Slam Dunk

Bruma had surgery on the 20th, so he should be back soon, although I couldn't give a date.

Looks unlikely: http://www.skysports...6348786,00.html So thats: JT - 2/3 weeks Lampard - 1/2 weeks Ivanovic - 2/6 weeks Bosingwa - 1/2 weeks?

Having both Ivan and Bos out at the same time is pretty worrying. Say Paulo has to leave the pitch, who plays RB then (Essien?). Good news is that Sturridge is back and we can (hopefully) expect to see Ramires for the first time. Edit: Just had a look on the official site, 52% say they would be disappointed with a 1-0 win...Absolutely ridiculous - 3 points is 3 points.

"Kalou has scored more goals so far than the entire Liverpool team put together" -

£13m isn't too bad imo, considering he is the captain of the Croatian national team. We paid £18m for Zhirkov to do a very similar job to what Srna would be asked to do. I think i also read he asks for the number 11 or 33 shirt...If he does come he might have to sacrifice that one.

It's actually 16 million EUROS = around £13 million.

Away/Third kits look good as well:

New CL printing is out, love the retro look:

Stoke chairman has had his say: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6335083,00.html Also read Fulham are very interested in signing him.

^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Cummings

Thanks for that, pretty disappointing to be honest. Liked what I saw from Matic in preseason. Hopefully the deal for Delac is just a loan, he seems to be very highly rated.

Is there a link to that story mate?

Imagine the children.

The manager of the club says it, but you still believe "sources" and wikipedia over him?

So Carlo doesn't know which players are at the club, but you do?

Ancelotti apparently today confirmed he (as well as Rajkovic) are going out on loan. They are looking for destination clubs now. Source

Ramires will not play any part tomorrow, Ivanovic is fit. Bosingwa has started running again, Kakuta/Bruma still injured.

Had a feeling it might go that way, especially as the press conference was due tomorrow. Being moved forward could mean Santos' president cannot wait to confirm he's staying. Also heard Santos dismissed the idea of a loan deal (although that was just twitter talk).

Looks like we will find out the outcome of the negotiations later on tonight, Santos have called a press conference at 1830 local time: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.santosfc.com.br%2Fnoticias%2Fconteudo.asp%3Fid%3D22730&sl=pt&tl=en

"Latest on #cfc move for #neymarin #dailytelegraph tomorrow. Been developments today...." From the Telegraph's football correspondent.

Really sad to hear, good luck to him in whatever he decides to do next.

Nomis are great boots, as Steve said the leather is amazing. Good thing is, as they are completely underrated over here, means you can often pick them up on the cheap...

It says 290000 Euros a month = £240k a month = £60k a week. Anyway time for another report, this time claiming Santos are preparing a case against Wagner Ribeiro: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmsn.lancenet.com.br%2Fsantos%2Fnoticias%2F10-08-19%2F810576.stm%3Fsantos-prepara-processo-contra-wagner-ribeiro%26utm_source%3Dredessociais%26utm_medium%3Dbotaonoticias%26utm_campaign%3Dtwitter&sl=pt&tl=en I'll be glad when this is all over.

Outlines of the deals he as been offered (supposedly): http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancenet.com.br%2Fsantos%2Fnoticias%2F10-08-19%2F810825.stm%3Ffutebol-chelsea-propoe-r-13-milhao-por-mes-para-neymar&sl=pt&tl=en