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Transfer Balls: a look at utter drivel presented as football news in the mainstream media. Today the Express says Liverpool are set to sign Raheem Sterling on a new contract, Arsenal are still going to bid for Paul Pogba, Incardi is off to Chelsea and there is some stuff about Manchester United.
David Wright reports:
Raheem Sterling admits he’s close to putting pen to paper on a new deal at Liverpool, worth a reported £100,000-a-week.
“Admits”?
The Express links to the Mail, which reports:
The England star, who is being monitored by Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, is yet to commit his future to the Reds despite months of talks between the club and his representatives.
Over in the Liverpool Echo, Sterling is quoted:
“We’re working on it and hopefully it will be sorted soon.”
So. No news, then.
As for Paul Pogba to Arsenal, we’re told:
Arsenal are expected to step up their interest in Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, who is valued at around £80m by the Serie A giants.
Expected by whom? Wright fails to say.
And Incardi? Well, that sgtpory is sourced in the Metro, which notes:
Chelsea are still in pole position to sign Mauro Icardi despite the striker holding contract talks with Inter Milan.
And now for that Manchester United news:
Manchester United are in talks with Fiorentina over a deal for former Manchester City flop Stefan Savic.
That story is soruced in the Daily Star, which reports:
Sport claims United were close to sealing a deal in January before Savic penned fresh terms with La Viola.
So, er, not close at all, then.
More no news in the Daily Express every day…
Anorak
Posted: 24th, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: a look at players linked with Arsenal, Liveprool and Spurs by the thin thread of speculation, rumour and utter nonsense.
The Daily Mirror , ever, craven in their reporting.
Arsenal news and transfers: Jackson Martinez wanted as Gunners’ marquee summer signing?
Dunno. And neither does the Mirror, which merely chimes:
Arsenal are hoping to land Porto front man Jackson Martinez as their marquee signing this coming summer, according to The Metro.
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Anorak
Posted: 19th, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports, Spurs | Comment
Transfer Balls: a look at players being linked with Arsenal in the mainstream Press. Last Transfer window, Arsenal ‘signed ’74 players.
So far, Arsenal will this coming summer sign James Milner, Daniel Alves, Morgan Schneiderlin, Nabil Fakir, Guillermo Ochoa and Bernd Leno.
Now the Metro says Arsenal will sign Fernando Llorente. And the bigger news is that they WILL pay his wages! Yeah, he will not have to work for FREE!!
Arsenal ‘line up Fernando Llorente transfer, will pay his £63,000-a-week wages’
The story is based on what someone “said” and “reported”. But with no links, we do not know who said and reported what, if anything.
It is classic balls.
Over in the Express, Llorente is off to…Spurs.
Tottenham favourites to sign £16m striker Fernando Llorente over Arsenal and Liverpool
TOTTENHAM have emerged as favourites to sign Juventus striker Fernando Llorente this summer, leaving Arsenal, Liverpool and Atletico out in the cold.
Number of source cited: nil.
Number of links to any sources for the scoop: nil.
It is just shame there is no way for Metro and Express to link to their online sources.
Anorak
Posted: 18th, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: a look at football nonsense reported as fact in the mainstream media: Today Burnley’s Danny Ings is heading to Liverpool and Real Sociedad.
The Sun leads with news that Burnley’s Danny Ings is heading out to meet David Moyes, the manager of Real Sociedad. With just six months to go on his Burnley contract, Ings will be a frre agent in the summer. The Sun says the 22-year-old fancies Spain – and is ready to sign a £60,000-a-week pre-contract.
Danny Wings in
Odd. Because the BBC’s Ian Dennis said Ings has already signed that contract:
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Anorak
Posted: 14th, February 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: a look at utter drivel passed off as football fact in the mainstream media. Today the Daily Express has news on Manchester City and England footballer James Milner:
EXCLUSIVE: Man City ace James Milner considering Arsenal and Liverpool offers
Is he? Richard Tanner says Milner is:
Liverpool, it is understood, are tempting him with the prospect of becoming Steve Gerrard’s replacement in their engine room.
Understood by whom? Reader aren’t told. There are no quotes. No sources. It is merely “understood”.
Arsenal, too, see his tenacity, energy and bristling aggression as the perfect foil for some of their more sublime talents.
Again, this claim is supported by nothing.
This huge “EXCLUSIVE” comes on the back of other exclusives linking Milner with Arsenal and Liverpool, which have been running for over a year:
Such are the facts…
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Anorak
Posted: 12th, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
How football journalism works: the Daily Mail reports on Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over Spurs in the Premier League.
