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Bjorgoful Gudmundsson reveals true West Ham saga…

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

Dear Deidre, My name is Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. That’s bad enough – it takes me fifteen minutes to sign a cheque. I am chairman of West Ham United. That’s even worse….

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Top 11 Football Rejects: Ronaldo, Ljungberg, Appiah, Canizares and Davids lead the way

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait…

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Top 10 Most Expensive Football Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 6 2022

Compared to the lion that was the summer of 2009, when we saw Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic move to pastures anew for a combined fee of more than…

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Shoud the transfer window close before the season starts?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 4 2022

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument….

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Chelsea ‘fans’ defect to Man City

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their…

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Ebbsfleet lose Akinde magic

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

After Dimitar Berbatov’s strange menage-a-trois dalliance with Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Man City gazumping Chelsea, yesterday’s third oddest deadline day transfer was that of John Akinde from…

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Transfers Roundup (2 Sept 08): Manchester United nab Berbatov, Robinho signs for Manchester City, Liverpool land Riera, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign…

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Who care more, fans or managers?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 5 2022

If you have never coached or managed a football team you will believe, like I did, that the fans feel the highs of victory and lows of defeat more than…

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Transfer Rumors (30 August 08): Bayern bid for Berbatov?, United offload Saha to Everton, Liverpool’s Riera deal almost done, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

We’re into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it’s sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I’m back to give you…

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Transfer Rumors (29 August 08): Man City complete SWP deal, Tottenham in for Veloso, Everton and Spurs after Larsson, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

There are only a few days left in the window, so I’m sure there’s a lot in store for what I hope will be a frantic few days in transfers….

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Manchester – Vidic might not be happy, but we love it!

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 24 2012

Nemanja Vidic was quoted as saying some not very nice things about Manchester this week, which he has since denied, although some have doubted how sincere his denial of the…

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UEFA Champions League 08-09 – Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article.   The DRAW for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Group…

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If Style Won You Silverware…

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 8 2022

Who would win the Premier League? The Champions League? The FA Cup? Would Manchester United and Chelsea still fight for the title? Will Arsenal and Liverpool be dumped out of…

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Is Football Bad For Your Health?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Football has a pretty big role in terms of UK culture, and never more so since the birth of Sky Sports and the Premier League, enhanced even further by Euro…

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Stevenage struggle to get started

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 24 2012

Many a preseason favourite for the title have struggled to start their campaign in the manner that the media hype would suggest, but few have done so quite as spectacularly…

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