Village Idiot

Hleb on the verge of signing for Brum, according to our press.

Atlètico linked with Fanni/Misimovic to replace Jurado, who's about to move to Schalke for €14m (good player, but strange move)

Tuncay is good, but he's more of an AM than a striker and I don't know where would he fit in your side after signing Ben Arfa.

I think his scoring record in Brazil is still quite good. EDIT: 13 in 22 according to wikipedia.

Don't know if this is region blocked, but some highlights from real Ronaldo's first game of the season. He looks fat, but not nearly as much as in those photos that surfaced a few weeks ago. http://www.marca.com/tv/?v=trU6G5zeXvP

These awards always go to the players of the teams that win the CL. When they stop doing that one can start taking them seriously.

Redknapp signing yet another player from Pompey, that's reaching comedy status.

Wait a mo, Everton started with Beckford? EDIT: Looking at their squad, I see they don't much option apart from Saha (who should 99 times out of 100 start over Beckford)

Meirelles is going to be a good signing on that regard.

My reverse jinx worked then!

Why on Earth did I chose the Liverpool game to watch this afternoon?

Schalke close to signing Jurado, who would earn €4m per year

Why would people pick Jussi for their FFs? He used to be great but has been clearly past his best for some seasons, and post-Allardyce Bolton aren't really collecting many clean sheets.

Finns are mentalists.

Just noticed Enric Vallès is on Birmingham's bench. How the fuck did he manage a Premier League contract

What did he say?

Marc Overmars.

He was option #2 after Valencia asked north of €50m for Villa. It was Laporta who talked to Moratti (they are close) and then relayed the proposal to Pep.

That's what's reported here too (what he said after leaving). I guess we'll know more details of what happened in the following days. What I know is that Guardiola has very little time for "babysitting" players, and that he is MON-esque when he gives up on a player (Hleb, Henry, Zlatan...). Guess it's one of his flaws.

Cigarini

I'll just pretend it didn't happen and that he decided to retire and consign his life to helping the poor in India or something like that.

It sounds like you're all in a school together. 'Will Zlatan please report to Mr Galliani's room.' Looks like we have been had. Teaches us not to deal with Italians.

Zlatan seems to be signing for Milan as we speak. He's been summoned to the office where Rosell and Galliani are meeting.

Valencia goes one up through Aduriz. Vicente still looking good after all these years and injuries.

Quincy Owusu starting for Málaga, I had not idea he ended up there. Didn't he sign for some Qatari team?