Month: July 2008

Arsenal transfers season 2008-09

Arsenal finished third in the 2007-08 Premiership season. Here is a list of their transfers for the 2008-09 season ( from both the summer and winter transfer windows). Citroën UK will be Arsenal’s official car supplier for the next three seasons.

2008 Arsenal FC summer transfers

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Carlos Vela ( was signed in November 2005 for £2.5m, but received his work permit in May 2008)

Aaron Ramsey ( Cardiff City-£5m), Samir Nasri ( Marseille- rumoured to be around £12m), Amaury Bischoff ( Werder Bremen)

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Barcelona pre season Scotland tour results

Pep Guardiola started his reign as Barcelona manager in style as they thrashed Hibernian and Dundee United 6-0 and 5-1 in their two pre season friendlies.

At Murrayfield, Hibs would have had their confidence severely dented after being trampled upon by a strong Barcelona outfit.

Barcelona 6-0 Hibernian ( Gudjohnsen*2, Messi, Bojan, Yaya Toure, Pedro)

Date- July 24
Venue- Murrayfield

Barcelona 5-1 Dundee United ( Lionel Messi*3, Thierry Henry, Samuel E’too/Prince Buaben)

Date- July 26
Venue- Tannadice

A happy return to Scotland for Thierry Henry. The former Arsenal striker scored against Dundee on his Barcelona debut last year, as Riijkard’s team won 1-0. This time the margin was more emphatic.

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Tinapa invitational Football Fiesta

The inaugural Tinapa invitational Football Fiesta will be held in Abuja on July 26-27. The participating teams are

1.) Manchester United- Reigning English and European Champions

2.) Portsmouth– Current FA Cup champions.

3.) Kano Pillars– Nigerian champions. They won their first ever domestic championship last season, and will represent Nigeria in the Champions League along with Heartland FC. The Pillars won the league with 64 points, while Heartland finished with sixty three.

Kano Pillars will play Portsmouth on Saturday at the National Stadium ( 4pm )

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