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If the yanks surrender the voodoo doll they have been using to ruin his career I'd take Rossi in an instant.

Ok. I'd really hate it if somehow Dortmund was able to block the purchase and get him back at the end of the season.

We are apparently close to land Di María. Speaks volumes of how things have gone for us this window that I'd actually welcome him warmly. My GF is happy at least, one of her favorite players.

Is he yours-yours? Dortmund doesn't have an out? His value should increase massively this season [/Ashley]

You've looked a total shambles, to be frank. But the new players should help. He did wonders when he managed Badalona a few years ago (my second - or third? - team), but as you allude to that was in the third tier.

...and now he takes out the Italian captain. Sweet beautiful lad.

The eye-ties roughing him up now.

Clearly a cut above this level.

Yeah, things looked a bit bad after losing Mesa and then Boateng jumping ship, but they have ended up having a decent transfer window all things considered.

Remy to Las Palmas is now official. If he's still bothered, that should be enough to keep them up.

Goes to the Calderón in an expensive suit, takes his wife to dinner in a cheap tracksuit. Diego Pablo Simeone, man and legend.

Trying to look at the bright side of our transfer window, it's going to be sink or swim for Denis Suárez. I have long considered him our best creative midfielder besides Iniesta, but has so far lacked the character to impose himself in games. Valverde seems to fancy him and without Coutinho he's gonna see much more playing time. The even brighter side is that no way our board doesn't get sacked now.

Yeah, it's weird how dull Argentina are going forward, given that on paper they have way more than Messi and Di María. And they have gone through several managers in this period, too. Nobody has made that team click. Messi dropping deep to create should be fine, given that they have the likes of Agüero and Higuaín up there. It's not like he can't be effective if he's not the frontman, like the partnership with Suárez shows.

Coutinho can still go to Barca as Spanish window shuts today I think. Since Liverpool failed to land Lemar I'm not too optimistic. The upside is that the motion of no confidence against the board begins today and the awful transfer window will surely get them sacked.

Betis seem to have had a lively window with the Ceballos money. Can't work out if it's been good or bad though. They've signed almost a new entire starting XI. Names are good on paper for a team in their position, but remains to be seen whether they can gel. I think they will be fine though.

Joel Campbell to Betis on loan. Had no idea he was still on Arsenal's books.

Not going to happen, we rejected a loan offer from Juve two days ago. Fwiw, our press seem to think it's close and will happen. We want a sale. Only way it's gonna happen is if it comes with an obligation to buy.

Not going to happen, we rejected a loan offer from Juve two days ago.

Good, we'll be broke so we need the cash.

Coutinho bid accepted according to The Sun. I assume they spout the same BS in sports that they do in their regular reporting?

Under the radar only in the sense that we probably just decided to go for him this morning. Yeah, seems rushed but I get the feeling the club might hit the bullseye with him.

http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=133597 Funniest thing is that Balliu reportedly had no idea of his Albanian ancestry and was scouted by the Albanian FA, because his surname "sounded Albanian" (his father isn't Albanian as the article says, rather he descends from Albanians) and fast-tracked for citizenship

Surely it's rigged? Looks like a publicity stunt for the bank.

Atlético reject €8m from Crystal Palace for Moyà.