"We've momentum and we can't afford to lose it tbh"- The '13-'14 summer transfer window thread for PL and beyond

suarez did rather more than one, or more than once, or in more than one orifice

you bite just one player and then the next time you bite a player people get the wrong idea

And sure these are only the ones we know of

let he who has never bitten or racially abused anyone else in anger cast the first stone.

Suarez is a symbol of the triumph of passion and basic instincts over the nullifying influence of decorum and suffocating social pressures.

Not saying it'd be a good thing if the country turned feral overnight, but I feel the urge to bite someone on the arm at least 3 times on any given week day, and I can only admire the cojones of yer man who will spit in the face of convention and then complain about people getting up in his personal gobbing space.

Would have him at villa park in a heartbeat tbh, especially if bentekw's off. he'd be most welcome to chow down on Darren bent. Two birds one stone and so forth

There is a word that David Moyes conjures with that is pure Glaswegian: gallus. It relays a mix of cheek, front, a bit of chutzpah and belief.

The new Manchester United manager uses it in answering a question about Jose Mourinho’s return to the Premier League with Chelsea and whether he is prepared for any sparring. But Moyes is talking about himself. And how he is big enough; big enough for United.

“When you are a boy from Glasgow, you are quite gallus,” Moyes explains at the start of United’s extensive three-week pre-season tour, starting in Thailand.
“It means you have been through a lot in your time.”

*three birds actually now I think on

He is standing trial at North Surrey Magistrates' Court in Staines-upon-Thames, where he denies drink-driving.

Pc Skidmore was heard quizzing Wilkins about his broadcasting job while he was in custody. But the officer appeared unaware he was dealing with a former England player.

In CCTV footage shown to the court, he was heard to say: 'I'm not really into football myself ... are you into it in a big way?'

Wilkins answered: 'I have been for many years, yeah.'

The Swedish international forward is close to Ancelotti and spoke of his disappointment the Italian left the Parc des Princes after leading the club to the French title last season. Ibrahimovic's agent, Mino Raiola, and PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi have both recently stated last season's Ligue 1 leading scorer would not be leaving, but De Laurentiis believes otherwise.

"He won't play with Cavani," the Napoli president said before officially presenting his club's new coach, Rafael Benitez, to the media. "He's already been promised to other horizons."

everything will be ruined for everyone if Raiola has anything to do with it

idk who jose campana is but if even palace are signing spanish u20 starlets now then shit's gone too far

i'll just be over here with my ageing game lads and £6m punts for gary hooper thank u very much

hes probably getting 30k a week

I'm not sure which part of that Football League of Pizza press release is the best:

- The Football League trying to explain the partnership thusly: "Like our clubs, Papa John’s are located in towns and cities across the country"

- Out of all 72 clubs in the Football League, which one did they think would best demonstrate Papa John's commitment to realness and passion?

This one.

tbf they're probably the realest club in england under the new terms

he muttered, darkly

The Daily Mirror reports that Benteke wants Spurs to 'step up' their bids for him because 'he doesn't want to go back to Aston Villa this week.'

What's the ILF consensus on how much he's worth?

About the same as Carroll. He's better than Carroll, but not English. Can't make head nor tail of values this window though - £8m Tevez, £12m Wanyama, £4m David Villa, £loads Altidore, etc

The Tevez and Villa fees reflect the fact that the players are ageing and the clubs are loaded + prepared to sell.

City probably quite happy to get Tevez off their wage bill as well.

i used to like Benteke :(

until he kept villa up?

idk i'd say he's worth £18m. sometimes he looks £13m and sometimes he looks £25m but hey, don't we all

just seems especially cunty to be wanting away after you've had half a good season. i know sentiment has no place in pro football but i feel old.

But no it doesnt, tbh.

let's accept that as a given and then i'll still decide if i think somebody's being a bit of a cunt or not

mundane peaceable kingdom ilf thread

ha i was just looking at that

too many aches in my soul to go into here or there maybe

Express and Star claims QPR have been linked with Karl Henry, condolences rtc if true

He's a very good player but he's had one good season and if he's doing this to Villa he'll do it to us as well. Dunno, seems kind of a dick if you ask me, but obviously I will forget all this is scores 25 goals for us next season.

idk, shades of how he got his villa move in first place, plus also the sheer extent of his overperformance, plus actually, early in the window, requesting the transfer upfront, the cash they'll make

Just, i spose, he's going about it 'the right way' insofar as all parties would expect things to work in he world of top-level football. Nothing like defoe at west ham or suarez atm or w/e

yeah i saw that bit about henry. no comment.

Henry/Parker/Livermore

No getting by that lot with the ball

From either direction

xxp yeah it's not like they made him partner and he took all their clients and started a new firm

Its hard to rank it

Like, we knew what the risks were with adebayor, we got burnt, fair enough

With bale/modric, id sympathise the likes of em wanting to have a crack at cl contenders- subject to us agreeing terms with the chasing pack. Just keep yr tart mouth shut throughout.

Tevez, suarez, berbatov- arah fuckin spade to the head of cunts actin like this

Just, yknow, there's room for a one-season legend who owes the club nothing and leaves with best wishes imo, vdv a good spurs example.

i think it's just "outgrowing" a club ought to take a bit longer than this

I dunno, if I did well at Villa I'd wanna capitalise and get out as fast as possible

'he doesn't want to go back to Aston Villa this week.'

i mean that, if true, it's like...fuck off. okay you would like to go to a bigger club - we'll ignore exactly what that means here - but "going about it the right way" means turning up for work until everybody's agreed a deal that they can live with imo

Ok fair enough on that, but i mean a leaked sneaky rumour to that effect aint necessarily so, i mean ok we know his agent leaked it etc but its not the act itself as yet

Just, yknow, there's room for a one-season legend who owes the club nothing and leaves with best wishes imo, vdv a good spurs example.

If this was a 'one great season over two years' gag then I salute you.

Id rather take some fair credit for my wholly-intended efforts on another ilf thread tbpfh

I'd find it perfectly reasonable if he didn't want to go back to the midlands just because it's too depressing

ah southerners, never change

I'm from Leicester

easterners *spit*

but i thought you was an Arsenal oh wait

Tevez is a half a season legend at West Ham and they're probably the only fans in England who unambiguously love him. It can work

tbf if i'd come from Leicester i'd probly think the whole Midlands was bleak

ah here birmingham is shite wherever you're from

I saw Villa beat Leicester (3-2?) at Filbert Street when Julian Joachim was still a thing, that was good