The English Football Thread

[Spike 12,049]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/20/yaya-toure-leaving-manchester-city-agent?CMP=twt_gu

Yaya Toure thinking about leaving City because no one at the club wished him a happy birthday last week. This has got to be the most hilarious thing I have ever read.

Yaya does this every year. It's tradition.

[Jype 6,398]

Yaya does this every year. It's tradition.

Yep, a 50k / week pay rise ought to keep him happy. He can consider it a late birthday present.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Yaya does this every year. It's tradition.

Now I'm waiting for Silva to start speculations about leaving like last year. Both are greedy scumbags.

[We Hate Scouse 10,260]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/20/yaya-toure-leaving-manchester-city-agent?CMP=twt_gu

Yaya Toure thinking about leaving City because no one at the club wished him a happy birthday last week. This has got to be the most hilarious thing I have ever read.

Says a lot about him as a person if his team mates don't want anything to do with him.

Arrogance of the highest order.

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

He's a good manager

I actually like him, maybe it will make utd less cuntish to me.......

[The only place to be 11,313]

Dom Solanke and Izzy Brown should both feature in the u17 Final against the Netherlands this evening. The match is on Eurosport here in the UK and coverage starts about 17:30 ish.

[cosmicway 1,252]

Eto vs Mourinho !

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/eto-o-brands-mourinho-a-puppet-wants-to-carry-on-playing-052114?cmpid=tsmfb:fscom:foxsoccer

I don't like this with players over 30, seems to happen every time.

Re. Torres too if his contract ends.

Many great departures in football were accompanied by sour grapes, quite out of character.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Dom Solanke puts England U17 up 1 in the u17 euro finals.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Took that goal superbly. He's a proper poacher in the box.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Took that goal superbly. He's a proper poacher in the box.

He's a lot more than just a poacher, but yeah the boy can finish.

[The Skipper 20,593]

England win.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

England were pretty good. Patrick Roberts is some talent.

England's back 4 were pretty great too.

[LAB 1,030]

Missed it. What about our youngsters?

[Billy. 2,739]

[pakito 17]

Great win for young lions, Solanke looks decent

[Liquidator 5,176]

We'll still be playing Stevie Gerrard ahead of any of them in the 2022 World Cup

[Nike 373]

Is the whole Ryan Giggs canceling Thiago transfer true?

Ian McGarry is a broadcaster for BBC 5 Live radio and brings a story of Ryan Giggs convincing Manchester United to abandon a seemingly-done deal for Thiago Alcantara last summer.

As with any story, it’s worth noting that it is simply a sourced-anecdote, but it’s also interesting as background for the struggles of Manchester United under David Moyes last season.

McGarry says that Moyes was in a room with several United decision makers including Phil Neville and Ryan Giggs, discussing a nearly-concluded deal for then-Barcelona playmaker Alcantara (who would later transfer to Bayern Munich).

The group was around the table when Moyes asked each member of the staff what they thought of the then 22-year-old Spaniard.

“When he got to Giggsy, who was last, (Giggs) said, ‘Not a Manchester United player.’ And Moyes said, ‘Sorry I don’t know what you mean by that.’

“(Giggs) looked at Phil Neville, Phil sort of nodded, and said, ‘Look, playing for this club is more than being a footballer. It’s about your attitude. It’s about your mindset. It’s about everything that you want, everything in your body, every cell, has to want to live, play and win for Manchester United. I don’t think he’s a Manchester United player. And they immediately called off the transfer.”

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Is the whole Ryan Giggs canceling Thiago transfer true?

Ian McGarry is a broadcaster for BBC 5 Live radio and brings a story of Ryan Giggs convincing Manchester United to abandon a seemingly-done deal for Thiago Alcantara last summer.

As with any story, it’s worth noting that it is simply a sourced-anecdote, but it’s also interesting as background for the struggles of Manchester United under David Moyes last season.

McGarry says that Moyes was in a room with several United decision makers including Phil Neville and Ryan Giggs, discussing a nearly-concluded deal for then-Barcelona playmaker Alcantara (who would later transfer to Bayern Munich).

The group was around the table when Moyes asked each member of the staff what they thought of the then 22-year-old Spaniard.

“When he got to Giggsy, who was last, (Giggs) said, ‘Not a Manchester United player.’ And Moyes said, ‘Sorry I don’t know what you mean by that.’

“(Giggs) looked at Phil Neville, Phil sort of nodded, and said, ‘Look, playing for this club is more than being a footballer. It’s about your attitude. It’s about your mindset. It’s about everything that you want, everything in your body, every cell, has to want to live, play and win for Manchester United. I don’t think he’s a Manchester United player. And they immediately called off the transfer.”

Not sure. I mean he might be a club legend etc but I don't see United hierarchy buying into this emotional chap.. Especially how public they made their pursuit of Thiago