Village Idiot

99% glass. He's world-glass.

Suazo has been pretty good for Zaragoza, but they can't afford him.

This Saturday, Spain-England play the U17 World Cup final. Wish I could find some place to watch it here. Ramalho (Bilbao), Deulofeu (Barça), Jesé (Madrid) and Alcácer (Valencia) are our best players by a mile.

Mancini to play his own twisted 4-3-3 with 3 holding mids and 3 strikers. But I reckon Dzeko is a good signing. Adebayor was streaky and only Tévez delivered the goods.

Apparently Inter are still refusing to let Mourinho go without compensation, so looks line no unveiling until next week. Madrid not even bothering with finalising their signings before announcing them anymore

"but with regular partners and without champagne or other drinks"

Jorge Valdano just said in an interview for a Spanish radio that Higuaín is not available for transfer.

Up until April, when Cronaldo hit that streak of form, Higuaín's goals had meant more points for them than the Portuguese's. He was pretty decisive in wins against Valencia and Deportivo, which Madrid have pretty bad record against. He also carried them last season. I agree he's a limited player, but what he does he does it very well and he's still very young.

The way they have been dragging their feet with Higuaín's contract these months it's quite ridiculous. Pérez just doesn't want him.

Málaga about to be sold to a relative of the Emir of Qatar for €25m. They are currently owned by Fernando Sanz, who famously bought the club a few years ago while he was the team captain. I have been to some Málaga forums and they are fantasizing about being the new Chelsea or ManCity... For some reason I don't think it will be the case...

Two ManCity's envoys were spotted yesterday at the Real Madrid offices. Cue wild rumors about what they were talking about (Van Der Vaart, Higuaín and Gago the supposed targets).

Interesting, five clubs involved in the relegation fight from our Second Division have asked La Liga to change its rules so teams are banned of fielding players from their reserve sides during the last 5 games of the season, unless forced by injury. This comes after Numancia (midtable second division team) played with 8 boys from their reserve side and surrendered 3 points against relegation-threatened Real Unión.

Manuel Fernandes has said that Valencia are trying to sell him, too.

In England, he was a laughingstock for Madrid and Spain. Spain's Titus Bramble. Elena had a discreet NT career, not bad enough to merit a spot on that XI.

You need a Spanish cell phone and text what they say there. "MARCA BOTAS MILITO SIN PUBLICIDAD" Alternatively, you can register to Marca an enter through their website (what I did), but they still ask you a Spanish number to tell you if you win, so not worth it.

Something for djmattis to drool: Marca are raffling the boots Milito used in the CL final. http://www.marca.com/participa/concurso/botasmilito/ I entered, not sure you can if you aren't a Spaniard though.

Sevilla fans can't wait to see the back of him, that I know. He's looked poor and has a terrible, terrible, fitness record. I remember some good games last season, though, so there might be something there.

Spain's in my lifetime: Contreras Otero Ríos Campo Berges Aldana Ito Bango Cembranos Catanha Pier There's a lot of strength in depth in our strikeforce though... Claudio , Oli , Arizmendi , Javi Moreno , Juanele

El Mundo Deportivo opening tomorrow with an alleged offer of €35m+Huntelaar for Zlatan. They are the most credible of the Barcelona rags so I assume their interest is at least legit. Huntelaar is useless though.

Inter will release him, and Real will condone the rest of the Sneijder transfer and throw a few extra million in the Maicon transfer. Not a big deal.

Bam Bam was ace. Even when he put three past us I couldn't bring myself to hate him

Most fans have been whining it won't. It's probably too big and the stands are further away from the pitch, which has always been one of the strengths of San Mamés (built mimicking English grounds). They say it's going to be safer but it's not like there's ever been trouble in that place. For all their passion they are a very welcoming set of fans. And it's the second oldest pitch in Spanish professional football, a piece of history. But I guess they have their reasons for tearing it down instead of just remodelling. Part of the grounds are going to the municipality to expand the neighboring university in exchange of investment in the new stadium.

Athletic have broken ground on their new stadium. They expect it to be ready for the 2012-2013 season. Will be sad to see San Mamés go.

Absolutely. Mourinho is such a great hate figure, will help us motivate too Hope he doesn't stay at Real for long so I don't end up hating him though! Honestly I find him immensely enjoyable as a fan.

There's a lot of animosity towards him amongst Barca fans after Chelsea beat them, when Mourinho and his Chelsea side behaved with their customary class. They call him the Translator. There's probably nothing that would please the Dr-Evil-like Mourinho more than beating Barca as manager of their most hated rivals. Why not? They'll pay him silly money, 'cos he's this year's galactico, and Perez might just maybe possibly let him do his job for the same reason. Even if he gets booted out after a season like everyone else, it doesn't reflect badly on Mourinho: everyone but Real fans knows Perez is to blame for their woes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I88VYnpJUR0&feature=player_embedded Don't think he particularly cares about us as much as people believe. He uses it to motivate, though. But yeah, most of our fans hate him because of that tie and some things he's said over the years. Although he's also said nice things about us. As said, he just boils the kettle when he needs it.