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[Poor_Sunyol]

Not according to the press.

[Poor_Sunyol]

And they already had an agreement with the player. Hence Valdano saying in the press that he was disappointed with City for talking to the player before speaking to them. Hypocritical twats that they are.

[Beast]

Not according to the press.

And they already had an agreement with the player. Hence Valdano saying in the press that he was disappointed with City for talking to the player before speaking to them. Hypocritical twats that they are.

lol.. Sunny i have my sources coming from Soccernet
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...c=3888&cc=3888
they had no agreement according to Gago agent as well
just offers
seriously you just embarrassed yourself here , the old Sunny was much more resourceful & witty when he try to tease.. age is getting the best of you mon ami

[Poor_Sunyol]

And Soccernet is the definitive press source is it? How do you explain Valdano's statement then?

[Beast]

And Soccernet is the definitive press source is it? How do you explain Valdano's statement then?

yes they are .. they don't make up stories.
Valdano statement ? Valdano said they didn't even agree terms with the player
read amigo

[Beast]

Great news, the club renewed Marcelo contract till 2015

[Esteve]

Good news for you lot or us?

[Raed]

He is a very good member of the squad who has come a long way as a left sided midfielder and has the potential to get even further. I don't know why are so critical of him.

Although, we do need another left back

[House of Flies]

you got arbeloa and marcelo for that spot... that is a good cover.

[Raed]

No, Marcelo is a Left Winger. Arbeloa is on his own at left back.

[House of Flies]

what about chema anton? i thought that he was your next best thing

[Raed]

Unproven. There is far too much pressure on Pellegrini at the moment to experiment with youth. Which is sad because this has always been the case this past decade.

[Beast]

what about chema anton? i thought that he was your next best thing

huh ? he never was the next best thing

[Nándor]

i can't keep up with you guys...therefore excuse me if i bring up or ask something that has already been brought up or asked before.

what about chema anton? i thought that he was your next best thing

it's more likely that marcos alonso will be the next best thing in the LB position. depor wanted him to replace filipe till the end of season. however the club didn't want to let him go. he's too important for castilla and his loan to depor would have weakened the squad too much in their opinion.
talking about castilla, wenger is apperently interested in sarabia (left wing if i remember right).

what is this "bitch-fight" between valdano & pellegrini in the press about the castilla??? it's so unnecessary right now IMO. while i basically would agree with valdano (i too would have loved to see 1 or 2 castilla boys make their debut), i must say that in this particular case i agree with pellegrini. throwing in some castilla boys against depor in the riazor after that stupid penalty would have been irresponsible.
is valdano preparing pellegrinis sack at the end of the season??? i was wondering the other day when i read on MARCAs frontpage that pellegrini said his retirement is much closer than most people think...wtf???

apperently the canales deal is now done...the most interesting detail sure is, that real have installed a clause into the contract that allows them to incorporate canales this summer already, instead of loaning him back to racing 1 year (MARCA put something similar on their frontpage weeks ago).

thank god man city are still interested in gago!!! i hope they sign him this summer. there has been rumors that man city would turn to javi martínez (who alledgedly is on real madrids shopping list too).
btw, drenthe is heading towards the same road that gago took. he too confirmed he's crying at home sometimes because of his situation at madrid. i think his days are counted as well.

one last thing, is it just me or is there anyone else who is happy with the defense??? IMO, albiol has improved extremely since pepes injury. people talk about garay having stepped in pretty well, but IMO it's more thanks to albiol that the defense is pretty solid. he stepped up his game and takes a more commanding role, no matter wether it was garay or ramos next to him. my guess is, that he's now much more comfortable playing in his prefered right sided CB position.

[Beast]

I can't decide who good our defense is against Depor /Espanyol..etc
let's see how they do against Lisandro Lopez and Gomis in the CL followed by the likes of Villa-Ibra-Messi..etc

Anyhow the club decided to improve Higuain contract to match that of Benzema (absurd really but understandable considering Benzema was a bigger name when he arrived in Real ) .

Anyhow the top scorers chart is getting interesting

1- Messi with 16
2- Villa with 15
3- Higuain with 12
4- Ibra & Soldado with 11