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

how does one chip in when the ball is out of play i wonder

It's unsporting but not against the rules if the ref hasn't stopped the match, though, isn't it?

what needs to be done is players need to stop this kicking the ball out bullshit and play to the fucking whistle. the only time a game wants stopping for an injury is if the guy looks unconscious.

kicking the ball out when you're own guy has got a bit of cramp and then expecting the opposition to tamely hand it back is the acme of this bollocks

NV otm. It was nice when it happened once, by the second time it had become a tactic.

Why was the net empty anyway? The goalie interpreted the convention to mean he was entitled to nip off for a bovril?

Fenerbahce have been excluded from European competition for the next two years after losing an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against a Uefa sanction for match-fixing.

The Turkish side had been due to go into the Europa League following their defeat by Arsenal in the Champions League qualifiers but will now be excluded from that and also from all European competitions next year.

someone desperate will be trying for emenike, alves, meireles

Knew there was something dodgy going on as soon as Ramsey got his second

La presse turque en est certaine, Fenerbahçe et l'Olympique Lyonnais auraient finalisé un accord pour le prêt de Milos Krasic, le milieu offensif serbe de 28 ans arrivé l'été dernier à Istanbul en provenance de la Juventus Turin moyennant 7ME à l'époque. Lié encore trois ans avec le club stambouliote, Krasic n'a pas réellement flambé sous ses nouvelles couleurs, et Fenerbahçe pourrait le prêter une saison, avec en contrepartie la prise en charge par l'OL d'une partie de son salaire (2,3ME par saison), afin qu'il se relance du côté de la Ligue 1.

~stambouliote~

you see "Stamboul" used in old novels sometimes, much more evocative than the present Anglicization

istanbul isn't an anglicization

they just drop the dotted i

http://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-two-people-puts-three-more-in-jail

technically that's anglicization but i'm not going to bat for this. anyway Stamboul is better.

lol sure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Stambouli

Wenger has a list of transfer targets that he will pursue before the summer transfer window closes on Monday and he admitted that he liked the Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata, whose father and agent, Juan sr, was a guest in the Emirates Stadium directors' box.

Wenger almost signed Mata two years ago before the Spaniard joined Chelsea but Arsenal will not make a move for him now, even though the manager said that he had heard the player could be available. Wenger is frustrated by English clubs' refusal to sell to domestic rivals.

"I have heard like you, because I watched the game last night [between Manchester United and Chelsea] that Juan Mata could be on the market," Wenger said. "I don't know ... there is anyway a reluctance in England to sell to each other. I like him."

Wenger was asked whether Mata's father had been an invited guest of Arsenal. "No. I don't know. Maybe," he said.

Byzantium ftw

the suggestion is that mata isn't particularly fast so he doesn't suit fuckboy's shitty counterattacking style as much as schurrle or willian

not that he will sanction a sale to arsenal

Bale no longer a world record fee - now quoted at £75m

valdano has joined in the negging by saying ozil is better than bale

I wonder if we'll get to the point soon where Spurs have effectively spent all the Bale money and Real then try and force the price down.

I was thinking about Valdano while watching that turd on Monday night. iirc he got forced out only about 18 months ago so Mourinho could assume total control. Is he back now, or are Madrid having to build a new structure from scratch?

no he is on the periphery and moaning again but i don't think he rates epl style fitba too highly

shit on a stick iirc

Ajax and Spurs are in negotiation over Eriksen. Why are Spurs collecting midfielders this window?

He's £20m cheaper than Lamela?

Ajax want 15m, Spurs put in a first bid of 8m iirc. They'll end up at 10-11m. Good to see Ajax being weakened, though I am not sure if he'll make the current Spurs squad any stronger

he is a completely different player to lamela

just the sort of player i was talking about the other day and probably very good value at that price compared to sigurdsson or whatever

hes not a pure attacking player like vdv or whatever, potentially he could do what moutinho was supposed to do

Willian's got his work permit. Who was the last significant signing to be refused a work permit? They supposedly have to have so many international caps but afaict that never gets enforced.

joel campbell

He's got one now, though tbf England did win the World Cup in the meantime.

i was looking at that stuff before we ended up fucking duvan zapata off, it's all about the 'special talent' ruling

arsenal get quite a few rejections (most recently wellington silva but the likes of campbell and miyaichi before that) and seem bewildered every time as chelsea and united's get waved through (varela and henriquez' looked dodgy - anderson got one after a personal cosign from dunga) even though theirs don't compete for first team immediately anyway

liverpool notably didnt get one for mark gonzalez

QPR were denied one for Henrique.

iirc, you can also be kicked out after a certain amount of time (possibly a year) if you fail to qualify for a permanent visa on other grounds (language skills being a big one).

quinton fortune iirc

90M Bale to be replaced by 30M Lamela, who's to be replaced by 12M Ljajic. Difference in talent massively dwarfed by difference in cost.

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to get this chain started ,Fiorentina have bought Ante Rebic for 4.5M (going up to 7)

Can Lamela play CF if required?

Horncastle was saying on FW that he can play the wing or as a #10 (he also said he can see Lamela ending up a better player than Bale). Chadli has been mentioned as capable as playing CF.

nothing says fury like an all pink ensemble.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSv1vu5CUAA7Je6.png

Roma appear to have confirmed the Lamela deal.

I'm pleased about this one, I'd really like to have frequent opportunities to see Lamela play. Gonna be so easy to walk the league with Spurs in the new FM tho

confirmed by roma and player.

i am looking forward to a bit of balance in the team tbph

i feel that bale has been holding us back of late.

This is how you let go of your best player. We've pretty much spent the whole Bale fee now, right?

to within a mil or so by my calculations

and then 8m for chiriches on top tomoz too

ajaxinside ‏@ajaxinside 11m
Marc Overmars has confirmed that #Eriksen will talk with the Spurs about a move to London.

Eriksen at left back is a curious fuckin purchase but in avb i trust

this guys claims only 22 has been spent (before Lamela)
http://www.spurs-web.com/spurs-news/spurs-spent-22m-net-transfer-window/