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He's on a chunk less than that

Pretty much. 35 million for Balotelli can be invested to make the team even better..Maicon on the other hand is irreplacable.

Bit of ITK crap...but I've been told from a trustworthy sauce that the 35k/week rumours are pretty wide of the mark.

Rather than bumping the old one, may aswell start a new thread. Serie A bashers stay out Mattis, Balotelli and Maicon on the way out the door...thoughts?

Nolan was just as immobile as last season if the Carlisle friendly is anything to go by.

Harper should get it.

Dawned on me that we have to play them in a couple of weeks. Not even them, that was their reserves!!

5-2, De Rosario. FT, great game for a friendly.

Debut goal for Chicharito. He looks a player, 5-1. EDIT: Looks offside, actually.

That was f'in brilliant.

2-1, nice header.

Pretty good player as well, been one of the most consistent in the league for years. Had to take a break for a "pot addiction" though. Yeah he looks good, although MLS prison has probably stopped him going abroad? God I love him even more. He's Grenadian, has mega dreadlocks and smokes pot. He's like the ultimate Caribbean stereotype.

This is quite a good game. Shalrie Joseph is one cool looking mofo.

Aye, arguably very good 'chequebook' manager though. Reckon he'd do well if he was in charge of City now. He had plenty of cash when he was at City, didn't he? Hmm, not to the levels they do now.

Aye, arguably very good 'chequebook' manager though. Reckon he'd do well if he was in charge of City now.

Aye, brilliant. Those bastards scored 2 crackers out of nowhere aswell. Emre vs Reading is still one of my favourite Newcastle goals.

I was excited when we signed him, because he had still been doing the business for Inter up until that point.

I loved Emre despite him being mind-numbingly inconsistent/frustrating.

Wish he'd hurry up and sign for somebody, either way.

Kone is an utter moron of a player irl

In Serie B atm, but played at a consistent level in Serie A for a bit. I don't know about his current quality, but I'd hasten to guess he'd be a class above League 1.

Didn't Owen get European Footballer of the Year at one stage? Surely that suggests he was 'World Class' for atleast a certain period of his career. Edit: It was the Ballon D'or. So basically a load of journalists thought he was the best player in the World, that must make him World Class, surely?

Asprilla was never World Class, surely?

I vaguely remember him for Empoli. Attacking midfielder, good passer and technique. Basically the archetypal European #10. Any reason ?

Wish more Europeans would do that. I got excited when Trezeguet was rumoured to Corinthians with Ronaldo and R. Carlos.