Quote :

"Eto'o just told Barca to piss off"

Where did you see that? I checked around briefly and couldn't find an article about it. If true,that is a huge loss for Barca.

^^ lol

REAL CAKES FTW

7/10/2009 1:31:42 PM

goal.com, son

7/10/2009 3:23:01 PM

Quote :

"Goal.com can exclusively reveal that Barcelona have formally agreed a deal with Valencia for David Villa. A bid in the region of €40 million has been accepted, according to our sources, and the deal could accelerate the departure of Samuel Eto'o, tipped to join Manchester City. "

7/10/2009 3:33:44 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/10/manchester-city-samuel-etoo-barcelona



Man City set to pull out of their bid to make Eto'o the highest paid player in the EPL.

7/10/2009 7:37:52 PM

^
now that would be interesting...but it looks like he's not gonna do it. The thing is, Man City is not prestigious, no matter how much its owners wish it were; and you can't necessarily buy prestige with money.

incidentally, being a Liverpool fan this offseason is like having the proverbial sword hanging over your head

7/10/2009 8:02:40 PM

according to sources, Eto'o wants Manchester United or Milan.


Coincidentally, those are the 2 teams that could afford him.


If he came to United, there goes the concern for goals that Tevez and Ronloldo provided. Eto'o could bang in 25-30 for a few more years still, especially in United's offense

and it would take a lot of the pressure off of the new kids Tosic, Valencia, and Obertan - give them time to grow into their roles

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 8:22 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2009 8:21:06 PM

true.

7/10/2009 8:24:07 PM

nani and 20-30 mil range for aguero i think i heard last in the man utd transfer saga for a striker

7/11/2009 3:26:50 AM

so SAF just announced hes not gonna be spending any of that ronaldo money, theyre done with transfers for the summer. that seems like a stupid decision. valencia plus obertan does not equal ronaldo plus tevez

7/13/2009 2:48:56 PM

It's a ruse. There will be more signings.

7/13/2009 9:11:26 PM

What the fuck is going on with Man City. Theyve got Tevez, Santa Cruz, Bellamy, Bojan (sp?), plus attack minded people in Robinho, Elano, SWP, and Ireland. Yet they want to buy eto'o or adebayor? How about buying some defenders? Shit. They just sold Corluka last summer (dumb) and need lots more players. Liverpool bought agger and skrtel for under 7 each. Arbeloa for under 3. Aurelio free. I cant imagine there arent some solid CBs out there for 7-15 who arent named Lescott-ugly-hair. It bothers me theyre not just snatching up no nonsense defenders considering the money theyre talking on strikers.

In other news, I really think Liverpool are going to lose Alonso. And its going to crush my soul, and I think it will lock them in the 2-3 spot in the Prem.

Excited to not see Ronaldo.

Not excited to see Portsmouth fall apart. Whatever happened to the Kranjcar transfer rumors? Now seems like the perfect time for a team to come in and get him for cheap (~12?). Tottenham (Luka on the left now)? Arsenal (maybe not with Arshavin)? Anyone?

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM. Reason : I leave out words.]

7/13/2009 11:47:47 PM

^ Get out of here with that shit. It's not Man U related.

I was sort of becoming a Newcastle fan over the past couple of years so I don't have a Prem favorite going into next season.

I think I'm leaning towards rooting for Everton if only for Howard in goal. I was pretty excited this year when they beat Man U in the FA Cup. Any Everton fans want to persuade me to support the original Merceysiders?

7/14/2009 12:05:01 AM

yeah man city are going to be in some 5-4 type games next season

7/14/2009 1:03:12 AM

Everyone gets a hard on for attack minded players. It's harder to find a Vidic than it is an Adebayor.

7/14/2009 1:14:25 AM

well yeah, just ask amac884 about arsenlol's back line...

if he were unsuspended

[Edited on July 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM. Reason : f]

7/14/2009 1:43:50 AM

news has been boring lately. anyone got any good scoops?

7/16/2009 1:14:17 PM

i dont think theres any real big news. except for man city trying to get every striker in the world. looks like tevez wouldve gotten more playing time at man utd than man city this coming year with adebayor coming now.

downing to aston villa for 12 mil, seems like a bargain even though he had a down year. villa will either have a great combo with ashley young and downing on the wings, or it could mean young is on the way out since they both play left wing for the most part. chelsea, man utd and tottenham have been going after young, and he said he wants to play at man utd over the other teams.

7/16/2009 1:31:37 PM

I still think Tevez will start at City. Why does everyone think he's a bench player. Just because SAF didn't value him over a lethargic Berbatov? On a related note, I think that Adebayor is overhyped.

Plus I hear City is going to play a 2-3-5 to accommodate all their strikers.
http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-to-unveil-tevez-2-3-5-formation.html#more-460

7/16/2009 4:40:44 PM

Berbatov is not lethargic. Everyone gives him shit, but he was the second best player and probably most consistent on the team last year, and that's with being rotated.


I think Downing to Villa is to replace Young, who is most likely going to be sold.




Big hubbub about John Terry going to Man City because he hasn't signed for Chelski, he's been quiet about committing his future to the club, etc, and my guess is that he will go, mainly because he's a prat.

7/16/2009 6:33:28 PM

yea man city bought terrys physio from chelsea for something like 15 mil i read, and theyve already got his best friend wayne bridge. it makes sense.

7/16/2009 7:25:48 PM

I feel like city is doing the same thing chelsea did a few years ago by just buying who ever. They may get back to back leagues and an FA but after three years big time players want to start leaving because of playing time.

