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Football Thread 2013-14 |OT2| Caravanning all the way to France

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Messi

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Yurt said:
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Feorax

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Salazar

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dc89 said:
I can't see him leaving Barca. He had to claw his way out of Arsenal to go back, why just up and leave AGAIN?
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I don't think he's going anywhere either.

Bob Cass ‏@Bob_Cass 11m
Think MUFC will hot things up when DM gets back. Fancy him to go for Baines and Fellaini if RM keep CF.
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Bob is recovering from surgery. You mean FCB, Bob. It's ok.
 
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Mastadon

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Feorax said:
Well shit. Someone is obviously telling a few white lies somewhere.

I feel like the right thing has been done, but we could have handled it better. We aren't in a position to sit and wait on players who are flirting with other clubs.

This also applies to Suarez, although obviously it's still better all round if we don't strengthen a direct rival.
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Can you copy and paste it? I cant get the link to work.
 
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Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
I don't buy for a second that Bayern is gonna let Pep buy David Luiz for 46m euros. Unless he is doing to jack up the price to fuck us.
 
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Feorax

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Pepe Reina said:
It is a strange feeling for me to think that next season I will not be a Liverpool player. For the past eight years, that is all I have known. The club, the staff, the city, the people and the supporters have played a massive part in my life. Liverpool is special in a way that only those who are lucky enough to experience the club close up can understand. It has given me memories that will live with me forever and friendships that will last just as long.
But more than anything else, it has given me an understanding of what it is like to play for the most wonderful English club. I may not have won as many trophies and medals as I would have liked since joining in 2005 but the experiences I have been a part of are as important as any silverware. I now understand how supporters can lift a team and inspire them to do special things. I appreciate that there is something unique about Anfield and the atmosphere it creates. I believe that anything is possible no matter what the situation is because at Liverpool there is no such thing as a lost cause. And I have been humbled by the fight for justice for the 96 which showed me that the Liverpool people will always fight for what they believe in.

I know that I have been blessed to be part of a Club like that and I hope that in return I have always given my best and represented Liverpool in the right way. There have been good times and bad times but no matter what the situation has been I hope that my passion has been clear. I have been asked what my favourite Liverpool moment was and if I had to pick one it wouldn’t be a save or winning a trophy. It would be my celebration against Manchester United when David Ngog scored a late goal. That is probably the quickest I have ever run in my life! It shows what playing for Liverpool meant to me and also that there was nothing better than winning a big game at Anfield. I used to look at the Kop when we scored those kind of goals in big games and I would be jealous of the supporters going crazy. If the closest I will get to that is running the length of the pitch and jumping on my team mates backs then that will do for me.

Obviously, I won’t be able to do that next season but I hope that the supporters and my team mates will be able to enjoy many more moments like that. They deserve the best of times and it would give me so much pleasure to see Liverpool back where they belong, challenging for trophies and getting back into the top four. That was where the club was when I first arrived and although I am leaving a different club, one with new owners, a new manager, new players and new challenges, I honestly believe that Liverpool can reach those levels again.

I am disappointed that I will not be part of that and although it was not my decision to leave I will accept it just like I have always accepted any decision that Liverpool have taken for me. They signed me, picked me, gave me some of the best experiences of my life and looked after me. If they feel that the best thing for me and for them is for me to go on loan to Napoli for a season then so be it. Napoli is a new challenge for me and I know that the fans are just as passionate about their team as the Liverpool fans, so I am really looking forward to playing for them this season and I will give my all.

But if I have one regret, it is the way that I am leaving. It is only natural that I would be disappointed that the Liverpool management agreed to loan me to Napoli without telling me first, I thought that I deserved better than that even though I understand that difficult decisions have to be taken in football. A lot has been made about me informing the club that if an offer came in from Barcelona that I would have liked them to consider it. But I had also spoken to the club about the possibility of extending my contract if the offer was not made. I told the manager that I wanted to play for Liverpool and that Barcelona would only become an option for me if the opportunity arrived, like the rumours said it would, as it would be a chance for me to go back home. When it didn’t come I was happy to fight for my place so I was surprised that Liverpool decided it was in the club´s interests to send me to Napoli instead.

None of this will change my feelings for the club or the people in any way and now I have to look forward to a new challenge with Rafa Benitez, who I consider to be the best manager I have worked with, and I am fortunate to be going from one great club to another. Napoli remind me in many ways of the Liverpool I found in 2005, in all the affection they have shown me on my arrival, in having an ambitious project, even in coinciding and working with Benitez again…This memory which in part unites me with you, makes me happy and feel very motivated to begin this new project.

This is my chance to say thank you to everyone for everything that you have given to me and to my family. My children consider Liverpool to be their home and hopefully their love for the city and also for the club will only grow while we are away. I would have liked to have been able to say goodbye in a different way but because of the way the move came about this was not possible.

