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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #90 on: December 08, 2013, 10:29:17 AM »
bye bye moyes
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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #91 on: December 08, 2013, 10:42:41 AM »
bye bye moyes

Got rid of Sir Alex's entire support staff from the get go and brought in his...




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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #92 on: December 08, 2013, 12:26:20 PM »
Man U lose again at home ...


Manchester United   0 - 1   Newcastle United
Liverpool   4 - 1   West Ham United
Southampton   1 - 1   Manchester City
Stoke City    3 - 2   Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion   0 - 2   Norwich City
Crystal Palace   2 - 0   Cardiff City
twice in 64 years Newcastle win at Old Trafford. Good record.  :lol

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #93 on: December 08, 2013, 04:34:07 PM »
Apparently Van Persie has handed in a transfer request.

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #94 on: December 08, 2013, 04:36:49 PM »
Don't know how solid the source is but

Don't know this mark Lawrence character that supposed started rumor

 Could be bollocks

If he goes arsenal  :o

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #95 on: December 08, 2013, 09:44:47 PM »
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Manchester City have reportedly won the race to sign the ‘next Lionel Messi’ after beating off competition from Barcelona to sign 14-year-old Brahim Abdelkader Diaz from Malaga’s youth academy.

Diaz has been attracting attention from Europe’s top clubs, with a number of videos displaying the teenager’s natural skill and ability surfacing on the internet. With initial reports suggesting that Barcelona leading the way in the hunt for his signature, it now appears City have beaten them to the punch after agreeing a deal with his current club.

A figure believed to be £300,000 will be paid up front, with the Manchester club ready to shell out up to £2.4m dependent on what he achieves at the Etihad Stadium.

Despite his young age, Pere Guardiola – the brother of Bayern Munich manager Pep and current agent of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez – has been at the heart of the negotiations, and figures of between £30m-£40m have floated about should the wonderkid go on to reach his touted potential.

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Given his sensational skill set and playmaking ability, Brahim has been heralded as the next Lionel Messi. In an October report by Jones, it was noted that Barca had two unsuccessful bids for him in the past.

A £2.5 million offer from Barcelona was rejected by Malaga back in 2012, and even when Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta met and attempted to persuade Brahim to join their side, it was ultimately to no avail.

City manager Manuel Pellegrini and the organization had scouted Brahim for two years, and what Jones called a "cordial" relationship between City and Malaga was evidently enough to make Monday's deal a reality.

Pellegrini managed Malaga from 2010 to 2013 before being announced as Roberto Mancini's successor on June 14.

Barcelona had designs of bringing Brahim up to their first team by the age of 16. Thus, a similar timeline should be expected for when the Citizens are able to call on their highly c

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #100 on: December 13, 2013, 02:29:19 PM »
muscat was a champion footballer

roy keane was also tough and a champion
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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #102 on: December 15, 2013, 04:05:32 AM »
The EPL title race well and truly open now.

Man City   6 - 3   Arsenal
Cardiff City   1 - 0   West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea   2 - 1   Crystal Palace
Everton   4 - 1   Fulham
Newcastle    1 - 1   Southampton
West Ham    0 - 0   Sunderland


Table:
Arsenal   35
Chelsea  33
Man City 32
Everton  31
Liverpool 30*

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #103 on: December 15, 2013, 10:47:54 AM »
Man City and Arsenal played without goalies last night as a trial run.  :whistle

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Re: General Soccer discussion.
« Reply #104 on: December 15, 2013, 07:08:16 PM »