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^ About Kaka: That was my thought too... but according to Metro Arsenal's biggest target is Kaka

Juventus are preparing a 8m bid for Barcelona's Ibrahim Afellay

With Thiago coming through and Alexis Sanchez waiting on the wings (quite literally), it doesn't look like Afellay will get many starts but Pep should be wary too that Barcelona practically imploded last season around Feb-March because the squad wasn't big enough. Juve are really showing their ambitions to join the Milan boys in this window (even if they aren't landing any of their big bids).

Last night was my first sighting proper of the post-transplant Wazza and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. I pictured him sporting the Fellaini look.

Steve Bruce bemoans lack of firepower after Carling Cup exit

A game in which he didn't play a single recognised forward.

Gazzetta dello Sport front page: "Atlético and Inter have reached a €5m agreement for the transfer of Diego Forlán".

Following their recent friendly defeat to Italy, Spain fall to second behind Holland in the FIFA World Rankings. Germany 3rd & England 4th

As a Dutch girl I am extremely happy for my country! And we will enjoy while it lasts... If Spain will win the next match we will pass the #1 spot back to Spain

Lass Diarra: "The information about my departure is a lie. There's no agreement with Tottenham and I don't think there will be

Rather bizarre video posted on Man City's official site yesterday, in which Samir Nasri arrives at the club offices, meets a loitering Patrick Vieira in the corridor and is greeted by the sleazy, David Brent-esque figure of chief executive Garry Cook.

Champions League draw

Group A

Bayern Munchen

Villarreal

Manchester City

SSC Napoli

Group B

Internazionale

CSKA Moskow

OSC Lille

Trabzonspor

Group C:

Manchester United

Benfica

FC Basel

FC Otelul Galati

Group D:

Real Madrid

Olympique Lyon

Ajax

NK Dinamo Zagreb

Group E

Chelsea

Valencia

Bayer Leverkusen

KRC Genk

Group F

Arsenal

Olympique Marseille

Olympiacos

Borussia Dortmund

Group G:

FC Porto

Shakthar Donetsk

FC Zenit St.Petersburg

Apoel CP

Group H

FC Barcelona

AC Milan

BATE Borisov

FC Viktoria Plzen

Real Madrid & Olympique Lyon again in 1 group!

The UEFA Best Player in Europe 2010/2011 is Lionel Messi

Group F

Arsenal

Olympique Marseille

Olympiacos

Borussia Dortmund

Second round, here we come!

Group A looks the toughest and Group G looks very poor.

For me Group D is most interesting! My 2 favo teams (RM & OL) and the team my whole family supports (Ajax) Group G looks very poor yes... and I agree I think Group A is most challenging...

Europa League draw

Group A

Tottenham Hotspur

Rubin Kazan

PAOK

Shamrock Rovers

Group B

FC Copenhagen

Standard Liege

Hannover 96

Vorskla Poltova

Group C

PSV Eindhoven

Happoel Tel-Aviv

Rapid Bucaresti

Legia Warsaw

Group D

Sporting Clube Portugal

SS Lazio

FC Zurich

FC Vaslui

Group E

Dynamo Kiev

Besiktas

Stoke City

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group F

Paris Saint-Germain

Athletic Bilbao

Salzburg

Slotan Bratislava

Group G

AZ

Metalist Kharkiv

Austria Wien

Malmo FF

Group H

SC Braga

Club Brugge

Birmingham

NK Maribor

Group I

Atletico Madrid

Udinese

Stade Rennes

FC Sion

Group J

FC Schalke 04

Steaua Bucaresti

Maccabi Haifa

AEK Larnaca

Group K

FC Twente

Fulham

Odense BK

Wisla Krakow

Group L

Anderlecht

AEK Athens

Lokomotiv Moscow

Sturm Graz

Or he could just promote another 16 year old Is Ryo Miyaichi ready to play yet?

A couple of days ago a Manyoo fan friend of mine told me that they would crush us this week, now that we lost all these players. I told him that our U-8 team would be enough to beat their crappy squad.

But on a serious note, Ryo may be ready to play in junk time against QPR, but we (as fans) can't trust a 16 year old in crucial games.

I hear some Arsenal fans want Wenger out. Meanwhile others support their manager, saying "In Arsene We Trust" and citing how since Arsene's arrival they have won some important trophies and managed to always play in the Premier League every season. The club seems to be in transition and no one else can take the place of Wenger.

"In Arsene We Trust"

just to make clear which side I'm at

Seriously though our transfer policy was pure crap. We should have had sold Cesc and Nasri much earlier, and find the replacements by now. We risked getting eliminated from Champions for no reason, and had the worst start of 40+ years (no goals in first two games).

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Nasri, Mata, Falcao, Eto'o, and Forlan transfers are done. Eto'o became the highest paid player on the planet. I think his absence is a big loss for european football though. And Mata will play Valencia in UCL.

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UCL draw was nice. Group A is promising to be the best group stage of recent memory. All 4 teams have a shot, none of them are locks. A true group of death. Reminds of awesome second group stages of 2001 & 2002.

Group G gets unnecessary hate. They have 3 of the lest 4 UEFA Cup/EuropaLeague winners. IMO Shakhtar and Porto are worthy of second round either way. It was predictable that the group that drew M.City was going to be the toughest, and the one drawing Porto was going to be meh. So I'm not surprised that much.

Barca - Milan will provide the best matchup, but neither won't have a hard time to get to the next round.

As usual Manure got the easiest draw. New season same old United. <_<

out of curiousity: what are your fave teams/leagues?

Second round, here we come!

Group F doesn't look so straight forward to me. The away games look tricky for all teams.

"In Arsene We Trust"

just to make clear which side I'm at

As usual Manure got the easiest draw. New season same old United. <_<

The whole Arsene saga has shades of Rafa.

And is Otelul Galati even a club? I bet Manyoo made them up

out of curiousity: what are your fave teams/leagues?

eNe = Arsenal, Juve and Valencia

It was a question in general So what are yours? <--- everyone who reads this haha

Mine are: Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Arsenal.

out of curiousity: what are your fave teams/leagues?

FC Barcelona

Champions League draw

Group C:

Manchester United

Benfica

FC Basel

FC Otelul Galati

Stadium of Light, Champions League venue? It'll never catch on.

out of curiousity: what are your fave teams/leagues?

Freddy = Villa and Dortmund

SS = Barca and Brugge

eNe = Arsenal, Juve and Valencia

Berno = Man Utd

Baron = Portsmouth and Banfield

Ed = Liverpool

Enigma = Liverpool

And I'm a Sunderland fan. Because someone has to be.

Vintage 50's football today. Two "supposed" derbies ended 1:5 & 8:2.

For Arsenal, this game can be a good wake-up call. Forget winning, or a draw... we failed to lose with dignity. I'm just glad that this happened this soon. We're crap since the beginning of the season, with 3 losses in PL, and getting horribly outplayed by Udinese, even though we got through, in UCL.

Meanwhile Cesc already won 2 trophies in 2 games w/ Barça. On the other hand Nasri assisted City's first two. I guess we can't really blame those guys afterall.