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Is it just me or has his belly expanded a little bit? Perhaps its just the shirt.

Wasn't Ibrahimovic on like 250k/week? FM says he's on 275k/week:

Torres is on the list? HOW?! It'll be Messi, I suppose.

Di Laurentiis is a tough bargainer, I am sure he'll hold out for that. At 35 million he could be the bargain of the century. But, like Solonapoli said, we won't get him that cheaply. This is Napoli, not Newcastle, they are a huge club and don't sell players just like that. Though I agree that it's posturing, we'll have to pay 50 million or so, I think.

May his career crash and burn, then. The traitor! Well, if England can raid Southern Africa to boost it's cricket and cycling ranks, we can claim Christian Vieri and this kid as our own!

Though that may change. A 9 year old Australian boy has just signed for Barcelona. Now 99% he won't make it through, but if he does... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/soccer/barcelona-recruit-zak-gilsenan-9-living-in-australia-when-asked-to-trial-with-club/story-e6frfg8x-1226428224466

Also he doesn't like playing as a winger. Remember that.

Related to Eden, right?

He was named as the greatest ever Socceroo (NOT the greatest ever Australian footballer- just the greatest to wear the national shirt). If it was the greatest player overall that Scouse bloke Johnston or Viduka would have crushed Kewell. Also as a nation we've never relied on stars in football. We're not like England, we don't overhype our "Golden Generation". We just tell them to shut the fuck up and play for the country. The sum of the whole > the sum of the parts.

Careful now. We've just shed 2 of our scapegoat armada (Kalou, Bosingwa). No need to add another.

It's 6:20 already in England..

No, he's a striker and that's where he should be played. Ramires is the best right winger at the club, and Hulk isn't that much better than him to justify paying 40 million for.

Drogba is irreplaceable, I doubt we'll ever see another footballer with that scary mix of upper body strength, aerial ability and ball control. Probably the best target man in the history of football.

Auf Deutsche, bitte.

The big 3000 not that far off... Pressure, pressure.

Black man insults another black man. Stop the presses. Or so the Americans would say.

Noo What next, you becoming plain and regular Sam soon?

Don't you dare do a 'Sloth' and ask for a rename! Spike Spiegel is your identity! Re: Germans and penalties While not applicable to club level it certainly holds true with the national team. Lukas Podolski's penalty miss in the South Africa World Cup was the first time in 26 years a German failed to find the net from the spot, in either open play or shootout.

Anderes Deutscher? Wie ist mein Deutsch?

Cut-inside, shoot wingers can fuck off. Byline and cross wingers are far more preferable.

Their defenders are a bit faster than ours. I think his high line might work. Though his idea of converting strikers to wingers might undo him, that's only worked consistently well with Hulk. He tried it with Lukaku, would you believe

It's because they're both Italian.

Keira Knightley

Yes to the first, no to the second. Your pun was a definite "I'll get me coat" moment