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[rck3sactown]

The motherland

 

[Sinner]

I liked that the commentary heard in the background was in Canto. 

 

[rook]

probably got paid to leave

Seriously. No doubt In my mind blatter dropped the money bags off

 

[Beans]

Liverpool should really look at the way SAF handled young players with egos.. No need in drawn out sagas.. Cut them ties and bring in more talent. No one should even be able to give off the impression they are bigger then Liverpool, certainly not some 20 yr old kid.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

And welcome to my world!

I thought of you during those scenes. I should've posted that too. Our resident NT night owl...

How reliable is this "youtube pundit" Devils Terrace? He says Bale's agent informed Perez that he would like to leave Madrid...

This dude is yammering on his YT page that United are interesting in Athletic CB Aymeric Laporte... Great defender but Otamendi is better if you're only buying one of the two.

 

[Beans]

Seriously. No doubt In my mind blatter dropped the money bags off

I think it has more to do with the voting. Ppl were saying the more candidates who oppose blatter have to worry about splitting votes, which lowers the odds of winning.

 

[rolaholic]

@ the Young England snub

 

[blackmomo]

Liverpool should really look at the way SAF handled young players with egos.. No need in drawn out sagas.. Cut them ties and bring in more talent. No one should even be able to give off the impression they are bigger then Liverpool, certainly not some 20 yr old kid.

But were and when did Sterling give off the impression he was better than the club. He looked at the work he put in and saw the players like Mario are currently getting paid 5 times what he is getting paid and only to have Liverpool still offer him less than Mario. He didn't want to resign because he didn't like the way he was being used. Rodgers was using as a wing back and he hated that. He didn't put up a transfer request and continued to work week in n out. He still has 2yrs on his current deal and doesn't owe anything to Liverpool. Now why would he want to stay when Liverpool keeps on leaking all of this info to the media and making him look like the bad guy. that's really a great way to keep players.

 

[8pm at msg]

If I was Sterling I'd leave and not look back.

You want him to come back but you drag his name through the mud?

 

[User 37837]

Apparently, Gundogan passed his medical at Barca

 

[rolaholic]

"You'll never walk alone...until you appeal for proper compensation"

Barca's just about to snatch everyone up now huh? :x

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Mundo Deportivo, who is reporting that Gundogan passed a Barca medical isn't too reliable with transfer rumors. Kit leaks yes, transfer rumors no.

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I hope Pogba is in play but I hope someone at Camp Nou is smart enough to come up with some players Juve would take (from first team, B team & below) that would help to offset whatever the transfer fee would be.

If one were to believe my previous post on the Pogba rumor, it makes it sound like both clubs have the frame work of a deal...

 

[QU!K]

What happened to the transfer ban tho

 

[d3si]

What happened to the transfer ban tho

I wonder how does that work. What's the rule?

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Whatever deals made are "pre-deals" that won't get officially registered & would be officially done in Jan '16 or the summer.

The Pogba deal supposedly allows him to stay in Turin until next summer bcs he's in no hurry to leave just yet but is rumored to want Barca if he goes anywhere...

 

[Beans]

I read he would stay till January but won't feature in cl.. Again rumors

 

[blackmomo]

I heard FIFA might lift the ban on Barca allowing Him to join this year. If not I think he signs to join them next season not in January. Him going in Jan makes no sense to him or Juve

 

[Kimchi Papi]

For Pogba, the logic is apparently that he'd come summer 16 because he loves playing for Juve. It would allow Juve to target a MFer who could take his place. There is a thought that Barca will offer some of it's younger players to Juve also not only to cover the midfield but other areas they would like to fill with some youth.

Of course this all is taken with a grain of salt as the saying goes.

 

[rck3sactown]

for a split second I thought MFer meant something completely different 

 

[Coupé It]

Figo and the other dude dropped out because they want someone to beat Blatter, anyone! Not cause they were threatened, wtf could Blatter do to Figo

Got to make sure all non-Blatter votes are useful when dealing with a situation like this. They don't want to Ralph Nader this up for anyone who could potentially beat Blatter.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

:x Goal.com is now reporting Perez is sacking Carlo... That's such a mistake but I welcome Rafa with open arms.

