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2012/13 European Football Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by The Stig, Aug 2, 2012.

  1. bobmarley

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    Mr. Beckham also will not collect a salary from PSG; he's donating it to a local children's charity. Class.

    Am I the only one wondering if donating his salary to charity is also a way of shielding Beckham's other income from French 75% taxes? #hmmm

    Also from Twitter
     
  2. ferrari77

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    Why would you assume so? Makes no sense to me.
     
  3. mirus

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    Haha maybe I assumed too much.Thought Posh would want to stay in U.S.
    Its like years since I watch his games or read news about him.

    :)
     
  4. bobmarley

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    DONE DEAL: Gomes leaves Spurs for German club Hoffenheim.

    Couple things in the mix: GK Maarten Stekelenburg is reportedly on a plane to London from Rome. His destination? Fulham.

    DONE DEAL: Newcastle ink Servette teenager Kevin Mbabu.
     
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    DONE DEAL: Manchester City sign top prospect Godsway Donyoh. The Ghana striker will be loaned to Djurgardens IF of Stockholm.

    DONE DEAL: Newcastle ink Servette teenager Kevin Mbabu.

    REPORTS: Marca and AS in Spain are reporting that Nacho Monreal is a target for... Arsenal. The Malaga left back is alleged to be in London.

    DONE DEAL: QPR miss out on Rolando; he's signed a short-term deal with Napoli.

    UPDATES: Sky now reports that Leandro Damiao will NOT join Spurs. Contradictory reports about the Brazilian flying about.

    LOAN Sissoko goes from PSG to Fiorentina. He once was a Liverpool player, of course.

    REPORTS: Multiple sources say Leeds United will ink Aston Villa's Stephen Warnock. Villa will release Warnock.

    UPDATES: The Cuenca to Ajax deal has now been confirmed; Barcelona sends the 21-year-old there on a loan as he recovers from a knee injury.

    DONE DEAL: Brek Shea has got his work permit and is now a Stoke player. Congratulations!

    VIDEO: Christopher Samba completes move to Queens Park Rangers from Anzhi Makhachkala. http://on-msn.com/WAQPF6

    UPDATE: Arsenal closing in on Monreal signing; deal apparently agreed in principle.
     
  6. bobmarley

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    Inter Milan signs Zdravko Kuzmanovic and Ezequiel Schelotto; Mateo Kovacic still expected to sign. http://on-msn.com/WDrv10

    UPDATE: Villa's official account has teased a loan deal with an MLS player. Hmm.

    UPDATE: John Stones expected to join Everton from Barnsley for about $4.8m pending a medical. He is expected to pass.

    RUMOR: We're being told that Arsenal are making a shock move. Stay tuned while we suss this one out. Not Pepe, not a goalkeeper. #Arsenal are said to be close to a "big" signing for their defense. Bout time!

    DONE DEAL: Stanislav Manolev to Fulham from PSV Eindhoven. Loan deal with an option to buy.

    Peter Odemwingie does what he wants.
     
  7. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Barca realted:

    Cuenca is heading to Ajax on loan until summer.
     
  8. ferrari77

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    Yeah man, I was just wondering.
    Not sure what city in the world you're in but yeah there's not as much news as there was years ago but he did well. That's probably a portion of the reason why PSG signed him. (Other reasons as well but if he didn't play well in MLS and show he could play a lil bit for 1 or 2 more seasons, I guess they wouldn't have bothered.) We'll see how he does.
     
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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/miGzGebyukg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    What a bargain. Welcome to Spurs!
     
  10. ferrari77

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    Just saw this post. For sure a consideration I would think. Becks and the Qatari's are no fools.
     
  11. JeopardE

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    LOL @ Peter Odemwingie.

    After making lots of drama about leaving WBA this past week, he made a big show about saying goodbye to his teammates, leaving the facility for the last time, and flew down to London to QPR. Made public statements about how "We" (QPR) are signing good players, have a great future, etc. etc.

    Problem was, there was no deal signed, so he wasn't allowed into the QPR facility.

    Had to trudge back with his tail between his legs to West Brom.

    WBA play Spurs on Sunday, but apparently he has been dropped to prevent further embarrassment.

    English sport talk radio has been utterly merciless for the past 24 hours.

    And then, there was this tweet from Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain:

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Does Odemwingie need a place to stay tonight?</p>&mdash; Alex Ox-Chamberlain (@Alex_OxChambo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_OxChambo/status/297109852344446976">January 31, 2013</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    Ouch.
     
  12. ferrari77

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    I'm not lol'ing at him.
    He's an absolute idiot for talking to the press and basically he never seems to have a problem burning bridges. In this instance he effed up, but West Brom played an absolute part. They hung him out to dry. They knew they weren't going to sell him.
    They'd agreed on an asking price, QPR accepted the price. They asked for a player, QPR were content to include the player in the deal, unfortunately the player backed out of the deal(didn't want to play for West Brom, although that would be better than the QPR ship that Harry is turning into Portsmouth 2.0) and QPR backed out of the deal(West Brom asking QPR to pay Hoilett's wages for the rest of the season from what I've heard).
    West Brom made a demand they knew QPR wouldn't agree to. They could have simply rejected QPR's bid at the start and not gone on with the dog and pony show.
    Either way, the lad gets blame for the way he's acted, his advisers get blame for having/allowing him to go down there before paperwork on the transfer was actually done(He could have gone down to London today- Friday to take his physical and sign his terms) and West Brom get blame for acting like they were really going to sell Odemwingie.

    I don't think he left on bad terms with the other players so he'll be fine with his teammates imo. Now with the coaches and management, there's no coming back for him to them and for them to him.

    Gotta imagine he's on the bench or playing reserve football until May when he probably gets his transfer.
     
  13. Jontro

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    I'm surprised by how many players are still flocking to QPR after their horrible first half of the season. They're going to get relegated. Why join a sinking ship that's halfway in the water? Must be the London spotlight because I can't think of anything else.

    Much better to join a club like Swansea with their awesome style of play, or NUFC with their rich history.
     
  14. ferrari77

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    Pounds brah.
    An owner willing to splash the cash in order to stay up, no defined wage structure + no clause in their contracts that will cause a decrease in their salaries if relegated=win for players interested in setting themselves up for a nice payday. Factor in playing/being in London.

    Newcastle- rich history of winning nada in decades.
     
  15. moestavern19

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    That's twice now Liverpool have given away a win against Man City, incredible aim by Augero, good match but Liverpool looked the better side in the second half.
     
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    Balotelli with both goals for Milan's 2:1 victory, love it. Hope he flourishes in his environment.
     
  17. ChrisBosh

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    He's clinical when he has his head in the game. Lets see what happens once he gets bored again...and that does not take long for this guy. I don't see this guy ever changing. From all accounts he lacks motivation in the training grounds as well. He'll never reach his full potential.
     
  18. bobmarley

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    Dude he is only 22. He will mature. And he has a good number of years of fitness left too.
     
  19. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Messi agreed to contract extention. Will be Blaugrana till 2018
     
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