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thats that transfer done.

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No it ain't as he is off to my beloved.:nono::nono::nono:

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Some boos for Rooney but not too bad at all...

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He got a great reception under the circumstances

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Arsenals British core will be strengthened if Rooney joins Arsenal. Wenger will no doubt get Wilshere and Rooney ticking... good news for England right!

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without CL? not a chance. count your blessings you got Coutinho :)

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Rooney's a busted flush in my humble opinion and we shall see on CE as he has repeated on many occasions his love for Liverpool.

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Glad to see that Swansea did not simply roll over and die.

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So SAF decided last xmas he was going to retire. He will be missed. So emotional at the moment

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Confirmed by SAF that Wayne Rooney asked for a transfer. I was in denial before but i think he will go in summer

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Geoff Shreeves wouldn't stop asking questions! Plenty of good ones at the start but then just stupid ones....

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I disagree. He did well imo. He did his job and asked questions we wanted to know

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another absolutely disgrace display by sunderland Simon Mignolet saved us from a hammering

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I really don't see Rooney joining Arsenal. Too much about the story doesn't make sense.

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Just about safe now Dave.

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The man's a legend. Best British manager of all time in my opinion.

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Ballague has just said "Rooney was offered to Barcelona earlier this season who said "No". Real Madrid do not want Rooney either."

now that doesn't make sense.

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AC v Roma on ESPN right now. AC down to 10. Roma 'Ultras' have been warned by the PA to stop racist chantings or the game will be stopped.

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PSG have just won Ligue 1 for the first time since 1994.

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PSG Director Leonardo tells Ibrahimovic he has to go for drugs test after PSG win league, Ibra gets angry with him, says he wants to celebrate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rT4LwbgxyHw

he should know better, its the rules, deal with it!

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It does, he's terrible and wants 250k a week.

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opnion and negotiations?

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Before this week I bet if you were asked you'd have chosen a hundred other strikers (below the price he'll cost) before you'd have picked him.

Come on, if he wasn't going to Arsenal you'd agree.

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id of said any other striker due to the fact Utd wouldnt sell to us but transfer request + not many others interested unless of oucrse he sods off for a mega mega mega payday means Arsenal have got a pretty good chance getting him. i do think hes quality. id take him over David Villa.

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Frankly, he's a £25m tub of lard.

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you lot are cruel

p.s. he can do one if he doesnt join Arsenal :)

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RIP

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city not "signing" anymore? where is link to that? :D

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lol...Celtic are struggling to beat the dross up north...don't get over confident :)

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Paris haven't quite won the title yet. Apparently, there is still a chance they will be docked points for someone shoving a ref. If they are docked 2 points, then it has to go to the last match of the season. So at the moment they are provisional champions.

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Wenger says he knew Fergie was going to retire.

https://twitter.com/Arsenal

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I knew it would happen sometime too...not rocket science

and if I say wenger will leave arsenal each year, I will eventually be right

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Wenger is such a troll. :D

If there is one guy in football from whom I want to read a book it would be Wenger. So many of these nothing players with autobiographies. Rooney had a book out in his early twenties!!

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hilarious story on Utd bidding for Fab

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...s-8614167.html

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Fabregas would be a fantastic signing for them. I have often thought Modric would have been a perfect buy for them and Fabregas is a bigger version of Modric.

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Don't believe everything you read buddy.

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Amen to that

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Thankfully he wont go there. Plus we have first option :D

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...rofile-1886701

I am minded to pellegrini as manager...at least he isn't negative

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l am not sure he would be the right manager for City but alas what do l know.

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not at all Colin. youve definitely got a decent manager coming in.

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Needs someone to get the dressing room back onside, they haven't become a bad team overnight and second in the league and in the FA Cup after two seasons of winning a trophy for the first time in 35 years is a performance that will be hard to better.

How long will the next manager get?

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I was looking at some pictures of the United players on their night out celebrating last night, and found out who Chris Smalling's girlfriend is....

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/05/37.jpg

I wonder if she would be going out with him if he wasn't a footballer :)

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sober up...it is the money and possible wag title...he could look like Quasimodo and still score :)

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whats her name?

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SSN: PSG reject approach from Real Madrid for Carlo Ancelotti

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Sam Cooke

David De Gea's is not bad either, shes a pop star in Spain called Edurne, but for me thats more understandable than Chris Smalling.

