Village Idiot

Dídac from Espanyol to Milan for €4m. Done deal. Víctor Ruiz from Espanyol to Napoli for €6m. Done deal too. That's the bitters selling their first choice CB and LB in a single day. They probably got scared they were doing too well and opted for going back to the safety of mediocrity

I was actually going to use Iniesta as an example tbh. Thanks for that Village. To be honest I generally agree that Spurs do a lot of noise but have little actual punch. But Modric isn't the problem at all, in my opinion. Kevin Davies has scored more than all your strikers put together!

You don't really need to rack up the goals and assists to be a great CM. Ask Andrés Iniesta before this season. It's about directing play.

Your GD is miles behind the top 4 teams. You have more problems than just an allegedly dodgy RB.

Qatar to offer crazy money to Pep for him to take over their NT until the 2022 WC. Word is they are about to table a €20m/year offer.

Nah, doesn't look like they store clips of their interviews in their site. Shitty Marca. I found some old transcripts from previous interviews he gave there, so maybe they'll post one tomorrow. Will check again.

I can only find a single quote in Marca's site, dunno if they intend to post a transcript or if the audio clip is available. "Do you think you could play at Barça?" "Even my dad could play at Barça and look good"

Apparently was interviewed today in Marca's radio station. Will see if I can find some quotes.

M. Diarra from Madrid to Monaco. Free.

That story probably is utter bollocks. Moratti knows better than that.

Spanish media reporting that Galliani is flying to Barcelona to sign one of the most promising youngsters playing for the local team. The shit one, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADdac_Vil%C3%A0

"Inter to bid for Bale"? not even an actual transfer?

Still a coup for them. Wonder why other clubs weren't in for him (Atlético were rumoured)

Called up to the Dutch squad again.

Carroll from...

Adebayor on loan to Real Madrid?

Agüero to Chelsea?

SAF retiring at the end of season? Has to happen some day.

Sevilla to buy Rakitic for €1,5m, apparently flying tonight to Sevilla.

If it's true, of course.

Neville to Spurs in a cash+player deal, blue Liverpool must be laughing

Did we ever play you in the 60s? Would be surprised if we didn't given our respective Fairs Cup campaigns.

We played against a Warsaw XI (mostly Legia) when we opened up the Camp Nou. We bribed them so they let us win. Our president was terrified that if we lost the opening game it would jinx the ground.

Nice bit of fate: Atlético will celebrate 100 years of wearing the red-and-white shirt when they play against their former parent club - with whom they share colors - Athletic de Bilbao. Atlético adopted these shirts after seeing Bilbao wearing them in a friendly between both sides in January 1910.

According to "As" Atlético have set a €20m asking price for Godín. Chelsea offered €17m.