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Always has been that way with Mourinho. Ronaldo sets this lot apart though, he is absolutely breathtaking on the counter though. They have struggled this season against teams that just sit deep and don't give them the space to counter, something that Valverde will never do hence they had a field day yesterday.

Yes, Valencia has been possibly the hardest hit by the real estate and following banking collapse. Many of the Valencia clubs depended on those banks for loans and financing. And Valencia has seen the value of Mestalla's ground - the sale of which they depended on to refinance their debt - fall to approximately a couple euros and a bag of crisps.

Well, Madrid's pummeling of Valencia yesterday demonstrates that Valencia players are now public servants. Apparently they won't be the last club of the region; the regional administration also backed Elche and Hércules and will probably be forced to take over them to service the guarantees.

Is Zaha such a big prospect? Honest question since I have never watched the C'ship except the season you were there (and I still feel dirty).

Ferguson has never hesitated to pay over the odds for youngsters he rates. No surprise there.

Who are the Germans? Mackems?

Hope so. Coutinho to Liverpool for £5m? Is he even any good? Remember watching him once and he was f***ing terrible, almost Fumaca-esque He was brilliant for Espanyol last year on loan. But they made him the centerpiece of their attack while he was there, a status he probably won't enjoy at Liverpool.

Of course it is, and it was approved and everything. He's probably talking about somebody else who did it illegally, but it's still funny. To be honest, Pereiro has been singing this tune for years now. If he really knew something it would have come out.

Oh man, who could that be?

FFS, you just made me to go to the kitchen and eat pastry. I'm trying to lose weight you cunts.

Between this summer and this jan window they will have had their side pretty much devoured by foreign clubs, isn't it? Giroud, Mbiwa, Belhanda... teaches them to be successful

The medical is for insurance purposes; you probably don't want (or even can't? I'm not sure about regulations) to sign a contract without insurance in place.

42. Not too bad but I have 15 points in my bench that won't be subbed in

He's 32 and already in decline. Why? Well, it's just a one year contract so I guess they aren't tying their hands too much.

Meh, what a waste. Silver lining is all the twitter muppets calling him a "bottler" though.

In real danger of missing out of the CL next year; they're "only" six points adrift but they look very patchy and without teeth upfront.

I remember being pissed off when Arsenal beat us to signing Arshavin. Dodged bullet and all that. But he used to be a brilliant player.

Love Marca's headline for the game: "Mata scores Chelsea's first. Torres sports a new haircut".

He'd agreed an extension with MHSC, but hadn't signed it yet. Contract runs out in 2015.

Will be QP-f***ing-R I bet. Ffs. Left out by Rennes. Probably QPR. Should we not be in for him?... As exciting a player as he is, I don't think you should be chasing another DM.

Tbf, a retarded panda could guide Barca to a top-2 finish with those players and depth. Enough to guide you to salvation with the players you have too

To be honest Arsenal spent quite a bit in Giroud/Podolski/Cazorla.

I find that hard to believe; it would be pretty idiotic to agree on such a clause after paying 8m for a player! But yeah, Remy's agents would have been stupid to refuse that.

Is it true he gets a free release if QPR go down?

He's starting Lampard too; he's just chose to play his more experienced players in "big games".