Spike

No.

Implying Shaqiri would want to leave Stoke.

Scholes shouldn't count. He was retired by then.

He was for the most part.

I didn't actually mention a period of time. The only period of time I mentioned was that he 'demolished the premier league for three years', not that he was the best striker for all those years. Torres was better than those players in 07. Limited or not, Torres got the job done. It is very easy to forget how ridiculously good he was.

Tevez and Messi don't work together at all. If Carlos Tevez was on the pitch, Messi wouldn't be.

You'd only get milked at Rebel Sport, mate. Everything is expensive in Aus (tariffs + tax) and importing it to the otherside of the world will do you no favours.

Unlucky because of his transfer? His knees were shot and he burnt out by 27. He was once the best striker in the world, bar no one. He demolished the Premier Leauge in its peak for three solid years. It was never a matter of confidence or lack there of, the injuries, surgeries and poor management from the Spanish and Liverpool medical teams is what contributed to his downfall. To say that Torres lacked confidence for the entire duration of his Chelsea career is a copout. He at one point, he scored a betler of a goal against the supposed 'best team in the world' in a Champions League semifinal, if that doesn't give a man confidence not much will. Shevchenko wasn't a flop per se (he was with a *). It was a bad transfer moreso. Sheva was already 30, closer to 31 when he joined Chelsea. To expect him to replicate waht he had done in Italy probably wasn't the wisest. Sure he could have done better, but really he wasn't suited to the team nor was he in his prime. Kezman was from a striker from the Eredivisie. Flops from that league are a dime a dozen.

"He doesn't offer anything new" does not equate to "He doesn't offer anything better". Just because he may (or may not) be very similar to certain players in the squad does not mean he isn't more talented.

Foreign and I hear he is silicone based.

Or they just don't want to be cynical cunts and rather look on the brightside. 'S-stop liking w-what I don't like'

I see no issue with a topic that is designated for Français (or any other language), especially given the high amount of Franchophones of this forum. As long as it doesn't leave this particular thread.

I don't think that is possible in Italy anymore. I'm pretty sure it is being phased out.

Kinky

You were a day.

Oh how the days go by.

Sometimes, people rather talk about what is good in the world as opposed to the what is wrong. There is so much focus on the wrong that sometimes people need to take a break. It is a monumentous day. 380,000,000 people all have the exact right and freedom to express their love for whomever they love.

I think it was more that he was a Galatasaray player. Now he has won trophies in Spain and is perceived as a 'hot commodity'. Nationality, league, and physical attributes (or lack thereof) can really pull the wool over some people's eyes. I'm no expert on Arda Turan nor Atleti but whoscored lists his strengths as: PassingDribblingHolding on to the ballDefensive contributionLikes to do layoffs Likes to play short passes Likes to tackle http://www.whoscored.com/Players/21501/Show/Arda-Turan

I always thought it was around €30,000,000 with taxes taking it to €42,000,000.

Let's take this player on loan. Use him in all the first team matches instead of our own youth players. Then at the end of the season he goes back to his parent club and then sold for a profit. At they end of the seaon we've developed a player, lost him and got nothing in return. YES THIS IS WHAT CLUBS WANT TO DO. Are people really so naive to believe that clubs are frothing from the gash to develope Chelsea youth players?

Before medication this was a significant portion of my life.

Look at it like this. If Cech wants to stay in London and Arsenal were the only club interested, why would Chelsea block the move? It shows that the club cares about the players at least on some sort of level. Imagine the negative implication if the club said flatly, "No, you can't move to another London club: move yourself and your family to another city or another country". Footballers are people too.

People need to take the carrot out of their arse and accept that it is only a sport and these things happen.

From Juve. They just sold Mandzukic. Not the complete fee but it sure does cover a lot.