08-20-2013, 05:09 AM
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#81
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Originally Posted by Matty81
My beef is if they were resolute to keep him as they are claiming regardless of interest given his expiring contract, diminishing value and desire to move. I do believe that when very large clubs are vocally resolute about keeping players it dissuades quite a lot of potential bidders.
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well to be honest I stopped listening to such claims by managers a long time ago. Ferguson for example was once asked about the possibility of selling Ronaldo to Real and he basically answered that he wouldn't even sell a virus to Real. Nevertheless, Ronaldo moved to Real shortly after. I don't think we can believe everything the managers say. When Ferguson said that he had no intention of buying another player, we fans knew that actually a bid was imminent. There's a lot of smokescreen involved and the managers use the media to calm down fans and play down rumours. So to me, Moyes' comments aren't so relevant.
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08-20-2013, 08:42 AM
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#82
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Originally Posted by Matty81
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Most Italian clubs are bleeding money. AC is in such financial difficulty, that they had to sell Ibrahimovich & Thiago Silva last summer. Schalke, & Inter, didn't even qualify for Europa.
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08-20-2013, 09:12 AM
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#83
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Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devo22
well to be honest I stopped listening to such claims by managers a long time ago. Ferguson for example was once asked about the possibility of selling Ronaldo to Real and he basically answered that he wouldn't even sell a virus to Real. Nevertheless, Ronaldo moved to Real shortly after. I don't think we can believe everything the managers say. When Ferguson said that he had no intention of buying another player, we fans knew that actually a bid was imminent. There's a lot of smokescreen involved and the managers use the media to calm down fans and play down rumours. So to me, Moyes' comments aren't so relevant.
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British media is nuts.
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08-20-2013, 10:24 AM
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#84
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#1 Goaltender
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I love when the media portrays clubs as being somehow deeply offended over transfer bids, when really it's just business..."insulting", "derisory", "disgraceful", "disrespectful". Give me a break. 
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08-20-2013, 12:22 PM
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#85
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Location: East London
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Originally Posted by united
I love when the media portrays clubs as being somehow deeply offended over transfer bids, when really it's just business..."insulting", "derisory", "disgraceful", "disrespectful". Give me a break. |
You might like Arseblog's ' Football Clubs Are Idiots' entry today.
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08-20-2013, 04:30 PM
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#86
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So with Willian pretty much a done deal and Lamela on the horizon I would wager Bale is pretty much going to be cashed in.
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08-20-2013, 04:47 PM
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#87
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Originally Posted by Bagor
So with Willian pretty much a done deal and Lamela on the horizon I would wager Bale is pretty much going to be cashed in.
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Sounds like it's going to be for around £93M, with Coentrao coming back as part of it.
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08-20-2013, 09:14 PM
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#88
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ya Willian was pictured at a London Hotel today, and put up a picture out for Dinner in London
word is the medical is done, and this article
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...ass-radar.html
says Roma's director was in London today to talk about Lamela, Italian journos said Lamela's agents were here too
add in Coentrao being swapped for Bale (or the Modric money) and we are so much better than last year not only the starting XI but the depth
Baldini might be signing of the summer
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08-21-2013, 08:45 AM
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#89
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Anyone else hearing, Ed Woodward + 10 milllion for Daniel Levy?
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08-21-2013, 10:50 AM
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#91
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Sounds like it's going to be for around £93M, with Coentrao coming back as part of it.
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I just don't understand how Real can afford Bale. They're in arrears on Modric.
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08-21-2013, 11:45 AM
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#92
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
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Exactly what I think it comes down to. It's pointless to sell Rooney to a direct rival for purely cash as it doesn't help much now, and lessens United's chances...sort of like RVP from Arsenal, though not directly comparable. However if you get a player that can help in return, then you can call it fair. I hope they don't sell him for straight cash, unless it's an offer that United can't refuse.
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08-21-2013, 06:04 PM
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#93
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Paolo Bandini @Paolo_Bandini 6m
According to @dimarzio, Spurs and Roma are working on a deal worth €30m + bonuses for Lamela. Commissions + bonuses the bit being worked out
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Lamela + Willian + Paulinnho + Capoue + Chadli + Soldado for Bale + Parker + Huddlestone + Dempsey + Caulker
I'll take it
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08-21-2013, 09:06 PM
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#94
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Chelsea got more than their fair share of help from the ref tonight what with Ivanovic grabbing the winner when he should have been redded earlier and the missed penalty call in the dying minutes on the obvious JT handball.
Brutal.
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08-21-2013, 10:16 PM
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#95
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Originally Posted by Bagor
Chelsea got more than their fair share of help from the ref tonight what with Ivanovic grabbing the winner when he should have been redded earlier and the missed penalty call in the dying minutes on the obvious JT handball.
Brutal.
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Mourinho's comments after the game were great
media eats everything he says up too
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08-22-2013, 09:16 AM
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#96
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The media are welcome to him. For me a lot of it seems a bit unnecessary.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Sounds like it's going to be for around £93M, with Coentrao coming back as part of it.
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Let's get er done. I feel it's going to trigger a few significant moves once done. I'm guessing (dreaming) Ozil to United could happen.
Then Rooney scores the gwg next Monday. Moyes shakes Jose's hand at the end of the game and tells him that he's finally decided to sell. Mourinho then does his usual media whoring about how he always gets his man and the media lap up the Rooney to Chelsea stories.
Rooney is sold to Arsenal the next day.
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08-22-2013, 09:24 AM
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#97
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Le Sulk ticks off another club on his list.
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West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka has cleared out his locker and walked out of training at West Bromwich Albion as confusion surrounds his future in the game.
Anelka is believed to have lost someone close to him and has been deliberating his future in football over the past 48 hours.
The club confirmed that the striker was excused from this weekend's match against Everton on 'compassionate grounds'.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/index.html
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08-22-2013, 10:28 AM
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#98
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bagor
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Easy now, he'll always be one of my personal favourites...
...for taking such a weak ass penalty in Moscow, and crying with JT.
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08-22-2013, 10:50 AM
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#99
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Easy now, he'll always be one of my personal favourites...
...for taking such a weak ass penalty in Moscow, and crying with JT.
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aaaah, the memories ...
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08-22-2013, 10:54 AM
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#100
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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That was the perfect penalty shootout, Anelka, Ronaldo and JT missed.
Anelka also missed in the World Cup Final right?
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