Village Idiot

Us. $20m too, that is a lot of money for him unless it's in Pesos which I doubt. Good player but I don't think he is worth that much. Also buying a midfielder direct from the Arg league is risky due to the totally different styles of game. Tin of beans opener of a left foot on him though. Our press say he's going to Málaga, deal to be sealed on Monday. They have also completed the Toulalan transfer (who I don't really rate that much, but still), for €8m rising to €10m.

We are linked with Griezmann from Real Sociedad. Nice little player, deserves better that warming our bench imho.

To be frank your board seems to be moving smartly. Lots of signings from the French league, which is a great place to look for value for money. Ba and Marveaux on frees aren't that much of a risk if the wages aren't outlandish, and there's a nice upwards potential.

Pochettino has extended his contract with Espanyol. Very decent manager, deserves a shot at a better club. Love the photo, looks like he's running for president: http://estaticos.marca.com/imagenes/2011/06/16/futbol/equipos/espanyol/1308224906_extras_mosaico_noticia_1_g_0.jpg

Mathijsen from Hamburg to Málaga, €1m. A great signing just by the fact that it's another player preventing Demichelis from taking the pitch.

Crazy that. I bet the FA would have been kicking off at UEFA if say, Stade de France, was given it 2 out of 3 years and they'd been bidding for the 1013 one. Middle ages finals ftw. f***ing diving Normands.

We met with Udinese this tuesday, and nothing has emerged. I'm not that optimistic, especially if ManCity are involved.

Always wonder why Barca have had a small squad for the the last couple of years. Perhaps the youngsters in the B team are that good, eh? Guardiola is a fan of small squads, has said that often. But this season we started with just 19 (!) seniors.

Almost cost us the season, the players were badly drained around April-May.

He would rotate with Pedro/Villa/Messi. We badly need another good striker to give them rest or just being able to throw somebody scary when one goes through a dip of form.

Rossi would fit us like a glove, so I won't complain either way.

I haven't seen enough of Sánchez, but he seems more different to Villa/Pedro than Rossi, which would give us a different option, somebody that can run at defences so we don't rely only on Messi to produce that kind of thing.

Their asking price is reportedly €30m, so we aren't that far apart.

"Sport" claiming we have had a €17m rising to €27m bid for Rossi turned down by Villarreal.

2-0 against Czech Republic, much better on the final third this time. Just need a draw against Ukraine now.

I'm too lazy to check the back pages. What's the fee?

They have lots of interests in Spain, they own Granada CF and a (very small) stake in Espanyol. Barça sources confirmed today that we are still talking to Udinese regarding Alexis, though.

Neymar's agent has just denied it. And yes, I suppose it would be the end of Benzema if it came to pass.

Rumor going round that Neymar is about to sign for Real Madrid for €40m

It's owned by the Udinese owner. They've shot through the divisions since he took over (fueled by loans like these).

This, I would not even include Thiago in the deal, that would make it a £42m transfer, that would have been a bullshit deal which i never believe Barca would agree on. Oh, we have agreed to a lot of bullshit deals in the past.

Monreal to Málaga for €6m. Done deal and great buy.

Chelsea's squad was absolutely bloated towards the end of his reign.

I think they did it to drive down the prices. €45m don't take you to many places nowadays. That said, this amount was already known for a while since it was in our financial stabilization plan. We've been linked with a leftback (José Enrique/José Ángel), Cesc, Rossi and Alexis Sánchez.

Bojan heavily linked with Roma to play under Luís Enrique. His agent has commented favorably on a possible move there.