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Premier League (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Sir Alex is once again linked with this supremely talented Frenchman, but he will have to fight off his newly-minted neighbours Manchester City! MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City have been warned they must splash out a world record £80million for Lyon striker Karim Benzema. The French striker is one of Europe’s ...
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... European club. Nouveau Monaco man Freddy Adu made his first start for the club , in their 1-0 French League Cup defeat to PSG. Our blogging brother started up front in a 4-4-2 and, by most accounts, played decently. U.S. coach Bob Bradley didn’t notice, as he was too busy analyzing Eddie Johnson’s latest reserve match for second division English side Cardiff City and shipping him...
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Premier League (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
... Rennes are thought to have pushed the figure up because they were so reluctant to sell to another French club.Briand was watched closely by Portsmouth towards the end of last season and has recently been called up to the full France squad by Raymond Domenech.He can also operate on the left wing and his style has been compared to Thierry Henry.He is believed to be the fastest player in the...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Toulouse extended their surprise start to the season by winning 1-0 at Valenciennes courtesy of a goal in added time by Andre-Pierre Gignac to move into second place in Ligue 1 on Sunday.