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My favorite Spanish beer.

One of the candidates to our presidency has announced he has a deal with Laudrup to become our DoF, if he wins. This guy has nee chance, though.

How has he done at Genoa? He was so promising at Sevilla, but between injuries and inconsistency, it never happened.

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Our press claims Mandzukic is heading to Juve for €20m.

The way that Argie journo describes him, by the way, I found it quite striking. He says that Messi, outside a football pitch, always looks bored. He doesn't read, he doesn't like movies, he likes videogames because he can compete in them, but those ultimately end up boring him too. When you talk to him he always seems sleepy or uninterested, he's very shy and sleeps a lot. Doesn't socialize. Doesn't see many people outside his family. Football seems to be the only thing that motivates and awakes him.

Not really, he didn't have Messi or his family contribute to it, just some people that managed and knew him. Like so many other books about Messi. Honestly, there's loads of them over here. They probably haven't been translated into English and that's why probably you don't know them. The only true personal account I have read is from an Argie journo that lives in Barcelona and has actually dealt with him often, being both Argies and all.

There are like 10000 books about Pep and Messi written by Spanish journos, you don't need any special dispensation to write them Balagué doesn't really have a good contact network for Barça, so I don't think he has any particularly insightful information about Messi's life. It's not the same as if he wrote about Benítez, for example.

Balagué knows f*** all, but Messi indeed comes across as a pretty reserved individual (he barely speaks to the press, for example, and the club keeps him out of the media focus, he doesn't take much to social media, etc...), which is a stark contrast from his exuberant footballing personality.

Cronaldo has lost his shit a few times too.

Last time he played for you some fucker almost broke his spine, I really want him far from the Brazilian team, he seems to be a magnet for kicks and trouble when he stars for you lot

Good lad Neymar, go home and have a rest. We need you fresh come August.

Mexican soaps are popular here, and yeah, the girls in them are incredible. But hardly a reflection of the nation's average.

Never been too impressed by the average Mexican girl myself, but they do have some stunners.

I don't rate Bas Dost at all. Mystery solved. Always going to the bargain bin.

The Copa del Rey doesn't leave many available midweek dates for them, since Liga Adelante sides are involved in it from the get-go. We could do like in England and have cup-tied sides play at the earliest available date, but we just don't do that. "Games in hand" are considered an aberration in Spain. All sides have to play their games at the same date.

It does, Liga Adelante's scheduling is pretty terrible.

Zaragoza winning 3-1 in the first leg of the Liga Adelante playoff final. I have a few good friends in Zaragoza and they are a good historic Spanish team, I hope they get promoted.

You know, for once you can take solace in the fact there's no way Ashley would spend 10m on a player of that stature.

Argentina - Uruguay later tonight. Sucks that Suárez isn't gonna be there.

I love Lineker, he was my first footballing hero. I was devastated when Cruyff sold him and bought some Dane instead.

He only needs to prove he's worth more than €9m, at the end of the day.

According to our press we have a €9m buyback, which is really low if he fulfills his potential at Everton.

I'd probably do the same, but my lass would never have it

Has Ings actually signed for Liverpool though? They may just be considering their options. I can't see them signing both Ings and Austin. Better off pooling the money for a more established goalscorer.