Red Star is better for you because it's in English.
He will probably end like Adriano if he plays for Inter this season. Every brazilian player that plays for Inter always ends up playing like shit (Ronaldo, Adriano, Zé Maria, etc can't remember others).
Jae wrote:Injuries are hardly the clubs fault.
skysports.com wrote:Fergie confirms Carrick blow
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits Michael Carrick will be out for at least three weeks after injuring his ankle against Ajax in a pre-season friendly.
Following Friday night's exertions against Porto that saw the dismissals and consequent pending domestic suspensions of Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes, Ferguson would have been praying his side came though Saturday's game unscathed.
It was, though, to be a difficult night for United in Amsterdam as although Ryan Giggs claimed the game's only goal it came at a cost when Carrick went down under a 14th minute challenge from Kenneth Perez.
The England midfielder was replaced immediately but looked in obvious discomfort and left the Amsterdam ArenA on crutches, much to the dismay of his manager.
Ferguson now concedes that his new £18.6 million signing looks a major doubt for the club's Premiership opener against Fulham on August 20.
"It looks like he'll be out for a few weeks - there's a lot of swelling and bleeding,'' Ferguson told Sky Sports News.
"It's a ligament to the front of the foot.
"It is difficult to say what will happen with these things because we don't know what his general recovery time is but it will be three weeks at least.
"It is a blow for the young lad because he has only just joined us and he wanted to do well.
''It knocks him back a bit but it's something we have to handle as we have done many times in the past.
''It's terrible luck. It seems like we are cursed at times but we'll have to get on with it.''
dadamafia wrote:Found a link to a vid of a Gattuso look-alike.
http://www.filecabi.net/video/midgetmus.html
worldsoccer.com wrote:Beckham dropped by England
David Beckham's England career looks over after new manager Steve McClaren left him out of his squad to face Greece on August 16.
"I told David I was looking to change things, looking to go in a different direction, and he wasn't included within that," explained McClaren.
The new England manager refused to close the door on Beckham's career, but it seems unlikely that the 31-year-old will add to his tally of 94 caps.
"I got the reaction I wanted, and the reaction was he would continue to fight for his place, and I will never close the door on that."
The Real Madrid midfielder resigned as captain after England's World Cup elimination in July but insisted he wanted to continue playing.
Beckham made his debut in a World Cup qualifier against Moldova in September 1996 at the age of 21. He went on to lead England 58 times, behind only Billy Wright and Bobby Moore (both 90) and Bryan Robson (65).
Sol Campbell and David James have been also been left out of McClaren's first squad, but Jermain Defoe, Phil Neville, Wes Brown, Darren Bent and Chris Kirkland return to the squad. West Ham striker Dean Ashton has received his first England call-up.
"It's a new beginning, a new era. It's a terrific nucleus," said the former Middlesbrough boss.
"I have always admired Defoe. He has great potential. He came along as a back-up player during the World Cup and did well in training.
"Ashton has come through the Under-21s and then made a big money move to West Ham. He's done well there and should be given his opportunity."
England squad
Goalkeepers: Robinson (Tottenham), Kirkland (Liverpool), Foster (Man Utd).
Defenders: Bridge (Chelsea), Brown (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Ferdinand (Man Utd), G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Everton), Terry (capt, Chelsea), Young (Charlton).
Midfielders: Downing (Middlesbrough), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Richardson (Man Utd), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea).
Strikers: Ashton (West Ham), Bent (Charlton), Crouch (Liverpool), Defoe (Tottenham).
Group headed by Browns owner buys Aston Villa
LONDON -- English Premier League team Aston Villa agreed to a $118.8 million takeover Monday by a group led by Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner.
Lerner's group, Reform Acquisitions Ltd., offered $10.37 per Aston Villa share, the principals involved in the deal announced to the London Stock Exchange. That represents a premium of about 47 percent over the closing price on Sept. 16, 2005, the last day before the beginning of the offer period.
"It is my belief and the basis for my bid to acquire Aston Villa Football Club that it can compete at the highest level within the Premiership and in Europe," Lerner said.
Lerner, former chairman of credit card company MBNA, would be the second U.S. National Football League owner to buy a Premier League club.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer purchased Manchester United in 2005, sparking protests by fans worried Glazer would be more devoted to making money than to winning.
The board of Aston Villa recommended the transaction to shareholders, and said owners of 56.85 percent of shares had already committed to the deal.
Villa chairman Doug Ellis, who has owned the club since 1982 and has a 39 percent stake, put the club up for sale a year ago.
"It has been my sincere pleasure to have been involved with Aston Villa these many years, both as chairman and as a substantial shareholder," Ellis said. "The club has been an enormous and immensely enjoyable part of my life."
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