Former Duke University standout Mike Grella finished off his first professional pre-season in style, scoring one of two Leeds goals in Leeds' United's 2-1 victory in pre-season friendly action against newly-promoted EPL side Burnley on Saturday.
Grella saw playing time late in the season for Leeds last spring, and is looking like a good bet for even more playing time for the once-mighty Whites. Grella joines Leeds last winter after passing up an offer to sign with MLS.
Canadian defender David Edgar provided Burnley's goal.
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Bent's six-figure Twitter fine
Just when you thought Brian Ching's $500 for his Twitter complaints was bad, now comes word that Tottenham has fined Darren Bent two weeks wages, worth about £120 ,000 ($200,000) for critical and profane comments regarding Tottenham's handling of Bent's transfer.
Yes, that's right, $200,000.
Okay, so the fine is a bit meaningless considering Bent is about to be sold to Sunderland, but the figure is still a stiff one that should make EPL players think twice before firing off an angry Tweet.
Set Pieces
Julio Cruz is headed to Lazio.
Pavel Pogrebnyak is off to Stuttgart.
Ricardo Oliveira is headed to Al Jazira.
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What do you think of Grella scoring vs. Burnley today? Think 200K was a bit of an overboard fine, or was Tottenham justified? Disappointed that an MLS team couldn't lure Oliveira to the United States, or have you accepted that MLS just won't go after players like him?
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