My Take on The Transfer Window So far

The transfer window again opened this season break just like every other one, but definitely not without its own peculiarities.I feel there is much less quality on the market these days and their prices are just way beyond reasoning.Gone are the days when you had real quality on the market and you had them moving for prices kind of relative to their qualities.

On The Top5 Premiership team Transfers That Have Happened

I really can't believe that Liverpool bought Jordan Henderson for £20 million and had the guts to price charlie Adam at £8.5 million, even though Blackpool had been relegated.well they got him, even when when he should have been priced much higher.

How could Man utd have bought Phil Jones for over £18 million, although i feel Ashley Young was worth all of £20 million.

Well The typical Arsene Wenger buying Carl Jenkinson for £950000,maybe a good buy and Gervinho for £10 million pounds,very interesting.

Man city had a good bargain in Gael clichy at £7million pounds, for such an experienced left back.

Chelsea has a new coach in Andre Villas-Boas, and for what his record is worth i think he was worth the compensation they had to pay Porto.

On The Transfer Links and Rumored Targets

Cesc fabregash to barcelona? if you asked me, i think its about time to go.Arsenal should let him move after 8 good years.i think he has been patient enough.

Samir Nasri, maybe he is a little bit too ambitious, although i can share his sentiments of wanting to win trophies, but even he has to understand that after one full brilliant season, it would only be fair enough to give the team another chance.

Carlos Tevez.Funny enough he has a history of being unsettled any where he goes but this time around he seems to have a genuine claim of desiring a reunion with his family in a place they feel comfortable staying in.A part of me feels its an excuse to move to spain.I would be surprised if he takes the corinthians deal.

Alexis sanchez, so much for the noise.if barcelona want him, they should just make the move and spare us the details.Udinese feel no qualms about it.

My take on Neymar, highly over-rated younster.i have seen him at the Copa Americas, he is a budding youngster maybe not woth anything close to £50 million. brings to mind the whole Robinho saga.

Aturo Vidal, nice player.let's see where he ends up as that might have a great inclination for his next season.

The New Season Predictions

I would say watch out for Liverpool fc, Kenny Daglish seems to be brewing up a storm.

Arsene wenger might need to re-consider some of his principles, as he may be towing the line of self-destruct even though he might be commended for being prudent, but that he is beginning to do to a fault.

Kudos to Fergie, The old man shows no signs of letting up, he keeps reinforcing.sounds like he has Barca in his sight, and would cherish a chance to avenge to champions league final defeats.

Chelsea has a very young and ambitious coach in villas-Boas, but i hope he is not beginning to curse his luck with the 6 months injury to micheal Essien,i think he should ask Scolari, and Ancelotti.he seems to hold the key to a lot, unless there is a credible replacement.

For Real Madrid, they have had some interesting buys in Nuhu Sahin,Emit Altintop, Fabio Contrao and the likes.let's hope Chief Mourinho has enough to compete with Barcelona now.If only some one could advise him to talk less and do more of the business on the pitch.

Barcelona,well they have had it nice for the last three seasons but it can't continue forever.The top is a very lonely place and you have to keep challenging your self.They had a lot of weaknesses last season, but had mother luck to thank,not taking away from their quality.imagine issues with abidal,puyol,pique and the likes.gambling with mascherano as a five and sometimes sergio busquets.some favorite side calls from referees too came into the mix.

well we look forward to a great and exciting 2011/2012 season.cheers to the beautiful game of football.viva Soccer Fans!!!

The Business behind the game: maverick and intrigues of Football

Football today happens to be a whole lot more than what goes on on the field of play.it has definitely become more than just a game, even metamorphosed in to a religion for some but that would not be my concern today, rather i would be particularly more concerned about the politics behind the game.it has become surrounded with so much intrigues that one is left wondering about what may happen next.dwelling on the politics of the game might even sound a bit ambiguous because we are almost less concerned about the elections or who gets put in what office or not, but the maverick side to this whole business called soccer.

Need i remind you that with so many vested interests from such wide ranging perspectives,there is a constant jostle for power and who makes the final decisions or what gets to play out in the final analysis.Did i just hear you say,"let's just quit the suspense, and cut to the chase"? that's exactly what i am going to do next.The various stake determinants include betting ranks/sites,football governing bodies,TV right holders,the various teams, ticket sales, brand sponsors, speculators, book makers and the list can go on, but we must have mentioned some of the most important.

Now let's get a perspective to all of these.If we were to use the UEFA champion's league as our model and there is a draw to be made. there might have been so much hype about two teams whose meeting would be any fan's dream anyday,maybe that would exclude the respective team fans especially at a very dicy stage of the competion,somewhere before the semi-final stage. Immediately these earlier mentioned forces set into play.The governing body begin thinking about delighting football fans to their own benefit in terms of television rights,ticket sales and other copyright brand gains.The televisinon companies with rights cannot wait to start juicy negotiations so they would also lobby.The brand or team kit companies would give total support especially if both teams playing were to be displaying their labels,it would be a huge pay day. Betting ranks and sites would sink in huge investments to see it happen because they know there can only be one result - smiles to the bank, as long as they can guarantee the governing body not to fix games.The whole business of betting begins to take on the 'legit-illegit' status especially with the strange but hidden alliance.Not forgetting the teams themselves who would gladly sell out the passionate fan's tears or pain of exit for a big pay day in ticket sales,remuneration from brand sponsors,sales of other rights,jersey sales,tourism revenue via stadia tour and the rest.Then comes speculators who would get a lot of benefit running analysis,winning stratigies,proposed team tactics,speculations all mostly for financial gains and personal excitement ,not leaving out book makers who definitely have become forecasters telling the future by the past and they would give anything to add to the records.

To think that so much has been said and even the draws have not been done yet.That deinitely begins to tell you a lot about the mavericks and the intrigues involved just behind one matchday not to talk of several over one season and cummulatively over the years.it is just safe to note that Football has gone beyond being just a game to whole business industry which comes along with its own saints and devils.The painful thing here is that the ones who should really get to enjoy the games considering how much they invest in finance,passion, and life; that is team fans just do not get a consideration as their interest is just a pin drop in this mighty ocean called the business behind the game.

It has become so pathetic that rather than just putting up the charade of a draw that we see on television with marked balls and the likes,especially when the outcomes are already predetermined, UEFA should just come out and tell us that they have made their authoritarian choices but wait a minute,how can they ever do that when there is also so much to make from selling television rights of the draw program itself.The million dollar qoestion here is "just what is the way out of this quagmire?" Help! Football has been hijacked.Somebody save our souls, hear the passionate pleas of concerned fans.