeeper on a ferry for half the price.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Likely, even for a 35-year-old.

Tags: Barcelona, Bolton, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Florent Malouda, Gregory Coupet, Juande Ramos, man city, man united, Mikael Silvestre, Paul Robinson, richard dunne, Roy Keane, Spurs, Stephen Ireland, Sunderland
Posted: May 23rd, 2008 by Josh Burt