The Footie Fool

Reports from Germany this morning say that Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann has singed signed a one year deal with the club. The Germany international goalkeeper’s new deal will keep him at the Emirates Stadium until 2008.
Speculation had Lehmann heading to the Bundesliga to play with Hertha Berlin. But Lehmann wants to play in the Champions [...]

I knew this thing was going to be big, but I didn’t think this huge.
600,000 tickets have now been sold for this summers FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. The event is poised to become the largest single-sport event ever to take place in Canadian history.
“The hunger for tickets and growing anticipation for the FIFA [...]

Talk about power to the fans. With all the talk these days of takeovers and mergers in the EPL, here’s an interesting site that wants to move corporate power to the fans.
MyFootballClub is looking for 50,000 people to pony up a £35 membership fee. If it all works, they will have £1,375,000 in seed money [...]

As a self described footie fool, I should really have been more pumped up for the first game of the semi’s. After all, it is the Champions League - best in Europe and all that. Problem is, as much as I admire their talent, I really dislike ManU and I dislike Italian soccer even more.
Except [...]

The Canadian Soccer Association says they have a new head coach for the Men’s national team, but isn’t saying who it is because they still have to negotiate a contract with their #1 candidate.
So, really, we don’t have a coach yet. Just someone we would like to have.
The wait continues…

The old adage “where there’s smoke there’s fire” is getting a workout these days, with more rumours that Zinadine Zidane might be joining MLS’s Chicago Fire.
Earlier this year, the Fire unsuccessfully tried to lure both Zidane and Henrick Larrson. However, this tidbit in this weekend’s New York Times has the soccer boards a buzzing:
Mr. [...]

The draw for the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup was held over the weekend. Canada, currently ranked #10 in the world, was drawn into Group C with Norway, Australia and Ghana. Interesting side note is that current Canadian coach Evan Pellerud was born in Norway and coached the Norwegian team for seven-and-a-half years. He won [...]

Not only is it the crazy season for speculation as to what player is going to end up where, but lately in the EPL the managers are getting their fair share of ink regarding their futures.
Jose Mourinho
The most intense speculation regarding a manager in the EPL these days concerns Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho. Latest news from [...]