January 29th, 2007
USA Defender, Oguchi Onyewu, transfer saga surrounding still continues. After an earlier report linking him to Olympique Marseille in France. English Premiership club Newscastle United have released the following statement that Onyewu is taking a physical with Newcastle on Monday and would join the club on loan for the rest of the season.
But Onyewu current club Standard Liege has denied Onyewu is in England, with their spokesperson telling eurosport: “We are aware of Marseille and Newcastle’s interest. I don’t know if he was at Newcastle yesterday, as it was a day off for our players. He is training today with the squad”.
In the past month, Onyewu has received interest from Real Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan, amongst others. He turned down a $1.96 million dollar transfer from Fulham, where he would have joined fellow Americans Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey.
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January 27th, 2007
USA and The Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu confirmed to join French Ligue 1 club Marseille. This is finally end of rumours that he will join English Premiership club Chelsea. Chelsea, Newcastle and Porto were the most recent suitors for the American center-back.
“A final agreement will be signed over the weekend with Marseille,” read a statement on the Standard Web site. The transfer deal will cost Marseille an estimated $4 million.
This is the return for Onyewu to go back to France. Onyewu having played three times for other French Ligue 1 club FC Metz and 24 games for La Louvière during a loan spell before moving to Belgium in 2004.
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January 26th, 2007
After defeated Denmark 3-1, Interim U.S. coach Bob Bradley prepare his team for the match against rival Mexico Feb. 7 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Twenty-six MLS players will spend the next two weeks training at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
“We are excited to get back to work and continue the progress we have made since the beginning of January,” said Bradley. “All the little things that surround a USA-Mexico game - whether it is great crowds, intense competition, or media attention - can only benefit our players as they continue to gain experience at this level. We are also looking forward to adding more of our European-based players into the mix for the first time this year.”
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January 23rd, 2007
USA national team midfielder, Claudio Reyna has been released by his club Manchester City for free. Reyna expected to return to his homeland and join USA MLS club New York Red Bulls, who are coached by Bruce Arena — his former coach at the University of Virginia and the U.S. national team.
The 33-year-old midfielder had played in Europe for 12 years, with stints at Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg in Germany, Glasgow Rangers in Scotland and Sunderland. He joined Manchester City in August 2003 from Sunderland, and scored four goals in 77 games.
Reyna retired from international soccer after last year’s World Cup. He scored eight goals in 112 appearances and was on the U.S. roster for the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups, as well as the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
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