First up Ian Ladyman looks at Spurs’ second goal. He writes on Page 86 that the Liverpool complaints of offside were unjustified. He says that had Liverpool lost it would have been their own fault:
One page on and Graham Poll notes that Harry Kane was offside and it did matter:
Such are the facts in the modern media wherein everything is a debate…
Anorak
Posted: 11th, February 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports, Spurs | Comment (1)
Liverpool manger Brendan Rodgers is complaining about Londoner Jordon Ibe, the 19-year-old with two Reds’ games under his belt.
“If he was a European player, a foreign player, people would be raving about him.”
You mean like, say, Mario Balotelli, on whom Rodgers and Liverpool invested £16m?
They are raving about Ibe. The Daily Mail says:
Jordan Ibe shines for Liverpool
Steven Gerrard called Ibe “fantastic”.
You see, Brendan, English players do get rave reviews. Foreigners don’t all get special treatment.
But English players can be hyped. Says Rodgers of Ibe’s game against Everton:
“He’s a very, very talented player, you saw that in the game, saw his temperament. He can go into any arena in the world now.”
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Anorak
Posted: 10th, February 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)
Transfer Balls: a look at football rumour and speculation being presented as fact in the mainstresm media. Today the Sun says “MANCHESTER UNITED can have Barcelona star Dani Alves for FREE — if they offer him a three-year deal.”
The Sun says Alves, 31, wants a new three-year £100,000-a-week Barcalona contract. If that fails to materialise, he’ll go to Manchester City or Manchester United for no transfer fee if they can match his wage demands.
In other news, Yahoo! reported on May 14 that “Dani Alves has already signed a pre-contract agreement with Paris Saint-Germain”.
The Daily Express says Alves has agreed to join Manchester United:
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Anorak
Posted: 8th, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: As the January Deadline Day shuts the Daily Express tosses more balls than Rebecca Loos at a Peppa Pig Stag do:
Story 1:
Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Man Utd target Morgan Schneiderlin’s HUGE transfer hint
The HUGE tranfger hint is – get this – that Schneiderlin is not going to Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham or Manchester United. The HUGE transfer hint involves a club not mentioned in the headline: Southampton.
And that hint amount to Morgan tweeting: “Very happy to be back training ! Thanks to all who did help me and made me work hard to come back stronger!”
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Anorak
Posted: 2nd, February 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports, Spurs | Comment
Transfer Balls: it’s the Daily Paul Pogba. let’s see what utter balls the mainstream media is reporting on Pogba, the Juventus player.
Today, Ben Jefferson tells Daily Express readers:
Juve to let Paul Pogba LEAVE for Chelsea, Man Utd or Arsenal after move for Axel Witsel
So. Pogba is off to the Premier League. But where to?
United and Chelsea have been joined by Arsenal in the hunt for Pogba…
We know this because the Express says it’s so. But there are no quotes, sources or facts to support the statement.
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Anorak
Posted: 29th, January 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment (1)
Did Chelsea striker Diego Costa deliberately stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can and Reds’ defender Martin Skrtel in a fast and furious Capital One Cup semi-final ?
You’d think referee Michel Oliver would have spotted one of the foot misplacements. But he and his hapless refereeing team missed it all.
Oliver missed the stampings (one more and Costa gets a free coffee); Strkel’s foul on Costa in the penalty box; Lucas’ foul on Matic, which should have resulted in his second yellow card of the game; Laza Markovich’s WWF-style foul on Felipe Luis; Jordan Henderson’s foul, which should have been his second yellow card of the night; and the antics of pop-up Chelsea’s assistant Rui Faria, a man who appears to have sat upon a wasabi enema.
And, you know what? Yeah, it was great entertainment.
Putitng it in persepctive, here’s a video of Glasgow Rangers’ Graeme Souness dirtying his socks on Steaua Bucharest’s Gheorghe Rotariu in the 1988 European Cup. Ity was a “definite yellow” in 1988. And there were no howls of outrage in the Press nor trial by TV:
Anorak
Posted: 28th, January 2015 | In: Chelsea, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Pies spots a Norwegian Liverpool fan who named his daughter ‘YNWA’ – as in “You’ll Never WalkAlone”.
Speaking to Dagbladet, the little girl’s mother, Eirin Isabell Iversen – herself a Tromso fan, described how her and her lunatic husband picked the unusual name after having his first choice scuppered by Mother Nature.
