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Sydney Govou has signed for Panathinakos.

 

Awful player IMO

 

Seconded, every time I've seen him he's been shocking.

 

Exactly the same, doesn't come from last couple of seasons either, even when Lyon were hoovering up Ligue Un for fun he never really impressed. God knows how he has so many caps for France.

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Sydney Govou has signed for Panathinakos.

 

Awful player IMO

 

Seconded, every time I've seen him he's been shocking.

 

Exactly the same, doesn't come from last couple of seasons either, even when Lyon were hoovering up Ligue Un for fun he never really impressed. God knows how he has so many caps for France.

 

garbage, I know.

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from bbc: "Manchester City have been linked with a £16.5m move for Cologne's Germany forward Lukas Podolski."

 

:nope:

 

Would be an awful signing (value-wise) unless he suddenly becomes really good after this world cup.

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from bbc: "Manchester City have been linked with a £16.5m move for Cologne's Germany forward Lukas Podolski."

 

:nope:

 

Would be an awful signing (value-wise) unless he suddenly becomes really good after this world cup.

 

He certainly didn't after the last one. Can't see it happening anyway. Seems fairly happy at Koln.

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Valencia right back in talks with Fulham for 2m euros (1.6m!) according to SSN

 

 

Shouldn't they wait until they've got a manager?

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Barca's financial concerns (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6250337,00.html)

 

New Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has admitted that the club are in financial difficulties after the players' wages for June had not been paid.

 

Rosell took over the helm at Camp Nou last week, succeeding Joan Laporta, and immediately sold centre-back Dmytro Chygrynskiy to his former club Shakhtar Donetsk for 15million euros to alleviate the club's financial problems.

 

Coach Pep Guardiola had stated his intention of holding onto the 23-year-old, although the defender struggled for first-team football, playing just 14 times for the Catalan giants, so the move came as somewhat of a surprise when Rosell sold him back to Shakhtar.

 

The president explained his administration were forced to act, both with that sale and by seeking further funds from banks.

 

He told Sport: "We found a club in debt, with liquidity problems.

 

"At this point we have to take a loan to pay the wages of the players.

 

"The squad were supposed to be paid at the end of last month and still haven't been.

 

"We'll fix a loan of 150million euros.

 

"The banks know that we have a business plan that will allow them to recover the money.

 

"The club is not bankrupt because it generates income."

 

Panic

 

However, Rosell insisted the situation was not a reason to panic even though the La Liga champions record an annual turnover of 400million euros.

 

"The members shouldn't be afraid because it is under control," he said.

 

"We must resolve this tension.

 

"It can be done in two ways: to have extra income, like selling Chygrynskiy, and/or taking a loan, which is what we have done.

 

"The previous board had already begun this process. We followed the same path - the same banks, the same target but with a different business plan.

 

"They (Laporta's board) also knew they needed this credit.

 

"We hope to sign it this week."

 

Rosell admitted: "The club has spent more than it has made."

 

Despite the current financial climate, the club have already purchased David Villa from Valencia for 40million euros and Rosel is adamant that there is as much as 89million euros still to spend on new blood.

 

"There will be 50million euros to sign more players," he said.

 

"This is the case every year. This is our plan for the future.

 

"Technically, as of now we have 50 million plus 15 for Chygrynskiy and 24 for (Yaya) Toure. In total, 89million."

 

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As soon as directors of football clubs start talking about business plans, the chances are they havn't got one.

 

Amazing story

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Good avatar for the story too.

Serves them right, go around tapping peoples players up and they think they can get away with it, can't afford Cesc probably  :aww:

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Serves them right, go around tapping peoples players up and they think they can get away with it, can't afford Cesc probably  :aww:

I hope you're joking.

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People's Rooney to Bochum.

 

Crying Nork, People's Rooney, Jong Tae-Se...

 

Has joined Vfl Bochum in the second tier of German football.

 

€250,000 is the reported fee, within our price range!

 

Here mate have you heard about the Bismarck sinking? :fishing:

 

 

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