By JesalR Go To PostSo Soldado pretty much gone for £10m. Apparently we paid £13m up front, the rest was in addons that clearly never materialised. A £3m hit isn't a big deal, the waste of time and failure to capitalise on the Bale sale was a big deal though.I hope so too.
Hope he does better at Villareal.
Top Gossip
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, 25, will reject the chance to join Lazio and Sampdoria on loan as he is due a six-figure loyalty bonus if he is still at Anfield when the transfer window closes. (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United's pursuit of Sergio Ramos, 29, is over, with the Spain defender poised to extend his contract at Real Madrid next week. (Guardian)
Tottenham Hotspur striker Roberto Soldado, 30, has flown to his native Spain to seal a permanent move to Villarreal. (Guardian)
Spurs's Emmanuel Adebayor, 31, and Manchester United's Javier Hernandez, 27, are two of a dozen strikers West Ham are considering signing. (London Evening Standard)
Everton want Dynamo Moscow's former Manchester United left-back Alexander Buttner, 26, as a replacement for injured Leighton Baines. (Daily Mail)
Leicester City have beaten Schalke to the signing of Napoli midfielder Gokhan Inler, 31, after agreeing a £3m deal. (Daily Express via Sky Italia)
Fifa has criticised Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for his treatment of club doctor Dr Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fearn. (Daily Telegraph)
Sunderland have held talks with Liverpool about re-signing striker Fabio Borini, 24, on loan - a year after he turned down a move to the Stadium of Light. (Sunderland Echo)
QPR are close to signing Bolton's USA international defender Tim Ream, 27, for £1.5m. (NBC Sports)
Blackpool striker Nile Ranger, 24, has been turned away from training and told he has no future at the League One club. (Blackpool Gazette)
Newcastle United winger Gabriel Obertan, 26, wants to stay after talks with Magpies boss Steve McClaren. (Newcastle Chronicle via NUFC TV)
Southampton's 31-year-old defender Jose Fonte, who has been linked with Aston Villa, is not for sale, says Saints boss Ronald Koeman. (Southern Daily Echo)
Stoke City have cooled their interest in Dynamo Kiev's 25-year-old Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko. (Stoke Sentinel)
West Ham striker Andy Carroll, 26, is on course to return to first-team action before the end of August. Carroll has not played since February because of a knee ligament injury. (London Evening Standard)
The Hammers are in competition with Charlton Athletic to sign Dagenham & Redbridge's 17-year-old striker Jodi Jones. (Daily Mirror)
Aston Villa assistant manager Ray Wilkins, 58, says his current job is "probably my last gig" in football as he battles with bowel disease. (Birmingham Mail)
Best of social media
Injured West Ham United forward Enner Valencia posted a picture of himself with Ecuador team-mate and Manchester United namesake Antonio Valencia. Enner is expected to be out until November with a damaged leg.
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has posted a picture of birthday cake on Instagram after turning 25 on Wednesday.
Former England defender Phil Neville wants his ex-Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes to follow him into coaching. "He has a fantastic football brain and would be an asset to any club," tweeted Neville.
Former Liverpool winger Jimmy Carter, 49, has been inundated with goodwill messages on Twitter - aimed at his former US President namesake, 90, who has revealed he has cancer.
League Two Hartlepool United, desperate to discover their League Cup second round opponents, tweeted after the draw was delayed as Doncaster and Leeds went to extra time: "BREAKING: Selfish Doncaster and Leeds delay #CapitalOneCup draw.
And finally
An enormous billboard, appearing to depict Carlos Tevez scoring the West Ham goal which relegated Sheffield United in 2007, has been placed outside the League One club's Bramall Lane ground. (Daily Telegraph)
Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane, the club's reserve-team boss, has named his 20-year-old son, Enzo, captain of the team. (Daily Mail)
By Linius Go To Posthttp://www.ign.com/videos/2015/08/12/super-mario-maker-ign-challenge-altanos-revenge
Oh my, what a cuntish level design. I love it :lol
That´ s just evil.
Everton want Dynamo Moscow's former Manchester United left-back Alexander Buttner, 26, as a replacement for injured Leighton Baines. (Daily Mail)
By Zabojnik Go To PostScum, what can you tell me about this Eriksen lad?
He's a bottling shit cunt.
By Zabojnik Go To PostScum, what can you tell me about this Eriksen lad?
By Woodenlung Go To PostHe's a bottling shit cunt.
De Gea can fuck off, and Van Gaal is such a cut-throat cunt, he loves burning bridges, and I'm not sure it's always for the best of the club, but personal vendettas.
By Lego Go To PostDe Gea can fuck off, and Van Gaal is such a cut-throat cunt, he loves burning bridges, and I'm not sure it's always for the best of the club, but personal vendettas.Less burning bridges and just straight up brutal truth mate.
Former Liverpool winger Jimmy Carter, 49, has been inundated with goodwill messages on Twitter - aimed at his former US President namesake, 90, who has revealed he has cancer.
lol
Fifa has criticised Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for his treatment of club doctor Dr Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fearn. (Daily Telegraph)
Football's most senior administrator attracted the wrath of the women's game last night by suggesting female players wear tighter shorts to promote "a more female aesthetic".
Sepp Blatter, the president of the world governing body Fifa, said women should have skimpier kit to increase the popularity of the game. "Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball," he said.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/16/football.gender
I'm happy I don't have a data cap since I'll probably be pissed after I download the beta and figure out Its shit.
