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Transfer Balls: Manchester City And Chelsea Hope Everton’s Ross Barkley Forgets His ‘Dream’
TRANSFER Balls: Is Everton’s Ross Barkley leaving Goodison Park to play for Manchester City or Chelsea?
The Daily Express says he is. The Express says Barkley is worth £50m to both teams. That sounds a lot for the 20-year-old. City signed Yaya Toure for £24m. The Express says Barkley will be his replacement.
Richard Tanner reports:
With 17 overseas stars in their first-team squad, City need to sign more England players to comply with the Premier League and UEFA’s home-grown quotas. That is why they are desperate to hold on to England pair Joe Hart and James Milner.
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Posted: 23rd, September 2014 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: Chelsea Fans Display Banner Praising Frank Lampard’s Goalscoring
OF course Frank Lampard, Chelsea’s record goalscorer (203), struck for Manchester City to deny Chelsea three points at the Etihad.
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Posted: 21st, September 2014 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Savage Balls: Manchester City Should Breaks The Rules, Chelsea Buy Success And Liverpool Didn’t Win
TALKING Balls: The BBC’s football expert Robbie Savage is talking about Manchester City in the Daily Mirror.
Robbie Savage column: Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City can forget Champions League Final win already
One game into the Champions’ League and Savage delivers a rousing speech that only Chelsea should bother turning up for the tournament’s remaining games.
Best league in the world or not, the opening statements from England’s clubs in the Champions League this week were an embarrassment.
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Posted: 19th, September 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Ronaldo Makes ‘SHOCK’ Move To Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea And PSG
TRANSFER Balls: The Daily Express has an “EXCLUSIVE” about Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid for a “shock” return to Manchester United…or Manchester City.
EXCLUSIVE: Ronaldo ready to make SHOCK move to Man City OR return to Man Utd
How ready? How shocking?
Cristiano Ronaldo could quit Real Madrid
Yes, he could. But is what a footballer could do an exclusive?
The 29-year-old world player of the year, who moved to the Bernabeu in the summer of 2009 from Manchester United for a then world record £80million, would love to return to Old Trafford – but a move to rivals Manchester City could also be an option.
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Posted: 14th, September 2014 | In: Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Marco Reus Joins Arsenal For £20m, Manchester City For £25m And Manchester United In January
TRANSFER Balls: Is Marco Reus heading to Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United or Real Madrid? Is she staying at Borussia Dortmund? Let’s see what the Daily Star is saying:
The Star has an “exclusive”. It says Manchester City and Arsenal will fight for Reus.
Paul Hethertington says “exclusively” – that Reus is Manchester City’s “top target”.
He’s fit again now though and has a buy-out clause in his contract which can be activated by any offer above £25 million from next summer.
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Posted: 9th, September 2014 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Manchester City’s Micah Richards Chooses Style And Substance Over Cash
MICHA Ricahrds earsn £27,000 a week at Fiorentina. He was earning £65,000 (Telegrpah) / £75,000 (Mail) / £80,000 (Guardian) a week at Manchester City. City offered him a five year deal. He turned it down, opting for a year-long loan deal to live and work in a beautiful part of Italy.
Whilst not exactly struggling to make ends meeet, Richards shows us that it’s not all about the money…
Posted: 8th, September 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment (1)
Transfer Balls: Manchester City Target Spurs Striker Jay Rodriguez
TRANSFER Balls: A look at football reporting. Is Jay Rodriguez heading from Southampton to Spurs or Manchester City?
The Sun on Sunday reports that Manchester City will battle Spurs to to sign Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez, 25.
Back on July, the BBC’S Ben Smith said Spurs had agreed to buy Rodriguez. Well, so he had “understood”:
The Guardian also “understood” things:
…it is understood personal terms have already been agreed in principle for a move to White Hart Lane.
Such are the facts…
Posted: 7th, September 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports, Spurs | Comment
Transfer Balls Awards: Arsenal Sign Cavani And Khedira, Manchester United Get Vidal, Kroos And Hummels – Falcao To Liverpool
TRANSFER Balls: Over the summer Anorak has been highliting the utter balls newspapers and football websites have presnted as fact. Time to review some of the choices cuts. As ever the biggest balls features Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Cheslea.
The Daily Mail told Manchester United fans that Miranda was on his way to the club from Atlético Madrid. He was looking at local schools for his children. He never left home.
The straw-clutching CaughtOffisde wesbite told its readers that Arsenal had signed Sami Khedira. The player remains at Real Madrid.
And:
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Posted: 2nd, September 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Key Posts, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Radamel Falcao Joined Chelsea Twice, Signed For Manchester City And Manchester United And Headed To Arsenal And Liverpool
TRANSFER Balls: A look at reporting on Radamel Falcao, the Monaco player linked to Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Cheslea. It’s been a pretty rich summer of utter balls being passed off as a fact.
The Metro says Falcao has agreed to join Manchester United for £51m.
