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The past seven days has finally seen some big moves being made in the transfer market. It is no surprise that Manchester City have yet again been flexing their muscles with the signings of Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan and James Milner from Aston Villa. City have paid a reported £24m for Balotelli, who scored on his debut last night in the Europa League tie against Timisoara, with the same figure being quoted for the James Milner deal, which saw Stephen Ireland [Read more...]

The Premiership finally gets under-way this weekend and it promises to be as tight as ever, both at the top and bottom of the table. With Manchester City spending big again this transfer window, the pressure will be on Roberto Mancini to break into the much coveted top four, whilst Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham will again be looking to fight off any challenge by the richest club in the world. We take a look at the clubs most likely to finish in the top four this season. [Read more...]

After the shock resignation this week of Martin O’Neill from Aston Villa, the Midlands club are now faced with the tough task of finding a manager that can build on the foundations that have been put in place by the Irishman. O’Neill joined the club in August 2006, finishing 11th in his first season in charge and then taking Villa to three consecutive 6th place finishes, improving on their points tally each time. He has assembled an excellent squad of players, they are in Europe again this season and having got them to League Cup final and FA Cup semi-final last season , they will be an attractive proposition for a number of managers. [Read more...]

Both Manchester City and Liverpool have been dominating the headlines over the past couple of weeks but for different reasons. City have spent big yet again, and look to continue to do so right up until the end of the transfer window this month. With Liverpool however, all the talk has been about a new manager coming in, proposed take overs and whether they could hold on to their prize assets.

When Roy Hodgson was given the managerial job at Liverpool at the beginning of July, his appointment wasn’t the so called ‘big name’ that many of the Red’s fans would have liked. [Read more...]

With the start of the Premier League season less than three weeks away, fans all around the country are keeping a close eye on their teams dealings, or lack of dealings, in the transfer window. Whilst Manchester City seem to be spending money on high profile signings, many of the other teams are trying to spend money wisely, or alternatively they are bringing in players on free transfers or putting there faith in the youngsters. With the prospect of [Read more...]

With just two teams left to battle it out in today’s World Cup Final, all of the other squads have left South Africa and their players have travelled back to their respective homes or taken a well earned holiday. This means that transfer speculation has started to increase as attention now turns to the return of the domestic leagues, which for some leagues in England, is less than four weeks away.

There are a number of transfer rumours doing the rounds today, which range from the highly probable to the outright ridiculous. Stay Onside takes a look through some of the stories and rates the chances of them happening. [Read more...]