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Archive for October, 2007

League One News Round-Up

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

SWINDON HANDED TRANSFER EMBARGO 
League One side Swindon Town have had a transfer embargo slapped on them by the Football League, prohibiting Paul Sturrock’s men from signing any players.
The sanction has been handed down to the club due to unpaid football bills, a situation the club says it hopes to have sorted out by the end […]

Serie A News Round-Up

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

ZALAYETA BAN QUASHED 
Napoli striker Marcelo Zalayeta has had his two game ban for diving over-turned by the Italian FA.  
The Uruguyan ace had been punished after winning a controversial penalty in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Serie A rivals Juventus, with several Juve stars branding the referee’s performance as “scandalous”
Zalayeta had been banned by the Italian Football […]

Pauleta brace seals PSG victory

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Two goals from Portuguese striker Pedro Pauleta gave Paris St Germain a 2-0 victory over Montpellier in the French League Cup on Wednesday and eased the pressure on under-fire manager Paul le Guen.
The striker, who has recently been left out of the first team on a number of occassions as of late, returned to the […]

Henry struggling to adapt to La Liga

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

French striker Thierry Henry has admitted he has yet to find his best form at La Liga giants Barcelona and accepts that he will need to quickly adapt to the Spanish style of football if he is to recapture the form that wowed audiences in England with Arsenal.
“The Arsenal Henry was at Arsenal, now I’m […]

Koeman set for Valencia role

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven have issued an official confirmation that manager Ronald Koeman has left the club to take up the managerial role at Spanish giants Valencia.
“There are no problems between the club and Ronald, we have a good relationship, but Valencia have communicated that they wanted Ronald,” said PSV general director Jan Reker at […]

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