http://www.wikio.co.uk/blog/search/Vincent Kompany Wikio Blogs - search: Vincent Kompany wikio wikio http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68511118 Manchester City have agreed to buy Belgium star Vincent Kompany from Hamburg.The German club, managed by ex-Tottenham boss Martin Jol, claim a fee has been agreed for the defender.Kompany, 22, has played 23 times for his country and is highly-rated in Germany.He would become City's third signing of the summer after striker Jo and centre-back Tal Ben Haim.Hamburg’s director of football Dietmar Beiersdorfer said: “We wish Vincent all the best for his future.” I think this would be an excellent signing and I feel it could turn out to be the buy of the season. Maybe Arsenal should have gone for him instead of Silvestere... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:10:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68511118 Frankie Lally 2008-08-21T15:10:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68511519 I’m sure you’ve heard already by now, Mikael Silvestre is an Arsenal player. Yesterday morning it started as a bizarre rumour that would never have got any attention if it weren’t for the amount of newspapers and websites running the story. It started off as a ‘bizarre rumour’, but Arsenal fans gradually started to consider the [...] Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:13:57 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68511519 lasagnechef 2008-08-21T15:13:57Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67413693 From the BBC: "Belgium defender Vincent Kompany is to defy his club Hamburg and stay with the Olympic team instead of preparing for the Bundesliga, the Belgian federation has announced. Kompany is the first player at the Games to move against a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week, which said that clubs have a right to call their stars back from China. " The Hamburg decision, Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:44:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67413693 Nick 2008-08-11T13:44:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67044510 In the Olympics, Hernanes scored the winner for Brazil against Belgium. The pitch was rubbish, Ronaldinho was dire, and the referee was worse than the pitch and Ronaldinho put together . He sent off centreback Vincent Kompany 20 minutes from time, and after the Hernanes goal he sent off the other centreback Marouane Fellaini , who didn’t even touch Rafinha. Quite ridiculous. Each of the Belgians got two yellow cards. Diego dived, out came a second yellow , Belgium’s captain, Kompany, was sent off. An absolute farce. I didn't see the whole match and didn't catch the name or nationality of the referee. Brazil started Lucas, Anderson and Pato. Fullbacks Rafinha (Schalke) and Marcelo (Real Madrid) caught the eye in a tedious game. Big stopper Breno (Bayern Munich) looked useful. Then Hernanes exploded with a sweet shuffle and slammed in a decisive shot wth his left foot. Bang ! 1-0 in 79 minutes. That kind of improvisation, that end product, would be ideal alongside Clichy & Nasri He was unknown in Europe until today. Hernanes Anderson is 23 and plays for Sao Paulo. He is 5'11'' and a strong boy with tons of skill. He plays with power, confidence and authority. His style doesn’t remind me of anybody who played in the Champions League last season. He's more two-footed than Yaya Toure. If his style reminds me of anybody, it’s the young Beckenbauer. Our man in Rio, Alex Abreu Gontijo, reckons Hernanes is being tracked by Barcelona. In the past few days I’ve been talking to pals, some of whom are writing previews of the upcoming season for foreign newspapers and magazines. We’ve been swapping opinions and chewing over the prospects for Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea and Man United. Like everybody else, I’m wondering how 2008-2009 might pan out in terms of who will win trophies. However, I'm not a big reader of previews or predictions. Most previews will not tell me anything I don't already know. And I don't take anybody’s predictions that seriously. For me, football is a week-to-week thing, a topical pleasure, which gives us something to talk about twice aweek. Or it gives us, in an eventful period, something to talk about seven times a week. All our predictions are soon overtaken by events, and nobody remembers what was said before the season starts. This season will be written by footballers, not journalists. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:36:17 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67044510 2008-08-07T22:36:17Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67048583 Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) Lionel Messi and playmaker Juan Riquelme carried Argentina past a fighting Ivory Coast 2-1 in their opening match of the Olympic soccer competition Thursday. The day also saw five players being banished with referees brandishing red card. Defending champions and favourites Argentina owed it to their Barcelona magician Messi, who has [...] Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:06:26 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=67048583 IANS 2008-08-08T03:06:26Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=66859600 Because I like to give you guys something to talk about, it’s time for another edition of ‘[insert league/competition here] XI].’ This time, the focus is on the Bundesliga, which is set to kick off in a week and a half when Bayern Munich take on Hamburg SV on the 15th. The Bundesliga, whether [...] Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:27 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=66859600 Eddie Griffin 2008-08-06T08:00:27Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=65204092 Belgium’s Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Jean-François De Sart (46) Goalkeepers: Logan Bailly (22) (Racing Genk) Yves De Winter (21) (Westerlo) Yves Makabu-Makalambay (22) (Hibernian, Scotland) Defenders: Laurent Ciman (22) (Club Brugge) Sepp De Roover (23) (Groningen, Netherlands) Vincent Kompany (22) (Hamburg, Germany) Landry Mulemo (21) (Standard Liège) Sébastien Pocognoli (20) (AZ Alkmaar) Thomas Vermaelen (22) (Ajax, Netherlands) Jan Vertonghen (21) (Ajax, Netherlands) Midfielders: Marouane Fellaini (19) (Standard [...] Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:26:53 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=65204092 Soccerlens 2008-07-23T07:26:53Z