=>le 100e.........

Roy prolonge à Nice

Le milieu de terrain niçois Eric Roy a prolongé d´un an son contrat avec l´OGC Nice.

Roy avait signé pour une saison ( 2002-2003) avec le club azuréen. Né et fomé à Nice, le milieu récupérateur de 35 ans, a fait ses débuts professionnels avec les Aiglons. Il est donc lié à l´OGCN pour la saison 2003-2004.

Actuellement huitième du classement, Nice et son entraîneur Gernot Rohr souhaitent conserver un maximum de joueurs en vue de la saison prochaine.

Roy, 35 ans a également porté les couleurs de Toulon ( 1992-93), de l´Olympique lyonnais ( 1993-1996), de l´Olympique de Marseille ( 1996-99), de Sunderland ( 1999-2001), de Troyes ( 2001) puis du Rayo Vallecano ( 2001-2002).

( lequipe.fr)

"Cardoso prolonge à Hambourg" ( lequipe.fr)

L´Argentin Rodolfo Cardoso a prolongé d´un an son bail avec Hambourg. Le milieu de terrain est désormais lié contractuellement jusqu´en juin 2004. A l´issue, il pourrait continuer à travailler pour le club en tant qu´observateur de joueurs.

Souvent blessé ces dernières saisons, Cardoso, âgé de 34 ans demeure l´un des chouchous du public hanséatique. L´Argentin n´a disputé que 14 matches pour le HSV, cette saison, inscrivant deux buts. Huit fois international, il avait rejoint l´actuel 5e de la Bundesliga en 1999. Il jouait auparavant à l´Estudiantes de La Plata ( ARG).

"Simone vers la Sampdoria ? "

L´attaquant italien de l´AS Monaco, sur lequel Deschamps ne compte plus, est en contacts avancés avec la Sampdoria Gênes, révèle "L´Equipe" vendredi. Il restera encore un an de contrat avec Monaco à Simone à la fin de la saison.

Deco pourrait quitter Porto

Le footballeur brésilien Anderson Luis de Souza «Deco» n´a pas exclu pas la possibilité de quitter, «le moment venu», le FC Porto, dans des déclarations jeudi à la radio TSF.

«Le FC Porto a encore plein de choses importantes à conquérir et je penserai à cela ( un éventuel transfert) le moment venu», a déclaré le milieu de terrain du leader du Championnat du Portugal.

«J´ai toujours dit que si je quittais le FC Porto, ce serait une décision commune. Je suis au courant de certaines informations qui circulent, je sais ce qui se passe, mais je ne veux pas en parler», a ajouté le joueur de 25 ans, en faisant allusion à l´intérêt que lui portent certains clubs européens.

Deco, qui a obtenu la nationalité portugaise en février, a été convoqué en sélection malgré la polémique soulevée par cette décision. Le meneur de jeu Luis Figo a récemment exprimé son opposition à la sélection de joueurs naturalisés pour l´Euro-2004, organisé au Portugal, estimant que cela empêcherait l´avènement des jeunes Portugais.

Luiz Felipe Scolari, l´entraîneur brésilien de la sélection portugaise, avait alors répondu que tout joueur en désaccord avec ses choix avait la possibilité de quitter la sélection.

Cet épisode a été vite oublié après la victoire du Portugal ( 2-1) en match amical devant le Brésil, les champions du monde en titre, grâce à un but en fin de partie de... Deco !

( lequipe.fr)

Bolton : Okocha veut finir sa carrière en Angleterre
04 avril 2003 - 09 h 55 -

Augustine Okocha a confié à la presse nigériane vouloir terminer sa carrière en Angleterre. Epanouï pour sa première saison à Bolton, le meneur de jeu nigerian fait l’éloge du jeu pratiqué en Premier League.

« Jay-Jay » Okocha ( 29 ans) souhaite terminer sa carrière en Angleterre. C’est ce qu’il a affirmé à la presse nigériane. L’ancien meneur du PSG a joué 22 matchs de Premier League avec Bolton et inscrit 5 buts.

( sporever.fr)

Lille : Landrin a prolongé
04 avril 2003 - 09 h 06 -

Alors que D’Amico et N’Diaye sont dans l’expectative, Christophe Landrin a prolongé de deux ans son contrat avec Lille. Voilà le milieu relayeur nordiste engagé jusqu’en juin 2006 avec les Dogues.

Christophe Landrin sera Lillois jusqu´en juin 2006. Le milieu de terrain du LOSC a prolongé de deux ans son contrat mercredi.

