Remember when we were talking that Koeman would leave us for Barcelona? Yikes. I know Barca lost today, but they wouldn't touch him now with a ten foot pole... and rightfully so. The direction and momentum of Koeman's Ajax is gone.

Yeah, thid kind of causes a reality check... again. A couple years ago, in Koeman's first season, I really had the sense Ajax might be on the cusp of another one of their great waves/generations. But the team of a couple years ago would have won by 2 or 3 goals today. Sure, losing Chivu and Zlatan a...

Mido made his debut today for Tottenham (what's this, his 34th team in the last 5 years?). Tottenham beat Portsmouth 3-1, and Mido scored two. Great debut, and at least for a couple days he'll be a fan favorite.

Regarding the Chelsea/Maxwell link... There was a heavy rumor that Mourinho and other Chelsea suits/agents had illegally met with Arsenal's Ashley Cole last week. The stories originally came from a tabloid, however, so nobody really took it seriously. But today Mourinho is making comments that sound...

I can't find the specific link to the article, but I read last week that Chelsea is making a 4.5 million GBP offer for Maxwell.