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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:47:26 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Football Friends Online</title><subtitle>Football Friends Online</subtitle><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/atom.xml"/><updated>2013-06-19T17:05:58Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Why Premier League clubs should act now if they are planning a managerial change</title><category term="Andre Villas-Boas"/><category term="Chelsea"/><category term="False Twelve"/><category term="Joe Kinnear"/><category term="Mike Ashley"/><category term="Newcastle"/><category term="Rafa Benitez"/><category term="Southampton"/><category term="mauricio Pochettino"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/why-premier-league-clubs-should-act-now-if-they-are-planning.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/why-premier-league-clubs-should-act-now-if-they-are-planning.html"/><author><name>Allen Whyte</name></author><published>2013-06-19T16:00:47Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T16:00:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/newcastle/St%20James%20Park.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371654341079" alt="" /></span></span>Mike Ashley has moved on to page five of his how not to run a football club manual and appointed Joe Kinnear as the director of football at <a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/newcastle/ ">Newcastle.</a>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chelsea favourite on the move?</title><category term="Andres Iniesta"/><category term="Barcelona"/><category term="Bayern Munich"/><category term="Chelsea"/><category term="Chelsea favourite on the move?"/><category term="Eden Hazard"/><category term="Gossip"/><category term="Juan Mata"/><category term="Neymar"/><category term="PSG"/><category term="Spain"/><category term="Thiago Alcantara"/><category term="Thiago Silva"/><category term="Xavi"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/chelsea-favourite-on-the-move.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/chelsea-favourite-on-the-move.html"/><author><name>Ben Soro-Perez</name></author><published>2013-06-19T14:42:48Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T14:42:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/chelsea/Mata.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371660390703" alt="" /></span></span>For a key cog in the creative hub of <a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/chelsea/"><span><span>Chelsea's</span></span></a> front-line, one could be forgiven for scoffing at the notion that Juan Mata may well be on his way out of the London club.&nbsp;]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Should footballers follow their hearts or their wallets? Once a fan, now a professional</title><category term="Arsenal"/><category term="Chelsea"/><category term="David Beckham"/><category term="Everton"/><category term="False Twelve"/><category term="Gary Neville"/><category term="Luke Shaw"/><category term="Manchester City"/><category term="Manchester United"/><category term="Southampton"/><category term="Steven Gerrard"/><category term="Tottenham Hotspur"/><category term="Wayne Rooney"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/should-footballers-follow-their-hearts-or-their-wallets-once.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/should-footballers-follow-their-hearts-or-their-wallets-once.html"/><author><name>Allen Whyte</name></author><published>2013-06-19T14:16:16Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T14:16:16Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/man-utd/Rooney.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371654109942" alt="" /></span></span>When Wayne Rooney left <a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/everton/ ">Everton</a> to join <a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/manchester-united/ ">Manchester United</a> in 2004, all traitorous talk and resentment stemmed from the fact that he had moved rather than who he had moved to.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Arsenal considering £15m for forward, but where will he fit in? - Statistics</title><category term="Arsenal"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/arsenal-considering-15m-for-forward-but-where-will-he-fit-in.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/arsenal-considering-15m-for-forward-but-where-will-he-fit-in.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-19T12:02:58Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T12:02:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/arsenal/gervinho.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371643462738" alt="" /></span></span><span>There are rumours aplenty regarding Arsenal as <span>Arsene</span> <span>Wenger</span> attempts to sculpt a squad ready to challenge for the Premier League title, and the latest name on the list is <span>Lille</span> forward <span>Dimitri</span> <span>Payet</span>.</span>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tottenham given £50m transfer budget as AVB snubs Paris Saint-Germain</title><category term="Tottenham"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/tottenham-given-50m-transfer-budget-as-avb-snubs-paris-saint.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/tottenham-given-50m-transfer-budget-as-avb-snubs-paris-saint.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-19T10:24:59Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T10:24:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><img src="http://footballfriends.squarespace.com/storage/pictures/premiership/tottenham/AVB2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371637556252" alt="" /></span>Loyalty is a rarity in modern day football, so should rightly be rewarded. <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/19/spurs-promise-andre-villas-boas-50m-in-transfer-funds-after-he-snubbed-psg-3847348/?">The Metro are reporting</a> that Andre Villas-Boas' decision to turn down the advances of Paris Saint-Germain has impressed chairman Daniel Levy so&nbsp; much so that he will be boosting his transfer budget to &pound;50m this summer.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Andy Carroll the piece of the puzzle that just didn’t fit at Liverpool</title><category term="Andy Carroll"/><category term="Brendan Rodgers"/><category term="In the Mixer"/><category term="Liverpool"/><category term="Sam Allardyce"/><category term="West Ham"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/andy-carroll-the-piece-of-the-puzzle-that-just-didnt-fit-at.