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Yanks playing pretty well 1-0 up against Spain -but now it seems only a matter of time before Spain equalise.... ....or the septics get another...

Not such a Summer football desert after all ! Host: South Africa Date: 14-28 June Coverage: Every game will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website or BBC Three. Highlights, latest scores and reports also available on the BBC Sport website .......

If Deco is unhappy staying make the fucker stay as punishment for giving the ball away so much

Also their revenues are accrued through a vast property empire, and through different tax laws. Its also shrewd business in that you'll get a lot of fickle fuckers that foolowed AC and Yernited switching allegiance to Madrid. ....I'd let them have Mikel for £35 million.

How true about Makalele. Its one hell of a trio of egos to satisfy as well, as well as wages. They better not go making sillly offers for Cech ! Real Madrid is hugely subsidised by the Spanish government. That said the two strongest leages in the world are the Premier League and La Ligue mainly due to TV revenues , so this is where the worlds best players will end up and transfer fees will be broken....

Idiot if he has said this. Depends what the source was, but if its goal.com or some other shite, I would discredit it

Bates really is a vindictive old fart. If I remember rightly he was calling Abramovich a Russian gangster , and received a very good pay off. A multi millionaire jealous of a multi billionaire.....

They're so short sighted they probably havent thought of that one yet

Agree with that. Madrid are still going to ship goals at the back -cant wait for Barca to beat them. And what about all those cnuts who bought duvet covers, lampshades and ManUtd pants with his face on.

Lol Dont forget players get 10% signing on fee. £8 million for the Riverdance pouf for doing sweet fuck all -not that he needs it

Johnson has come on, he actually tracks back now but we dont need him. Boswingwa is No 1 , and would much prefer Ivanovich as a stand in.

Crazy money and Real madrid will probably be trophyless again next term A lot of this cash will go to the bank. The money borrowed by the Glazers to buy United was £550 million odd. Interest on these loans meant ManUtd actually made a loss of £27 million last year. All this talk of them being a rich club is built on sand...

Untouchable on his day, unfortunately when he was touched he turned into Bambi on ice. Hiddink might have wanted him, but the bloke is too much of a liability who can spend three quarters of a season in the treatment room

Would be an excellent acquisition. Ultimately, the last word would be with Berlusconi. None of the Shevchenko, Kaka stuff happened without his sanctioning . Wrong in my book, Spanish and Italian leagues have regular government interference...

Think its really good when they spend all this dosh then Barca pan them in the league. Imagine if Chelsea or Man Utd was partly subsidised by the taxpayer !

Goal.com =joke news

Hope he goes to Madrid tbh, as we could do with someone younger and hungrier -and he probably will as they have financial clout more than anyone -partly subsidised by the Spanish government....

Good report BL and what a present for your old man ! Fantastic day, fantastic weather -well for watching anyway, not sure about playing. Hope you're all having a drink tonight toasting Gus n the boys, and lets look forward to bashing fergies freaks in the Charity Shield......

One ominous sign; Todays ref is Howard Webb. After the game he is meeting one of his best mates and they are flying off to South Africa -his mate is ..................Tom Ovrebo the Norwegian CL Semi ref !!

DEJECTED MAN UTD FANS MAKE LONG JOURNEY BACK TO SURREY THOUSANDS of despondent Manchester United supporters returned to the Home Counties last night after the club's Champions League final defeat in Rome. It was a very special trip for United's army of Audrey Hepburn fans Carrying nothing more than some truffle oil, a tin of Calabrian tuna and a bottle of really lovely Tuscan red, the United fans said if it wasn't for the glorious detail in the Trevi Fountain the whole trip would have been a total disaster. Godalming based-supporter Julian Cook said: "I've been a die-hard fan since they started winning things, so I was terribly miffed at the end. "But then we came across this gorgeous little trattoria just off the Via Della Vicenza that did the most exquisite Asparago di Veneto. I felt like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday." But Martin Bishop, from Dorking, accused champions Barcelona of cheating. "They kept hanging on to the ball and wouldn't give it back. It was just so blatant." He added: "I was really very angry at the time, but then I thought of all that wonderful Catalan architecture and found it within myself to forgive them." Uefa president Michel Platini hailed the game as, 'a triumph for the sponsors, hospitality suites, television residual broadcast revenue and, to some extent, Barcelona'. Meanwhile the Catalan club made history by fielding the first Champion's League winner grown from a petri dish. Barca coach Ian Guardiola, said: "When he came to us as boy, Messi was no bigger than my thumb. But bathing him daily in monkey brain growth serum grew him into the unstoppable dwarf he is today."

He won the 2004-05 UEFA Cup with PFC CSKA Moscow, scoring in the final itself. He mainly plays as an attacking left winger although he can play as a left back or left wingback. His trickery and abundance of creativity makes him one of CSKA Moscow's and Russia's most prized assets. He is also a very hard working player who often tracks back and is a solid marker and sliding tackler.

Can play anywhere down the left, and we never really replaced Bridge. Best option for me down the left is the two Coles, but if Ashley Cole is injured, Zirkhov can fill in nicely. Got to rate Hiddinks opinion...

He has certainly revitalised the team and shows what could have been acomplished this season with a consistent coach that the team want to play for -PL, CL and domestic cups -even without Joe Cole. As for his return, it would be good, but his age is aginst him now and personnel would have moved on and new ones come in. Still, hes been the dogs bollocks since hes been here...

I feel the complete opposite and that Chelsea are going to win this emphatically. The cup has CFC on it, and I'm sticking shed loads of cash on a win. (Well, £50 anyway)

Chelsea deserve better, someone who gets the measure of Barca tactically over tywo legs. The club have had their fair share of Scolaris, Average Grants -I'd have Hiddink or Mourinho over the red nosed masticator anyday....