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The €16m is pretty real, he was reportedly on €14m before that. I would be very surprised if footballers paid full tax, though, they probably exploit every loophole available. So the 30m+ a year before tax is more doubtful.

Bale has been linked incessantly with a transfer to Real Madrid for ages now, if it comes to fruition we will be able to compare them side by side.

Milan AC linked with the doping scandal currently on trial in Spain "Operación Puerto". The "evidence" is tenuous at best at this point, tbf, the guy selling the medicals wrote down "MILAN" as the destination of some Growth Hormone he trafficked with. Milan have obviously come quickly to deny any relationship.

I always mix that one up myself. Clubs are singular in Spanish too.

WWE US Champion material, imho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or_2001 Robbery of the century, although I'm glad Raúl didn't win it or we would still be hearing about it from the Real Madrid media

France-Germany man, look at all those NUFC players I enjoy games between European and SA sides a lot more, they can only meet in the WC. I can wait until the weekend to see the France NT play against Spurs.

I'll join the "I don't give f*** about friendlies" chorus. That said, I'll eat up any football put on display, and the Spanish telly is broadcasting England-Brazil which is by far the tastiest tonight.

Cycling squads, which mobilize a fraction of the people and scrutiny that a top level football squad does.

To be frank, I consider any widespread doping in football almost impossible to hide. Too many people involved, too many disgruntled players that can easily blow off the lid... I can believe a particular player could do it on their own, but a whole squad? Nah. And Spaindopinglol it's a pretty easy escape to dismiss our recent success in sports.

Real Sociedad's former vice-president has confessed to buying "strange medicines" from famous doping mastermind Eufemiano Fuentes, currently on trial for "Operación Puerto" regarding a cycling doping scandal. It has been long suspected they were involved, but now seems it's coming out, although their president at the time is of course denying it. Funniest thing is, that they were pretty damn s*** and got relegated during the period they allegedly bought those chemicals.

Bah, Real Madrid are going to murder this shower of shit

Midtablemeter imho.

Grats for this win, looking up now

That's it, I'm removing all the mackems from my FF team. Useless gits.

Carroll scores.

Too early, needs slowly bedding in /Pardew To be fair, the alternative is Santos.

Needlessly prolong his career?

5 minutes. The agony.

Still can't get my head around that after all the money they have spent this season QPR's impact subs when chasing a game are people like Jenas or Bobby Zamora

What's the difference between the full and the FULL story?

To be honest he looked something in his first years at ManCity. He then did the same mistake as many other good-ish footballers of the time and signed for Chelsea.

Spanish commentary: "SWP is a very good player, if maybe he's been a bit unlucky in his career"

Aye, that lineup is such a weird mix of good and shit it's scary