Time For Some News From Central Europe....there isn't any...

Monday, 22 June 09, 12:54 PM · Comments(0)

I thought it was time to start browsing some of the local media for any stories or rumours as I then have the challenge of the translation to keep me interested even if the story itself is a complete load of bollocks! The Swiss are currently all talking about their two big sporting stars, Federer and Cancellara. I guess most readers will have heard of the first but maybe not the second. Federer is pretty much expected to break Sampras's record of tennis Grand Slams at Wimbledon whilst Cancellara won the Tour de Suisse as ideal preparation for the Tour de France in 2 weeks time.

So that means very little football news (though the Swiss season starts again in July to allow for a long winter break) in the local papers. The main story is the Confederations Cup since the Swiss have such an easy group in their WC Qualifiers that they may make it to South Africa next year. Though I did like the story that Ronaldo has been offered a deal worth 20,352 hamburgers (why!!!!) a day and it's not enough apparently.

Meanwhile over on L'Equipe (a right proper sports paper) has its own version of the Sky Sports ticker with a "les transferts en direct" page. Always useful to read and compare to any UK site's take on a particular story. It seems Espanyol are the buyers of the day, having signed Makamura and Saharthough I don't think that's going to suddenly mean a lot. As for Arsenal interest... nope not a lot though the story of Owen to Hull made me laugh.

Time For Some News From Central Europe....there isn't any...

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