kakeidevil

FA back Rooney over Fifa appeal



The Football Association have confirmed they will back Wayne Rooney in the striker's plea of innocence over the red card he received in England's World Cup quarter final defeat to Portugal.

The Manchester United striker was dismissed in the 62nd minute of Saturday's clash by referee Horacio Elizondo for an apparent stamp on Ricardo Carvalho.

The controversial involvement of Rooney's Old Trafford team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo in the incident has clouded the issue, however, and Fifa are yet to decide on the punishment they will mete out to Rooney, who was also seen to push Ronaldo.

FA director of communications Adrian Bevington has made it clear that England have exonerated Rooney of blame and have pleaded with Fifa's disciplinary commission to show lenience.

Rooney claimed on Monday that he was 'gobsmacked' by his dismissal but, despite The FA's public backing of the player, it is unlikely he will avoid being suspended for The Three Lions' opening Euro 2008 qualifier.

"I can confirm The FA will be submitting a response to Fifa within the next 36 hours with regard to Wayne Rooney's sending-off," said Bevington.

"Wayne has already made clear publicly he did not have any intention of kicking Carvalho.

"It is also worth noting that we believe there were one or two potential fouls against Wayne during the same move."

Meanwhile, Bevington also confirmed that The FA are liaising with Fifa over the international suspension of Greece.

The Greeks were due to be the first opponents of new manager Steve McClaren's England tenure in a friendly match on August 16.

However, the Greek federation's suspension by Fifa for failing to adhere to international guidelines could mean England will turn to alternatives in their bid to warm up for a European Championship qualifying campaign.

"I can confirm we have spoken to Fifa and are awaiting further guidance from them as to the status of our fixture with Greece," said Bevington.

babo

Transfer Speculation: July 2006
(From manutd. official)

The World Cup is nearing its end, and United are being linked with a flurry of post-tournament transfer activity.

Owen Hargreaves, one of the few bright points in England's failed campaign, has admitted his desire to move to the Premiership - and Old Trafford is allegedly one of his preferred destinations.

The 24-year-old would move to a Premiership side in next season's Champions League, and displays in England's midfield holding role have thrust him into the transfer spotlight.

Hargreaves joins the list of top stars linked with moves to Old Trafford, with Juan Roman Riquelme, Michael Carrick and Franck Ribery among those mentioned.

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid, particularly after his clash with Wayne Rooney during Portugal's win over England.

As always, we leave you to form your own views and post them, if you wish, on our message board, manutd.com/talkingreds. The club has a policy of not commenting on speculation but ManUtd.com would welcome your views...


夏格維斯...以今屆表現都唔錯..
我覺得可以一諗..

kakeidevil

Real not ruling out Ronaldo

Real Madrid are refusing to rule out a move for Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portugal winger has been strongly linked with Real in the last few weeks with Real presidential candidate Juan Manuel Villar Mir claiming Ronaldo was keen on a move to El Santiago Bernabeu.

However, with Villar Mir losing out to Ramon Calderon for the Madrid presidency, it put a major question mark over Real's interest in Ronaldo.

But new Real director of sport Predrag Mijatovic insists any decision on a move for Ronaldo will rest with their top managerial target Fabio Capello.

"Right now, it's in Fabio Capello's hands,"Mijatovic told The Sun.

"The first thing I would say about Ronaldo is he backed another candidate to become Real president. That is unfortunate.

"The second is we have others who can play in his favoured position, like David Beckham.

"The decision will depend entirely on whether Capello wants Ronaldo."

Mijatovic also revealed he is hopeful that Real can lure top targets in Arjen Robben, Cesc Fabregas and Kaka to the Spanish capital.

Calderon claimed prior to the elections that all three players were interested in a move to Real and Mijatovic admitted they plan to talk to the clubs about all three players.

"The players want to come, now we have to talk to the clubs," added Mijatovic.

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Originally posted by babo at 2006-7-4 10:11 PM:


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係果位候...

你地都岩...

但係邊單真邊單假都未知
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吹到英格蘭40年來最勁添
仲有咩唔講得

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Originally posted by michaelyip.com at 2006-7-6 02:33 PM:
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唉,
算la,睇耐d慣架la

傳聞作客個件型d

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列基美拒絕曼聯邀請 黃色潛水艇稱其為"非賣品"

如果列基美能在與德國隊的比賽中多打15分鐘，這個時候阿根廷隊可能仍舊保留著奪冠的希望，但是從他被替換下場的那一刻起，屬於他的世界盃就已經結束了。對於第一次參加世界盃的列基美來講，這個結果無疑是令人失望的。

　　好在一切並不全是壞消息，比如在打完了一個令人激動的賽季後，在參加完有些殘酷的世界盃後，列基美終於可以回到阿根廷自己的家中，享受一下難得輕鬆的假期。更重要的是，列基美終於敲定了自己的去向，在拒絕了曼聯隊伸出的橄欖枝後，列基美與現在效力的維拿萊爾俱樂部簽訂了一份新合同。

　　作為國際足壇上為數不多的“古典型前腰”的代表，列基美在本屆世界盃賽中證明了自己。盡管他的打法一直被人質疑，盡管就連隊友都在抱怨他拖累了整支球隊的進攻速度，但是有他在場上和沒他在場上，阿根廷隊看上去確實變成了兩支不同的球隊。尤其是在與德國隊的四分之一決賽中，正是列基美的被換下場，使得阿根廷隊失去了進攻的組織方向，一向講究整體配合的球隊，不得不打起了簡單粗暴的長傳沖吊。更要命的是，列基美不在場上，從巨大的防守壓力中解脫出來的德國隊中場，開始佔據了場上的優勢，就連德國隊長波歷克也承認，列基美下場時，自己也松了一口氣。

　　現在一切都過去了，對阿根廷人來講，好好休息一番，准備接下來的西甲聯賽才是最關鍵的。“我很高興曼聯能夠看中我，但是維拉利爾俱樂部和這座城市都曾給予我很多，它們是我在歐洲踢球時最美好的回憶，這些對我來說是最重要的，能夠留在這裡踢球，我想這會是我作出的最正確的一個選擇。雖然這不是一家大俱樂部，但是我們在不斷地成長，正像大家所關注的那樣。我知道曼聯的開價很高，但是我目前已經跟俱樂部簽訂了一份新合同，他們明確表示我是非賣品。”

　　上個賽季，“潛水艇”維拿萊爾隊一路殺進歐洲冠軍聯賽的四強，列基美也成了這座城市的英雄，至少到現在，列基美非常享受這樣的感覺。更何況在這支球隊中，同樣還有蘇連這樣來自阿根廷國家隊的隊友，列基美自然不想去英超冒險，因為他的心里也清楚，在更講究整體的曼聯隊中，很難有他這樣的前腰隊員的發揮空間。與其到一個新的聯賽去冒險，還不如躲在“潛水艇”里享受的好。

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唔拿係ar
皇馬同意左曼城2m既出價,加維臣好大機會過曼城
http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=154659

有曼聯都唔去過我地同市宿敵=.=

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幾時先有人加盟-.-?
又話買咩世界級中場,列基美睇黎都冇機,diarra又係

而家最有機都係petit

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Originally posted by michaelyip.com at 2006-7-6 02:33 PM:
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好似有d復古feel咁==
好睇過呢件...