« Je sortais d’une saison délicate faite de blessures, explique t-il. Cette prolongation sonne comme une sécurité. J’estime aussi avoir été justement récompensé des efforts fournis pour le club ( NDLR : revalorisation salariale de plus de 20%). Maintenant, comme d’autres, je commence à me demander quel sera le visage du LOSC de l’année prochaine mais rien ne pourra être défini tant que notre maintien en L1 n’est pas assuré. »

( sporever.fr)

=> Arsene is happy with his squad

Mihir Bose writes in the Telegraph:

Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, is believed to have told
the powers-that-be at Highbury that he is quite happy with
the squad he has and because of tight finances he may be
content not to make any changes come the end of the season.

One Highbury insider said: "For him to say he is happy with
the squad was music to our ears. We know in an ideal world
what Arsene would like but if we had to buy we would
certainly have to sell first. Apart from finding the money
to buy we cannot afford to increase our wage bill which is
quite high already."

Manchester United do not have to worry about finding money
for redevelopment of the ground, that has already been done,
whereas everything at Highbury now hinges on financing the
proposed ground at Ashburton Grove.

Arsenal should by now have published their half-yearly
figures. The Arsenal half-year ended on Nov 30. There is no
word of when the figures may come; they may not be published
until the end of April.

The reason? I understand Arsenal are waiting to tie up deals
relating to their new stadium.

The Royal Bank of Scotland have been touting Arsenal around
the financiers and I understand that the German bank West
LB, who are financing Wembley, are interested in being part
of the consortium. Arsenal will have to pay interest of
about 1.25 per cent over bank rates, which could work out at
5.5 per cent.

Although there have been suggestions that Arsenal would be
better off sharing Wembley rather than building a stadium,
well-placed sources close to the club insist that there is
no question of abandoning Ashburton Grove.

=>pour une fois je voudrais que le "sun" dise vrai......ca serait une tres bonne nvelle.......

"GIGGS WANTS TO SAY "

Story by Editor 4 April 2003

There are only so many ways he can say this

Giggs is quoted in the Sun as saying:

"I have a long time to go on my contract and I want to end
my career at Old Trafford."

( Red Issue)

=>Red Issue........

"BEAT THE SCOUSERS"

Story by Editor 4 April 2003

And go from there

Phil Neville was looking forward to the game on MUTV:

"In terms of the rivalry between the teams, Liverpool is the
biggest game on the football calendar in England and it
should be another exciting match,

"Apart from our victory in November, our results against
them haven´t been too clever. We must do better tomorrow
because we need three points.

"If we win all our remaining league games we will overhaul
Arsenal and win it. That has to be our aim, so there is no
way we can even afford to draw.´´

=>interview de Rio.........

"RIO IS STILL SETTLING IN " ( Red Issue)

Story by Editor 4 April 2003

United are different than any other team

Rio has had a mixed start to his United career but he still
feels that he is in a settling in period:

"It takes a long time,

"On the pitch you´ve got to get used to playing with your
new team-mates and off it, it´s new surroundings and new
people.

"It´s been stop-start because I have had a few injuries,
which I´ve never suffered from before, but since the turn of
the year I´ve played a number of games in quick succession
which has helped a lot."

Ferdinand has found a difference in expectations at United
compared to other clubs:

"The big difference about being here, compared to West Ham
in particular, is that if you were playing away at Liverpool
or Arsenal you´d be delighted to get a draw.

"Here, we go to win every game and if you come away with a
draw, you take it as two points lost.

"Also, you rarely catch teams on an off-day. They always
come highly motivated and play to the best of their ability.

"They raise their game against us and you have to be able to
deal with it.

"Having said that, I didn´t expect playing for United to be
a bed of roses. I knew I was joining a club where not
winning anything is regarded as a big disappointment."

Looking back at the Worthington Cup Final, Rio feels we were
unlucky not to win:

"Liverpool had a bit of luck that day, although in the first
half we played in front of them too much.

"The second half was more open but they kept fairly solid
and their goalkeeper made the difference. It just wasn´t our
day."

=>une interview de Ruud.......

"RUUD WANTS IT ALL" ( Red Issue)

Story by Editor 4 April 2003

Goals, wins, trophies

Van Nistelrooy, interviewed in the Sun, said:

"I want to win everything possible with United and I think
we are en route to doing that.

"We can win both these tournaments - and it is only the
great teams who can say that.”

He also wants to continue his impressive personal record:

"I want to make history at Old Trafford and, now I´ve scored
more than 50 times with United, I reckon that I will score
100. But what I really want is to get at least 150 goals or
more.

"For a foreign player to score that many times with
Manchester United would be a truly remarkable achievement.