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shes alright.

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Good! 50k isnt much though. Clubs should be hit harder.

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Why all the criticism for Rooney, He's been replaced by RVP essentially and has been playing out of position most of the time for a while now. He's the 6th highest scorer overall in the Premier League and will keep climbing and realistically finish second behind Shearer at some point unless he hit's massive form and bags 100 goals from now until retirement. He is the best English striker available by far.

I'd likely have the same mindset as Rooney and see Arsenal and Chelsea as the best destinations. He'll start firing properly again when the switch comes, hopefully not abroad.

I'd love a player like Rooney right about now and I still remember the bidding war between Newcastle & Man United for him when he was 18 but realistically Freddy Shepherd was being a Moron and could have bankrupted us had he won that bidding war. I don't think Rooney would have been as good at Newcastle either. Brings back the question of how many more goals could Shearer have scored at United.

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The whole situation makes me laugh. Last time he pulled this stunt to get a new contract he said it was because the club were lacking ambition and not signing enough world class players...so the club sign a world class player and he loses his place in the team! It could be argued that he has himself to blame for the situation he finds himself in. And why he asked for a transfer before the end of the season i will never know or understand. Hes just made the title celebrations awkward for him, the other players, manager and fans. Wait until the end of the season! I hope he enjoyed not playing, getting booed and the awkward handshake with Fergie yesterday. Maybe over the summer he will grow a braincell and realise the mistakes he has made, but i seriously doubt the United fans will be as forgiving as last time if he stays.

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One of my all time fave singers.:p::D

Arsenal for Rooney possibly but Chelski...with Hazard, Oscar, Mata and Ramires they have the best midfield in the league already and Rooney is not a target man like Torres ( when on form ) or Ba.

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He is showing Utd class :D

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:p::D

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I know, he kept getting in the way when i was searching for pictures :)

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Rooney is being booed during the victory parade. Once again, idiot for requesting a transfer when he has.

And Fergie called Liverpool 'that mob across the road'. He will be missed :)

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Even he was to good looking for Smalling.:D

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We need Rooney.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/05/13.gif

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There is going to be one big problem at Spurs during the new transfer window.

Levy will wait till the very last minute and try and get a player on the cheap, He won't buy Rooney due to his high wages. Spurs have a wage limit at the club and wont break it, With Bale, Levy will add on bonuses, and wont break the bank, thats a gurranteed certainy. And being a big Spurs fan, we know about Daniel.

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I would prefer someone less troublesome than Rooney, maybe younger too. There must be someone better for £25 million and £200,000 in salary. Jovetic and Villa maybe? Also a midfielder and right back? We'll see. Giroud is fine btw. Not amongst the world's best but a decent forward.

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I agree. I would think a lot would be better

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Villa is too old. Barca can do one for playing games anyway, plus will they want to do business with us now we've stolen more youngsters off them?

Giroud isn't fine.

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Bale will be sold I think.

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Giroud is fine. It's not been a bad first season. We just need more. Players like Giroud add depth if we had another class striker. It gives us cover and someone to come on or partner the main forward. Jovetic isn't bad. Jovetic and Remy maybe.

Rooney falls out with managers, he is expensive and his fitness is questionable.

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Giroud has barely touched the ball in the last couple of games prior to his dismissal. We've literally played with 10 men. that said Pods been awful too. I get scared of the word depth now, they just drain resources at Arsenal. Should Arsenal go for quality over quantity and throw youngsters in to make up the numbers?

I've not seen too much of Jovetic to comment. If his stats are anything to go by then 100k and 25m isn't worthy, ok he has double digit goals per season but its below 14.. can he step up? people say Wenger can get more out of him

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good to hear. decent player!

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oi hes a Meerkat!

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No, he's become a mere second rate striker... :p

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youre being kind Cobby

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People wonder why they're not universally popular.

How many players said 'We have got our trophy back'?

Anybody who says that is not arrogance is deluding themselves. No one has a right to a trophy...

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Could be construed as arrogance to sack a manager just because a team didn't win anything for one year, gives the impression that said people think that spending a huge amount of money entitles them to win every time.;)

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I'm not a City supporter & wasn't commenting on that or your owners attitude. The players, albeit instilled by SAF, believe that they have a right to win the trophy every year. That is arrogance...

