According to Ramires on FB; Chelsea have tabled a bid for the Argentine midfielder Javier Pastore who plays for Serie A club Palermo.
£45 million I read, what will happen with Modric then because of these new financial rules coming into place?
Surely this signing would be instead of Modric?
As I understand it; Modric isn't for sale at any price!
Unbelievable... Carlos bloody Tevez
Obviously not a Gael Clichy fan?
Unbelievable... Carlos bloody Tevez
Obviously not a Gael Clichy fan?
He musnt be...
Afternoon all xx
Be interesting to see what happens next season with City if Tevez leaves as he seems to be the heart of the team when he plays.
As for Clichy - good luck to him. He's had a couple of underpar seasons and made really costly errors but he's a good kid and always had the right attitude both on and off the pitch.
Disley, I really like Al Habsi (sp) and I'm glad he's gone to Wigan as I think he will do well there.
Right Ingerland Ladies later - they need to pull their fingers out and put in a good performance. I'm fed up of watching teams and players I love being pants.
C'mon the girls
Whoo hoo. Brilliant performance from the Ladies. 2-0 England, both goals scored by Arsenal players.
Rightm France v Germany later to see who we will play in the quarters
Liverpool agree deal to sign Charlie Adam:
Amongst the loonier end of our club alternative web site....................
The first two of the new arrivals will jet over from the troubled shores of Greece. For minimal fees, Tone has been able to release both Dennis Rommedahl and Papa Bouba Diop from their contracts at Olympiacos and AEK Athens respectively. TM was able to negotiate with both players from the comfort of his villa in Crete over the summer, where both players own property themselves. With the chaos surrounding Greece at the moment Romma and PBD both jumped at the chance to assist in Boro’s big promotion push next year.
...... and Thomas Radzinski.
So Adebayor wants to go into a legal battle with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
Best of luck to him with that then.
It's here Jer
Yep, me too, it's live on BBC2 at 5 I think. Should be a good game, the French Ladies are improving a lot, Lyon knocked us out of the Womens CL this year and looked a good side.
"Manchester City are ready to send Roque Santa Cruz to the Middle East.... to play for Al Jazira"
The club happens to be owned by our owner... Stick about a £70mil price tag on them and happy days.
So far so good for England Ladies - well at least we haven't conceded.
But we're playing too deep, Ellen White is on her own up front.
We can win this I think but we need to attack rather than concentrate on defending
I'm really struggling here. Great that we're winning but the standard of football is absolutely shite. Like watching under 16's level or something.
However they do seem to play with more passion and desire than the England first team and under 21 team put together.
What's this crack with short run ups for penalties? Like some just 1 step then hit. A short run up makes it 10 times more difficult to score a pen. If that's something the manager has told them to do to try and bamboozle the keeper then she needs her head examined.
So upset for Faye White. She's been such an awesome captain for both club and country, it was very cruel on her.
Crunchy, it wouldn't surprise me if that idiot Powell had told them to take penalties like that - tactically inept is giving her too much credit. There's talk now that she will move on. I bloody well hope so. She has screwed up chance after chance with really poor decisions over the years. I reckon they will give it to Mo Marley if they can lure her from Everton. She seems the only female coach with much idea I'm sorry to say, and I can't see them giving the England job to a man. It would send out the wrong message about womens football
Baffled as to why Bayern Munich are not being done for tapping up... its quite clear looking at the statements from both clubs that they have been in talks with him without our permission.
Good piece in the Daily Mail from Martin Samuel... basically saying that the Europes Elite/Big Clubs are sh*tting themselves and are looking for any rule we may of broken regarding FFPR.
Also, I agree with what Martin Samuel said regarding Tevez & Modric both wanting a way out of their current clubs... don't sign a 5 year contract. Both wanted the loyalty bonus and inflated wages but not the reality.
So upset for Faye White. She's been such an awesome captain for both club and country, it was very cruel on her.
Crunchy, it wouldn't surprise me if that idiot Powell had told them to take penalties like that - tactically inept is giving her too much credit. There's talk now that she will move on. I bloody well hope so. She has screwed up chance after chance with really poor decisions over the years. I reckon they will give it to Mo Marley if they can lure her from Everton. She seems the only female coach with much idea I'm sorry to say, and I can't see them giving the England job to a man. It would send out the wrong message about womens football
But then, this is the FA Veggie 
Powell is quoted in t'Grauniad as saying that players were not rushing forward to volunteer. One of the girls who missed tweeted that at least she had put herself forward.
Having said that, she did leave a hopeless striker on the pitch in the first game.
Also, I agree with what Martin Samuel said regarding Tevez & Modric both wanting a way out of their current clubs... don't sign a 5 year contract. Both wanted the loyalty bonus and inflated wages but not the reality.
Surely "don't sign Tevez on a 5 year contract!" He had an excellent goal scoring record for city and won the prestigious FA Cup, however Joorabchian and Tevez are now getting ready to run rings around another club.
They have been talking about moving Tevez' family here though!
Also, I agree with what Martin Samuel said regarding Tevez & Modric both wanting a way out of their current clubs... don't sign a 5 year contract. Both wanted the loyalty bonus and inflated wages but not the reality.
Surely "don't sign Tevez on a 5 year contract!" He had an excellent goal scoring record for city and won the prestigious FA Cup, however Joorabchian and Tevez are now getting ready to run rings around another club.
They have been talking about moving Tevez' family here though!
Meaty, have you seen this?
I have, they were posted on his twitter account... by the sound of it the club keeps giving them a bollocking for it, they continue to do it but after it they always say "Don't try this at home as..."
Aww Demantoid (((hugs)))
Is it the McLeish thing? I always think you can live with a player you hate but not a manager as they have so much say and power over a lot of stuff at the club
Well unless you work for Chelsea or that lunatic at Hearts.
I still can't believe Randy Lerner (sp) brought that pile of crap in. What the hell is he playing at? McLeish is a failure as a manager, the only reason he won the CC was because, as usual, our defence committed suicide.
