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Not sure if he'd want to go from being backup at PSG to backup at Madrid.
I figure Benz will still be #1?
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Not sure if he'd want to go from being backup at PSG to backup at Madrid.
I figure Benz will still be #1?
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Think you've mixed up Cavani with Falcao there.
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Wow @ this Malaga/Athletic game.
This is insane. never seen anything like this before
100% sure this game is rigged. no other explanation.
This is insane. never seen anything like this before
100% sure this game is rigged. no other explanation.
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indeed, I did.For some reason I always mix those two. They're literally interchangeable in my head
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Di Maria is official?
My initial reaction is "good for United, they really need it"
My next reaction is "Real Madrid aren't winning any trophies this season"
#Truth
My initial reaction is "good for United, they really need it"
My next reaction is "Real Madrid aren't winning any trophies this season"
#Truth
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Malaga down to 9 men after 2 red cards; one right after the other...
Athletic's keeper is pushed down to play the hand ball FK & scores goal that is waived off & Malaga keeper Kameni makes yet another save in extra time....
Phew what a way to start the La LIga season & then roll into Sevilla vs Valencia...
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Cristiano told di María United is the club to go. Mendes is returning to Europe from Singapur to finalise deal. All very very close.
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Cristiano told di María United is the club to go. Mendes is returning to Europe from Singapur to finalise deal. All very very close.
I'm not poppin the champagne until I see him on the pitch. That Mikel situation still has me shook...
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Giroud got injured?
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Never forgetI'm not poppin the champagne until I see him on the pitch. That Mikel situation still has me shook...
That saga slowly started my dislike for the blues
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CR7 still doing us favors.
Needs to speak to Kheidra now.
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The kit will be ordered SOON
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Wait so this dude Mikel put on a Manchester. United jersey on before Chelsea got him?
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Alex Vidal!!
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Football is a cruel game. Arsenal deserved none of that
Everton losing it in the final 10 mins of the game, they need to wake up.
disagree, respectfully of course. everton 100% outplayed us the first half. but the second half we did well to fight back into it. G with a chance right in the first minute and then i felt like we controlled much of the tempo from there on out. even if you want to say everton blew it and lost it for themselves, they didn't play in a manner to say they were victims of the cruel game of football.
but i am biased, at the end of the day
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Wait so this dude Mikel put on a Manchester. United jersey on before Chelsea got him?
The Mikel saga...
On 29 April 2005, a few days after Mikel turned 18, Premier League club Manchester United announced that it had struck a deal with the Norwegian club Lyn Oslo to sign the player.[1![0]](/styles/default/xenforo/NTemojis/alien.gif "Alien 0]")
United's website also claimed that they had done a deal directly with the teenager and that he had signed a contract to join them. Mikel's agents were bypassed as the club persuaded the youngster to sign a four-year contract without representation. Lyn Oslo allegedly sent a fax to his agents abroad, claiming their services were no longer required by Mikel. Reports said the deal was initially worth £4 million,[11] and would see the player arrive at Old Trafford in January 2006.
Manchester United's rival Premier League club, Chelsea, later issued a counter-claim suggesting that they already had an agreement with Mikel and his agents, but Lyn Oslo denied this claim. However, subsequent reports indicated that Chelsea claimed to have been involved in arranging the player's original move to Europe with a view to signing him at a later date. Further substance was added to this claim after it was revealed that the player had impressed Chelsea manager José Mourinho while training with the club's first-team squad during the summer of 2004.
Mikel expressed his delight at joining United in a hastily arranged press conference, where he was pictured holding up a Manchester United shirt, which bore the squad number 21.[12] Following his signing of the contract to join Manchester United, there were claims from Norway that he had received a number of threatening phone calls from unknown sources. Mikel was assigned a security guard and moved to a safe hotel. However, on 11 May 2005, the midfielder went missing during a Norwegian Cup game against Klemetsrud; he had not been selected for the match but had been watching from the stands. Whilst the player was believed to have left with one of his agents, John ****tu, who had by now flown in to meet Mikel, his disappearance sparked massive media coverage in Norway and also provoked a police enquiry after the Lyn Oslo director Morgan Andersen made claims in the Norwegian media that Mikel had been 'kidnapped'. These claims were later repeated by Manchester United's assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, who accused Chelsea of being involved in the alleged 'kidnapping'.[13]
It subsequently emerged that Mikel had travelled to London with his agent John ****tu, who was working for Jerome Anderson's SEM group.[14] Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson considered travelling to Oslo to visit Mikel, but decided against this after Mikel was reported to have left the country.[15] Staying in a London hotel, and some nine days after disappearing, Mikel stated on Sky Sports News that he had been pressured into signing the contract with United without his agent present, claims furiously rebuffed by both Manchester United and Lyn Oslo.[16] Mikel told the British media that Chelsea were the club he genuinely wanted to sign for. In response to these events, United made an official complaint to FIFA about the behaviour of both Chelsea and the player's agents, John ****tu and Rune Hauge, already infamous for his role in the George Graham bungs scandal.[17] FIFA dismissed these claims in August 2005 stating there was insufficient evidence to bring a case against Chelsea.
