Village Idiot

We won't sell Neymar. It's just silly transfer season.

Let's try this.

Wish I knew. We have just signed a huge deal with Nike but I guess it all hinges on the sponsorship deal. We don't need to sell Neymar, it's just that we will only have a modest transfer budget unless we can raise more funds. And we need to address several positions.

That's for the version that's equal to actual match shirts. Regular one stays at €85 as usual.

Is this wishful thinking or are Barca going back to having no sponsor? We have no sponsor right now, since talks with Qatar seem to have broken down. I guess we'll finish a deal with them or somebody else before the season starts, but for now this is our shirt. This will be my first Barça kit purchase since we moved Unicef to the back.

Alves' agent has now denied he has a deal with Juve. Mascherano was ambivalent in an interview with the Argie press. In the "let's make up transfer news until the Euro starts" department we're linked with Berardi today. If only.

We also don't know how to schedule a 22 team competition. They should cut it back to 20, but it's very unlikely to happen.

Why is that surprising? He's been key to our success both on and off the pitch.

Most our media are saying Alves is leaving for Juve. Not too bad if we don't fuck up his replacement if you ask me. He's been a brilliant player for us, but he's no longer dependable.

Isaac Success to Watford seems pretty likely to happen. I've been rooting for this player to play in England for ages; that pun potential is sorely wasted in Spain.

Will be his last big contract, and they are offering a lot of money. Wants to play in midfield too.

Apparently Mascherano wants to go to Juve. Damn.

Oh god, just seen that dance. Even if they ended up losing the smugness is unbearable. I want to see this man broken. And I'm not a nasty person at all.

Random. The club was owned with some millionaire from Azerbayan that had business with Atlético, so it's not that random, I guess. They're partnering with some investment firm that has taken the remaining 65%. I'll go and assume the whole business is shady.

Atlético have become owners of 35% of Lens.

And Mágico González was truly ridiculous, and the comparison to Maradona very apt. He made Diego look like an altar boy in off-the-pitch behavior.

Da fuck, is Kubala that unknown? Before Messi he was Barça's most legendary player. The Camp Nou is known as the house that Kubala built FFS.

Their president at the time was the former bodyguard of the leader of the Spanish far right, says it all

Aye Koeman ahead of Pellegrini is mental to me Koeman was so out of his depth at Valencia, I know he's done very well since, but I can't shake off that from my mental picture of him.

The Manchester derby will be pretty interesting this season...

Vicente Calderón is the cool dive bar that the tripadvisor crowd has still not found about. Glad you enjoyed your trip.

f***, this one was intense. Piqué and Iniesta were truly imperial tonight. Over the moon. :frantic:

More on this, this graph is pretty damning (and no, I'm sure that Valencia aren't nowhere near the only outfit where this is happening) http://e02-elmundo.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2016/05/21/14638536879364.jpg It's in Spanish, but the thing that you have to look at is the breakdown of the transfer monies paid for each player (second graphic). The number at the basis of each column is the money paid to third parties (commissions, bungs, third party owners, whatever) from the transfer total. So, for example, Valencia paid €30m for Rodrigo, but only €17m reached Benfica. Makes you realize how utterly corrupt the whole thing is.

The Spanish IRS is investigating Valencia for alleged tax fraud in their transfer business under Peter Lim.

Jémez heavily linked with Espanyol I don't want to delete my sig.