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Cuadrado has not been called up by Fiorentina for the Real Madrid game. Might mean that he is on his way out.
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Absolutely brilliant, now lets see if the same people bang on about this all season long, like they did the past manager. Last year people hung off the word of one mans opinon on training methods, let's see how this plays out
Last year this mans word was gospel, no doubt this time he's just one man who doesn't really know?What difference does it matter which paper posts twitter information?
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Absolutely brilliant, now lets see if the same people bang on about this all season long, like they did the past manager. Last year people hung off the word of one mans opinon on training methods, let's see how this plays out
What difference does it matter which paper posts twitter information?
David, do you have nothing better to do than champion your own cause on a forum? Surely there's some backwater club you can teach the art of a long ball too.
The Express is back on the Benatia to Chelsea train, despite Mourinho flat-out denying any interest.
There were noises a couple of weeks back about Torres moving to Wolfsberg or Atletico. Nothing seems to have come of it. Guess it was too much to hope for... If only Chelsea could move the useless toe-rag out, and buy a good quality reserve striker (e.g. Bony), we'd have a squad with quality in depth at every position. As it is, one injury to Costa puts us right back to last season.
There were noises a couple of weeks back about Torres moving to Wolfsberg or Atletico. Nothing seems to have come of it. Guess it was too much to hope for... If only Chelsea could move the useless toe-rag out, and buy a good quality reserve striker (e.g. Bony), we'd have a squad with quality in depth at every position. As it is, one injury to Costa puts us right back to last season.
Absolutely brilliant, now lets see if the same people bang on about this all season long, like they did the past manager. Last year people hung off the word of one mans opinon on training methods, let's see how this plays out
What difference does it matter which paper posts twitter information?
Raymond Verheijen is an idiot, always has been. Despite this, he may make some relevant points. A few weeks ago he was saying how LvG was being sensible when it came to RvP, unlike the former manager.
He's had a rant at one point or another about pretty much every high profile manager. If you actually read what he said properly (look at his Twitter), it's not really that scathing at all.
I know you'll repeatedly defend Moyes, no matter what, but the majority of the 'backlash' came after he admitted leaving RvP on despite him not being fit, which agitated his injury.
Also, it'd help if you don't attribute opinions to an entire fanbase, it's lazy.
Anyway, back on topic:
The BBC say we're trying to resolve the Rojo deal, could do with it being sorted quickly tomorrow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28763841
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Reus to Atletico?
http://www.cope.es/detalle/atletico-y-dortmund-negocian-el-traspaso-de-reus.html
Sounds crazy, but COPE is a more reliable source than most. So who knows.
If Reus was to move I'd have assumed it'd be to a club that could pay him ~200k / week. But we'll see.
http://www.cope.es/detalle/atletico-y-dortmund-negocian-el-traspaso-de-reus.html
Sounds crazy, but COPE is a more reliable source than most. So who knows.
If Reus was to move I'd have assumed it'd be to a club that could pay him ~200k / week. But we'll see.
Not a chance in hell - L - if Reus is going anywhere he will go to a much bigger club than Atletico (but I dont believe he will go anywhere this summer)
Qatar etc don't have income tax so going from £20k/week -> £40k is ~4 times what he would get now, not just a small increase. Football is a job and footballers have families to worry about; I would be very surprised if very many had substantial pensions saved up. I think it's difficult to judge if you've not been in that position.
So... maybe... Reus to Chelsea and Schurrle to Atletico?
Pure fantasy, of course, but having Hazard on the left and Reus on the right would be an amazing attacking force!
Yeah I know, but it didn't stop people quoting his soundbite over and over last season, even when I doubted the relevance of his soundbite and inner knowledge I got rounded on and no I don't defend him no matter what. I have said time and time again since he was sacked I was wrong and his time was up and it was a failure but I guess people are so unused to people saying they were wrong on this forum they just ignore it and carry on with their own agenda. Even as Everton manager I questioned his ability in the transfer market on anyone over £1.50 and always commented on his ability to destroy a striker. I will admit my gratitude for the job he did at Everton probably clouded my view on his football last year and as I like the guy I probably wanted him to succeed more than most. Yet on reflection his football last year was as bad as I have seen
Again I was wrong, he got exactly what he deserved. I did say years ago this would be the outcome, but I just hoped it wouldn't.
