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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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Really interesting article in the Guardian
Will London 2012 be the moment that Asian football overtakes Africa?
Will London 2012 be the moment that Asian football overtakes Africa?
Vivalaraza
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Morrati has said that PSG's 45m is too much for them to compete with so yeah...think it could be very real.
José Mourinho
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I love David Luiz...
Cool Guardian article. South Korea and Japan seem to have what a lot of African countries are missing; successful, stable domestic leagues in a developed economy. If China can ever get their sporting culture more aligned with the other eastern nations, it'll be amazing to see what happens.
Facism
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you guys mean Melo, right?
Problems with the transfer:
Juve overvalue him @ 13 million, 29 years of age and they clearly don't want him.
Melo's representative company want 1.9 million in fees for any transfer.
Galatasaray will only offer 6 million total for Melo, who will likely have minimal resale value again outside of the Turkish league.
Good news:
Melo and Galatasaray have agreed personal terms.
I love David Luiz...
I bet he loves Ivanovic.
Yeah this is crazy. Should of had another penalty then, Necib should solve our CM problems.
Ivanovic's ass is so big it would have slapped Luiz back.
Necib is better than Obertan.
What is said there?
According to British newspaper 'Metro' the United submit an offer for the young player malaguista by a lower figure than the 20 million who introduced the clause. And is that the economic difficulties throughout the Costa del Sol have caused Cazorla and out of Arsenal and Rubin Kazan Russian Rondon and could still be increasing in the coming days.
Isco came to Malaga from Valencia last season. The PAN group paid six million for the midfielder of 20 years.
It's exciting, but amazingly bad.
Grover Cleveland
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Howdy, Footy-GAF, what's been going on...
Honestly, I'm not too broken up over
not signing Lucas. I do cry myself to sleep every night knowing that Fergie will never find value in the CM market, though. 
Honestly, I'm not too broken up over
probably
Grover Cleveland
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Wat
Today is one of the saddest days as a São Paulo fan for me. I watched all Lucas games since he was just a junior playing on the São Paulo Sub-19 team, most of you guys only have seen him playing as a reserve on Brazil national team so you don't know for sure what kind of player he really is, he can score goals from long range or dribbling through the defence, he steals a lot of balls, is a clutch performer and scored a ton of last minutes goals here and above all, he is a really great kid who doesn't try to be the center of attentions like Neymar or Ganso and really give his heart in every move and game.
São Paulo FC is the Brazilian team who selled more players to foreign clubs in history, so losing young players is nothing new to us, but Lucas was different,the last time I felt something similliar was when Kaka left us.
Man UTD lose the opportunity to sign a great player who is bound to be one of the best players of this generation.
São Paulo FC is the Brazilian team who selled more players to foreign clubs in history, so losing young players is nothing new to us, but Lucas was different,the last time I felt something similliar was when Kaka left us.
Man UTD lose the opportunity to sign a great player who is bound to be one of the best players of this generation.
No, he went to Fenerbahce for ~7M. Hands were shaken, tears were shed.
FUCK NOW I WANT HIM
Seriously, I haven't seen too much of him so something like this is better than any Daily Mail piece. It's just we don't need him right now.
Fucking PSG, regardless.
Not only that, apparently they don't even give a shit about him moving to France in January. Must feel great to be Leonardo/Carletto. Sono tutti bravi con i soldi degli altri.
Are you Lucas' agent? The PR is...beautiful.
I think Moratti just wants Inter fans to think they tried their best to sign him.
Maybe Inter, after that, will think outside the box and sign an italian player instead. Nah.
I'm still waiting till after the Olympics, if we sign him it would be great but if you offered him or Sahin for a move to United, most people on here would take Sahin. But knowing we might not get either is a shite feeling.
Btw did Morrati actually say PSG made a bid of 45m? Or is that just some rumour.
Btw did Morrati actually say PSG made a bid of 45m? Or is that just some rumour.
PrematureQuiche
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on my way back from the game! What an amazing finish! I couldn't help but support France at the end....may get tickets for the final!
I'm not sure how much Moratti really wanted him in the first place. Lucas is a big favourite of coach Stramaccioni, that's no secret. From what I heard Inter had an agreement both with the player and the club at some point in the past weeks, but decided to wait instead of signing him right away. Cause: Moratti wasn't convinced it was such a great idea given the age / price. They then lost their advantage and the rest is history. Or will be soon.
I read somewhere that Inter were looking at Gaston Ramirez.
Its not a rumour unfortunately.
He played on both positions here, but his best performances was when he played almost as a second stiker, not in the middle but not too close to the sidelines, almost in the position that Messi plays.
Saddly no, but I know a lot about Brazilian football and I am a fanatic SPFC fan, I watched the first Lucas game to be televised in Brazil on a sub-17 tournament with almost 100 teams, Lucas as our best player , scoring goals in really tense moments in the knockout games and becoming champion at the end. He is the only one who comes close to Neymar IMO.
You think hes going to PSG?
2014. It's cool.
So how about that Leandro Damiao, ey? What's the word on the street? Is he moving? How would you rate him on a scale from 'worse than Pazzini' to 'better than Pazzini'?
We'll just get RVP for £20m.
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