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It was Ivan time tonight. They know the payroll is messed but Arsenes ethos is to have minimum superstars along with packed upcomers or something. I dont know to be honest. i just hope the overhaul will happen. we could easily sign players that dont cost 30mil but it all depends whether Arsene finally wakes up and gets rid of players robbing the club contributing to nothing.

do i hold faith. well look we've got Denilson out on loan at Sao Paulo. a few mill will do for him yet the deal is still not done! instead he has 1 more year left on his contract and hes talking of the loan being extended.

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Has Daniel Levys mum passed away? (twitter. my advanced apologies for asking if its not true)

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Incredibly sad news from Spain where Manolo Preciado dies from heart attack just 24 hours after being appointed as Villarreal's new boss.:(


http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...assing&cc=5739

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It's less about 'Arsene waking up' and more about the time it takes to turn it around. Ivan said in the meeting last night that they are addressing the wage structure but it will take a few years and they are not going to renew contracts for players that do not play. He also said we have to await improvement in commercial deals and FFP before we can compete with the best teams again, which is true, they had banked on the new stadium but then Chelsea and City came along and blew that advantage out of the water.

Quite interesting is the suggestion Fabregas refused to play to get the move to Barcelona to happen.

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Manchester United start battle for Modric with £22m bid.

http://sulia.com/channel/soccer/f/01...source=twitter

Not looking good for Spurs fans it seems.

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Shocking indeed :(

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Di Matteo close to landing Chelsea job as Guardiola pursuit seems to have failed.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...#ixzz1x6Ql6QCR

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RIP

hardly surprising. I doubt Bale will sign a new deal and theres talk of Harry unsettled too, not happy which is reliable info (not all about his contract)

told you :D

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That death in Spain was a massive shock, literally just seen the news. Such a tragic loss.

People in football seem to be having heart attacks more frequently now or is it me?

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Steve Clarke will be appointed head coach at West Bromwich Albion within the next 24 hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18344557

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Fingers crossed Den - He's the fans' choice

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I heard a strong rumour that ESPN and AL Jazeera TV are joining forces to beat Sky for all the football rights.

There will be some battle if this does happen, as if l am not wrong the last time there was a bidding war, Al Jazeera said that they would bid big time for a jewel in the crown of Premier League football.

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And that rumour you hear is not going to happen as Sky will get the majority of rights with ESPN getting rights to 38 matchs a season.

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ESPN want more prem games. if they are joining forces then they must have an international thing brewing as al jazeera has nothing but a news channel in the UK.

Sky will try push for more games. not sure whats going to happen to 3pm kick offs and packages available. the demand is high. the money is just going up. growth or awareness of the league. PR etc. etc. ?

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Aljazeera said the last time these games came up that they wanted to challenge for football -which popular in the far east.

BUT, this will benefit armchair football fans, Sky are far to expensive and it will be great if Sky get a bruising.

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If Aljazeera and ESPN get it, how does it benefit us?

Depends what they charge, and they may well charge a premium for a football channel.

Personally, I don't think Sky's charge is that bad. I prefer to pay nothing, but suspect that will never happen.