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[abyss88]

Zinedine Zidane: I Prefer Ribery Over Cristiano Ronaldo

Zinedine Zidane has claimed in an interview with French broadcasters Europe 1 that if given the choice between man u winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery, he would opt for the Frenchman as the better player of the two.

[thewisecrab]

Is Guus Hiddink continuing as Chelsea manager?

ah.... No.

He was only a stop-gap manager, appointed only to secure a CL place next year, and soften the blow caused by Big Phil's laziness.

However, he has done much, much more than that, and now, we stand a chance of actually gaining some silverware under him for the first time this year.

He will return to coach Russia in preparation for Euro 2010 (as quoted by him earlier) and, being a man of word, I think he will do just that.

Us Chelsea fans will miss him

[abyss88]

Florentino Perez Could Present Kaka At Real Madrid Next Week


another goal.garbage.com story

[abyss88]

Sergio Busquets, from father to son: Sergio’s father won a CL medal with Barça in 1992 so now he and his son can stand proud alongside the winning father and son teams of Maldini (AC Milan) and Sanchís (Real MAD-RID).

[Cool Joe]

He will return to the club after the WC though. So that's good.

[thewisecrab]

He will return to the club after the WC though. So that's good.

Who? Hiddink?
I doubt that, and to be honest, it's unfair to pressurize him to stay too

[Kl@w-24]

^ He will be back but as Director of Football, not as our manager.

[abyss88]

i have been distracted too much by yesterdays win.......now i shall be humble in victory and graceful in defeat

[abyss88]

Barca will begin their preparations for the 2009-2010 season with a trip to London and a prestigious encounter against Tottenham at Wembley. The Blaugrana will also take on Al-Ahly at the famous stadium after the club revealed plans for the trip.

BTW what was that buzz about Portsmouth takeover bid by some UAE citizen..

[Kl@w-24]

^ Prestigious encounter... Tottenham... that doesn't sound right...

Pompey have been taken over by Al Fahim, the man who brokered/was the public face of, the deal for the sale of Man City.

And here's some utter idiocy for y'all:

Manchester United fan in Nigeria kills four Barcelona supporters

A Manchester United fan in Nigeria killed four people when he drove his minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters after his team lost the Champions League final, police have said.

A police spokeswoman said 10 people were injured and the driver was arrested.

"The driver had passed the crowd then made a U-turn and ran into them," she said.

What a pathetic human being.

[abyss88]

^ Prestigious encounter... Tottenham... that doesn't sound right...

now i know how NOT to copy paste stuff from other websites

[Cool Joe]

[abyss88]

What a pathetic human being.

absolutely

[ico]

Henry has won what he wanted to win. Now will Wenger try to bring him back?

He is anyday better than Adebayor & RVP.

[Rahim]

Let Henry be where he is. Wenger dont buy gand-daddies anymore, remember? He will not listen to any fan as he considers himself to a too clever and adamant.

@wisecrab: Hiddink will preparing Russia for WC 2010 and not Euro 2010 Has to give in to his brillince in tactical wits. The way he set-up CHelsea against Barca was too good and we all gave thumbs-down to his tactics. Now see what United did and that makes him a better and thinking coach than SAF. Love too see him continuing with Chelsea.

[abyss88]

Tevez’s sad farewell

Tevez was not on the plane with the rest of the Manchester United squad as they returned home.
He has decided that the Champions League final was his last game for United and is now aiming for a move to Liverpool.
Tevez, 25, is understood to have flown to Buenos Aires to join the Argentina squad ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador.
United have been asked to pay £25.5million this summer to Kia Joorabchian’s MSI, who own Tevez’s economic rights, to make a two-year loan deal permanent.
But United believe that fee is too high.
Manchester City are also interested in Tevez.

[abyss88]

Liverpool must go for Tevez

JAVIER MASCHERANO has pleaded with Liverpool to sign his Argentina team-mate Carlos Tevez.

[abyss88]

CRISTIANO RONALDO is set to throw Manchester United into turmoil and demand a move out of Old Trafford


(just trying out a few new colours):-P

[ico]

We got a new reporter.

