Village Idiot

Pérez said the other day that his aim was to make Cronaldo the highest paid player in the world. That's a hell of a way to set yourself for a negotiation

Pretty sure they'll build into the contract that Monaco shoulders the taxes, like in Spain.

Amazing

That was sweet, particularly after all the Madrid media were up in arms and going "we'll teach him a lesson" and ended up losing the tie.

Right clubs at the right time. To be honest he was a rotation option for us, but didn't do badly. I actually respected him for asking to be sold after winning the CL due to lack of playing time.

Fucking hell, what an obituary He was actually a quite tidy player until the mid-2000s. Wonder what happened once he went to Munich.

Won't need too. James and Falcao are going to be telepathic after a season playing with Monaco. They'll have all 3 in the team next year. Desperately need to unearth a CB though. Perea - Yepes starting

Had a bit of a short fuse though.

http://estaticos03.cache.el-mundo.net/mundial/2010/html/images/momentos_espana/codazo.jpg Why every Spaniard of my generation grew up hating the Italian national football team.

Wasted talent. Can't say the same of the pies.

Think I'm gonna watch Eire-Spain tonight, for some reason.

Betis have signed Cedrick from Numancia for 1€. Yeah, that was his release clause

A table without Messi's and Cristiano's goals would probably have Atlético winning the league.

I have a really hard time believing Milan have the 4th highest average wages in world football.

Well, we lose 28 points without Messi's (and Alexis') goals. It's a silly experiment, but I thought the results were funny. RM's results are obvious given how heavily non-Spanish their squad is.

Pato at least can run fast and scare somebody that doesn't have a clue.

Jô playing for Brazil man, I still can't wrap my head around that concept

Depends on the games, but unless it's a Clásico/big CL tie, it's pretty possible. Late August should definitely be easy since a lot of people will still be on holidays and attendances reflect it. Drop me a line if you come over here, might be on holidays myself but otherwise it'd be fun to hook up.

Anyway, I'll give you the Swansea players but both Sturridge and Coutinho were fairly well known players, and I'd even say that Sturridge was proven in the league.

Ah Obertan, how could I forget

Mmmm... what's Pardew's facepalm adquisition? Can't actually think of any. Comes with the board's stinginess I guess.

It's old, and needs extensive renovations. So extensive that the option to tear it down and build a new one from scratch has been put forward.

Great to watch if Cabaye manages not to get overrun, for sure.

Barça to hold a referendum regarding the future of Camp Nou in the first quarter of 2014, according to our board spokesman. They expect to unveil the possible alternatives in the future months as they talk to developers/investors. Apparently they no longer favor knocking it down.

That looks way, way too porous.