http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/french-ligue-1/marseille-vs-nice-does-remys-heart-condition-qualify-for-a-discount.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/french-ligue-1/marseille-vs-nice-does-remys-heart-condition-qualify-for-a-discount.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:00:27 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/french-ligue-1/marseille-vs-nice-does-remys-heart-condition-qualify-for-a-discount.html Marseille is a club known for a few things: being the only French club to win the Champions League (in addition to a long history of domestic success); its fanatic supporters; and for its history of notable players such as Jean-Pierre Papin, George Weah, Didier Deschamps, Abedi Pele, Marcel Desailly, Fabien Barthez, Didier Drogba…and [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/french-ligue-1/marseille-vs-nice-does-remys-heart-condition-qualify-for-a-discount.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-matchday-4-toulouse-remain-on-top-while-bordeaux-lyon-and-marseille-continue-to-struggle.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-matchday-4-toulouse-remain-on-top-while-bordeaux-lyon-and-marseille-continue-to-struggle.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:20:14 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-matchday-4-toulouse-remain-on-top-while-bordeaux-lyon-and-marseille-continue-to-struggle.html Yoann Gourcuff, who registered the largest transfer between two French clubs this week, made his debut this weekend against a Lorient side coached by his father, Christian Gourcuff. Toulouse made it 12 for 12 today as they scooped up all 3 points for the 4th consecutive week in Ligue 1.  This series of wins marks [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-matchday-4-toulouse-remain-on-top-while-bordeaux-lyon-and-marseille-continue-to-struggle.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/ibrahimovic-moves-to-milan-blames-guardiola-for-broken-barcelona-drea.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/ibrahimovic-moves-to-milan-blames-guardiola-for-broken-barcelona-drea.html#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:46:42 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/ibrahimovic-moves-to-milan-blames-guardiola-for-broken-barcelona-drea.html All dreams come to an end at some point… Last night, AC Milan confirmed a loan with Barcelona that will see Zlatan Ibrahimovic return to Italy a year after transferring to Spain from AC Milan’s city rival, Inter.  Ibrahimovic went to Barcelona as part of a trade+ cash that totaled 66M Euros (20M Eto’o, 46M cash [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/ibrahimovic-moves-to-milan-blames-guardiola-for-broken-barcelona-drea.html/feed 18 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/juventus-releases-trezeguet-for-free.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/juventus-releases-trezeguet-for-free.html#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:00:21 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/juventus-releases-trezeguet-for-free.html Trezeguet:  Juventus legend 2000-2010 After months of speculation (some might even say years)- Juventus announced that, by mutual consent, they have released David Trezeguet from his contract.   This marks the end of a 10-year relationship between the player and the club- who purchased him from Monaco in 2000.  In his 10 years with Juventus, David made [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/juventus-releases-trezeguet-for-free.html/feed 12 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-shocks-transfers-and-comebacks.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-shocks-transfers-and-comebacks.html#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:23:33 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-shocks-transfers-and-comebacks.html It took Ligue 1 “giants” Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux until matchday 3 to finally register wins in their domestic campaigns as they beat Lorient, Brest and PSG.  Toulouse continued their dominant form despite losing their star striker, Andre-Pierre Gignac, to Marseille earlier this week and remain on top of the table.  The impeccable start to [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-shocks-transfers-and-comebacks.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/its-official-mario-balotelli-is-a-manchester-city-player.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/its-official-mario-balotelli-is-a-manchester-city-player.html#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:38:29 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/its-official-mario-balotelli-is-a-manchester-city-player.html Inter fans:  Savor this shot, rumor has it you won’t be seeing it anymore… How many football fans does it take to crash their server? The answer to that question remains unknown- the number of football players, however, seems to be only one.  Manchester City is rumored to have confirmed their successful signing of Mario Balotelli [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/its-official-mario-balotelli-is-a-manchester-city-player.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-2010-2011-season-preview.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-2010-2011-season-preview.html#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:30:59 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-2010-2011-season-preview.html Whoever said that you should save the best for last was clearly not a fan of good football.  Ligue 1 officially starts the first of the “big 5″ European leagues kicks off today (France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain).  Though the French league has been historically underrated - I can assure you that you are just as (if not [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ligue-1-2010-2011-season-preview.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/five-players-to-watch-in-ligue-1-this-season.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/five-players-to-watch-in-ligue-1-this-season.html#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:02:18 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/five-players-to-watch-in-ligue-1-this-season.html Is the next Gourcuff lurking in here?  Some Ligue 1 bloggers think so… Ligue 1 is often thought of as a hunting ground for the EPL, La Liga and Serie A to find young talent to recruit (poach!).  And Ligue 1 fans often get a kick out of EPL, La Liga and Serie A teams and [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/five-players-to-watch-in-ligue-1-this-season.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:47:55 +0000 Ian Rose http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html It hasn’t been the best year ever for Mr. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, aka Kaká. The playmaker moved from AC Milan to Real Madrid last year, setting the new transfer record at £56 million, before losing that record to one Cristiano Ronaldo. As C-Ron has settled in well in Madrid, scoring 33 [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html/feed 16 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:20:03 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html Over the summer, we have seen a tremendous number of captains publicly declare that they no longer wish to wear the jersey of the team they lead.  And I’m not talking about Raul here (I’m certain he would have worn the Real Madrid jersey his whole career if they wanted him).  I’m talking about the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html/feed 17