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Check what Hussien Yassine wrote about the deal. IRRC, it's 1.5m for the loan and then 18m for buying. All in Euros.

My understanding (from all I've read and most importantly from a very famous Lebanese beIN journalist in Italy who talks to Salah all the time and has disclosed the terms of the deal as Mo has told him) is that is exactly the case. If Fiorentina and Salah both agree the loan and then the transfer at the end of next season, there is very little our board can do.

Was coming here to post that they have taken the lead against Villa, but they've lost it almost instantly

It's crucial to note that it isn't a season and half long loan. He's loaned there till the end of this season with an option to extend the loan for another year and then an option to buy. If he doesn't want to go there next season there is nothing forcing him.

Apparently we're paying them 35K/wk so they would give him playing time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J80_iIeE9g

Really does not fit the general profile of the current team, I really doubt we'll recall him. Could probably get some decent profit on him, though.

Dude, you think the shitty internet in Lebanon can load .GIFs?!

Just the 5 wins then

Yeah exactly. Doesn't look Adidas quality at all.

Is it me or do these look rather poorly made?

You loose count of the times he says "I though we deserved" in a single interview. The same annoying deluded sense of self entitlement of majority of Liverpool fans. No, Brendan, you don't "deserve" in football, you go out and do. No one keeps a morality football table, you don't get for deserving.

He was decent at Swansea, but he got 'Scously' brainwashed. They absolutely ruined him. I can't even stand to hear his delusional ramblings anymore.

Well you don't exactly "tour" Lebanon. The whole country can be covered by car in a single day And given that in the 80s more than half the country was under Israeli occupation, it would have been a very short "tour"

If Mikel is fully fit again, I wonder if Jose will give Matic a rest to avoid him picking up a card. I think that Cesc can avoid a card if he really wants to. He's rarely in a position where he needs to foul someone, unlike Matic.

A few comments from some Reading forum: "Really solid first performance from Ake, vs. Cardiff. Didn't try anything spectacular, but barely put a foot wrong in the whole game. Gave us real solidity in midfield and should have provided a platform for other players to perform, but that didn't quite happen...." "I thought he look very composed on the ball, but he did disappear a bit in the 2nd half, but given his tender years and his 1st performance that could be expected. I`m sure he will grow into the side in the cominng weeks. Wondering if SC is looking at a all Chelsea CM partnership.Hoping for a season long loan next year." "Impressed overall with Ake." "Thought AKE looked composed and kept it simple. He was bypassed a bit at first and I was disappointed at the number of times he made himself available for a simple ball from Pearce only to be ignored and the ball lumped long. The more we use him the more points we'll get." "Controlled the game, largely due to Ake who i thought had a decent debut. Worth seeing if we can get him on loan next season" " Ake looked a potential superstar"

Pretty much...

Happy belated, sharmouta

Anyone saw him for Reading yesterday or knows some Reading fans and who can give us a few ideas on how he looked.

I really like the different things he gives us up front. The fluidity yesterday in the first half among the front four and the free exchanging of positions gave Stoke some serious headaches. I think his pressing and defensive work-rate have really improved since signing for us and it's obviously something he's worked hard on in training. I love his attitude and his willingness to do everything to help the team and his teammates. At one point in the first half he spent like a full 5 minutes on the left win after exchanging places with Eden on an attack, and he did all the defensive work and tracked their RB to the edge of our box more than once. That's always great to see, especially from a player who has not been getting a lot of playing time.

I just remembered Mark Hughes moaning about time wasting in the added time. Can someone explain the meaning of the word 'irony' to him, please? The fuckers started wasting literally from the start. In the third minute of the match Begovic took over 40 seconds to take a goal kick!

And he saved the team more than twice in the last match as well. He's got a lot of stick for the two mistakes, and rightly so, but you want him to get the criticism for two freak mistakes that Cahill gets for consistently making the same mistakes over and over again. That's not going to happen because Thibaut has been solid and consistent throughout the season.

Now just imagine being a Liverpool fan and seeing that Gerard slip over and over and over again

Are you saying that there was no civil war and it was all just the aftermath of a Chelsea preseason tour? That certainly puts a new spin on it!

:o Lucky bastard! Mabrook