Deadline Day Transfers, Mikel Arteta denied England spot, Robinho a Success at City? More Links

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Van der Vaart happy about Tottenham move, Real not so happy (Mirror Football)
Real Madrid has targeted Harry Redknapp over the Van der Vaart deal claiming Redknapp lied about a potential move to Bayern Munich that went sour.




Mikel Arteta will NOT play for England (Caught Offside)
Article 18.1.a of the FIFA statutes states that that any player who has represented their country in an official competition, at whatever level, would at that time need to have held a passport for the country they later wish to play for in order to be permitted to make the switch.


Arteta played for Spain in the Under-16 European Championships and the FIFA Under-17 World Championships and, as such, it appears any application to play for England would be automatically rejected.




More US College football cat fights (The Spoiler)
Remember the fight that happened earlier this year in a women’s college soccer match. Yeh, it happened again…




All of the Transfer Deadline Day Signings (Who Ate All The Pies)
All of the transfers on the transfer deadline, down to the Championship, League 1, and League 2.




Robinho was actually a success at Manchester City (EPL Talk)
Robinho is now with AC Milan, but how will his stint at Manchester City be viewed? He did however, open the doors for all of these millions to be spent on world class players. He scored a couple of goals along the way as well. What do you think?