Torres goes to Stamford Bridge.

Torres off to Stamford Bridge for $50 millions? How true?

No way! Torres has pledged his future to Liverpool after the red hot striker insist "many more years at Liverpool" before considering leaving.

I seriously do not know how this story surface. Unless there is truth that the Liverpool boardroom wants to sell the striker to raise fund for new recruits, this news should not be anywhere but real. Chelsea may have put an offer for Torres but was rejected by Rafa or this story was just a rumour.

The probability in Torres leaving for Chelsea is as Cristaino Ronaldo leaving for Liverpool. This bid by Chelsea goes to show how much Chelsea is afraid of facing Torres. Torres has scored two times against Chelsea. One at Anfield which was nearly the winning goal until Liverpool was robbed by a man called Rob Styles. Torres's second goal against Chelsea was in the Champion League at Stamford Bridge which nearly knocked Chelsea out if not for the own goal by Riise.

So far, there is no further confirmation on other transfer targets except for Andrea Dossena who is close to joining the Reds. The transfer of Gareth Barry is at a deadlocked while David Bentley, Michael Johnson and Stewart Downing are also being linked to Anfield. Xavi Alonso's days at Anfield are numbered after Real Marid and Juventus expressed interest.

The transfer activities going around for Liverpool has rather be slow and hope to see more new faces before the Euro 2008 starts next week.

Benitez already writing off title bid for 2008/09?

I read an article about Rafa not thinking about title next season but getting close to the Big 3.

As a Liverpool fan, I fully know where Rafa is coming from. Chelsea has spent 15 millions on a right back while Liverpool signed a right back for a free transfer. In the terms of signing, Liverpool has already fall behind Chelsea.

As for the rumour about Barry, Liverpool is offering players exchange plus cash. Does it this tells you? Liverpool must sell in order to buy. The backroom crisis has not been resolved. Money is an issue. No big budget to spend. So Rafa needs to spend wisely. He knows that he can't compete with Chelsea who are spending big after 2 seasons without sliverware.

Rafa is smart not to talk about title. In my opinion, he will talk about winning title if Liverpool is near their rival by Christmas next season. This is lessen the pre-season expectation on Liverpool and their players.

I strongly believe that money is an issue now. If Rafa was given limitless money to spend, I'm sure he will go for Daniel Alves for the right back position.

So far, there has no been reliable source to indicate that Liverpool is closing on the next players.

Let's hope Hick will sell his shares to DIC due to the constant pressure from the Liverpool supporters. It is only with DIC can Liverpool move ahead of the likes Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Manchester United - King of Europe 2007/2008...sad to say

The Red Devils has done it again in Europe since 1999. The match ended 1-1 after normal time and the matches was decided by penalties kick.

After retaining the EPL title, Man Utd went on to beat Chelsea again for European Cup. How Chelsea must be hated Man Utd now.

The match started with both team contended to test each other out. However the man of the moment Ronaldo headed United into the lead only for Lampard to equalized seconds before the half-time whistle. That was how the match ended.

Being a neutral, I certainly hope that Chelsea beat Man Utd so that the Reds won't achieve the double. Sadly for me, it was not the case. Man Utd has proven to the best club in England and now in Europe and they look set to be crowned the best in the world when the World Club Championship begin later.

As a Liverpool fan, we should be the one facing Man Utd in last night final instead of Chelsea had not for Riise's own goal. Liverpool deserved to be the finalist over the two legs. I am confident that we could have beaten Man Utd last night if we are the ones in the final.

Having said that, I congraluate Man Utd for their achievement in Moscow last night.

Liverpool Transfer News

Few days ago, Steven Gerrard expressed his view on the summer transfer :

"The time to act is now, not in January when we're already too far behind. Look at Chelsea. A day after they've lost the league, what do they do? They spend £16 million on a full-back. "

"That's the kind of ruthless approach to transfers the Liverpool fans and players want to see, making the signings the manager wants.

"The manager knows where we need to strengthen and the players and fans have faith in Rafa – but he needs the backing to act on his plans.

"There's no point us waiting all summer again and then possibly missing out on the players we need.

"If we do that we'll just end up going through the same experience as previous years. "It hurts more and more when we get to November or December every season and have to accept we’re out of the title race again.

"Every year seems to be following the same routine. The manager asks for more support in the transfer market in January, while we're all saying to ourselves this should have happened the previous summer.

