Football News | Football Gossips | Football Transfers | Football Saga | Football Rumours: 08/01/2009

Trond Sollied moves on

Heerenveen have parted company with coach Trond Sollied. The Norwegian took the reins in March 2008, leading the team to victory in the KNVB Cup last season. But a disappointing start to the new campaign, where they have won just once in five league matches, has prompted Heerenveen...

Australia left-back David Carney is ready to relaunch his club career with Dutch outfit FC Twente after signing a two-year deal with the Eredivisie outfit. The 25-year-old, who is expected to feature for the Socceroos in next year's World Cup finals in South Africa, had fallen out...

Ajax late goal shower sinks 10 man Heracles Alemelo

Three goals in the final half-hour saw Ajax sink 10-man Heracles Almelo and return to within two points of Eredivisie pace-setters AZ Alkmaar. Toby Alderweireld opened the scoring midway through the second half, shortly before the hosts were reduced to 10 men by the dismissal of Kwame Quansah. Strikes in the...

Reigning Eredivisie champions AZ Alkmaar climbed to the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Willem II. Australian Brett Holman put them in front in the seventh minute and after Sergio Zijler levelled for the Tilburg side in the 23rd minute, AZ restored their lead seconds later...

Bordeaux regained top spot in Ligue 1 - but a goalless draw at unbeaten Marseille means the league's final 100 per cent record has gone. The visitors had a goal ruled out in the last minute when Jussie scored from Yoann Gourcuff's corner - but Mickael Ciani was penalised for fouling...

Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, linked with a move to Tottenham, has been told he still has a future at Real Madrid. The Spanish giants needed to cut their squad after their lavish summer spending spree, which brought in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Xabi Alonso....

Dmytro Chygrynskiy has completed his 25million euro move from Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona. The Ukraine international successfully underwent his medical with the treble winners on Monday morning before putting pen to paper on a five-year contract this lunchtime. The 22-year-old...

Steven Pienaar reckons Johnny Heitinga would be a "great" deadline-busting signing for Everton. Toffees boss David Moyes confirmed on Sunday the club have agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid for defender Heitinga. Everton have offered £5million for the Dutchman, though Moyes admits...

Racing Santander are set to add two new faces to their squad after agreeing one-year loan deals for Barcelona defender Henrique and Newcastle striker Xisco. Brazilian Henrique, 21, joined Barca 12 months ago from Palmeiras before spending last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen...

Massimo Donati has left Celtic and signed for Serie A side Bari. The midfielder has returned to Italy after two years with the Glasgow giants. He had spoken publicly of his desire to quit Celtic last season following a frustrating spell under Gordon Strachan. But, despite being...

Andrea Dossena is likely to stay put at Liverpool, according to the player's agent. The Italian full-back has been linked with a move back to Serie A this summer, with Napoli and Juventus reportedly showing an interest. With the Serie A transfer market closing on Monday, Dossena's...

Fabio Grosso's agent believes it will take a "miracle" for the defender to join Juventus before the European transfer window closes on Monday night. Grosso has been linked with a move to the Turin giants over the summer, but with Juve failing to step up their bid to sign the Lyon...

Chelsea captain John Terry has signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2014. The 28-year-old England defender, Chelsea's most successful captain, has been at the club since the age of 14. Chelsea hope the new deal, reported to be worth £150,000...

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce hopes to push through a move for Hull defender Michael Turner. Press Association Sport understands the Black Cats have been given permission to speak to the 25-year-old after tabling an offer which could eventually rise to around £12million. Turner has...

Fiorentina are negotiating with West Ham and could be set for a swap deal that would see Portuguese defender Manuel Da Costa move to the Premier League in exchange for striker Savio. Da Costa is thought to be a target of the London outfit and the Viola are prepared to let him go...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has accused Manchester United of adopting "anti-football" tactics after a fiery meeting between the Barclays Premier League title hopefuls. United were 2-1 winners over the Gunners on Saturday, coming from behind after Andrey Arshavin had given the...

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has ruled out the possibility of Robinho joining the treble winners before the end of the transfer window, admitting his side are unlikely to make any more signings this summer. Barca had been linked with a big-money swoop for Brazil forward, who played...

Roy Makaay's last-gasp penalty preserved Feyenoord's unbeaten start to the Eredivisie campaign and earned them a 1-1 with FC Twente top spot. Substitute Nicky Kuiper struck what looked to be the decisive goal 16 minutes from time at De Kuip to seemingly set Steve McClaren's visitors...

Paris St Germain continued their good start to the new Ligue 1 season, with a convincing 3-0 success over Lille earning them a share of top spot. Jeremy Clement gave PSG the advantage, with Peguy Luyindula and Christophe Jallet netting inside the last 13 minutes to make sure of...

