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Chelsea looking for a new coach

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February 11, 2009

If at the beginning of the season Abramovich hardly convinced Scolari to leave Portugal for Chelsea, now after only 7 months Abramovich changed his mind and sack the Brazilian.

Abramovich promised at the beginning of the season that he will be patient with the results and that Scolari will have all the support.

Chelsea are on a disappointing fourth place in Premier League, and managed to qualify to Champions League second round only in the last group game after beating 2-1 CFR Cluj.

Despite having the support of his players the negative results from last month and especially the draw with Hull City led to his dismissal. Abramovich has to pay Scolari around €10 million as compensation but this is not a problem for the Russian. The same happened with Mourinho and Grant.

If in the case of Mourinho the reason is clear, lately they could not stand each other, in Avram Grant case the reason is unknown because with him Chelsea finished second in Premier League and lost to penalties against Manchester in Champions League final.

Now Abramovich is looking for a coach and on top of the list are Frank Rijkaard, Roberto Mancini and Guus Hiddink. Abramovich would prefer Hiddink which is very appreciated by the Russian after latest results with Russia at last year European Championship.

Hiddink would take charge at Chelsea until summer with the option to extend the contract if the results will be as expected. In this four months Hiddink would receive approximately €3.5 million.

Huntelaar to leave Real Madrid in the summer

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February 10, 2009

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Big names like Ronaldo, Kaka and Villa were announced to come on Bernabeu last summer but in the end the most important names were Diarra and Huntelaar.

Huntelaar came to replace to replace Nistelrooy who suffered a major injury that will keep him outside the field for the rest of the season. Huntelaar came at Real Madrid after several seasons spent at Ajax Amsterdam for which he scored an impressive 105 goals in 128 games.

Huntelaar was thought to be the the perfect forward which fits perfectly with the style of play from Real Madrid and which will make forgotten the absence of Nistelrooy. But apparently Real Madrid stuff were wrong as he failed to shine at Bernabeu and more than that he is not at least a regular starter in Juande Ramos team. The 25-year old forward played only 3 games, only one as as starter.

Despite the fact that Ramos and the Real Madrid officials are still convinced that he will recover soon it seems that the player already lost his patience and is decided to leave in the summer. Another reason why Huntelaar is so determined is because Ramos has preferred Diarra in his detrimental for the Champions League list.

Milan and Arsenal are closely watching the situation and they may act in the summer if the things will not improve.

2009 F1 Rule Book – video

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February 9, 2009

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Romanian handball international Cozma murdered

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February 8, 2009

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The 26-year old Romanian international was murdered Saturday night in a nightclub from western Hungary.

Cozma joined Hungarian team Veszprem in 2006 from Dinamo Bucharest.

Cozma and other Veszprem players were celebrating in a nightclub when they had a dispute with another group.

The Romanian international was stabbed in the heart outside the club and died later on the road to hospital. Other two coleagues were injured, Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Pesic and Zarko Sesum from Serbia but they are out of danger.

Cozma was one of the leaders and also one of the hopes of the Romanian handball team. Cozma was even proposed to Barcelona, one of the biggest handball clubs in the world.

The Veszprem officials declared about Cozma that he was calm and that he would not hurt anyone. The Romanian international was stabbed also some years ago by some gypsies.

Next stage games from Hungary will begin with a moment of silence for the Romanian. Veszprem will play in Champions League against Ademar Leon from Spain next Sunday but the Hungarian officials will try to postpone the match because the team could still be in shock.

Will Arsenal finish top four this season?

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February 8, 2009

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Arsenal could miss Champions League after 12 years if they wont finish in top four this season.

Arsenal has made another wrong step today after 0-0 draw at Tottenham.

Currently Arsenal are in the fifth place, five points behind rivals Chelsea, and it’s hard to believe that they can finish above. Arsene Wenger used to delight the fans with trophies and good results against the rivals in the past couple of years but now bad luck and injuries made that everybody is worried for the fourth place.

There are rumors that if they will fail to finish fourth a number of players including Fabregas, Van Persie and Adebayour will request to be transfer listed.

Big clubs like Inter, Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid are aware of of the situation and ready to take advantage on the situation. Adebayor was close to leave Arsenal since summer because of disagreements on salary between the player and the club.

It seems that Van Persie is in the same situation now, and if Arsenal will not solve the problem until summer then he may also leave. As for Fabregas he just receive the captain armband and probably is more unlikely to leave.

Arsenal is one of the few club in the World which not spends more then earns. Also Arsene Wenger is recognized for the way that he works with youngsters and for discovering great talents.