The Daily Drool: Ryan Fredericks

Defender Ryan has joined West Ham from Fulham. He has represented England at the U19 level.

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Summer Transfer Window Recap – English Premier League

Alright, this is the final recap of transfer window drama. This is going to be a doozy and that’s partly why I saved this one for last. It was yet another record breaking year for the summer transfer window in England. There was a lot of movement with a lot of dollars spent.

Thomas Hitzlsperger Comes Out

Thomas Hitzlsperger, who retired in September 2013 has revealed that he is gay. The 31 year old central midfielder played in the EPL (Aston Villa, West Ham, Everton), Serie A (Lazio), Bundesliga (Wolfsburg, Stuttgart) and League 2 (Chesterfield). He represented Germany at the U19 (as captain), U21 and senior levels.

His Germany teammate Lukas Podolski tweeted “”Brave and right decision. Respect, Thomas Hitzlsperger. His outing is a important sign in our time.” Many others including his former club, Aston Villa, have expressed their support.  I look forward to a day when this will no longer be such big news. I admire & wholeheartedly support Thomas’s decision to come forward. This has got to be a relief for him. I hope that many others will follow.

Thanks to watishista Tali for sending in the news.

– Lozil

The Daily Drool – Coaches: Alan Pardew

Another silver fox, Alan has been coaching Newcastle United since 2010. Prior to that he coached at Reading, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic and Southampton.