pie-eater 207 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Quote: Sven-Goran Eriksson will receive an annual salary of either £2m (Guardian), £3m (Daily Telegraph), £6m (The Times) or £8m (Daily Mail) when he takes over at Man City. Gossip round-up! I'll take the Daily Mail one! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Goodby Thiery Henry. And thank you. He's off to Barcelona. Not his best season of course but, ...deary me. It will be anxious watching whether this is the start of other departures or a new positive building. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Tottenham will finish above Arsenal this season. I suspect Arsenal may even sack Wenger, as his motivation surely cannot be there now. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 It will be interesting to see how that all pans out. As long as they are below Liverpool, it'll do me. Apparently Real Madrid are after Wenger now. Looks like Eriksson is close to that Man City deal. I hope he does actually it should be fun to watch. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I'm surprised they want to get involved with Thaksin, they must be really desperate. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Of course they are - it is Manchester City!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I'm going to avoid the footie news for a bit I think as there's just too many worrying bullshit rumours flying around regarding Wenger etc at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Don't worry I'll let you know it all Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I know you will. Git. I can take it anyway I suppose it's all part of the drama that we all love (when it's going our way). Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Good news... Nakamuras agent is saying 4 clubs are after him. If he goes to a premiership club then we can stop having to watch goddamn scottish football on sky on saturday night. That was a nightmare last year. Seperate note: Whats going on with Liverpool and the buying frenzy that was supposed to happen? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Yeah I was thinking that too bobby12. Where did you get that on Nakamura? Apart from the fact he is a good player, it would be worth him coming to Liverpool just so that they are on every week! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 It was on BBC news today. The agent wont say which clubs yet. It sounded like he was going for a better wage packet for him though, it could all just be a smokescreen. Link to post Share on other sites
Accrington Stanley 0 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 If only they covered some non-Premiership leagues too Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I do remember a few rumours about Nakamura a couple of months ago. Man Utd were one of the names (though surely with their recent buys Nakamura isn't on their list any more) and so was AC Milan. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 The world's top 50 footballers, according to some dude on the Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article1963015.ece Top 3: 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) In the P.C. era (pre-Cristiano) wingers were slight, nippy and small. He redefined the position marrying size and brawn with pace and trickery. You get the sense that, when he’s running at defenders, he could go around them or straight through them. As an added bonus, he’s also an aerial threat on set pieces. 2. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) There’s a reason he’s always smiling. You’d be smiling all the time too if you knew that you were the best player on the pitch and you were about to make some poor defender look a jackass. He is the poster child for Brazilian football, the proud heir of those who came before him. He didn’t adapt to the European game, he forced it to adapt to him. Put him on the team sheet, sit back and enjoy the show. 1. Kaka (Milan) The top four are incredibly tight, but he just edges it for one simple reason: he combines Brazilian flair with European directness like nobody else. He truly is a product of two footballing cultures, a man who has all the virtues and none of the vices of either. Speaking of vices, he really, really doesn’t have any. A committed Christian, he announced proudly that he was a virgin on his wedding night. He likes to parade around in his favourite T-shirt, the one that reads “I belong to Jesus” (thereby opening a whole can of worms regarding third-party ownership). And that’s another reason he tops the list - with Kaka in your team, odds are, the big fella upstairs will be on your side as well.. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I didn't know that Jesus bit about Kaka, though I do recall seeing him wear the t-shirt in the CL. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Footballer and religious nutter just doesn't seem to fit does it? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Something wrong here. He just down't look right. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Is that a made-up photo? He looks like he is in Dallas. Seems Liverpool are getting Torres. And Chelsea go for Peru striker Claudio Pizarro. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 It's real alright. Some kind of publicity stunt. Who, Beckham? Never... He needs to do a bit of upper-body work to pull off that uniform. I'd look better in it than him, and I'n no Charles Atlas. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 does he not look like wrinkled and old? Not the usual facial oily tanned beach boy face. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 No he won't be too pleased with that photo probably. Those suits always make me laugh. It must be difficult taking such a sport seriously Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 He seems to be on the verge of losing his hair as well. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Not much footie news going on right now but we can't have the thread relegated to page 2. That will not do. Liverpool "swoop" for Torres. Why does he want to go there? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 It sounds like a good choice to me. He has a lot to live up to, hopefully he will be able to do that. Link to post Share on other sites
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