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It depends on how you define 'close'...International is a club who is known for selling their young talent. They actually need that to survive. It is how they do business (a lbit like Porto and Benfica). There isnt something as a not-transferable player to them! So, that is what they told Tottenham when they came looking for both Damião and Oscar. 'If you meet our price, he is yours'. But that was all there was, an enquire about those two players. However, we all know Levy is not the easy pocket and fast negotiations kind of guy, so they told Inter they would return after the Olympics to try to close a deal. In the mean time, Chelsea got interested in the Brazilian and asked the club to name their price. One week later, Oscar was already securring his transfer to London for 25 million euros!!! Oscar never even heard of an actual deal with Spurs because they didnt even agree a transfer fee with his club in the first place. Anyways, I bet the English media made it seem like AVB had already booked his flight and whatnot...

They made offers, nothing more than that...Many offers came to him throughout his career, (especially a big one from Anzhi and another from CSKA), but that doesnt mean he was close to signing with them! Oscar would never sign for secondary teams.

I have no idea, but....It could be because of: 1. They have a very small population compared to Brazil (fuck, Uruguay has 4mi people). 2. They didnt have the big African influence we had. There wasnt many slaves who came to their countries like the rest of the world.

He was rooting for Bayern though!

Ballack was in the same hotel as mine in Munich!

Yeah, I remember people saying he was going to be the best player the world had ever seen, bla bla bla! He was until last year the most expensive Brazilian. Betis bought him in 1998 and they had a plan to make Denilson a Ballon D'or winner by 2003. Didnt really worked out very well, lol. But I actually feel sorry for them... He simply waisted it all on clubs, alcohol and women. And even then, he made into the 2002 Brazilian NT. He also has enough youtube videos to show off, LOL!

The problem is they all wouldnt have become what they currently are if they have stayed at United... Also, the only player I believe their fans regret letting go is Pogba. They have better replacement than the rest though!

Yeah, those two improvements would be awesome!

What? "Filio de Putana"? LOL. It is "Filho da Puta"!

Wow, I am surprised nobody mentioned Denilson! He had the talent to be better than Pelé (no kidding), it was ridiculous the amount of quality he waisted in night clubs and strips...

It is always good when you are a neutral, you can laugh at both parts!

Awesome post, absolutely hilarious! But those two are inverted...here is no State in Communism and a strong State transitional State in Socialism.

JUVE SUCKS! :lol2:

He doesnt...

What these two men said...

I very much doubt we will move away from the 4-2-3-1, even for only one match! Mourinho wants to create a legacy of attractive football ab he has the 4-2-3-1 in mind for that. He wont want to delay the adaptation period by changing systems throughout the season...

He was ok, but came out when the game finally opened up... Mata needs to get more involved though, he is still a bit apathic imo. He can have a bigger impact for Chelsea than he is having right now. But I think he will improve (along with the team) as the season goes by. Juan is capable of getting back on track, no doubt!

He scored a great goal and he was very smart in that Hazard first. Both things essential in today's victory! Credit where it's due... However, he isnt playing well at all. I dont think he is being able to cope with the pace of EPL!

Hmm, yes and no! Brazil has Bernard and Lucas as back-up wingers and Scolari trusts them, so I think it will be hard for Willian to get in the squad with so little time left... However, Brazil does need a substitute for Oscar. We look very desoriented when he isnt on. My hope is that either Ganso or Kaka start playing well again so they can at least be useful to the group. Willian, on the other hand, doesnt have the tendency to control the game and stay centralized, he actually plays better when someone else does it for him (like Neymar). Though, the good thing for our Brazilian player is that Big Phill said he will basically call players he didnt yet tested for our game against Chile (in Canada). So Willian might have one last chance to show he is worth and deserves to be in next year's NT!

Cech is a monster, he is making things hard for Mourinho next summer!

He did!

I didnt watch any La Liga match today, but looking at the score board I guess you are right! Did Messi play?

We cant lose!

Didier would be proud of our new #11.

Moyes subs Rooney for Smalling, one minute latter...Soton scores! :lol2: 1-1 in Old Trafford, pathetic.