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

Is he worth 1/3 bale

Is tonight the night for the CL thread?

Even if Nal get dumped out on their sorry arses, there's a decent chance they make the group stages anyway - Fenerbahce's match-fixing sentence is due the day after the second leg.

Give me a title and I'll fire it up

Not a title, but the lighting here really makes it look like Charlie Nicholas has tears in his eyes.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2rell7d.jpg

Charlie Nicholas has tears in his eyes - Champions League 2013/14

If there's not another suggestion in the next 3 mins I'm going with that #yolo

I hope Fenerbahce have ditched the Turk Telecom logo, it had all the pizazz of a local sports shop sponsoring a boys' club

I hope Fenerbahce have ditched the Turk Telecom logo, it had all the pizazz of a local sports shop sponsoring a boys' club - Champions League 2013/14

John Terry has tears in his eyes

I feel like it should be Man City bait, but may prove hollow tbh. Moyes.

Thought I just posted it but can't see it anywhere. Dd ilx bot veto Nicholas?

They'll be sacrificing sheep in the streets of Karagandy tonight - Champions League 2013/14

I'm going to go with that one, fuiud

They'll be sacrificing sheep in the streets of Karagandy tonight - Champions League 2013/14

Karagandy's an actual place tho, shoulda gone with Shakter.

Shakhter.

gah, Charlie nixed - was always my dream to name one of the big threads

Sorry man

I suppose it gives me something to live for

Wait, is that Raith quote famous in Holland? Why?

Nah, I picked it up here. You guys are great educators.

I didn't know Karagandy was an actual place

What the hell is Raith anyway?

A thothial conthruct

Although it lends its name to many entities in the region, Raith is not itself a settlement. A Raith Rovers victory in the 1960s led to a famous BBC commentator's blunder that the fans would be "dancing in the streets of Raith tonight". Although commonly attributed to Englishman David Coleman, this was actually said by Scotsman Sam Leitch.[2] Raith (Scottish Gaelic: rath, "fort" or "fortified residence") as an area once stretched from south of Loch Gelly as far as Kirkcaldy[3] and the Battle of Raith is said to have been fought here in 596 AD.[1] Raith House and Raith Tower sit on Cormie Hill to the west of Kirkcaldy and several parts of the town are built on land formerly of the Raith Estate,[4] although the modern housing estate bearing the Raith name dates from long after the origins of the team.

^ that's just off the top of my head btw

and off the top of my head re Raith Rovers: "In 1921 an innovation in training, previously unknown to the Scottish game, was introduced by directors following a visit to England: the use of a ball in training. As noted in the Fife Free Press, "Hitherto, ball practice has been an absentee from the training curriculum on the grounds that being away from the ball for a week imparted eagerness on the Saturday.". This heralded an era of success." Ppl were pretty dumb back in the day.

you're my oracle on things Scottish LBI

Maybe Arsenal should try that tbh

vg darragh

Ya ken IK!

I liked her record with Technotronic

A thothial conthruct

*applause*

Telegraph Sport ‏@TelegraphSport 2m
Nicolas Anelka is believed to have cleared out his locker at West Brom, and declared he's leaving the club less than 2 months after signing

Chris Lepkowski ‏@chrislepkowski 3m
#wba insist Anelka has NOT retired. I understand his agent has died - which has hit him badly. What the future holds, we'll see

Isn't his brother his agent?

yeah, that's what I thought

His brother Claude was an agent for a time but then pursued a terrible career in management.

this lists him as still being Anelka's agent

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/claude-anelka/details/berater_1150.html

pursued a terrible career in agency too going by Nicolas' career trajectory

What percentage of £100m in transfer fees makes that a terrible career?

i went ahead and did this
Michael Laudrup hasn't done his homework Europa League 2013/14

iirc anelka has four brother who have all worked in representing him?

xps what part of guiding your prodigious future-CL-winning client to a mid-career hiatus under Sam Allerdyce makes it a good one?

the money

i'd walk you through that point again but tbh it seems to be fairly self-explanatory

The part where you rescue him from Allardyce and guide him to a league and cup double and a Champions League final with Chelsea and keep the big fat cheques coming in.

You guys, I'm disappointed in you

Kind of depressing that Willian as a squad player at chelsea softens the blow.

Bit of an interesting day all round what with that, Anelka, Sinclair and lol Flamini.