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Lawrence and Kitson are great at that level. I think Pompey have done a good deal.

A few local and regional governments have been bailing out Spanish teams for quite a while. Racing Santander was even owned by the regional government for some time, for example. So its not uncommon what i'm saying. I do believe Spain are in as much s*** financially as the UK no? Yes.

A few local and regional governments have been bailing out Spanish teams for quite a while. Racing Santander was even owned by the regional government for some time, for example. The cunts of Espanyol got credits from the public regional bank...

Zlatan's agent just said the transfer to Milan is "almost done". Barça answered with a press release slamming him for undermining the relationship of the player with the club. Heh. In other news Hleb loaned out to Benfica, with a view to a transfer at the end of the season.

Interesting that Mou hasn't said anything flashy or cuntish regarding La Liga yet. He's even had some nice words for us/Guardiola even. Guess he's saving it up.

Completed? On Barça's website. €16m+6 according to the local media. Apparently Milan have balked at our €40m demand for Zlatan. Good. Cheap c***s wanted a loan.

Gago faces one month in the sidelines after Arévalo tackled him during the Madrid-Peñarol friendly. Guy means business.

Milan offering Borriello and Huntelaar as part of the Zlatan transfer

Aye, the homage Barça paid to him was great and utterly deserved. We have it great nowadays but damn, somehow I miss him :'(

Because we are not going to get a replacement in at this time, and our squad is utterly talented but skin deep.

Zlatan on the way out after he slammed Guardiola today. Feck.

Aye, Ronaldinho had it all (well, he lacked a bit of decision-making, but he had such an unbelievable talent he didn't need it). Such a waste he couldn't keep it. Everytime the ball reached his feet you could feel it around the stadium, the expectation about what was he going to do.

vs Sevilla I was there It was one of the biggest "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED" moments of my life.

' Yeah singlehandedly, what about Ronaldinho? Yep, singlehandedly. Despite occasional flashes of brilliance he was as languid as the rest of the team until the pitbull came in. It's weird since we really never had another player like him after the 6-month loan and we went on to great things without him, but he was a catalyst.

He singled-handedly saved Rijkaard's first season, took us from 9th to 2nd after we signed him in January.

He just took out Gago. Looks like nasty fucker.

Apart from the second half against us in the first leg of the Supercopa (which flattered them given the team that was out and our fitness levels), Sevilla have looked abysmal so far. Álvarez looks massively out of his depth. It's sad to see such a good squad wasted by managing not up to par since Ramos left.

Entertaining game though! Weird to see Palop letting them down, he's usually great.

Sevilla goes 2 down. Bye bye CL and probably La Liga's first sacked manager even before the thing starts. EDIT: Fabiano makes it 1-2 after a keeper howler. Need 3 more though.

Obinna has got a bunch of caps since Everton tried to sign him. The 75% rule is bollocks anyway, probably you couldn't sign somebody like Riquelme because of it while you can snap Latvia's first choice centreback....

He's back at Valencia, who are looking to loan/sell him again.

I'm liking the look of this Cigarini lad, any of the Serie A fiends here know much of him? Very neat passing, great range. Dirty b******, though.

Sevilla 1 down. Need to score 3 to get through. Plus it looks like the karate kick on the chest is getting popular http://estaticos02.marca.com/imagenes/2010/08/24/futbol/liga_campeones/1282577723_extras_portada_3.jpg

Obinna was quality in La Liga, would have loved if he stayed at Málaga. Okay, "quality" maybe is pushing it but he was good for them.

Did you guys get a fee from Geremi?