Following the tournament, Mikel failed to return to Lyn Oslo, and the club lodged a complaint with FIFA. On 12 August 2005, FIFA ruled that Mikel should return to Lyn Oslo to see out his contract with the Norwegian club, whilst they would decide at a later date whether the contract he signed with United should be upheld or cancelled.[18][19] After a delay of over a month, Mikel complied with the FIFA decision and returned to Lyn Oslo in early September 2005 after a three-month absence.
United's website also claimed that they had done a deal directly with the teenager and that he had signed a contract to join them. Mikel's agents were bypassed as the club persuaded the youngster to sign a four-year contract without representation. Lyn Oslo allegedly sent a fax to his agents abroad, claiming their services were no longer required by Mikel. Reports said the deal was initially worth £4 million,[11] and would see the player arrive at Old Trafford in January 2006.Manchester United's rival Premier League club, Chelsea, later issued a counter-claim suggesting that they already had an agreement with Mikel and his agents, but Lyn Oslo denied this claim. However, subsequent reports indicated that Chelsea claimed to have been involved in arranging the player's original move to Europe with a view to signing him at a later date. Further substance was added to this claim after it was revealed that the player had impressed Chelsea manager José Mourinho while training with the club's first-team squad during the summer of 2004.
Mikel expressed his delight at joining United in a hastily arranged press conference, where he was pictured holding up a Manchester United shirt, which bore the squad number 21.[12] Following his signing of the contract to join Manchester United, there were claims from Norway that he had received a number of threatening phone calls from unknown sources. Mikel was assigned a security guard and moved to a safe hotel. However, on 11 May 2005, the midfielder went missing during a Norwegian Cup game against Klemetsrud; he had not been selected for the match but had been watching from the stands. Whilst the player was believed to have left with one of his agents, John ****tu, who had by now flown in to meet Mikel, his disappearance sparked massive media coverage in Norway and also provoked a police enquiry after the Lyn Oslo director Morgan Andersen made claims in the Norwegian media that Mikel had been 'kidnapped'. These claims were later repeated by Manchester United's assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, who accused Chelsea of being involved in the alleged 'kidnapping'.[13]
It subsequently emerged that Mikel had travelled to London with his agent John ****tu, who was working for Jerome Anderson's SEM group.[14] Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson considered travelling to Oslo to visit Mikel, but decided against this after Mikel was reported to have left the country.[15] Staying in a London hotel, and some nine days after disappearing, Mikel stated on Sky Sports News that he had been pressured into signing the contract with United without his agent present, claims furiously rebuffed by both Manchester United and Lyn Oslo.[16] Mikel told the British media that Chelsea were the club he genuinely wanted to sign for. In response to these events, United made an official complaint to FIFA about the behaviour of both Chelsea and the player's agents, John ****tu and Rune Hauge, already infamous for his role in the George Graham bungs scandal.[17] FIFA dismissed these claims in August 2005 stating there was insufficient evidence to bring a case against Chelsea.
Following the tournament, Mikel failed to return to Lyn Oslo, and the club lodged a complaint with FIFA. On 12 August 2005, FIFA ruled that Mikel should return to Lyn Oslo to see out his contract with the Norwegian club, whilst they would decide at a later date whether the contract he signed with United should be upheld or cancelled.[18][19] After a delay of over a month, Mikel complied with the FIFA decision and returned to Lyn Oslo in early September 2005 after a three-month absence.
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I wonder how this civil war will affect their season.
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disagree, respectfully of course. everton 100% outplayed us the first half. but the second half we did well to fight back into it. G with a chance right in the first minute and then i felt like we controlled much of the tempo from there on out. even if you want to say everton blew it and lost it for themselves, they didn't play in a manner to say they were victims of the cruel game of football.
but i am biased, at the end of the day
As another biased party I agree it was truly a game of two halves. Ifs and buts go both ways as Arsenal might have had three points if not for a goal that was offsides, but if it was 1-0 Everton probably would have continued to go forward. It's a crazy game we love
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Bacca's work results in a goal by Vidal... Sevilla 1 - Valencia 0 just before half time...
Great movement off the ball by Bacca...
Great movement off the ball by Bacca...
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Have those players that defected from Shakhtar come back yet? I would be gone to never be seen again if that was me
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Athletic keeper Gorka Iraizoz's goal that was disallowed in the 94th min...
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That's crazy....disallowed for what? How blatant can you be?
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What a debut
Heading straight to the showers. Manager must be furious.
Heading straight to the showers. Manager must be furious.
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Despite losing a man to a silly red card penalty, Valencia is able to tie the game & come away with a point in the standings. Sevilla really did a poor job defending in front of the goal in the lat 20 mins.
Nice start to the La Liga season...
Nice start to the La Liga season...
