LooneyToonArmy
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he'll end up at Monaco (which is pretty much like his old club Porto now) or an Olympiakos/Fenerbache type of job next I reckon.....maybe back to Porto even
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Leandro Damiao sold to Santos.....not sure how much the fee is.
The papers are going to have to think up another name now for Spurs instead of the usual Damiao merry go round that comes in each window.
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Was their goal offside?
no
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Monaco will be signing Porto's Argentinian CB Nicolas Otamendi for his buyout clause of 30m Euro in January.
Monaco will be signing Porto's French CB Eliaquim Mangala for his buyout clause of 50m Euro in June.
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Mangala - 50m
James Rodriguez- 45m
Otamendi - 30m
Moutinho - 35m
150m Euro total they`ve spent on Porto players ...not bad for Porto eh.....
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probably already mentioned but Italy's location for fixtures are one of the worst.....vs England in Manaus, then Recife - where it's super hot then a 1pm kick off at Natal in the heat of the day.
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how is Leandro Damiao doing this season? Since the Confederations Cup (which he missed through injury)....there`s hardly been a word of mention about him in the news. Every transfer window he is linked with Spurs (or Napoli) and that`s gone quiet.
Seems like Internacional missed the boat on getting the big money for him.
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The Times' podcast "The Game" (usually with Marcotti) did a podcast the other week in Newcastle if anyone is interested.
Steve Harper was on with Caulkin and co......
Still on the downloads page - 11/20/13
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thegame-podcast/id191105605
https://soundcloud.com/the-game-podcast/the-game-live-from-newcastle
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Clint Dempsey linked with a loan move to us in January apparently.
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Patrick Van Aarnholt just called up by the Netherlands for their game against Colombia
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fking hell....there was the ref who got decapitated over there also ...just a few months back, now this
Brazilian footballer's head left on doorstep
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1599642?&cc=4716
A former Brazilian footballer was killed and his decapitated head delivered to his widow by suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night.
Brazilian police have been clamping down across Brazil.
Joao Rodrigo Silva Santo, 35, who played for Bangu, Olimpia, Nacional and Swedish club Oster during his career, was kidnapped after leaving the local food store he owned in the district of Realengo.
The next morning, his wife, an officer with Rio's Police Pacification Units (UPPS), found his backpack containing his severed head outside their house, with G1 Globo website reporting his eyes and tongue had been cut out.
"He was a good family man. He lived for football and played until recently," Bruno Santos, a friend of the victim told the site. "He had no enemies."
The UPPS has been cracking down on Rio’s drug gangs ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Earlier this month, over 1,000 police stormed some of Rio’s poorest favelas in a bid to regain control back from the gangs.
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Diego Costa opts for Spain over Brazil
(AFP) – 6 minutes ago
Madrid — Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has confirmed his intention to play for Spain rather than Brazil, the country of his birth, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Tuesday.
In a statement the RFEF said that the player has stated "his desire to be at the disposition of the Spanish national team manager Vicente del Bosque" in a signed letter addressed to Julio Cesar Avelleda, secretary general of the Brazilian Football Confederation.
"Therefore, Diego Costa can play with Spain in the upcoming games in November, if he is selected by the national team manager," the statement adds.
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Former Newcastle striker ‘Tino’ Asprilla offered week’s work as porn actor
An adult film company have penned an open letter to former Newcastle United favourite Faustino Asprilla, hoping to get the Colombian legend in front of the camera with his kit off for a whole different type of scoring.
The 43-year-old, who played at two World Cups for his country and cost the Toon Army £7million when he joined in 1996, is well known in his homeland for a rather wild lifestyle, which includes a 2008 arrest for allegedly firing a machine gun at security forces.
Additionally he also did a naked magazine shoot back in 1993 during his days in Italy with Parma and later attempted to woo a pornstar while he was married.
And now the film company, Media Santa Latina - led by Colombian filmmakers Christian Garcia and Andrea Cipriani - are looking to entice Asprilla into the spotlight, offering 20 million Colombian pesos (around £7,000) for one week's work and to give his nickname, "The Octopus", a brand-spanking new meaning.
