The Footie Fool

The Guardian is reporting that Arsenal are in talks with Chelsea for Ashley Cole and the asking price is £30m. Is Cole worth that much money, or is it simply because it is Chelsea that the asking price is so high? You have to think that teams heading into negotiations with Chelsea are aware that [...]

Liverpool draws Israeli team Maccabi Haifa FC in the 3rd round of the Champions League. So, are they supposed to play soccer in Haifa, Israel or practice diving…for cover? No wonder Benitez is throwing a fit. What’s next? Arsenal vs. InterBaghdad (like Baghdad needs more Gunners)? ManU vs AC Kandahar? Certainly this game has to [...]

That is how many tickets have been sold to the 2007 U20 World Cup in Canada since tickets went on sale 12 days ago. This is 40% of the 520,000 target set by the organizing committee. If the target is met, it would break the record for the largest single-sport sporting event ever held in [...]

Man, could somebody please put a gun to the Ruud deal and end our misery already? This thing has been dragging on so long that you have to wonder if there isn’t more than just money holding up the deal – is this Ferguson’s finger in the face of Van Nistelrooy for his off field [...]

The Czech Republic, Austria, Scotland, Portugal, Spain and Poland will be the 6 countries representing Europe at the 2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada. Turkey and Belgium were the 2 teams knocked out of contention in the 8 team European U-19 Championship. The semi-finals happen on July 16th, with high flying Spain taking on Austria [...]

I’ve been following the UEFA U-19 European Championships this week with interest, mainly since this tourny is a qualifier for next years FIFA U20 World Cup being hosted here in Canada. Victoria, the city I live in is one of the host cities and I have my tickets, although don’t know the draws or groupings [...]

The UEFA U19 Championship kicked off Tuesday in Poland with 8 teams (Belgium, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic in Group A with Scotland, Spain, Turkey, and Portugal in Group B) competing for the 6 European spots at the 2007 U20 World Cup next summer in Canada. According to FIFA, the Czech Republic are the [...]

Jeremy Granade has a great post on his blog Soccerworld about Chelsea becoming the next Real Madrid – a team dumping their low profile talent in favour of “names”. I haven’t heard the rumour about Roberto Carlos going to Chelsea, but if that is true, Granade’s argument is even stronger – Carlos is definitely past [...]