7/16/2009 7:50:03 PM

big time players bump heads and egos start to get nuts...you cant keep a lot of stars on one team...real madrid tried once and it fell apart eventually. i mean it seems to buy success but it is a disgusting way of doing it and its only temporary

7/16/2009 9:43:26 PM

eh I have no problem with it

to be relevant in Manchester, they had to get great players immediately. For great players to go there, they have to overpay.

I just don't understand why they needed Tevez and why they're connected with Adebayor... the Barry signing, and Lescott interest, hell, even the Terry interest makes sense but all the forwards they're getting is just stupid

7/16/2009 10:54:52 PM

City will be running the famed 0-0-10 formation this year

7/16/2009 11:04:10 PM

you right.

7/17/2009 12:42:44 AM

City has to break the top 4 this year, otherwise this whole thing will be for shit.




My guess is the highest they'll place is 6th.




They have the TEAM to pull some Chelsea-esque revolution and make it to the top 4, they just don't have the MANAGER and the TECHNICAL STAFF. If Shinatwatra hadn't shitcanned SGE, they'd be in prime position. Mark Hughes doesn't rate at all.

7/17/2009 1:24:32 AM

i agree with everything you said


as opposed to saying you right.

7/17/2009 1:26:13 AM

They need the UCL to make shit work. Otherwise, they're going to be stuck with mid-level players like Adebayor "sleeping on it" for their ridiculous wage offerings, and coming back the next day with an "ehhh, I'll pass" forever.




City doesn't have the pedigree, and right now they have to throw money at the problem to get to the UCL level so they can turn some big players' heads. Not being in Europe this year should help them, but this IS City we're talking about here.


And who knows what will happen when the Pompey sale finally goes through. It'll be another set of Arabs with stupid money trying to buy the world.

7/17/2009 1:30:54 AM

well portsmouth isnt the largest british city so i dont see it being very attractive to go there. i see man city finishing 5th...only if they get 2 more good defenders

7/17/2009 1:38:51 AM

Apparently they just lodged a bid for Joleon Lescott.

7/17/2009 1:46:32 AM

I can see City finishing as high as 4th.

I can also see them finishing 8th.

7/17/2009 2:10:09 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8155154.stm

7/17/2009 4:24:32 AM

Yeah, I saw the news about the bomb blasts last night on twitter, but knew United were still in the air. I figured they'd cancel the whole tour.



and United just signed Mame Biram Diouf from FC Molde - where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got his start!

[Edited on July 17, 2009 at 9:30 AM. Reason : I knew the "we're done with transfers" bit was bullshit]

7/17/2009 9:26:24 AM

Quote :

"Inter Milan have confirmed they are in talks with Spanish champions Barcelona over the potential transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic."

Quote :

"Reports in both Spain and Italy suggest the clubs are very close to agreeing a deal which would see Inter receive €40m plus Eto'o and former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb on loan for a year."

Inter is totally getting the better end of that deal, but Barcelona would have an insane attack with Ibra considering what he did with the midfield in Milan vs the midfield he would have in Barcelona.

7/17/2009 10:49:45 AM

Alonso for Snjeider + 25 mil (which could eventually be David Silva)? Not too bad for Liverpool, in my opinion

7/17/2009 11:06:27 AM

Yeah, Eto'o is going to destroy shit in Italy.

[Edited on July 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM. Reason : ^ source? I haven't seen that anywhere.]

7/17/2009 11:10:33 AM

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5438338,00.html

here's where I saw it

7/17/2009 11:31:52 AM

hmmm


I think that Aquilani transfer is more likely


but it'd be bad business as italians rarely do well in England




Also I'm pretty sure that Valencia has basically priced themselves out of existence. They couldn't pay the players for most of last season, are encumbered with spiraling debt, and refused to sell Villa for 40 million euros not once but TWICE to the only two teams that he'd agree to go to.

What a bunch of fucking morons. Although, if they weren't morons, they wouldn't be in this position to begin with.

[Edited on July 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM. Reason : .]

7/17/2009 11:35:11 AM

Quote :

"Barcelona president Joan Laporta claims to have come to a complete agreement with Inter Milan over a swap deal involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o."

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=661520&sec=transfers&cc=5901

7/18/2009 11:05:00 AM

Sounders vs Chelsea in about 15

Anyone else watching this?

7/18/2009 2:43:23 PM

thanks for the reminder, I forgot about this

I hate that Seattle green so much

7/18/2009 3:21:25 PM

Sounders down 1-0 through 25

despite what the score says, the sounders have played excellent so far. the fans have really shown up and are making the US look very good on TV. the stadium is packed and very loud.

7/18/2009 3:40:05 PM

yeah it is pretty cool that in a friendly against a team like this... the crowd is mostly pro-Sounders and not just there for Chelsea

[Edited on July 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]

7/18/2009 3:41:42 PM

The game finished 2-0 Chelsea

This is such a great idea for the states. The fans showed up, stayed the whole time, and were loud as fuck from beginning to end. It's another small step towards the US becoming a place of legitimate soccer in the world. I would assume that the Chelsea players were impressed by the turnout on the field as well as the stands. We def looked good today on TV. The Sounders played well and gave the blues a good game.

7/18/2009 5:09:21 PM

Who wants to join my Yahoo Fantasy EPL league?


Send me dem emails in a pm, yo.

7/19/2009 11:50:12 AM

I just want to say those new United jerseys are awful

7/20/2009 11:59:43 AM

yeah, agreed. they look like ass.

7/20/2009 5:34:47 PM

Newcastle will be wearing these to away fixtures in the Championship



:/

[Edited on July 21, 2009 at 2:43 AM. Reason : d]

7/21/2009 2:43:16 AM

piss yellow was a great choice.

7/21/2009 4:23:18 AM

bananas and cream

7/21/2009 9:39:58 AM