What you missed while Fairport Harbor was burning…
- English Premier League roundup: Wolves 0-3 Liverpool, Arsenal 3-0 Wigan, Blackpool 1-2 Sunderland, Everton 2-2 West Ham, Fulham 2-0 Stoke City, Manchester United 5-0 Birmingham, Newcastle 1-1 Tottenham, Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Blackburn 2-0 West Brom.
- The FA thinks that someone needs to go up in the booth and explain the offside rule to Andy Gray and Richard Keys. Gray and Keys, strangely, were rewarded for their remarks by not being made to commentate for today’s Bolton-Chelsea match.
- Blackpool captain Charlie Adam has formally requested that he be allowed to transfer to Liverpool; a £4 million bid from Liverpool was turned down over the weekend.
- Liverpool winger/striker/benchwarmer Ryan Babel apparently isn’t set to leave the club just yet.
- Chelsea are hoping to lock up the £21.5 million signing of Benfica defender David Luiz later today.
- Arsenal look set to complete the £10 million signing of Alex Chamberlain from Southampton later today. Chamberlain is touted as being just like Theo Walcott, only better.
- Robin van Persie is thrilled that he managed to score his first hat trick for Arsenal.
- Spurs playmaker Rafael van der Vaart would back fellow Dutchman Mark van Bommel’s move to White Hart Lane from Bayern. Because it’s always great for team chemistry when two Dutchmen play together.
- American international Jermaine Jones looked pretty good in his loan debut for Rovers.
- Federico Macheda plans on returning to Manchester United after his loan spell at Sampdoria is over.
- Sulley Muntari is set to leave Inter for Sunderland, where he’ll join fellow Ghanaian Asamoah Gyan. This probably won’t happen, but whatever.
- Hoffenheim malcontent Demba Ba is set to join West Ham on loan through the end of the season.
- Derby County captain Robbie Savage has rejected a move to the Vancouver Whitecaps.
- AC Milan have purchased Dutch winger Urby Emanuelson from Ajax for €1.7 million.
- Sao Paolo has signed 38-year old playmaker Rivaldo through the end of the season.
- A penalty from Teal Bunbury in the 74th minute earned the U.S. a 1-1 draw in their friendly against Chile on Saturday night.
