Sunday, September 03, 2006
Cole not meant for Chelsea
David Dein, Arsenal's chairman, was quoted in saying that Ashley Cole was told that they wanted him to stay, but due to his desire to leave, they wanted to sell the english defender to another club, not chelsea. "I wanted to sell him to Manchester United or newcastle." But with United having four players that can play at left back(Heinze, Evra, Silvestre & O'Shea). It was not possible.
Maschrano relieved at move
Javier Mascharano is relieved he has finally moved to a big club with a 100 year history. He is ready for the challenge of the premiership. Portsmouth, Manchester United and Arsenal were in contact for his signature but MSI, who owned rights to the player, decided to sell him to West Ham for close to nothing.
Tevez chose Hammers move for 'experience'
Carlos Tevez chose West Ham United over bigger English clubs because he could get more regular football with them, the Argentina forward said on Saturday. 'West Ham is a team where I can get a rhythm of playing, see what English football is all about,' the World Cup striker told a news conference on the eve of Argentina's friendly against Brazil at Arsenal's Emirates stadium.
He said he was not looking any further than West Ham despite media speculation the move was simply a stepping stone to bigger things in England or Europe. 'First I want to do well for West Ham. I'm not concerned about playing in a big club. I just want to play,' said Tevez, who along with Argentina team mate Javier Mascherano joined the Premier League club from Brazilian side Corinthians on Thursday. 'It's going to do me a lot of good to play in this league.' West Ham's bigger London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea were interested in Tevez and holding midfielder Mascherano but the striker said the West Ham option was the best. 'The two (others) were interested but they had three or four forwards in my position. What I need is to play, get rhythm,' Tevez said. 'From the moment I arrived (on Thursday) the most concrete thing was West Ham and the most convenient for me.' He said he was not putting a time on his stay at West Ham, saying he needed to adapt to English football which he described as 'not easy'.
Euro 2008 qualifiers(Selected):
World champions held 1-1 by Lithuania
England hammer minnows Andorra 5-0
Moldova 0-1 Greece: Champions steal win
Luxembourg 0-1 Netherlands: Holland unconvincing
Czech Republic 2-1 Wales: Brave Wales falter
Germany 1-0 Ireland: Germany gain 3 points
Northern Ireland 0-3 Iceland: NI frozen
Scotland 6-0 Faroe Islands: First-half salvo
Georgia 0-3 France: World cup runners-up impress
Spain 4 - 0 Liechtenstein: Torres, Villa finds net
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