"The only way to achieve this is to give the manager the kind of backing which gives us a chance. You only get better when you improve the quality in the squad."

It seem that his voice has been heard. Liverpool confirmed their 1st signing with the capture of Swiss right back Philipp Degen on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund.

He is relatively unknown player to many and hope he justify Rafa's decision to sign him.

On the other hand, Liverpool is also linked to Udinese's left back Andrea Dossena and Espanyol's right wing Alberto Riera.

I am just wondering how is the transfer involving Gareth Barry...

In the meanwhile, stay tune for more transfer news

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My Pain, my regret and My Unfulfilled Dreams

As I am writting this blog, I can already feel the sadness and regret.....

It has been almost 3 years since I played football. Playing football has been a part of my life since the age of 10. I was 12 years old when I took up football seriously. If you can remember my old posts, football has won me many friends. During my secondary school days, I was a part of the school soccer team. Not many chinese players are able to get into the team. I was one of the fortunate ones.

After secondary school, I went Shatec. I went for a trial with the Shatec team but was not selected. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because when I went over to the then Le Meriden Changi Hotel for my attachment. I went for their football training and I impressed the coach with my skill and goals during the training. I can recall how my team mates lavished praises on me and even my team goalkeeper was fearful when facing me. Hence I was selected for the team to participate in the Inter- Hotel soccer tourament in 1994. I was thinking this tourament could be a centre stage for me to impress football scouting in order for me to be selected for bigger clubs.

However, I destroyed the dreams by my very self. Three weeks before the touramant, I went to participate in a 7-A side tourament held nearby our ex -house. I even faked MC on that day just to play in that 7-A side competition. I was injured. My ankle was dislocated. I went on to play despite the pain with my ankle heavily bandaged. Yes, I scored a penalty to win the final but I was unable to play in the Inter-Hotel competition. I informed my coach about the injury and he looked quite upset as his star striker could not played.

The day came when the tournament began. The match took place at Farrer Park pitch. I travelled with the team and was named a subsitute. I knew I have not recovered fully but I insisted to be included in the team. It was against Allson Hotel (If I can still remember). I could not remember the details of the game but I did came on to play during midway through the second half. I can recall the pain on my ankle when I passed the ball. I knew it was bad. Then came a magic from me. I laid a defence spitting pass to one of my teammate and he ran to score.

I was very happy that I contributed to the goals. I think we drew 1-1 or won 1-0. Sadly for me, that was the last match I played for the hotel as I could not play due to further to the pain. It was a blow for me as I could not show my true potential. I regretted deep down inside my heart.

The last competitve match I played was when I was with the Liverpool Fan Club team. We travelled to Malaysia for competition with our Malaysia counterparts. That was in 2001. The following year, we had the same compeition held in Singapore.


My gal arrived in 2003 and I stopped playing until that fateful day on Mar 2005 where I tore my left knee liagment that require two surgeries. One to remove the tore liagment that blocked the movement of my left leg and the second surgery to reconstruct my knee. The two surgeries was done in 2005 and 2006 respectively.

Now whenever I passed by the field near my block and see people playing soccer, I can't help but feel painful. I wonder if I did not tore my liagment, I would be able to play up to today. It was on this very field which many people know how good I am. The Malays and Indians respected me on the field.

I'm regaining at least 50% of the strength on my left knee but the pain is still there. My cousin has invited me to play leisure football with his church friends on weekend. I am very keen but just afraid to try. What if I got hurt again?

Do you know what my unfulfilled dream is? It is to represent or club or Singapore in soccer. This is a regret that will stay forever in my life.


I have two nicknames given by my teammates. They are :


MichaeL Owen as my English name is Michael and I used to possess the pace and lethal finishing as him.
The "Great" Sammy Lee. I was given this nick coz I'm a small size lad like him. Haha





Robin Van Persie. No one gave me this nickname just that I felt like my current side view of my hairdo looks like it. Hahaha

Portsmouth - FA Cup Winner 2007/2008

Congratulation to Portsmouth FC for winning this season FA Cup after a 1-0 win over Cardiff City.

It was an entertaining open game. In the end, class and experience made the difference. Cardiff made life difficult for Pompey but a goalkeeping error by Enckelmann allowed Kanu to hook the ball into the net.

It was Portsmouth's day and it was Harry's day. They will be playing in the UEFA next season.

How I just wish that the holder of the Cup is my Liverpool FC.