[abyss88]

copy pasting stuff!!!!

[ico]

^ Give the source from next time.

[Kl@w-24]

TEVEZ: UNITED MIGHT HAVE WON WITH ME

Carlos Tevez feels that Manchester United might not have lost the UEFA Champions League final if he had been named in the starting XI.

He said in the Daily Mirror: "I wanted to play in the starting line-up in Rome but that decision was down to the coach.

"But with a strategy more attacking in the first minute then perhaps the result would have been different.

"It has not been a good time for me because I believe that I should have played more minutes. My future will now be decided. My agents are negotiating and I am waiting to hear some news."

[Kl@w-24]

Who is he kidding? More attacking? Barca would have run riot, as if they already had not!!!

[Rahim]

^Would Fletcher had made any difference?

[Kl@w-24]

^ I think so. If Fletcher was available, I don't think Giggs would have started. Anderson was almost certain to start because of his energy, which would have been useful for shackling Barca's midfield and also posing an attacking threat if needed. But Anderson failed miserably at this, or should we say that he wasn't give a clear briefing about his job on the field. Fletcher has had a good season and he would have added a little more solidity to ManU's midfield, which was clearly being overrun by Xavi & Iniesta. What ManU lacked was someone in midfield who could put in one or two tackles and make his presence felt to the Barca players (someone like Essien ) and a calm head who could retain possession, which Carrick was hell-bent on giving away with his wayward and over-ambitious passes.

[Rahim]

I hope this jolt would do United a favour and make niggling issues to rest, like the departure of Tevez & Ronaldo and this would stabilize the club and plz no more Scholes & Giggs
I hope Hargreaves to be injury-free next season( not going to be i know). Anderson needs experience beside him to keep his arrogance in check. The way he was taking-a-walk in the park with his turning his head like a snake makes me laugh at his arrogance and angry at his attitude. Look at Rio's face when Messi scored Tells how good Rio is or was for that game. O'Shea is a slouch. Such a good season but this defeat just makes me feel that United didnt win anything as it was Liverpool who lost the BPL this season.

[Kl@w-24]

Yup, Pool and Chelsea pushed the self-destruct button! Pool - so many home draws cost them. Chelsea - home draws plus defeats against the other members of the big-4 during Big Phail Scolari's tenure.

[Liverpool_fan]

I hope this jolt would do United a favour and make niggling issues to rest, like the departure of Tevez & Ronaldo and this would stabilize the club and plz no more Scholes & Giggs

But don't you think if Ronaldo leaves and with Tevez is leaving anyway, and Bobatov [] is just too lazy, there would only be Rooney as a quality striker remaining, wouldn't that be too much of a risk? I think you lot need Ronaldo to stay.

[red_devil]

yeah this season was more of rivals losing than united beating them convincingly. but then if your rivals have so many stupid home draws to even more stupid teams then nothing can be done about it.



btw, if that 25mn odd is true, then I *think* united should be able to get tevez for atleast 22mn which i feel is pretty good enough price for him.

and i guess its high time that Fergie let ronaldo go ! make a quick buck by selling him and get some good players who are more committed to the club.


my transfer wish list for united

OUT -

Ronaldo [no because of his performance in the final but overall attitude]
Rio [i know this will never happen and Brits are crazy about this guy but then Brits are crazy about Freida Pinto as well :-P]


In--

-a decent winger
-CB
-DM [for the always injured hargreaves]
-a less 'famous' striker who doesn't mind sitting on the bench a bit [back up for rooney and berba...and no macheda, wellbeck, campbell and many others are NOT good backups]

[Liverpool_fan]

“For me it is really, really incredible if I imagine I can play for Liverpool,” Pranjic told Sky Sports News.
“It is a dream for every player, it is the biggest club in England.
“I am very fast, I can run a lot and I think that is what you need in England.
“If I can choose between England or maybe Spain, I would choose Spain because I like that kind of football, that kind of life.
“I like good weather and in England it is always raining and that is what I don’t like about England.
“But if Liverpool come for me of course I cannot say no.”