"What happened to us last season was a total sickener for me
because I´m not used to a season finishing without a trophy
- and it felt bad.

"For the moment, Arsenal are the Premiership leaders but I´m
hopeful that the pressure will get to them."

Ruud also feels that we have a good chance of winning the
European Cup this season:

"We won´t discard the chance of winning one trophy because
of the importance of another one - but we must not pass up
the European chance presented to us this season.

"Our great objective is to get to the Champions League
final, play for it at our own magnificent ground and win
it."

erreur de post ! !!!

retenez ce nom DECO c un grand maitre du ballon croyais moi il est extra C UN DES MEILLEUR 10 AVEC ZIDANE ET RUI COSTA ! !!!

"Mendy trop cher pour Bolton" ( lequipe.fr)

Les Bolton Wanderers ne devraient pas lever l´option d´achat dont ils disposent sur le Français Bernard Mendy, jugé trop cher par le manager du club de premier league, Sam Allardyce.

Mendy, international espoirs, prêté par le Paris Saint-Germain cette saison, a pourtant impressionné son coach, les supporteurs et ses équipiers.

Mais le montant de l´indemnité de transfert réclamée par le PSG ( quatre millions d´euros) semble être trop élevé pour le budget de Bolton.

"Si nous avions l´argent, j´aimerais le garder", a dit Allardyce sur le site web du club.

Bolton navigue à un point au-dessus de la zone de relégation.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has made the first moves in a bid to land Ronaldinho from Paris St Germain - and the Brazilian star wants a move to Old Trafford ( Daily Star).

Arsenal will finalise a swoop for Turkey keeper Rustu Recber this week. The Fenerbahce stopper is available on a free transfer ( Daily Express).

Man Utd will make a £15m summer bid for Marcelo Salas ( ????????)

Blackburn have given Liverpool and Man Utd the green light to hold a summer auction for winger Damien Duff, with an offer of £15m likely to be accepted ( The Times).

Leeds have offered Liverpool the chance to sign Harry Kewell for a knockdown fee of £8m, although the Australia winger would rather move abroad ( The Times).

Sweden striker Marcus Allback wants to stay in England, even if his lack of opportunities at Aston Villa could force him to look elsewhere ( The Guardian).

Tony Adams will be called in by Arsenal to talk to Jermaine Pennant after the England under-21 winger broke a curfew before the game against Turkey ( The Sun).

Nan nan pas de Ronnie à MU, il reste à Paris ! ^^

up ! !

=>Real Madrid have warned Middlesbrough that they will have to pay big money if they want to sign Geremi on a permanent basis.
The Cameroon international is on a season-long loan at Boro and manager Steve McClaren has an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.

The price currently stands at £9.6m - and Real have told Boro they will not be able to buy Geremi at a reduced cost.

Geremi is having a great season with Middlesbrough and we think he will be very useful for us next season

Jorge Valdano
"The English have an option to buy Geremi for 14 million euros ( £9.6m) and we will not lower that figure even though they want him cheaper," said Real Madrid director of sport Jorge Valdano.

"Geremi is having a great season with Middlesbrough and we think he will be very useful for us next season."

Real believe Geremi´s adaptability could help plug gaps if players of the calibre of Ivan Helguera or Claude Makelele are injured.

"He would help solve some of the problems we have been having in midfield and defence," said Valdano.

( source=BBC)

=>England striker Darius Vassell is set to leave Aston Villa for Liverpool in the summer for a fee which could be as low as £3m ( Daily Star Sunday).

Leeds will offer keeper Paul Robinson to Arsenal for £7.5m at the end of the season to ease their financial worries - and Eirik Bakke will be sold too ( Sunday Mirror).

Newcastle will make a fresh £9m bid to sign Chelsea centre-back John Terry in the summer ( News of the World).

Jay Jay Okocha in London, possibly for a move to Spurs? ( d´apres BBC)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sees Anderlecht´s £3m-rated Ivory Coast winger Aruna Dindane as a possible understudy to David Beckham ( Daily Star Sunday).

Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan is hoping to beef up his midfield with a £5m summer move for unhappy Blackburn star David Dunn ( The People).

Tottenham are set to make a sensational £2m swoop for Bayer Leverkusen´s Turkey forward Yildiray Basturk ( News of the World).

Arsenal are ready to hijack Everton´s £5m permanent move for on-loan Marseille defender Joseph Yobo ( The People).

• United have apparently begun negotiations with Paris St Germain to sign Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho – and he is super-keen to join up with us according to the Daily Star. The buck-toothed from Brazil would cost £20 million.