Village Idiot

How many transfer windows on the trot have you been linked with this guy already? I recall his name coming up in 2011.

To be honest it reeks of simulated transfer to keep agents in their good books.

My dog just crapped in the living room. FML.

Madrid have bought Casemiro from Sao Paulo for €6m, after spending six months on loan at their B team. Bit of a puzzler this one, he's looked pretty average even in Liga Adelante.

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Lost the league early on so threw the towel in. You can throw in the towel without burning bridges like he did, finger-pointing the players and getting into rifts with people like Ramos or Casillas. Trying to pass the buck and bring it all down like a pack of cards knowing he's leaving? That's pretty much the vibe I got, in autumn he already knew he was leaving.

Lost the league early on so threw the towel in. You can throw in the towel without burning bridges like he did, finger-pointing the players and getting into rifts with people like Ramos or Casillas.

From the first months of the season it was clearly apparent that Mourinho was set on leaving RM this year. Don't think he had got wind of SAF retiring/Mancini being fired...

Depends on how quickly Pellegrini can adapt to the Premier League, Mou already has the experience so he has the edge. But Mou's squad isn't as good as the Man City one... We'll see at the end of the transfer window.

Depends on how quickly Pellegrini can adapt to the Premier League, Mou already has the experience so he has the edge.

Mou has gone to them at a good time. Both of the main contenders for the title have changed managers and will also have to go through transitional times. Wouldn't surprise me if ManU finished third next season, but I've been saying that for nearly 3-4 years already. No SAF this time, though.

It's fun, we'll miss him. I hate when Real Madrid has too many non-c***s in charge, like the Del Bosque era.

...only for it to be resumed the following year.

and Jonas. 3 for the price of one. Then they'll lower their bid to 18m.

Nope, he had a knack for disrespecting other teams, like what he said about Sporting Gijón or Málaga, or when he celebrated a goal in front of Villarreal's bench, etc... among many others. In general, Real Madrid fans loved him until this season, I'd say is 50/50 right now.

Live on Spanish TV, so obsessed

Sakho must sign for a Spanish team, the pun possibilities in Spanish are virtually endless... ("Sacó", among other things, means both to make a clearance or to take a throw-in/kick off).

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I missed all this "selective with their goals" craic. Where does it come from?

? Actually thinking about it, there's not ONE GREAT #9 in the whole world. There is, and he'll play in a recently promoted team next season

That team is far worse than this team though in general. It's actually one of the worst World Cup winning sides ever. It is, that was the topic of our conversation But that side still looked far more assured than this current one. You have one year...

I just was talking about the 1994 WC with a friend this morning, Brazil had the likes of Ronaldo and Bebeto warming the bench back then...

The only thing I can see Jô doing at any decent level is bullying defences, which is Costa's main strength in addition to not being an useless lump of meat.

I actually don't give much a damn about this tournament, but competitive summer football is always welcome. I'm probably more excited about checking out Neymar because of the "shiny new toy" factor than anything else.

Good counter. Way better from Brazil.