By Phlebas Go To PostI'm happy I don't have a data cap since I'll probably be pissed after I download the beta and figure out Its shit.Which beta ?
By Coldnoodle Go To PostIncredible. I just imagine Sepp jerking to women's volleyball not realizing the tight shorts and sleeveless tanks actually help range of motion for the players.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/16/football.gender
By Pennywise Go To PostWhich beta ?
FIFA 16, I got an email for a closed beta test of Ultimate Team.
They don't have one for PC .
Xpike, the CBT for 16 started today.
By Phlebas Go To PostFIFA 16, I got an email for a closed beta test of Ultimate Team.From EA ?
They don't have one for PC .
Xpike, the CBT for 16 started today.
Ah okay.
Thought it was that other company who is paying for those tests.
By Lambda Go To Postare you guys that sexless?Yurt's gone m8
you lose your minds over any footage of a female
Let it go.
Is there a book/reading thread on Slaent? I still don't know how to search effectively on this site.
Need my autumn pickups.
Need my autumn pickups.
guys guys, new beards and two new haircuts for proclubs. huge news.
Demo is PC but not for a couple of weeks. It's usually 2 weeks before release.
By Xpike Go To Postwhens the fifa 16 demo or preorder bonus or exclusive beta or whatever coming out
Demo is PC but not for a couple of weeks. It's usually 2 weeks before release.
By ATTICUS H Go To PostIs there a book/reading thread on Slaent? I still don't know how to search effectively on this site.http://slaent.com/thread/90884/
Need my autumn pickups.
pretty clear that van gaal is on the spectrum. done well out of it though, fair play to the bloke. could easily have seen him spend his life getting uptight about sonic's eye colour.
we're signing a dozen strikers but we'll still somehow end up relying on hoofing it up to carlton cole come february.
By ATTICUS H Go To Postlast post in may
people have been partying
I finished a whole bunch of shit in my last two months in Cebu when it really started raining, I just didn't post about it ok. Transparent things, Glory, First They Killed My Father. Also read Dan Ryckerts book on anxiety just because, was actually a decent short read. I feel like I forgot something. Probably just read a lot of erotic Podolski fan fic.
By dark_prinny Go To PostIs not Botafogo, I would remember that one for my boy Pelé.
O glorioso <3
I love you prinny
Pele I'm sorry for saying "Crappy Brazilian teams". I hope you aren't offended
but they probably are worse than local NZ teams.
but they probably are worse than local NZ teams.
By FootballFan Go To PostPele I'm sorry for saying "Crappy Brazilian teams". I hope you aren't offended
but they probably are worse than local NZ teams.
lol
Corinthians or Atlético Mineiro could play against any team in La Liga excluding the big 3
Japanese BBQ tomorrow for lunch. Fucking pumped, ridiculous lunch specials that just so happen to coincide with happy hour.
By Pele.gif Go To Postlol
Corinthians or Atlético Mineiro could play against any team in La Liga excluding the big 3
They could play...
Which doesn't mean they wouldn't get destroyed.
Any time someone says Van Gaal is doing something stupid, being weird in terms of personality, I am reminded of this
Van Gaal is a crazy mother fucker
Juventus' ex-Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni on Thursday revealed how coach Louis van Gaal once proved he had 'the balls' to drop any of Bayern's stars - by dropping his trousers.
Having joined Bayern from Fiorentina in 2007, Toni, 33, was Bayern's top scorer in his first season when he scored 24 goals in 31 league games as Bayern won the Bundesliga title.
But he played just four league games under van Gaal before he switched to AS Roma in the January winter break at the start of 2010 and was not one of van Gaal's first-choice players.
"Van Gaal simply didn't want to work with me, he treats players like interchangeable objects," said Toni.
The Italian told German magazine Sport Bild about the time van Gaal proved to Bayern's superstars, including Dutchman Arjen Robben, Germany's Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger how he was man enough to drop any of his players.
"The coach wanted to make clear to us that he can drop any player, it was all the same to him because, as he said, he had the balls," said Toni.
"He demonstrated this literally (by dropping his trousers). I have never experienced anything like it, it was totally crazy. Luckily I didn't see a lot, because I wasn't in the front row."
Toni is not the first ex-Bayern player to criticise van Gaal as former captain Lucio has said the coach was part of the reason he left Munich in July 2009.
"Van Gaal hurt me more than anyone else in football," said Brazil defender Lucio who won the Champions League title with Inter Milan last season.
Van Gaal is a crazy mother fucker
Did anyone from the media ever had the balls to ask Van Gaal about his crazyness? Like, out right. "Do you perchance have a diagnosed mental condition you'd like to talk us about, good sir?" If yes, is that person still alive?
Man U Fans slowly seeing how crazy Gaal is?
Gonna be interesting to see how he treats the team with several competitions this year now.
Gonna be interesting to see how he treats the team with several competitions this year now.
By Slizz Go To PostLuca Toni is a living legendI always think back to when Toni's son was stillborn. That would have been such a difficult time, he came back like a true champ <3
What a player
By FootballFan Go To PostI always think back to when Toni's son was stillborn. That would have been such a difficult time, he came back like a true champ <3Probably sacrificed it to to get the stem cells to keep his career going.
What a player
Had to kill a fucking moth. Where are they coming from this year. I had it when I see animals in my room. I'm too much 1st world for that shit :(
By Lunatic Go To PostProbably sacrificed him to to get the stem kills to keep his career going.wtf, man
fuck off