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Palace v Watford play off final ?

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Am really not looking forward to tomorrow night. Should a miracle happen, forgive me for having a few hours gloating about Wigan. Expecting Arsenal to put the final nail in the coffin though. Wigan will be back, as long as they can keep Martinez which seems like they will have a fight on their hands to do.

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I don't know. Championship seems a scary place to go to.

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Zaha has played well tonight, got both goals for Palace. Will be interesting to see how he does next season.

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YAY Palace!

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I seem to remember a few Arsenal players saying the same thing the second time they won it, funnily enough I don't remember hearing the same thing from Chelski but if you have won it 13 times I suppose it can feel as though you 'own' it. :)

How many times did Brazil win the World Cup before they gave it to them?

Speaking of your club, what are your thoughts on the current Cortese situation?

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Well, he thinks he knows what he's doing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...-position.html

Interesting though...

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Hmmm,

not sure about this bit, do you think they would have gone down with Nigel Adkins?

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He has beem sacked. Bye bye Mancini. See you later. Man City a new Chelsea hahaha

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Ridiculous.

Football doesn't work like that. It's not a traditional business. It's not as if Manchester City were mid-table or drastically failed.

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Its so late in day thou. Only breaking a few mims ago. Why this late in day?

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It is a bit harsh, I do agree. CL group of D'eath. PL - RVP at Utd. League Cup knocked out by Villa. FA Cup, well it meant little. City had Pellegrini down as the next manager prior to the final so the result meant little to Mancinis future at City.

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and just to add, put Mancini at Arsenal for the past 7 years and ask yourself if Arsenal would get CL year in year out throughout a slow decline. I have my issues with Wenger but Mancini had the resources. Sorry but I couldn't careless. Inefficiencies.

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Mancini needs to punch Nasri on his way out btw :D

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If members are thinking that Arsenal are going to walk over Wigan, think again. Wigan need to win to stay up, Arsenal need to win to get CL football.

My prediction Arsenal 2 Wigan 4.

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:D

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I have wanted mancini away since before end of last season. I just don't like his tactics, he makes strange decisions.

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I agree on both points, though suspect mancini would slap him, not punch :D

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Watford for me.

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No surprise there and if Arsenal lose tomorrow then who knows.;)

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Wenger wouldn't leave. Sacking the manager isn't the answer to everything. Rodgers has spent more than Wenger and he hasn't been fired.

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Steve Harper will play his final game for Newcastle against Arsenal, a lad that deserved much more when he was under Shay Given.

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Liverpool agree double swoop worth £25m.

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/05...25m-ajax-pair/

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Caught offside = instantly rubbish. They have no sources. Their business model is to pay peanuts for writers at home to come up with stories that send people to their website.

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The managers who won the 2011/2012 Champions League, Premiership, FA Cup, League Cup,and the Championship have now all been sacked.:rolleyes:

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So Wenger is simply keeping himself in a job by not winning anything!

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ITV wins rights to show England qualifying matches in £100m deal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...fiying-matches

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25m per year. hmm..

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Wengers met with Higuains dad according to this...

http://www.lastampa.it/2013/05/13/sp...wI/pagina.html

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another loss for Football, Sport

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Ha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL7cp...ature=youtu.be

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LOL very embarassing.

Back to Man U, 1st game of the season away to Stoke, rest of the season out injured. ;)

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please don't let me down tonight Arsenal please win

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Well if they don't then serious questions will be asked about Arsenal's fading CL hopes.

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and we be down if wigan win :mad::mad::mad:

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I am really nervous about tonight. I was at this fixture last season and we conceded early and performed woefully. Couldn't get decent tickets for today's game so shall watch from home with unbearable anxiety. :(

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Only if you win at the weekend. Deal?

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Hopefully Wigan win. It will make the last day of the season very interesting.

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We're going to have to go to game together one day. May be then in person I'll be able to knock some sense into you :mad: I feel confident. Its raining. We do well when it rains.

Last year we had Santos start, Djourou started too. Arteta went off early. It was crap from the get go.

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I can't believe they wanted him to stay!

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Wengers got his sleeping bag on

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I feel sick.