He lost the players, the staff and didn't improve the football. Irrelevant now. What's relevant is it seems LVG is working them at least as hard according to this same guy and could be the cause of Shaws injury
Either way with United first 6 games at least the confidence should be far better than last year. If I was a united fan looking at those first fixtures I'd expect to be top of the league/joint top or at the very least unbeaten. Even the Everton game (7th game?) is at home and you would fancy that. Of course what happens after that is a different story.
From what the players have been saying, they are working hard this season but much more of it is based on skills and actually having a football involved rather than pure fitness. A few have come out and expressly said that they are working with the ball more than they did last season.
I am getting slightly worried about us at the moment transfers wise. We haven't signed anyone in ages, the Vidal deal seems dead in the water, we haven't been linked with any other top midfielders bar Strootman who won't be available till January at the earliest and we will either get bent over fee wise or we won't get him. (if he is actually recovered)
At the moment the only position that we don't need to worry too much about injuries is in the front 3 and the GK. We have Hernandez, Welbeck and a few good youth players to cover the strikers and Januzaj/Kagawa to cover Mata. Midfield will be another disaster if Herrera gets injured and defensively we are light on cover across the board not to mention light on quality in the first choice players.
I am getting slightly worried about us at the moment transfers wise. We haven't signed anyone in ages, the Vidal deal seems dead in the water, we haven't been linked with any other top midfielders bar Strootman who won't be available till January at the earliest and we will either get bent over fee wise or we won't get him. (if he is actually recovered)
At the moment the only position that we don't need to worry too much about injuries is in the front 3 and the GK. We have Hernandez, Welbeck and a few good youth players to cover the strikers and Januzaj/Kagawa to cover Mata. Midfield will be another disaster if Herrera gets injured and defensively we are light on cover across the board not to mention light on quality in the first choice players.
From what I've read, these new contracts are mainly about reducing the FFP burden. For some reason bonuses are not included by FFP, and City are shifting to a structure whereby players earn a lower basic wage but receive larger bonuses.
Their reasons for doing it might be for FFP but I'd welcome all clubs doing that. Lower wages and decent rewards for actually winning stuff and staying out of trouble
Manu could pay Felliani £1 a week and £50,000 per completed pass or tackle.
Their reasons for doing it might be for FFP but I'd welcome all clubs doing that. Lower wages and decent rewards for actually winning stuff and staying out of trouble
Manu could pay Felliani £1 a week and £50,000 per completed pass or tackle.
Hmm, thats a tricky one as you would just get the issue of teams having very very easy "bonuses" on top of a small salary to make sure that their players were guaranteed what they want whilst circumventing FFP.
The fear of having a bad season like Uniteds last year would also be massive. Half our players would have been on the dole if it was performance based salaries.
That will soon go out the window as soon as they need to attract more stars in the future (and then you can see some of those potentially on lower basic wage causing waves)
Surely its only a very temporary solution.
I dont doubt the idea is good IF every club follows this, but are they likely to? I wouldnt have thought so.
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Gerard Deulofeu loaded to sevilla. Is he all hype or not that good for top teams?
Well, the root of the statement comes from City's response to the FFP restrictions:
http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?i=12323/1/0&artId=531792
The relevant part is this:
So whether this is a short-term thing, in order to meet the specific FFP-related penalties that were imposed on City this year, or whether it's a long term plan to "break even" more consistently, I don't know.
http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?i=12323/1/0&artId=531792
The relevant part is this:
MCFC said:
So whether this is a short-term thing, in order to meet the specific FFP-related penalties that were imposed on City this year, or whether it's a long term plan to "break even" more consistently, I don't know.
You're probably right about that - having performance related bonuses completely excluded from FFP consideration seems like a giant gaping loophole.
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You say that as if you think it was an accident.
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