Grubby Lil Grubworm News
du Nord, January 3, 2007
How did American defender Jay DeMerit of Watford spend his New Year's Eve?: I spent New Year's Eve by myself in a hotel room watching "Children of Men" with Clive Owen. I looked at the clock at 12:01 and thought, "Oh, no. Well, Happy New Year to myself."Correction: Team USA training camp officially opens Thursday, not yesterday.~ ~ ~ ~I think it's all just English tabloid transfer window hype but the big rumors of the day involve USA & Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu. His Belgian team has started training in Portugal for the second half of their league season, but he is not with them. One report, from Sky Sports, has him headed to Fulham in England! Yes, Fulham - the new USA team of Europe. Another says he is in Italy to meet with Milan. There has been no further word about a move to Real Madrid. I am having a really hard time buying this Fulham story. Another source, the Daily Mail, claims his price tag is only 1 million Pounds. I just don't believe it.ADDITION: Yanks Abroad has now spoken to both Oguchi Onyew