Is that to be believed? In 2013, the Mirror said Falcao had joined Manchester City for £54m.
The Mirror added:
…the deal is also a major coup for Pellegrini, with 27-year-old Falcao keen to work for the Chilean, who is expected to sign a two-year deal at City within a fortnight.
On August 29 2014, The Week asked if Falcao had joined Real Madrid.
On August 29, the Metro said Arsenal had a clear run to buy Falcao:
The ever dire Goal.com said that Falcao had signed for Chelsea.
The equally rubbish CaughtOffide stated that, yes, Falcao had joined Chelsea.
Of, course the same site said Cheslea had bought Falcao for much less money the year before.
But then the Mirror said Falcao had “already agreed” to kon Real Madrid. That was January 2013.
On Augut 7 2014, Falcao was heading to Liverpool.
On August 17, Falcao was heading to Juventus, said the Daily Mail.
It’s a Transfer Balls Royal Flush as Falcao is linekd with all give of English football’s biggest clubs.
Such are the facts…
Posted: 1st, September 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Manchester City Beat Arsenal To Falcao With Sale Of Negredo To Valencia Agreed
TRANSFER Balls: It’s the final day of football’s summer shopping season and much media attention is focused on Monaco’s Radamel Falcao.
The Mirror says Manchester City will buy Radamel Falcao is they can offload Alvaro Negredo to Valencia. Readers learn that Negredo is “desperate” to move to Spain.
The Mail says Negredo is on his way, having agreed to leave City for Valencia. But the paper adds that he will stay at City if The Citizens don’t bag Falcao. So. In other words, no deal has been done.
And, yes, this is the Daily Mail which reported Falcao had signed for Real Madrid.
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Posted: 1st, September 2014 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Manchester City Panic Buy Radamel Falcao
TRANSFER Balls looks at the Guardian’s headline news: “Manchester City offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for £55m.” That’s Falcao, of whom the Guardian said on August 7 was “close” to joining Real Madrid.
That was good of Falcao’s club Monaco to offer another club a player for £55m. Almost altriustic.
Manchester City have been offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for around £55m (€70m) and are trying to make the deal happen within the constraints of Uefa’s financial fair play system before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday night.
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Posted: 31st, August 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls Dead Cert: Radamel Falcao Heads To Manchester City, Chelsea Or Liverpool
TRANSFER Balls – betting special. Every day the betting industy pumps out PR missives that desperate journalists can turn into a story. Let’s take a look and see what the trusty bookmakers have been feeding the press about Monaco’s Radamel Falcao, linked, as he has been, with moves to Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City.
As ever, there is no talk on the size of the market. It might be that a few people have actually been mad enough (or got insider knowledge – ed) to gamble on the transfer season being as it is full of “lies” (source: Arsene Wenger).
The Daily Star tild us to put our money on Falcao to Liverpool:
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Posted: 31st, August 2014 | In: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Liverpool Balls: The Manchester City Double Winner Who Also Got The Reds Tattoo
ON the list of modern football stuff that annoys Anorak is ‘The Double’. The Double used to mean the FA Cup and League title.
But to this Manchester City fan it means something else.
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Posted: 12th, August 2014 | In: Liverpool, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls Full House: Marco Reus Joins Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool And Man City
TRANSFER Balls: A regular look at rumour and speculation being passed off as fact in the media. So, is Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus heading to the Premier League? As ever, the media contest is to link every top player with every top English club.
Daily Mirror, December 26, 2013:
Manchester United target Marco Reus will cost £40m… Midfielder Reus had a £29.4m buy-out clause in his contract at Borussia Dortmund. But it is understood the situation has changed since Bayern Munich activated a similar clause to snatch Mario Gotze last summer.
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Posted: 26th, July 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Daily Mail Attacks Manchester City’s Joe Hart And Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere For Following Its Health Tips
England’s Charlton brothers, Jack (l) and Bobby (r), relax at a pre-tournament function
Date: 26/06/1966
HOW football journalism works, with the Daily Mail’s Neil Ashton. Before the World Cup, on May 20, 2014, England were at the Grove Hotel for the Lions and Roses dinner. The charity event hosted by the England Footballers Foundation “raised £362,000 in a night for charity… and even Premier League stars were surprised at that amount of money!”
One bidder paid £10,000 for a round of golf with Manchester City’s Joe Hart and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney. Ashton notes:
In an era when it is so easy to casually criticise the players, this event, in football parlance, could be described as ‘a leveller’. Every member of that squad, from captain Steven Gerrard and vice-captain Frank Lampard to Southampton trio Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Luke Shaw, understood their roles and responsibilities.
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Posted: 16th, July 2014 | In: Arsenal, Key Posts, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Fabregas Goes Full House Hunting In Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool And Manchester
FOR some days Anorak has been bringing you the Daily Farbregas, an offshoot of our Transfer Balls (TB) round-ups. The aim in in TB is for all the mainstream Press to link the top players with each of the top English clubs. Facts matters not. If a source says Fabregas is off to Manchester City, the story gets written.
