September 2, 2003
JONATAN JOHANSSON
His record at Rangers did not suggest he deserved to be an outcast in Scotland, yet supporters and, more importantly, manager Dick Advocaat simply didn't have faith in Finnish striker Jonatan Johansson.
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September 2, 2003
His record at Rangers did not suggest he deserved to be an outcast in Scotland, yet supporters and, more importantly, manager Dick Advocaat simply didn't have faith in Finnish striker Jonatan Johansson.
September 2, 2003
Georgian utility man Kakha Kaladze claims that the sight of his Kyiv Dynamo team-mate Alexey Gerasimenko sustaining a bad injury prompted him to leave Kyiv for Milan in January.
September 2, 2003
If you want controversy, look no further than Brann Bergen striker Azar Karadas. The 19-year-old may be one of Norway's most promising young players, but trouble never seems far away.
September 2, 2003
September 2, 2003
Over the past two years, Ali Karimi has become the hottest property in Iranian, if not west Asian, football.
September 2, 2003
Brazil travelled to their first World Cup qualifier in Quito worried about the altitude, the pitch and the heat.
September 2, 2003
PETER FOSSEN, general manager of PSV Eindhoven, made journalists at Football Expo in Cannes wake up and sit up when he casually made the observation that Ruud Van Nistelrooy might very well be joining Manchester…
September 2, 2003
September 2, 2003
With Oliver Bierhoff apparently past his prime and Carsten Jancker somewhat short of international quality, young Kaiserslautern striker Miroslav Klose looks like the answer to the attacking prayers of German national team coach Rudi Voller.
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September 2, 2003
If a scriptwriter had come up with a screenplay encompassing the major upheavals in Fabio Liverani's recent life, hewould probably have had it sent back to him with comments such as "far-fetched" and "unrealistic" attached.
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