Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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• New Swansea signing Chico Flores stars in a Spanish music video
• Who Are Ya? Chico (Swansea City)
• Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Wigan Athletic
• Manchester City squad get €1,000 custom-made mattresses for pre-season comfort
• Top 10 worst Premier League signings: West Ham
• Hard Tackle: Germany and Borussia Dortmund youngster Mario Götze gets over-excited on holiday
• Video: Newcastle legend Alan Shearer, Iain Dowie and Graham Fenton spoof the ‘FENTON’ viral
• Everton’s John Lundstram and Tottenham’s Harry Kane fire England under 19 to Euro semi-final
• Video: Russian cameraman’s painful camera faceplant
• Carlos Tevez in new bust-up with Manchester City coaching staff
• Who Are Ya? Fabio Borini (Liverpool)

New Swansea signing Chico Flores stars in a Spanish music video Posted: 10 Jul 2012 04:27 AM PDT It really is Chico time! The headline writers have rolled out the old slogan to mark Swansea City signing Chico Flores – but it turns out that the centre-back has a musical heritage to match that of his X Factor contestant namesake. The 25-year-old has recently been moonlighting in the official video for Olvídala, a [...]

Who Are Ya? Chico (Swansea City) Posted: 10 Jul 2012 04:10 AM PDT Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Chico (Jose Manuel Flores Moreno) Age: 25 Position: Centre-back Signed from: Genoa Fee: £2 million. Did you know? Whenever he enters the field of play, Chico crosses himself in memory of his grandfather, the man who gave him his nickname. Chico is a term of [...]

Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Wigan Athletic Posted: 10 Jul 2012 03:22 AM PDT OTP revisits some of the transfers that the country’s largest clubs would rather forget… 10. David Cotterill He was named Bristol City's young player of the season in 2005/6, but for Wigan to pay £2million for a League One midfielder was always a gamble, and one that didn't pay off. He played only 18 league [...]

Manchester City squad get €1,000 custom-made mattresses for pre-season comfort Posted: 10 Jul 2012 02:34 AM PDT Manchester City’s players had special €1,000 mattresses shipped in to their Austrian pre-season base to ensure they get a comfortable bed as they plot to defend their Premier League title. The Hotel Klosterbrau, in Seefeld, had 54 high-density mattresses hand-made in Rome and imported for City’s visit at the club’s request. They even accommodated midfield [...]

Top 10 worst Premier League signings: West Ham Posted: 10 Jul 2012 01:58 AM PDT OTP revisits some of the transfers that the country’s largest clubs would rather forget… 10. Rigobert Song Song had not impressed at all in three years at Anfield, so it was a strange decision for West Ham to pay almost exactly the same price Liverpool had paid for the defender. Even weirder was the claim [...]

Hard Tackle: Germany and Borussia Dortmund youngster Mario Götze gets over-excited on holiday Posted: 10 Jul 2012 01:39 AM PDT Unlike his Germany international team-mates, Mario Götze got well past a semi this summer. The Borussia Dortmund youngster Got-ze all hot and bothered on his holiday. While frolicking on a boat with his girlfriend, the 20-year-old treated the watching photographers to a visual demonstration of his excitement.

Video: Newcastle legend Alan Shearer, Iain Dowie and Graham Fenton spoof the ‘FENTON’ viral Posted: 10 Jul 2012 01:18 AM PDT The internet is a funny old place. Not only can it transform a man desperately attempting to stop his dog chasing deer into an overnight viral sensation, it can also encourage three 1990s football veterans to mimic said viral. Newcastle hero Alan Shearer, ex-Southampton pretty boy Iain Dowie and former Aston Villa, Blackburn and Leicester [...]

Everton’s John Lundstram and Tottenham’s Harry Kane fire England under 19 to Euro semi-final Posted: 10 Jul 2012 01:08 AM PDT England under 19s have gone one step further than the senior squad by reaching the semi-final of the European Championship semi-final. Goals from Everton youngster John Lundstram and Harry Kane, of Tottenham, were enough to give England a 2-1 win over France last night. Lundstram scored from outside the box after a distinctly un-English passing [...]

Video: Russian cameraman’s painful camera faceplant Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:58 AM PDT This hilarious footage comes from the Russian second division clash between Yenisey Krasnoyarsk and Shinnik Yaroslavl. The teams are about to start the pre-match rituals when the anthem starts booming over the PA system. The cameraman, not yet in position for the traditional walk along the line, starts to run, slips on the grass and [...]

Carlos Tevez in new bust-up with Manchester City coaching staff Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:44 AM PDT Carlos Tevez has again fought with Manchester City’s coaching staff – but this time it’s all above board. The Argentine striker donned boxing gloves for a pre-season sparring session with City physio Lee Nobles. At points last season, there were a few people at the Etihad who would have loved five minutes in the ring [...]

Who Are Ya? Fabio Borini (Liverpool) Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:40 AM PDT Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Fabio Borini Age: 21 Position: Forward Signed from: Roma Fee: Not yet agreed (rumoured £8 million). Did you know? If the move goes through, it will be the third time Borini has worked with Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers. The first linked up at Chelsea reserves, [...]

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