Pizy

Fine by me. Very quietly did a nice job last night as he usually does.So what do you guys think, if he plays in the testimonial or Community Shield, will he still be leaving?

If there's anything you need to know about this country is that money is always the priority. These marquee games need to be played in prime time here in order to get the most viewers and therefore money.

It's De Rossi's farewell testimonial for Roma. He'll be a Chelsea player after the final whistle.

"93 - Luiz Gustavo had the best passing accuracy of all Bundesliga players in 2012/13 (93%, min. 500 passes). Interest." -OptaNot just a destroyer. He's a very accurate passer who can perfectly link up play between defense and attack. Sandro is the Brazilian destroyer who limited in other areas not Gustavo. We could certainly use him.

Rooney and Gustavo in. Ba and Mikel out. A proper, solid, imposing DM like Gustavo paired with Ramires or MvG would solve our problems. He's inexpensive and is actively searching for a CL club to go to and get playing time. He's there on a plate for us. Think the fee being mentioned is around 15m. A steal.

I actually feel bad for Mikel, I genuinely do. Must be hard for him to see a young kid like MvG come in and instantly get in the side in his position and an aging, declined Essien come back from loan and get more game time too. Hell, Lamps who hasn't kicked a ball this preseason starts and plays and he doesn't. Think he's gone sooner rather than later. Maybe January.

Could actually be harder to get them to sell now that they've once again embarrassed themselves in their pursuit of Fabregas. They just wasted like 3 weeks bidding for a player who they never had a chance at. Can see them forcing him to stay.

Yeah, I'd think if it were true that he was banished to train with the reserves Sky, BBC ect would be all over it. Edit- hmmm...maybe not

Waiting to hear from more believable outlets. If true, think its only a matter of time.

Smacked back down to earth, really. Not the end of the world to lose to possibly the best first XI in the world, but I thought we'd at least compete better. Clearly we aren't quite there yet. Not worried at all about us. Just need a player or two.

He seems like the kind of striker who would do well with a partner up there against the top sides.*cough ROONEY *cough*

We look a bit star-struck at times. Ramires faded, Oscar and Hazard can't influence the match as we can't keep the ball. Lukaku so isolated that he can't do anything at all.

We gotta have entertainment before each of these matches. Annoying but this is how it is at most sporting events here.

So they know we're fucking desperate for news about Mata and still nothing. Wtf!?

Mata injured now too? Fuck me.

Yeah...can't see us getting the result with this lineup. Madrid's strongest 11 and not ours.

Yeah, you're probably right. They should be a strong side next season even if they lose Bale. Better than Arse if they buy a couple more.

Capoue, Sandro, Parker, Dembele, Paulinho, Huddelston... Wtf are they gonna do with all of them?

Imagine the confidence boost a win here would give the lads, friendly or not. The morale is already at a fever pitch, but beating Madrid would send it sky high. Then we can push through the Rooney deal and be ready to conquer the Premier League.

Don't think so with this one.Unlike the others Fellaini would be desperate to move there. Just have to hope Everton can milk them for as much cash as possible. Think he'll be a United player by the start of the season. I'd rather him go there than to Arsenal.

United fans actually rate PHIL FUCKING JONES higher than Luiz. That's truly unbelievable. They overrate their players like no other side in the league. Hmm, wonder why the best two sides in the world in Barca and Bayern are aftermLuiz rather than Phil Jones...

LOLSure, we'll give you a David Luiz autograph for 25m.

Who would we even get to replace a player with as much talent and upside as Luiz? Makes no sense for us to sell. Unless he asks to leave it ain't happening.

Yep, Sky just tweeted that. They've made an official bid. Fuck off.

I'd imagine there are plenty of salty/jealous City fans out there rethinking the "glad we got our business done so early" line. If they would've waited an extra week or two they could've had a much better player in Suarez.