Paolo Guerrero scored twice to see off Cologne and send Hamburg to the top of the Bundesliga. The Peru striker opened the scoring after 19 minutes and added a second for Bruno Labbadia's men midway through the second half. Substitute Adil Chihi gave the visitors hope within two...

Manuel Friedrich scored at both ends in the first half as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to secure all three points against Bochum and move to the top of the Bundesliga. Friedrich scored an own goal after 32 minutes before netting the equaliser four minutes before half-time....

Bremen edge 5-goal thriller

Werder Bremen edged a five-goal thriller with Hertha Berlin 3-2 as all the goals came in just over half an hour in the second period. There was little to write home about in the first half with just one noteworthy chance for each side. Hertha's Max Nicu saw his powerful shot saved by Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese...

Arjen Robben made a dream debut for Bayern Munich as he scored twice in their 3-0 win over Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg. Bayern coach Louis van Gaal initially left the new arrival from Real Madrid on the substitutes' bench, but with his side only leading 1-0 at half-time thanks...

Opening defeat for Espanyol

Espanyol marked their first competitive match since the death of former captain Dani Jarque with defeat, going down to Athletic Bilbao in the opening round of the Primera Division. Athletic striker Gaizka Toquero scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes from time to hand the Basques a perfect start to the...

Villareal held to a draw

Villarreal had to settle for a point at Osasuna as the sides cancelled each other out in the first round of the Primera Division in Pamplona. The Yellow Submarine took the lead through the excellent Santi Cazorla just after the half-hour mark, but Walter Pandiani struck the equaliser six minutes later for Osasuna,...

Xerez day of defeat

Xerez's first-ever game in the Primera Division ended in disappointment as they slipped to defeat against Real Mallorca and also had two players sent off. Sixty-two years after the club was founded, Xerez finally clinched a place in the top flight after winning the Segunda Division title last season, but it...

Roberto Soldado tops the scoresheet

Roberto Soldado made a blistering start to the new Primera Division season with his hat-trick helping Getafe claim a comfortable victory at Racing Santander. Rafa Lopez was also on target for the visitors, with Medhi Lacen's goal the only bright spot for a Racing side who were torn apart in the first 35 minutes....

Cristiano Ronaldo was on the scoresheet as Real Madrid got their Primera Division campaign off to a winning start tonight, but they were given a few scares along the way before seeing off Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 at the Bernabeu. Manuel Pellegrini selected seven of the club's eight...

Brazilian striker Diego was on target twice as Juventus beat Roma 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico. Juve's top summer signing opened his Serie A account in the 25th minute before Roma's Daniele de Rossi equalised 10 minutes later. Diego put Juve back in front in the 68th minute and Felipe...

AC Milan coach Leonardo admitted his side still have a lot of work to do if they are to be regarded as serious Serie A title challengers this season after they were thrashed 4-0 by Inter Milan. The Rossoneri made a confident start to the game, but collapsed as soon as Thiago Motta...

Steven Gerrard provided the answer in actions, not just words, which Rafael Benitez demanded after a traumatic opening to Liverpool's season. Everything in the Anfield garden may not yet be rosy, but at least the Merseysiders are not having to contemplate the end of their title...

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov believes Richard Dunne will prove to be a 'big signing' for the club. Dunne is expected to finalise a move to Villa Park before the close of the transfer window after Martin O'Neill's side agreed a fee with Manchester City. The centre-half has...

Sunderland have confirmed defender Paul McShane has joined Hull for an undisclosed fee. The Republic of Ireland international has signed a four-year deal at the KC Stadium having spent time on loan with Phil Brown's side last season. McShane, who joined the Black Cats in 2007, has...

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric faces a spell on the sidelines after fracturing his fibula in the win over Birmingham City. Modric was hurt following a tangle with Lee Bowyer during the early stages of the second half of Saturday's 2-1 success at White Hart Lane and was...

Emmanuel Adebayor hit the target for the third Premier League game in a row as Manchester City defeated struggling Portsmouth 1-0 at Fratton Park to make in nine points from nine. Adebayor struck on the half-hour mark. Gareth Barry's inswinging corner from the right found the former...

Everton boss David Moyes has confirmed the club have agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid for defender Johnny Heitinga. The Toffees have offered £5million for the Dutchman, but Moyes admits there is still work to be done before the deal is finalised. He said: "We have not as yet agreed...

Bari's first Serie A game of the season in front of their own fans ended in disappointment as they were held to a goalless draw by Bologna. Giampiero Ventura's side came closest to breaking the deadlock through Vitali Kutuzov in the second half, but the teams had to settle for a...

Inter Milan tore city rivals AC Milan apart to move to the top of Serie A after a thumping 4-0 win on Saturday night. Goals from Thiago Motta, Diego Milito and Maicon gave Inter a 3-0 lead at half-time before Dejan Stankovic added a fourth midway through the second half. To round...

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