I just hope Perez isn't smart enough to hire a good young coach like Fiorentina's Vincenzo Montella or Sevilla's Unai Emery instead of some retread manager like Rafa would be...

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spai...i-benitez-favourite-to-take-over?ICID=HP_BN_1

 

[Kimchi Papi]

These are really cool. Designer Pablo Canepa came up with some designs matching football teams with their own beer bottles.

Here are 2 for the teams in the CL final. You can see more via the link below

https://www.behance.net/gallery/25329377/Futbol-Beers

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[eiddyfouw]

Laporte has been the subject of transfer rumors since last summer. I'm not sure if anything will actually come of it...

 

[dragicon]

Running for president of FIFA resulted from a personal decision, taken after listening to many pertinent people in the realm of international soccer.



I sought out the support needed for me to stand, I formally presented my candidacy, and the reactions in the soccer world were so overwhelming - both in public and in private - that I was reassured that I had made the right decision.



The realm of a sport which gave me everything to become what I am, and to which I now offered to give something back, is hungry for change. FIFA needs change and I feel that the change is urgent.



Guided by that wish, by the formal support I collected, and by the incredible wave of support from soccer players, former players, coaches, referees and administrators, I imagined and presented a plan of action - my election manifesto for the FIFA presidency.



I traveled and met extraordinary people who, though they recognized the value of much that had been done, also concurred with the need for change, one that cleans up FIFA's reputation as an obscure organization that is so often viewed as a place of corruption.



But over the past few months I have not only witnessed that desire (for change), I have witnessed consecutive incidents, all over the world, that should shame anyone who desires soccer to be free, clean and democratic.



I have seen with my own eyes federation presidents who, after one day comparing FIFA leaders to the devil, then go on stage and compare those same people with Jesus Christ. Nobody told me about this. I saw it with my own eyes.



The candidates were prevented from addressing federations at congresses while one of the candidates always gave speeches on his own from the rostrum. There has not been a single public debate about each candidate's proposals.



Does anyone think it's normal that an election for one of the most relevant organizations on the planet can go ahead without a public debate? Does anyone think it's normal that one of the candidates doesn't even bother to present an election manifesto that can be voted on May 29? Shouldn't it be mandatory to present such a manifesto so that federation presidents know what they're voting for?



That would be normal, but this electoral process is anything but an election.



This (election) process is a plebiscite for the delivery of absolute power to one man - something I refuse to go along with.



That is why, after a personal reflection and sharing views with two other candidates in this process, I believe that what is going to happen on May 29 in Zurich is not a normal electoral act.



And because it is not, don't count on me.



I want it to be clear that I have deep respect for all world soccer, from Africa, where I got so much motivation, to Asia, where I have and will keep excellent relationships, through South America, where a new generation is emerging, and Central and North America, where so many who wanted to speak were silenced, and to Oceania, whose development we should all look at differently. And finally to Europe, where I felt there was space for normal and democratic debate, thanks to the endeavors of President (Michel) Platini.



I give my warmest thanks to everyone, because I want it to be clear that they are not the election committee and it is not they who want FIFA to become weaker and weaker.



For my part, I will abide by the ideas I leave written and have circulated, I am firm in my desire to take an active part in the regeneration of FIFA and I will be available for it whenever it is proven to me that we are not living under a dictatorship.



I do not fear the ballot box, but I will not go along with nor will I give my consent to a process which will end on May 29 and from which soccer will not emerge the winner.



My decision is made, I will not stand in what is being called an election for the FIFA presidency.



I offer my deepest thanks to all those who have supported me and I ask them to keep alive their desire for a regeneration which, though it may take some time, will come.

This really just sounds like a poor excuse to drop out. How does him dropping out change anything. It sounded like he realized he wasn't going to win (which he wouldn't have), so he quit.

 

[dvsonm]

I don't get why were going for two midfielders if Dani Alves just rejected the offer Barcelona just offered him. We need a winger now.