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Anorak
Posted: 20th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports, Strange But True | Comment
Liverpool Balls: LFC manager Brenadan Rodgers has been talking about Divock Origi:
January 15:
“There have been discussions [over Divock Origi]. He’s a player that will definitely be here next summer. Whether he’ll be here or not in January is something that there has been discussion about”
November 21:
“The young player we signed last summer, it was always on the understanding that he had to stay at Lille. I’ve seen reports that he’ll be coming back early but that was never the case. When we signed the player, it was one of the main reasons we were able to sign him — he would have to stay at Lille for this season”
He’s football’s Mr Consistency….
Anorak
Posted: 20th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Is Radamel Falcao staying at Manchester United?
The Sunday Times has news:
ARSENAL, Liverpool and Manchester City have inquired about Radamel Falcao’s availability as the Colombian struggles to nail down a place in Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United starting XI.
Yeah. The player who commands a salary of – get this – £265,000 a week (!!), who has scored three times for Manchester United this season and has a history of injury is interesting Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Says who?
Falcao, right, is said to have been left ‘perplexed and bemused’ by his treatment at United…
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Anorak
Posted: 19th, January 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Is it time for Liverpool to get shot of Mario Balotelli? Well, reading the Daily Mail you would think it was.
On August 31, 2014, Neil Ashton told Mail raders:When Rodgers reviews the tape of this game, he will be impressed with Balotelli. He worked hard and did the dirty work…
Then there is the unseen side, carrying out tactical instructions for the benefit of the Liverpool team. When Tottenham won their first corner of the game midway through the first half, he ran at three-quarter pace to make sure he was back in time to mark Younes Kaboul. Impressive stuff…
Balotelli is already part of the Liverpool family, sitting neatly into the environment Rodgers has created for this expressive team…
…when Balotelli settles into a routine of life at Liverpool and starts knocking in the goals again, he will wear the shirt of the Azzurri once again. We know he has the quality.
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Anorak
Posted: 7th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls catches up with comings and goings at Liverpool. Over the current transfer window there have been no new arrivals at Anfield. But the Press need exclusives. So. Let’s see who is defintely heading to Liverpool.
So far, we’ve bene told that Xherdan Shaqiri has signed for Liverpool and Inten Milan; Saido Berahino for £20m; Wilfried Bony; Jermain Defoe; Luciano Vietto; and Steven Gerrard, as soon as he, er, leaves.
Karim Benzema:
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Anorak
Posted: 7th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is leaving the club at this season’s end. That means we will have five long months of tributes to ‘Stevie G’. Today’s words to the wise are from the BBC’s commentator Guy Mowbray, who watching Gerrard score the two decisive goals in plucky Liverpool’s FA Cup third-round win over mighty AFC Wimbledon (#justice), opined:
“If (Steven) Gerrard does complete his hat-trick he will pick up the one memento he doesn’t have – a pink match ball”
Well, as he quips, that and a Premier League winners’ medal…
Anorak
Posted: 6th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Is Xherdan Shaqiri heading to the Premier League? Let’s see what the to-deadline experts are saying:
Daily Mirror, June 4:
Liverpool have also made a firm approach for Bayern Munich’s World Cup star Xherdan Shaqiri, with the English club committing to a fee of around £10m with the German champions.
Talk Sport, January 5:
Inter Milan have beaten Liverpool in the race to sign Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri…
Daily Express, January 5:
Liverpool WIN RACE for Bayern’s Xherdan Shaqiri after TRUMPING Inter’s wage offer
Daily Mail, Janaury 6:
Xherdan Shaqiri and his brother Erdin will be in Munich on Wednesday to hold crunch talks with Bayer Munich about a move to either Inter Milan or Liverpool. The Bayern Munich forward is well liked by Brendan Rodgers but Liverpool are reluctant to spend now and would prefer to look at a deal in the summer instead. Inter have offered a £2million loan deal, similar to the one proposed to Arsenal for Lukas Podolski, but Bayern want to sell outright and would like Liverpool to come to the table.
Such are the facts…
Anorak
Posted: 6th, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls – a regular look at footballers being linked to the big clubs. There is rumour of Juventus and France star Paul Pogba.
The Daily Express says Pogba is hgeaidng to Manchester United. The fee… £77m!
Paul Pogba heading to Man Utd for £77m as Juventus find replacement in Marco Verratti
The Daily Star says Pogba is worth £70m. And he’s heading to all of the five richest English clubs. It’s a Transfer Balls Full House:
Several sources in Italy have suggested Premier League giants Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are eager to snap up the 21-year-old, who joined the Old Lady in 2012.
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Anorak
Posted: 4th, January 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Liverpool Transfer Balls: a look at footballer being linked to Liverpool in today’s media. Facts are thinner than Bruce Grobbelaar’s rat’s tail:
Xherdan Shaqiri:
The Guardian:
They’re ready to move on and it will be Stevie Who? once they sign Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri. Internazionale and Juventus are interested in the Swiss winger but Liverpool are the only club who have shown a willingness to sign him on a permanent basis.
