news and gossip (tit bits really)
Chatter from the sidelines
- Manchester City inquire over £30m Wilfried Bony as Manuel Pellegrini bids to boost firepower Swansea will block that like woah. Bony had a release clause of £19 m, but Swansea took that figure out when Bony reupped with them
- Reports: Javier Hernandez linked with a shock move to AC Milan hope he gets his first team minutes
- The top 100 players in 2014 another top 100 list. You know you want to. Click on the link
- Raheem Sterling escapes punishment for apparent swing at Federico Fernandez as FA do not impose retrospective action people are saying that it's unfair, because a Swansea player got charged for elbowing Can. Oooh.
- Fernando Torres trains for the first time since completing his move back to Atletico Madrid after nightmare spell with AC Milan the saga continues
- Barcelona still under transfer ban until 2016
- Barcelona plays a match friendly in Qatar come February 2015Dubia and Qatar are local- since when
- Simeone never asks for anything - but he asked for Torres' say it with me- Awwww
- Matthaus: Podolski should stop blaming others for Arsenal plight Basically, Podolski is being told to have a cup of shut the hell up and deal
- Transfer window speculation- come onnnn let's play. Put your two pence in with this post
- How Jose Mourinho's Chelsea have mastered game management interesting article
- "Bale is key to our present and our future" move on, PL. We can do better, leave him be. I'm sure we have the next Bale coming up at Southampton or any of our academies
- Indian Super League was watched by 429 million on TV according to TAM data stop, the season finished already?
LOL of the day
Zlatan grooming himself
Pictures
Torres back to work, already doing the rings. Here's the gossip- it seems that Simeone didn't want Cersci because he was lazy/didn't commit to training, and Simeone asked the Atlético board for Torres specially. Since Simeone doesn't ask for anyone the board made Torres happen for him. So the AC Milan/Atlético swap isn't so weird. Can we just say awww and wish him well?
Torres signing banners at his arrival at the airport
People were a little excited to see him
Torres looking like a tired university student just coming home for Christmas, and he's giving the thumbs up to his parents, but really he's like, OMG, you're so weird guys
Real Madrid played AC Milan in Dubai. A local friendly, as it were.
Real Madrid lost, but one fan was happy
Right. Someone fill me on this game. I started watching it, and I thought that Navas was in goal. I had to go out for a while. When I come back, Real is down 1-3 to AC Milan, Kroos who's supposed to be resting is on the field and Casillas was in goal. Was I hallucinating? Anyway! Bale with Philipe Mexes
Wasn't Ronaldo and co supposed to be resting for this winter break? What part of resting involves taking a five hour flight to Dubai, playing a game, and then flying back to Madrid for the start of La Liga come Jan 04? Right, Ronaldo battling with El Shaarawy
I wish I were Jese's girl... where do I find me a man like that? Jese got a run out
Isco enjoying his Christmas holiday. Having a lie in, as you do
Nacho too, taking a stroll on the holiday
Some Dubai fans turned out to meet their heroes
Iker's already boo'd up with kid, gurl. You came late
Where is the lie? CR 7 be that freak of nature. His mum writes how she was glad that she didn't abort him. When I read that line I was like, "You've given ammunition to every antiabortion organisation out there woman, I just..." the details are here because someone is going to challenge and say that I'm making it up
I usually snark at Real Madrid, no, I do. But NGL, as a fan it warms my heart to see the supporters out there, with their little cut outs and blow ups, just glad to see their team. It's the excitement before the game, the hope and thrill of what can happen that makes it exciting
Seriously, this is the part of the post I enjoyed compiling the most, the one with the supporters coming out and beaming. Awesome. May all the teams you support do their best and beyond, my fellow supporters of struggling teams.
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