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Martin Hansen is a Danish goalkeeper playing for Liverpool FC. He signed for the Anfield club at 16 years old in 2006.

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Position: Goalkeeper
Birthdate: June 15, 1990
Height: 6′2
Birthplace: Glostrup, Denmark

US’ dream of the second upset in the 2009 Confederations Cup ended when Brazil crawled back to win the game 3-2 final score. I wanted the US to win, although i like Brazil a lot.

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What were the Atletico Madrid executives thinking? Those men in ties just want to join in the inflated transfer market brought about by the sale of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sergio Aguero is super talented alright, no doubt about it. But he has not won a La Liga or Champions League championship.

If Manchester United is going to bite the price tag, it would be a waste of money. United should haggle the price to about £30 million.

Steven Defour’s name was in the news lately when Everton bid for the Stand Liege star. But the bid was turned down. Standard wanted 15 million euros.

At 16 years old, Defour started playing for KV Mechelen, a lower division club in Belgium. He then moved to Genk at age 17. Then on 2006, he signed a five year contract with Standard Liege.

His play resembles that of Arsenal’s Jaime Fabregas, and was even called the “Belgian Fabregas” by the Belgian press.

He has a good eye in creating scoring chances for his team mates.

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Name: Steven Defour
Birthday: April 15, 1988
Birthplace: Mechelen, Belgium
Club: Standard Liège (Belgium)
Position: Central Midfielder

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West Ham United’s Freddie Sears is on loan to Crystal Palace. The loan contract will last for a season.

He was the kid who just five minutes of play as a substitute scored and won the game against Blackburn Rovers.

Another unthinkable and ridiculous transfer rumor as reported by Skysports. Chelski keep your hands off Rafa’s Spanish boy El Niño.

Fernando Torres won’t swayed by your money, no matter how double his present salary of 100,000 pounds a week.

Jonjo Shelvey, a towering attacking midfielder is wanted by West Ham. He chose the Hammers over Spurs. Although this is still a speculation.

The still 17 years old Shelvey is currently employed by Charlton Athletic which he has contract that ends on 2011. He is a record holder as the youngest first team player in his current club, and also its younger ever goal scorer when he scored against Norwich City in an FA Cup game. He also represented England Under 16 and 17.

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Name: Jonjo Shelvey
Birthplace: Romford, England
Birthday: February 27, 1992
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Club: Charlton Athletic

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This is the latest transfer rumors in the world of football.

• Mirko Vucinic rumored with a £15m move to Manchester United.

• Samuel Eto’o is demanding close to £200k-a-week to join Manchester City. Yeah, right.

• Barcelona will bid £17m for Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina if they fail to re-sign Victor Valdes to a long-term deal. Another funny transfer rumor involving Reds footballers.

• Javier Marscherano’s agent have met with Barcelona executives. Red flag, Rafa!

• What is happening with Fergie, lately? He is bidding 20 million pounds for Arsenal’s Van Persie.

• David Villa has decided that he will join Real Madrid. Too bad for Liverpool.

Again, the Italians acting on the football pitch got them another victory. They won over United States in the Confederation Cup 3-1.

Ricardo Clark made a late time tackle against Gattuso. Obviously, it was a foul. But not a red card. But Gattuso’s acting touched the referee’s emotions and shown Clark the exit.

In the 2006 World Cup, Italy secured the way to the finals through diving during the semi-final against Australia.

The video of the  Confederations Cup game between USA and Italy

This is a very funny and stupid rumor: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson bids 40 million pounds for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.

Rafael Benitez can sell him for 80 million pounds, and we have a deal.

Alberto Bueno Calvo name has been dragged into the news lately since it is currently football transfer season. When a player’s name gets media attention, he probably is something special, and what makes him even more eligible is he still 21 years old.

He started in Real Madrid’s youth academy, and was given professional contract by the former Madrid manager Bernd Schuster. But he was plagued by injuries, so he was relegated to Real’s second team Real Madrid Castilla, which is playing in Spain’s lower division league.

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Name: Alberto Bueno Calvo
Birthday: March 20, 1988 (age 21)
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Height: 1.76 m or 5′ 9.5″
Position: Striker, winger

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This summer’s still the never-ending speculations and gossips of the crazy world of football transfer of 2009.

• Paris St Germain defender Mamadou Sakho to Arsenal.
• Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to Tottenham.
• Arsenal’s Gael Clichy to Real Madird.
• Everton’s Joleon Lescott to Manchester City.
• Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic to Barcelona.
• David Beckham to Tottenham, Chelsea or Liverpool.
• Sergio Aguero to Chelsea.