Berahino:
The Sun: “West Brom are looking to sell striker Saido Berahino for £20m, with Tottenham and Liverpool both interested in the 21-year-old.”
The Mirror: Liveprool will pay £25m for Berahino.
Wilfried Bony:
The Mirror: Bony’s off to Anfield. Maybe.
Defoe:
Daily Telegrpah: “Liverpool have been offered the chance to sign Toronto striker Jermain Defoe, 32”
Luciano Vietto:
The Guardian: “Liverpool are also after a new striker and have identified Villarreal’s Luciano Vietto as The One”
Steven Gerrard:
Daily Telegrpah: “Liverpool are already considering re-signing captain Steven Gerrard, 34, on loan next January after the end of the Major League Soccer season. ”
Daily Mirror: “Gerrard will command a £20m salary from Los Angeles Galaxy to end his career in the MLS.”
Final score: players in – 6.
Anorak
Posted: 3rd, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)
To every player who has kissed the badge and pledged lasting love and undying loyalty to their club and then agitated for a move away and played against them, Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard has something to say:
“I’m going to carry on playing and although I can’t confirm at this stage where that will be, I can say it will be somewhere that means I won’t be playing for a competing club and will not therefore be lining up against Liverpool – that is something I could never contemplate.”
Few top players in the modern era are forever tied to one club by anything other than massive amounts of cash.
Steven Gerrard is the captain ever team wishes they had…
Anorak
Posted: 2nd, January 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Matt Hughes and Tony Barrett explain the Liverpool transfer policy, one dictated by committee. Having missed out on the wonderful Alexis Sanchez to Arsenal, Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool looked around for a player:
The oddity is that, given that a player of Sánchez’s style is so fundamental to the way Rodgers wants his team to play, Liverpool’s response to missing out was the move for Loïc Rémy, a different type of forward altogether. That they ended up feeling the need to sign Mario Balotelli, even though he certainly does not fit the profile that Rodgers was looking for, was also bizarre, providing another indication of an inadequate strategy. These failings have been undermining Liverpool ever since, and even if they pull off a morale-boosting win this afternoon, these are unlikely to go away…
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Anorak
Posted: 20th, December 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is the subejct of the Sun story: “Kop star’s secret”:
TROUBLED Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has shown signs of suffering from attention deficit disorder since he was a youngster, SunSport can reveal.
Nice, eh. Balotelli, the man who holds down a good job and has no criminal record is “troubled”. And it;’s a “secret”, implying that he knows he’s “troubled” but doesn’t want you to know it, too.
The Italian’s mood swings and outrages have been a feature of his life on and off the field and have affected his career with Inter Milan, Manchester City, AC Milan and now Liverpool.
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Anorak
Posted: 20th, December 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
So. Why did Alexis Sanchez choose to play for Arsenal? The Daily Star has the truth. The headline declares:
Arsene Wenger reveals the REAL REASON why Alexis Sanchez chose Arsenal over Liverpool
What is the real reason. We thought it was a combination of money, London and Champions’ League football.
Paul Brown writes:
ARSENE WENGER claims Alexis Sanchez chose Arsenal over Liverpool because only the Gunners could match his Champions League ambitions.
Is that what Wenger said? No. He said:
“Transfers at that level take always time to get every detail right, so because it takes time, you think always that somebody else can come in – PSG, Bayern Munich. We met his agent in Brazil a few times and talked about the transfer. In Europe we did it with Barcelona. Once we got the decision he would like to join us we were happy. He had maybe not had number of games he wanted at Barcelona and I tried to convince him I could help him develop the quality of his game, that the way we play would suit him.”
But what is the ‘REAL REASON” Sanchez joined Arsenal. Brown has failed to deliver on the headline.
Over on Arsenal.com, Wenger says:
“I don’t know why he has chosen us and not anybody else, but we are very happy that he has done that.”
Such are the facts…
Anorak
Posted: 20th, December 2014 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Last night Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-1 in the Capitol Cup. Liverpool scored one goal after a long bout of passing. But how many passes did the experts count?
Daily Mirror: “Raheem Sterling lifted the pressure on Brendan Rodgers after an astonishing 52-pass move from Liverpool’s kings of keep-ball”
The Times agrees: 52 passes.
Daily Mail: ‘There were a staggering 51 passes in the build up to Sterling’s opener”
Daily Telegraph: “A lengthy move led to the goal, comprising 39 passes”
Anorak
Posted: 18th, December 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment
