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Amauri's been called up to the Brazil squad before though, hasn't he?

Would be brilliant if true.

Great news.

Really? I've been using both IE and Firefox recently, and had problems with neither.

This is a done deal, then. Locked - all discussion in the topic I've just made here.

Chelsea's teenage striker Ben Sahar has moved to Spanish side Espanyol. The 19-year-old, who became Israel's youngest international when he made his debut at the age of 17 in 2007, has signed a four-year contract. Sahar joined Chelsea from Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv in 2006 and last season had a six-month spell on loan at Dutch club De Graafschap. He made five appearances for the Blues and also spent time on loan at QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth. Sahar played nine games for QPR in the 2007-2008 campaign before moving to the Owls, where he scored three goals in 12 outings. Last summer he switched to Pompey but he did not play for the first team during a six-month stay at Fratton Park and moved on to Eredivisie side De Graafschap, where he scored on his debut. From the BBC. Also confirmed on Espanyol's website.

Italy and Egypt are out, Brazil and the USA go through to the semi-finals.

If we're offering Ballack and Shevchenko in excess of £125,000 a week, we can surely offer that to Tevez.

Drogba, Ballack and Zlatan... Battle of the Egos

I want him to come back, he's not a bad option to have come off the bench and his experience is what we need if we want to win the CL, imo.

LMFAO

Yeah, as if Liverpool are going to sell their most consistent player to their biggest title rival at this moment.

Well... a lot of players would, in fairness. However, Tevez appears to be a player hungry for success and its not difficult to establish Chelsea is where the best chances of silverware lie for him next season.

Well I'd say its on par with last season's; there is nothing on that that makes it exceptionally better in all honesty. And no, it was the FA Cup final DVD we ordered from Play; we got the season review from the online store.

Its a bad picture of him tbf. He's put weight on since

Erm... me I think a lot of people underestimate Egypt, I was expecting a result after their frustration of being denied by a last-minute penalty against Brazil, and the win wasn't unexpected IMO. Spain won. Again.

City's financial muscle means fuck all. We're playing European football and have a squad of established international star players. We can at least match the wages he was on at United, and he many times reiterated he was happy to stay there on his current deal.

He's a great talent... but £45 million seems far too much to pay for him IMO.

@ this topic

I feel we need experienced first division back-up. That's why I personally want Hart or Assman, though I do rate Sebek and Rhys Taylor.

In terms of goalkeepers, I can't see either Cech or Hilario leaving; both are happy at the club or so it seems. I think we might see a few defenders go. Ivanovic's agent says the player is happy but he has since lost his place in the team, although Ancelotti did want to bring him to Milan and clearly likes the look of him. Ferreira might leave as well, although he seems happy being at the club and is ready to play as and when we need him. Belletti might be off as well, even though I would like him to stay. He does like playing Spurs, of course. Bosingwa has been linked with going but I can't see it happening at all tbh, after having such a great season. Carvalho looks like he is on his way too. I can't see any midfielders leaving bar the obvious - Mineiro's contract is up and Deco's a certainty to leave. I don't see anyone else going, in all honesty. Di Santo is likely to go on loan and Pizarro and Shevchenko will most likely be sold, although I personally want Shevchenko to come back. There's reports linking Kalou with a move but I don't think he will go either.

Yeah I've got it, and watched it twice It has highlights from every single game, and runs for just over two hours if memory serves me. Got a few bonus interviews and a feature showing all of Anelka's 25 goals.

Yeah the Stoke away game was fucking mental

When the bans are suspended, it basically means they aren't going to happen again unless a similar incident occurs. But is it worth having Drogba in the CL squad if he can't play in the first four games?