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Thank you Maka for the great memories. A superb professional, sad to see him go but at the same time it was probably the right time. Good luck to him!

Great news. Model professional as people have said.

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You have to pick your battles

No it stays here, this is a rumour thread. And there may be future Ronaldinho rumours so it stays open.

I merged Tri-Blue's thread with this existing Kaká rumour thread.

Well, most true fans will live in or around London in general. Not that I want to infer that fans who do not live in or around London are second-rate fans, just that most of the clubs real fans will be living near to London.

9.30 isn't that early and I've been a student for the last 3 years.

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Well apparently we're not keeping him as we haven't given him a number, which is pretty much what you'd expect anyway. I wonder, has anyone seen any pictures of pre-season with Khalid in them?

At least he's clearly stated his intention. The way I read it, he wouldn't mind a new challenge, and if the club receives the right price for him, he'll go for it. But he's not going to bemoan staying here either.

I'd suggest the marriage was just a formality to please the parents, they probably both know on the face of it it means nothing whatsoever.

Where did you get this from Dave? Ferreira giving up an insignificant number to Deco is interesting.

Thanks for bringing it up again guys, good job!

He wants to be called Felipão or Big Fil, but not Big Phil I trust him to sort Drogs out. I'm expecting a good season from Didi.

Excellent news for us!

If I remember rightly some of the spaces for players in the European squad are players that are homegrown and English. This is why we couldn't fit in Ballack originally last season, because the only player that fitted one of those spots was John Terry and it meant we couldn't have as many senior squad players.

Nothing official out... CFCNET have written a decent little memoir of him (although did they really need to mention how John Terry getting sent off unfairly by the ref led to our defeat at White Hart Lane), but there's no actual indication of where they've gotten this information.

Yeah 2 years sounds about right, and I think Mancienne is good enough too but I suspect you don't fancy his chances due to how many defenders we have already and to be frank I have to agree. Michael Woods and Jack Cork aren't at the right time to come through yet but I think they could given the right luck and the right work.

Kakuta will be considered home grown if he stays at one club for a certain period of time, but he won't be considered local talent. I think there's a distinction between nationals being trained at a club and foreigners, but if they stay at the club long enough, they are considered trained there regardless.

Have transfer fees ruined football? Missed that boat by about 100 years chaps.

Why would Le Guen go after Pizarro after missing out on Makelele?

On reflection I find this quite believable. It was Avram Grant wanting him, after all.

I thought he would get the Italy job myself!!