The letter read as follows, according to news provider El Heraldo:
"Dear Faustino Asprilla
"For years [we] have followed your successful career, which has made you a national icon invaluable in Colombia.
"We are convinced that the lifestyle you lead and the media controversy it causes is vital so we dared to make the following proposal.
"As you know, SantaLatina.com is an adult entertainment site...And that's why we offer you 20 million pesos for a week as a porn actor.
"This is a unique offering, which awaits your prompt response. We are convinced that with a little training you could exploit another talent all of Colombia knows you have."
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it's going to be interesting to see how the teams will cope playing in the different temperatures....gonna be shorts and t short for fans for some games , then warm coats for other games (not for us Brits though I suppose)
In the cities by the sea (namely: Natal, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro), average temperatures are high, even during the winter. In Manaus and Cuiabá, which are located near the Equatorial Line, temperatures are also high during all year (30 degrees+)
Belo Horizonte and São Paulo , located near the Tropic Line, and both are at a high altitude (around 800 m, 2,500 ft); this makes the weather of these cities more unpredictable.
Southern host cities of Porto Alegre and Curitiba, temperatures can drop to freezing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2011/10/tim_vickery_1.html
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Seven-man attacking kick-off results in goal for Red Bull Leipzig in under 10 seconds - video
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not sure if this has already been posted....but pic of the legends prior to kick off
Bernard ffs....built like a brick shithouse
http://oi44.tinypic.com/2z563h1.jpg
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David Ginola: 'Newcastle United must forgive Yohan Cabaye'
Former Newcastle United man David Ginola has pleaded with the club's fans to forgive Yohan Cabaye.
The Frenchman reportedly went on strike towards the end of the summer in order to force through a transfer to Arsenal, after the Magpies turned down an offer from the Gunners for the player.
However, Cabaye has since remained on Tyneside and Ginola feels that the supporters should put the saga behind them.
"He's a great player - he's done really good for the club," Ginola told reporters.
"You have to put things in perspective. Sometimes you make a mistake and you have to be forgiven for that.
"As soon as he steps back on the football pitch at St James' Park he will wear the zebra shirt and that will be it, he will be back on track."
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Just noticed that Valeri Bojinov is only 27 years old and is without a club. What ever happened to that lad and how much did City really pay for him a few years ago?
£5.75m from Juventus in 2007
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world class striker
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Petric has some offers from Germany, Spain and Switz. (Basel maybe) but he wanted more money than they offered.. He want go with Croatia to Brazil next summer, so he need good season.. Would be good on a 1year contract.. Can play as a striker and winger..
just signed for West Ham today....decent cover for them.
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Flash kids show no respect as England great Beardsley's left to handle their
dirty kits
By Clarke Carlisle
As an indictment of how respect seems to have become an alien concept for today’s youth, it’s difficult to beat a reserve game I played for York City against Newcastle’s Academy.
It was freezing, pouring down and blowing a gale, and it’s fair to say we were making our mark on the Toon’s next generation.
The more we got stuck in, the less they liked it, and the inevitable petulant putdowns came our way.
‘I probably earn more than you,’ bleated one, while another chided: ‘You play for York because you’re s**t.’ Oh dear. Zero marks for originality and the use of ‘probably’ didn’t do much to put us in our place.
I singled one of them out and said: ‘I’ve played more league games this season than you’re likely to in your entire career and I’ll remind you of that when you’re serving me in Nando’s in another three years.’
There were big-time Charlies when I was an apprentice, but even the biggest showed a modicum of respect for the senior pros.
Not these boys. They had travelled down on one of those five-star luxury coaches, and afterwards they all plonked themselves back on it with their iPods plugged in. While they settled into their seats, the skips of dirty kit were pushed along the path below by Peter Beardsley. Yes, the former England great Peter Beardsley.
Generations before me would have carried an iconic figure like Peter on to the bus, let alone push the skips themselves, but that respect isn’t there any more.
It was one of the most disheartening sights I’ve seen.
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