Guillem Balague has picked up the Balls that Fabregas is set to play for Chelsea, (for whom one paper says he’s already signed) Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United and tweets:
In fact, the only top England team not interested in Cesc is Arsenal
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) June 11, 2014
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Posted: 11th, June 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Eliaquim Mangala Heads To Manchester United Because He Likes London
TRANSFER Balls. A look at Eliaquim Mangala, the £35m-rated Porto central defender. As ever, the media’s aim is to link every top player with every top English club.
Last summer, the Mirror told us that Mangala was off to Barcelona. And the Star told us that this summer:
BARCELONA want to hijack Porto star Eliaquim Mangala’s proposed move to the Premier League.
The Metro added that Bayern Munich wanted the player.
Today the Guardian tells us that
Eliaquim Mangala would prefer Manchester United to Manchester City.
Oh, and:
Chelsea, Paris Saint-German and Real Madrid also on radar
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Posted: 7th, June 2014 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Chelsea Buy Fabregas From Manchester City But He Wants To Pay For Arsenal
TRANSFER Balls: Having been linked in the media with a transfer from Barcelona to Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, the Telegraph brings news that Cesc Fabregas is wanted by…Chelsea. The aim in Transfer Balls is for the Press to link every top player with all the big English clubs. So. Well done, Fleet Street.
Writes the Tele:
Exclusive: Jose Mourinho wants Spain World Cup midfielder Cesc Fabregas to replace Frank Lampard, who has released a statement saying he has officially left Chelsea
It was waaaay back on June 1, that the Daily Telegraph told readers:
Spain international will be allowed leave the Nou Camp with Manchester City now clear favourites to land the midfielder
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Posted: 3rd, June 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Manchester City Take Vow Of Silence On Fabregas Move
TRANSFER Balls update: The Daily Fabregas has news on the Barcelona star:
On June 1, the Daily Telegraph told readers:
Spain international will be allowed leave the Nou Camp with Manchester City now clear favourites to land the midfielder
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Posted: 2nd, June 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Fabregas Rejoins Arsenal Who Then Sell Him To Liverpool To Spite Manchester City
TRANSFER Balls looks at Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas’ summer in the news media. Can he fill space to deadline? What utter balls can he news media say of the player?
Fabregas’ suitors have already been told that it will take £45million to get him…
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Posted: 1st, June 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comments (2)
Transfer Balls: Manchester United, Arsenal Get Juve’s Alexis Sanchez As Liverpool Prepare Bid
TRANSFER Balls: The contest in the national Press is to link every big English team with Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez.
Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd target Alexis Sanchez
SNAPPED: Barcelona ace Alexis Sanchez dons a Manchester United shirt! ALEXIS SANCHEZ is pictured for the first time in a Manchester United shirt – but it’s only a Starsport impression!
May 10, Daily Mirror:
Wenger has been tipped off the Chile international will be sold this summer and is set for a £20million tug-of-war with Juventus
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Posted: 30th, May 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: Yaya Toure To Get Two Birthdays A Year And A Going Home Present
IS Yaya Toure considering leaving Manchester City? Yes, says the Telegraph. And it’s “because the club failed to wish him happy birthday”.
Let’s repeat that. The man paid a fortune to play for Manchester City is going to leave the club because they did not wish him Happy Birthday. As jubilant City players gave manager Manuel Pelligrini the bumps, did Toure reel with envy?
When the fans sang..
Yaya wherever you may be,
you are the saviour of Man City,
you can have a Beer on my Settee,
cause we won the Cup at Wem-b-ley
…all Toure wanted to hear was “Happy Birthday”.
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Posted: 20th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Arsenal, Spurs And Everton Are All Favourites To Sign James Milner
SO. How are Arsenal going to kick on from FA Cup glory? The Telegraph and Mail says the Gunners have £100m to invest in new players. And the Times identifies the first name though the door. It’s… Manchester City’s James Milner.
The Times says the Gunners are to offer around £10m for the blond Ray Parlour.
The Guardian says this is true:
Arsenal lead race as James Milner tells Manchester City he wants to leave
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Posted: 19th, May 2014 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Sports, Spurs | Comment
Transfer Balls: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United And Maybe Man City And Chelsea All Get Benzema
TRANSFER Balls, with Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
The Telegraph, May 14:
Arsenal to launch £30m move for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema
Will they get him? No!
Daily Star, May 14:
Liverpool favourites to land Karim Benzema as Arsenal prepare to re-sign £3.2m Carlos Vela
So. He’s off to Liverpool.
Daily Mirror, May 14:
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Posted: 15th, May 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: Daily Mail Only Counts English Players As Worthy Premier League Winners
WHEN Noel Gallagher confronted the allegation that Manchester City bought the Premier League, we enjoyed his unravelling of those Financial Fair Play rules:
“People have slagged us off with the money and all that. But some of the players who walked past here today are some of the best players in Europe.”
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Posted: 14th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
