Football : Season 2013/14 & Summer Window

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

I hope not he is probably 1 of the laziest strikers about.

He's better than bendtner 'in the top five players in the world' ©. I think it could be an inspired signing, he'd terrorise the weaker defences and give giroud a rest, I'd go as far as saying he should've been demanded as part of the rvp deal.

[thenry]

Chelsea have told German club Wolfsburg it will cost £25 million to sign out-of-favour Kevin De Bruyne on a permanent deal this month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...De-Bruyne.html

that some figure for a player that isn't playing much for Chelsea.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by thenry

that some figure for a player that isn't playing much for Chelsea.

He is worth £15 million and no more then that.

[thenry]

Paris Saint Germain ready £30m January swoop for unhappy Chelsea star Juan Mata

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...a-9033900.html

He didn't look happy coming off at Southampton.

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Tottenham Hotspur hope to sign Joleon Lescott from Manchester City on loan in January transfer window

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-window.html

Colins going to be devastated.

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Ricardo Quaresma rejoins Porto

http://www.fcporto.pt/pt/noticias/Pa...nto-feliz.aspx

I thought he retired

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Paul Pogba "I feel good at Juve, I don't hide that when I was a child I was dreaming to play with Arsenal or Barcelona."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ay-at-juventus

Juve will want a lot of money. Its a shame Arsene didn't go for him, or show more interest. Frimpong, a player I thought would feature more or even act as a great presence has turned into a flop!

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Atletico Madrid sign midfielder Jose Sosa until the end of the season

http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/n...e-loan-of-sosa

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

He's better than bendtner 'in the top five players in the world' ©. I think it could be an inspired signing, he'd terrorise the weaker defences and give giroud a rest, I'd go as far as saying he should've been demanded as part of the rvp deal.

I'm not sure about it tbh but Arsenal game would probably be better suited to him than Utds, or Fulhams right now. That said there isn't any doubt he has quality and it'll really annoy Tottenham. Anyway Gary Neville agrees with you...

Gary Neville ‏@GNev2
Berbatov to Arsenal fits for me. Awareness of runs / plays that extra pass and tempo in the last third would suit him.
10:53 AM - 2 Jan 14
https://twitter.com/GNev2/status/418696667068907520

I wouldn't mind Morata tbh. I'm not a big fan of John Cross, infact I dislike him, he has though written this...

Tottenham think Alvaro Morata (the young Real Madrid striker) is going to Arsenal on a short term loan.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...tunity-2980353

I don't believe theres a deal in place. Morata wants to fight it out and learn at RM, he isn't too bothered about playing more elsewhere but that may change and if it does then Tottenham most probably know he'll follow Ozil.

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Premierleague.com users' Team of 2013 revealed



http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/n...-revealed.html

[adzii_nufc]

You can tell it's a users vote then, Steven Gerrard? Tim Howard? heh. God help us if Heskey was still in the league.

As for Berbatov, stay well clear, brilliant at times but one of the laziest players I've had the joys of watching. It annoys the crap out of me watching him walk around the pitch after the ball for Fulham.

Moyes - Hypocrite, Mourinho too in regards to diving. Infact forget it, all managers play the same card when it comes to diving, then defend their own antics to the moon and back. Pardew admitted Debuchy deserved red, +1 for him, fails to acknowledge Loic Remy throwing himself to ground all the time -1.

[thenry]

Sepp Blatter wants to clamp down on play-acting by introducing an unofficial sin-bin for players who feign injury.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...eigning-injury

[denphone]

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert says clubs could do without FA Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25579811

Well if you don't like it them withdraw from it and allow smaller sides to take your place.

[TheDaddy]

I remember the hype about him, his whole life just seemed one long run of bad luck

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...s-9030917.html

[iadom]

The 'hype' was justified at the time, I remember watching him at Latics and he was something special for his age.

A very tragic case with an unbelievable run of bad luck.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by iadom

The 'hype' was justified at the time, I remember watching him at Latics and he was something special for his age.

A very tragic case with an unbelievable run of bad luck.

Never saw him play, was to young, he was the first player I saw referred to as a wonder kid though, hammers had one around the same time that I really liked called Eamonn Dolan, scored goals for fun in the youth team but injuries and cancer put paid to his career, think he's a coach at reading now, very sad cases of what might have been for both.

[Shadow Demon UK]

Southampton have reacted angrily to the Premier League's decision to dismiss their complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg.
The official is believed to have told skipper Lallana: "You're very different now you've played for England. You never used to be like this."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25589958


Wow, poor Adam, that must have really hurt his feelings...

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25589958


Wow, poor Adam, that must have really hurt his feelings...

Absurd isn't it? Can't believe that Southampton complained and are appealing the FA's decision to dismiss it!

[MalteseFalcon]

Southampton say ref swore at the player but there is no evidence to back that up. Like the supposed racism towards the Chelsea player, which several microphones failed to pick up, and several other players around the incident failed to hear.

[thenry]

Could you link Southampton saying Mark Clattenburg swore at Lallana ?

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Wenger says Diego Costas release clause is £145m ?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...arsene-2984160

Everyone else is reporting that its £30 odd m



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"There is a club prepared to pay 400 million euros for Messi"

http://as.com/diarioas/2014/01/03/en...65_798286.html

[MalteseFalcon]

Was on the back page of one of the papers, which is where I saw the swearing allegation.