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Pep Guardiola's golden image already tarnished at Bayern Munich. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/03/bayern-munich-pep-guardiola A man known to fix things that aren't broken and unnecessarily complicate matters. Ibrahimovic was always vocal about this obsession.

They also booed Higuain because he didn't sign for them! Classy.

New season but same old Arseanal's LOL defense!! Napoli is perfect club for Rafa to build himself again.

I just found out that Darren bent is priced at 6.5. I hope he gets transferred to some club where he gets some playing time, he can make a mockery of the price tag!

I am very wary of choosing any player from Man City. I think except yaya, nobody is nailed on for them. It will be a gamble. Yeah you are right, i will be waiting another week to see what happens and then i am throwing the chimp out of my team.

@RmadridInfo: Coentrao has agreed personal terms with Tottenham, he will earn €4M and sign a 4 year contract. TH will pay €30M [JDN]

congratulation to everyone involved with the site! Jim is always fantastic but the admins and mods here are fantastic too. Kudos to the team and the awesome members here! I joined in about 2 years back and this site has been my "go to" site ever since. Here's to hoping it keeps growing ever and ever. Congratulations to Choulo and Bluemaster as well, you have definitely earned it!

My point was, it's not that players want to play in the La Liga, it being the best and what not! Every player(atleast 90%) dreams of playing for Real Madrid the club, not necessarily the Spanish league. I hope i am explaining myself properly here. You know it's like a milestone of having played for Real Madrid in their lifetime especially the players who are more inclined in being the most famous celebrities in the world! Similarly for Barcelona, where you get to play with the likes of Messi, Iniesta etc. It's the pull of these clubs rather than the league, hence i don't think La liga is miles better than EPL. Do you think if a club Like Atletico Madrid would have made a bid for Bale, say 50 or 60 Million(somehow), Bale would have agreed to join them. Considering he would be playing in the CL and will be living in one of the best cities. I don't think he would even think about it but this is Real Madrid we are talking about!

Yup, according to the reports, Pizzaro and Muller are Pep's preferred players for CF position. But it does indeed look like just a silly rumour!

"Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic hasn'ttaken to new coach Pep Guardiola and could leavethe German champions. Real Madrid and Chelseaare ready to swoop for the Croatia international." -Münchner Abendzeitung

Posted this in the general transfer thread, 3 of top 5 scorers of La Liga have moved out of Spain ( Falcao, Negredo, Soldado) plus Higuain. Definitely not MILES ahead! You have to look into it from an angle that a player from a club like Spurs is being approached by Real Madrid. There is no way a player of a club like that will say no to Real Madrid.

Get your own thoughts, then! Bad joke, i guess!

Ahh!! Start of August, the opposition views! The football season isn't far away now!

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson signs for Doncaster Rovers. Dafuq?

Arsenal fans are pretty funny just like their manager. I absolutely love Wenger's post match interview when his team looses or some controversial incident happens in the match. His face when he says :"I ziz not zee that!" I expect Klopp to leave Dortmund some day! Not in the near future, may be! But he would want to experience the EPL or may be manage Barca/ Madrid. Arsenal provide the best infrastructure for Klopp considering that's what he has been working with Dortmund. Arsenal come the closest to match that and Klopp might think of coming on board!

Why would you want Wenger to abandon them? He is the reason why Arsenal have never won anything for the past 8 years!! If he leaves and some other manager comes along, he might have ambitions, you know. . to win a trophy! Hence, Wenger should stay. In Wenger i trust!!

For a want away player, not really!! 30 should have been the limit!!

Could be! You never know, although no trace of the tweet on Bale's timeline now!

Aldershot Town 1992 ‏@OfficialShots23m A big thanks to @chelseafc for their participation in saving #TheShots - looking forward to seeing your U21/U19s playing at the EBB!

You don't pay 85M Pounds for a player who could become something. 85 freaking million pounds is paid for the likes of Cristiano who won the UCL and the league and Ballon d'or! I just cannot get it down my throat that Gareth Bale will be the most expensive player in the history of football. Something's wrong with the world!!

Chelsea have forged a new partnership with Aldershot Town, saving the club and bringing them out of administration. "An unlikely third party [Chelsea] have stepped forward to play a pivotal role in giving the cash-stricken club a new lease of life." "They have also persuaded their kit suppliers, Adidas, to provide the club with a brand new home and away kit completely free of charge." One of the new board’s first appointments is expected to be the return of ex-Aldershot and Chelsea favourite Darren Barnard as the new Head of Academy. http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/sport/aldershottownfc/s/2136111_aldershot_town_forges_new_deal_with_chelsea_fc Wonder if this will get front page coverage like most things CFC do. Anyway, proud to see our club helping other clubs out!

3 of top 5 scorers of La Liga have moved out of Spain ( Falcao, Negredo, Soldado) plus Higuain.