• Carlos Cuellar has moved from Rangers to Aston Villa.  The Spanish Center Back is on the move after only one year with the Scottish League.
• Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas will miss at least the first 2 EPL matches with an injury.
• There has been a lot of rumors going around surrounding Barcelona and Samuel Eto’o.  One team in Europe made a rather bold statement claiming that they had inked the Barcelona forward.  Obviously, that has turned into nothing.  As it stands now, Coach Pep Guardiola has announced that he will remain with Barca. 
• Robinho has recently told Real Madrid that he will only move to Chelsea with a new deal set in place before any transfer takes place.  This obviously means that a new deal, will mean new money.  I think a change of scenery will help Robinho along and hopefully if he is moved, he will find his place with the Blues.
• Valencia rejected a bid from Man U for midfielder David Silva.  Valencia did not finish in the top this season in La Liga much to the surprise of many given the amount of talent they have.

Ronaldo Situation: The Cristiano Ronaldo situation has gotten very interesting.  It has gone from Man U threatening to take Real Madrid to the FIFA to file a complaint, to them giving Real a one-sided list of players that they were demanding in return, and their final demands of a rather-large sum of money.  Here is a list of their demands and other actions.

1. Real has reported interest in Ronaldo, Man U threatens to file a complaint with the FIFA unless Real stops enticing Ronaldo with a Madrid offer. 
2. It is rumored that Man U demands Mahamadou Diarra, Sergio Ramos, and money.  This would have been a very one sided deal.  One player alone would not be enough to acquire Ronaldo however an argument could be made that Ramos will become one of the best Spanish defenders.  Maybe even on par with Carlos Puyol of Barcelona.
3. Man U demands 100 million euro in exchange for Ronaldo.

Very one sided and interesting.  Watch the Semi-Finals tomorrow!

Results:

Spain vs. Russia(4-1): Spain is the better team here, plain and simple.  I like Russia and their goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.  They have a young squad that should become something later on, we might see something as soon as the World Cup. 

Greece vs. Sweden(0-2):  Good all around match, however definitely not the highlight of the day.  It will be fun to see the next set of Group D games as we will soon who takes the runner-up spot.  

 Tomorrow:  Portugal vs. Czech Republic and Switzerland vs. Turkey: I am really looking forward to Portugal and Czech.  This will be the match of the day.  Tomorrow will also determine which team will have a chance to challenge the Czechs to the runner-up position. 

Analysis of Group A Runner-Up Position: Right now, the Czechs are in a position to take this spot.  They can even have the champion spot too but it would go against my prediction.  The challengers for this spot are the Swiss and Turkey.  However, the Swiss have already eliminated themselves by losing to the Czechs.  In other words, they will have to win tomorrow and beat Portugal to even have a chance.  Turkey is in a good position.  They have already lost to the best team in the group.  If they pull off a win tomorrow, and the Czechs lose, then the next game will decide who gets the spot.  The next game after tomorrow’s games will be the Czechs versus Turkey.

Sealed Deals and Targets:

• Giovani Dos Santos is officially a part of Tottenham.  While I would have enjoyed watching him play with my favorite Barca, he should break the Spurs’ first team.
•  Valencia is reportedly targeting Sevilla Goalkeeper Andres Palop.  I like Palop and I view him higher than Timo Hildebrand.  While Timo was considered as the replacement for Canizares, Palop will be better.
• Real Madrid is claiming that Man U has no proof of foul play between them and Cristiano Ronaldo.

As some of you may know, I put out an article myself about one of his National Team Teammates, Ronaldinho. It seems both ‘Inhos, have fallen out of favor with their respective clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid-how ironic. Both rivals, are sure to be losing key players if they so choose to let go both guys.

Furthermore, the Robinho situation is quite interesting. He has been benched by Bernd Schuster, the Madrid boss. Supposedly Robinho has ditched training sessions rather sneakingly which has not impressed his coach either. He has taken a rather nice liking to jumping out of a dressing room window during training sessions while avoiding the team, the press, and of course Schuster himself.

The general consensus is that Manchester City, who has been in the market for sometime for a big name, is interested. Also, Manchester City has been included in the discussion for Ronaldinho’s services if they become available.

We shall watch these situations very closely to see what ends up happening. By the way, Robinho was the proposed front-runner for the FIFA World Player of the Year award but has fallen out of this race due to these occurrences.