news and gossip (and some pics, not much)
Chatter from the sidelines
- Forget the money - Juventus can’t replace unplayable Pogba if Juventus can afford to keep him, they should, tbh. He's a playmaker
- Premier League handed Paul Pogba boost with Juventus admitting "everything has a price" Juventus, no
- Mats Hummels reacts angrily when quizzed over Manchester United transfer links what do you mean? Angry as if, 'how dare you?' or angry as if 'how did you know?' I need to know because of reasons
- Team News: Gonzalo Higuain returns for Napoli against Genoa I don't follow Seria A but... Higuain got injured?
Higuain is back - Classic Transfer: Chelsea complete deal for South American Serie A star
Crespo at Chelsea - Real Madrid could face transfer ban like Barcelona as FIFA probe signings of two 12-year-old Venezuelans Now, I'm not one for gossip, so you didn't hear this one from me: it seems that Barcelona and Real Madrid's relationships are at an all time low because Barca thinks that Real Madrid whistle blew on them to FIFA, thus Barca getting slapped with a transfer ban; leaving the field open for Real Madrid to swoop in for Ødegaard, because Real Madrid wanted their own 'home grown' Messi (Casillas is 'only' a goal keeper). That being said, the other news is that Barcelona weren't willing to offer Ødegaard the amount of money Real Madrid stumped up in the end. Martin Ødegaard's dad was allegedly miffed that they only got to fly standard class, didn't get to meet the coach, and no job offer was there for him at the end of it. Compared to Real Madrid who squired them by private jet, offered money, a villa and a JOB for the dad, etc. Well, Barca wouldn't have gotten a look in at the end of the day. Jeez, this comment is long. So Barca fans are going, "One of us! One of us!" at los blancos, and the Man United fans are shaking, because if Real Madrid gets a transfer ban, they might start buying up players as insurance, aka David de Gea, and Mendes has said that de Gea's future is in Spain.
- Real Madrid makes official statement about FIFA probe tl:dr;we didn't do it, no one saw us did it, and they might be kinda sorta Spanish probably anyway? Friendsies?
- James Milner might leave Man City and come to Liverpool. He says his beef with Manchester City isn't 'the money' and peole are thinking that it's about playing time, as well as his favoured position on the field. Idek
- Trezeguet retires, but still wants a role with Juventus There's something nice about ex players associated with their clubs. I wish English clubs had more of that tradition
- La Liga - Arsenal outcast Joel Campbell relishes Villarreal chance he has to play somewhere. This was a swap with that guy who's coming to Arsenal, right?
- Pique owes €2.5 million in taxes wow (link in Spanish)
- More than 25 new national-team players headed to MLS for 2015 season I'm assuming that this is your 'draft' or 'colombine'?
- FALCAO AGENT SLAMS MAN UTD BOSS VAN GAAL: I WISH FERGIE STILL IN CHARGE uh.. wow. That being said, there's some discomfort among some Man U faithful, in that LvG seems to be playing to the tactics that he has instead of tailoring the tactics etc to his player's strengths?
- Standard Liège fans face five-year stadium bans for Steven Defour banner have you seen the banner? Yikes
Wow. The rivalry is that deep and serious - Andre Schürrle edges near Chelsea exit as Wolfsburg talks continue he won't be playing today
- German Footballer Reverts to Islam read more
Does this mean that he'll have to laser his tattoos off then? Aren't they haram?
Pictures
Question: are we still all about this lad?
Tumblr, I love you, but if you want to find pictures of black footballers- I don't mean mixed race (like Theo Walcott) or brown (Lucas Silva)- but of seemingly mostly African ancestry (like Bony, or Pogba or Balotelli) I go begging. It is what it is.
I have to go elsewhere to find the likes of Pogba. Hah, he shares an agent with Mario Balotelli? Better than Mendes, I suppose.
The Old Lady is eight points ahead of everyone in the season so far. Turn up for what?
Torino 1- Inter 0. But can we admire Inter's kit though?
Rochdale 1-4 Stoke City
Rochdale tried, but no surprises here
Stoke City players tackling the offence. Again
Moses got in for Stoke
Bojan stuck his boot in! Got the opening goal, but there are fears that he might have been injured
Cape Verde and Zambia out of Afcon. So we're now down to eight teams. I hope Algeria wins it, tbh
Real Madrid presentation
New lad, Silva. According to gossip, Real Madrid named Ødegaard as their number sixteen, and shirts were supposedly sold with this number. But now Lucas has number sixteen, so they've had to take it back from Ødegaard
Pictures are in no particular order. Just note his new predators- are they?
Is it me... or does he kinda remind you of Sergio Ramos? If that's the case I... have to go back on his attractiveness
Is he the first Brazilian signing since Kaka? Pepe doesn't count; he thinks of himself as Portuguese
Handing balls to the children
Quick, tell the difference!
Who is who?
Silva again
Silva already in training
In pink, too