Maybe in the near future I can do it properly so that I can show my appreciation to you but all I would ask now is that you keep on inspiring the manager and the players just like you always have done and help Liverpool to become the club that you deserve once again. I would like nothing better than to come back at the end of my year away and for Liverpool to be back where they belong.

Thank you for everything. Good luck. I will see you soon.
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Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Buffon "Was I worried that Vidal would leave? No, never. Because I know how he enjoys the group, team and city. Arturo has important values"

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@Mastadon
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Pachimari

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We are VERY close to landing Gareth Bale I feel. This is definitely happening this summer.

And crap, Brøndby lost against Sønderjyske?
 
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Jack cw

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Milchmonster said:
And you really believe we would sell Gündogan or Reus this summer?

Go buy David Luiz or something lol
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I hope not! Dortmund in this state and with those players is important for Bundesliga. Bayern can only improve if Dortmund stays that strong. But Gündogan hasnt extended his contract yet, so he is probably waiting... But Cesc wont leave ;)
 
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dc89

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Tom Glick is on fire. Pretty much signing a commercial deal every other day at the moment.

Manchester City Football Club is delighted to announce a new partnership with GAIN Capital Holding Inc.

The deal will see the global provider of online trading services become City’s Official Online Trading Partner.

As part of the partnership, GAIN Capital’s online trading brand FOREX.com, will create exclusive behind-the-scenes content at MCFC.

The unique partnership will provide GAIN with key insights in to Manchester City, providing an insider’s view of how the club is run via the players, business operations and backroom staff
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http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2013/July/Forex-become-Manchester-City-partners
 
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Ushojax

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Anastacio said:
We are VERY close to landing Gareth Bale I feel. This is definitely happening this summer.
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If it happens, which I seriously doubt, you will have to pay £85m in cash. None of this part-exchange stuff.

Levy knows it would destroy our hopes of being in the top 4 if he did sell, but it depends on Bale. He saw the two Modric sagas from the inside and knows what Levy is like. If he says you're staying there is nothing you can do. Bale and his agent don't really have any cards to play except 'let me fulfil my dream', and that means nothing to Levy. He would have to go into mega-cunt mode to get this move which I don't think he's capable of. That's if Madrid can even afford the fee.
 
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Feorax

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Messi said:
Sounds like Reina got shafted
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Couldn't disagree more. What Reina was basically saying was "If Barca come in for me, then I'm off, but don't replace me until I've left because I deserve better than that."

Were we supposed to wait until the 31st August for Barca to come in? What then?

I love Pepe, but this was the best move for all involved. Last thing we needed would have been to be left with Brad Jones as our first team keeper at the start of the season.

Besides which, if he really wanted to fight for his place, he could have rejected the loan move. He didn't though. Wonder why?
 
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Clegg

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The host of the Beyond the Pitch podcast, who knows a few people at United, says Fellaini will join in the next week or so.

He also says Marouane was in Manchester this week and told a few people he'd be signing for us.
 
LabouredSubterfuge

LabouredSubterfuge

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Clegg said:
The host of the Beyond the Pitch podcast, who knows a few people at United, says Fellaini will join in the next week or so.

And apparently Marouane was in Manchester this week and told a few people he'd be signing for us.
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Imagine my lack of surprise and excitement.

Edit: Bet it'll be for £20+ million too.
 
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Pachimari

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Ushojax said:
If it happens, which I seriously doubt, you will have to pay £85m in cash. None of this part-exchange stuff.

Levy knows it would destroy our hopes of being in the top 4 if he did sell, but it depends on Bale. He saw the two Modric sagas from the inside and knows what Levy is like. If he says you're staying there is nothing you can do. Bale and his agent don't really have any cards to play except 'let me fulfil my dream', and that means nothing to Levy. He would have to go into mega-cunt mode to get this move which I don't think he's capable of. That's if Madrid can even afford the fee.
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We just got around €60 million from Napoli - there's no holding us back offering a high amount of cash. In fact, a bunch of medias have recently reported, that we have launched a HUGE offer. Also, BOTH AS and Marca are reporting an outcome is imminent and apparently Levy have cut his vacation short. Something is going on behind the curtains no doubt.

It seems like something have made Bale go on the "offensive", as he won't renew his contract, he won't play and he won't go anywhere else than Madrid.
 
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D_prOdigy

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Clegg said:
The host of the Beyond the Pitch podcast, who knows a few people at United, says Fellaini will join in the next week or so.

And apparently Marouane was in Manchester this week and told a few people he'd be signing for us.
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fine, I guess.

wish that could have been sorted 4 weeks ago though.
 
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