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I don't speak Portuguese, but doesn't the comment under the photo say he's headed to Porto?!

I wish he fails miserably at united then gets sold abroad in the summer and does very well there I wonder if there's a card for that..

I'm afraid I did a "united". Rushed in and bid for the first good forward I found. Regretted it the moment I clicked. Lesson for the new guys, always be patient in the market!

You know that the situation is much more complicated than that and that the majority of the Egyptians still consider Israel and enemy state. In fact, I remember you posting exactly that once in a thread. Salah has the right to refuse to shake hands when he feels that the issue affects him personally just like Wayne Bridge has the right not to shake JT's hands. The funny part is that Salah tried his best not to make a big deal out of this. In the first game he made it like he needed to change his boots and in the second he fist bumped the players because he couldn't get him self to shake their hands. You're making it out like he attacked the players or tried to injure them at every chance. If it were any other two fighting countries in the world it would have been freedom of opinion but because it involves Israel it is racist. And I don't care about your polls, I f***ing live here! I know more people that are okay with homosexuality than people who are intolerant of it. Still unfortunate and far from ideal but we're getting there faster than many "western" countries.

That has nothing to with what I said, and you know it. You are putting up hypothetical situations that help nothing in regarding to this particular situation. Are you really comparing homophobia to a player refusing to shake the hands of players from a state that his country has been at war against for decades?! Smh. Like I said, it is a matter of beliefs and freedom of opinion and he has every right to be anti-Israel while he does NOT have the right to be homophobic or racist. That's the difference you are trying to hide. And of course Roman has the right not to sign anti-Israeli players, and he also has the right to sign players born in January 1987 as you rightly said, but that does not make either is logical. I'm saying it's not true because we've had and currently have players who are anti-Israeli. And btw, your comment that 95% of Arabs are homophobic is incorrect and frankly offensive (and ironically a bit racist). But we've derailed this thread with politics long enough.

Two Israeli media sources making those claims. Sounds legit... Oh, and I forgot that Ba had signed it as well. Look, I get your frustration. You feel targeted by the whole matter. But you must realize that even footballers have political beliefs, and this has absolutely nothing to do with the actual football they play.

I've held back my opinion on this since I did not want to bring politics into a football thread, but I guess we're beyond that point now, so here goes: This is simply a case of beliefs and freedom in opinion that is being blow way out of proportion by some terrible journalism. Chelsea is a multicultural club with fans and players and staff with all kinds of beliefs and political opinions. In his culture, Salah is a hero for not doing the hand shakes in Egypt and the Arab world. That is his culture and those are his beliefs. And the idea that Chelsea would want "guarantees" that he's not anti-Israel is beyond ridiculous when we've had players like Anelka who is publicly ant-Israel and Drogba and Eden Hazard who were from the footballers who signed the petition to not have the U21 Euros in Israel and no doubt staff that have all different kinds of political opinions and beliefs. Of course no one at the clubs cares if he's pro or anti-Israel. It has nothing to do with football!

But I heard Holland will be doing it, not Jose.

Nah, most probably Kevins' 15.

Well it won't be the first time this season we've tried to save on plane tickets. We've already had Tottenham and Liverpool pay the plane tickets for Willian and Salah

If I had a penny for every time a paper used that headline...

The rumors that he does not want to join and is waiting for another offer are just BS made up by scousers. The club would not have announced the deal if they were not 100% sure that he will sign. He's even tweeted that he will be joining Chelsea: https://twitter.com/momosalah22 Personal terms sometimes take a bit of time (remember the Cahill deal?), but the deal is as good as done, imo.

Well the conqueror of false transfer rumors and defender of truth, the almighty Di Marzio said something about Azpi wanting to leave as well since Juan is leaving. I dare not say that his holiness is incorrect, so I'll leave it to you to assess the credibility of that claim.

Why? Do goals from Muslim players count for more than others or will our wins give us more points?

Why do I have a feeling he'll end up in Turkey? He posted 2 pictures on Instagram saying that he was hanging with DD in the first and Raul Meireles in the second which would suggest that he is Turkey ATM unless both are coincidentally in London.

Agree with every word that is in there, just not with the conclusion that Salah is now better than Eden was 2 years ago. But there is no doubt that Mohammed is a special talent and has immense potential. Let's hope Jose can help him achieve that potential.

That's awfully selective of you to just pick 2 CL performances of each player as criteria for comparison. Two years ago Eden was the player of the year in France and the most sought-after footballer on the planet while Salah, as good as his performances against us in the CL were, is not even the best player in a much weaker Swiss league. Even the comparison is hardly fair. Hazard came up against a treble winning Inter and probably the best defense in Europe at the time while Mohammed was against Ivanovic...not exactly Javier Zanetti at RB, is he? Anyway, take nothing away from Salah who took his chance and has got a move to a top team as a result. I realize that you are bound to be biased to your countryman and I respect your opinion. My post was of a joke than anything else.

Exactly! What does Roman's political connections have anything to do with the players we sign?!

Via Squawka: Mohamed Salah has completed 4 successful throw-ins in the UCL this season, more than Eden Hazard & Oscar combined (3). True story....

Yeah that's what I've read as well although that was in the Metro, not what is being reported in Italy.

English only, please.

Not sure. None is most likely.

Rub it into Liverpool's face?

Everything in Italy says the deal is as good as done.