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/andy-carroll-the-piece-of-the-puzzle-that-just-didnt-fit-at.html"/><author><name>Josh Weale</name></author><published>2013-06-19T10:01:10Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T10:01:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/liverpool/Carroll.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371635422027" alt="" /></span></span><a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/liverpool/">Liverpool</a> have decided to cut their losses on striker Andy Carroll with a &pound;15 million move to<a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/west-ham/"> West ham</a> set to be completed in the next day or so after the striker passed his medical at the London club.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Liverpool defender could be loaned to Premier League side - statistics</title><category term="Fulham"/><category term="Liverpool"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/liverpool-defender-could-be-loaned-to-premier-league-side-st.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/liverpool-defender-could-be-loaned-to-premier-league-side-st.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-19T08:30:19Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T08:30:19Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/liverpool/rsterling.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371603402518" alt="" /></span></span>In a season which saw Brendan Rodgers introduce a number of youngsters into the Liverpool first team, Raheem Sterling, Jonjo Shelvey and Suso to name a few, but there is one man that has been tipped to have an enormous future at the club.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Joe Kinnear returns to Newcastle - Reaction (Video)</title><category term="AFC Wimbledon"/><category term="Alan Pardew"/><category term="Frustrated Coach"/><category term="Joe Kinnear"/><category term="Kevin Keegan"/><category term="Mike Ashley"/><category term="Newcastle United"/><category term="Video"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/joe-kinnear-returns-to-newcastle-reaction-video.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/joe-kinnear-returns-to-newcastle-reaction-video.html"/><author><name>Anthoney Wilkinson</name></author><published>2013-06-19T06:00:38Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T06:00:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/newcastle/BenAfra.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371590037665" alt="" /></span></span>I am probably not the only person who was taken completely by surprise with the announcement that Joe Kinnear was to be given the position of 'Director of Football' at <a href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/newcastle/">Newcastle United</a>.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Liverpool target trio as Carroll completes West Ham move - a closer look</title><category term="Liverpool"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/liverpool-target-trio-as-carroll-completes-west-ham-move-a-c.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/19/liverpool-target-trio-as-carroll-completes-west-ham-move-a-c.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-19T05:00:34Z</published><updated>2013-06-19T05:00:34Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/liverpool/brodgers2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371601867789" alt="" /></span></span>Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to continue his reshaping of the club with a bid for trio Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Christian Atsu and Luis Alberto, <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfers-atsu-mkhitaryan-alberto-1962567">according to the Mirror</a>.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Joe Kinnear’s Trip to the Theatre (parody)</title><category term="Newcastle"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/joe-kinnears-trip-to-the-theatre-parody.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/joe-kinnears-trip-to-the-theatre-parody.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-18T21:07:32Z</published><updated>2013-06-18T21:07:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/pictures/premiership/newcastle/St%20James%20Park.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371589707875" alt="" /></span></span>To celebrate the non-binding verbal contract I&rsquo;ve just signed (spoked?) with Newcastle United FC, Michael Ashley got me and Wisey two tickets for the Lion King at the Theatre Royal. Score!]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Where will Manchester City's number one target end up?</title><category term="Manchester City"/><category term="Real Madrid"/><category term="The 3-5-2"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/where-will-manchester-citys-number-one-target-end-up.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/where-will-manchester-citys-number-one-target-end-up.html"/><author><name>Football Friends News Desk</name></author><published>2013-06-18T21:00:52Z</published><updated>2013-06-18T21:00:52Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/Isco.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371589510079" alt="" /></span></span>It wouldn&rsquo;t be approaching the summer transfer window without at least one player being touted as the next big acquisition for all of European footballs big-guns. This year is no exception as yet another great, young <span>playmaker</span> emerges from Spain.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Scouting Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Liverpool’s main transfer target</title><category term="Henrikh Mkhitaryan"/><category term="Liverpool"/><category term="Shakhtar Donetsk"/><category term="Two Yellows"/><id>http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/scouting-henrikh-mkhitaryan-liverpools-main-transfer-target.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/blogs/2013/6/18/scouting-henrikh-mkhitaryan-liverpools-main-transfer-target.html"/><author><name>Tim Simon</name></author><published>2013-06-18T18:08:09Z</published><updated>2013-06-18T18:08:09Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.footballfriendsonline.com/storage/Henrikh-Mkhitaryan3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1371498270228" alt="" /></span></span></p>
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