Football

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

Mine are: Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Arsenal.

As Ed told, my favorite teams are Juventus, Arsenal, followed by Valencia, and Lyon to an extent. What's your favorite team in Netherlands BTW? Ajax? If so it must be a little weird to have 3 of your fave teams in the same group.

Looks like they will have to extend Match of the Day 2 tonight.

I was punished severely in Fantasy for not picking Manyoo players again. I blame all this on Arsene.

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It seems Wengy is even clearing out players no-one has ever heard of. I caught Paul Merson's unique brand of expert analysis on Sky Sports after the United game and he's terribly cut up over the losses of Frabregash and Nazzery.

In other news, it appears Steed Malbranque has already had his contract terminated with St. Etienne and made it known that he's on the verge of retirement. Whatever the reason, it's very sad to hear. One of my favourite red & whites ever and a joy to watch at his best - his double nutmeg of James Milner against Man City last year is permanently imprinted on my brain.

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It seems Wengy is even clearing out players no-one has ever heard of. I caught Paul Merson's unique brand of expert analysis on Sky Sports after the United game and he's terribly cut up over the losses of Frabregash and Nazzery.

In other news, it appears Steed Malbranque has already had his contract terminated with St. Etienne and made it known that he's on the verge of retirement. Whatever the reason, it's very sad to hear. One of my favourite red & whites ever and a joy to watch at his best - his double nutmeg of James Milner against Man City last year is permanently imprinted on my brain.

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It seems Wengy is even clearing out players no-one has ever heard of. I caught Paul Merson's unique brand of expert analysis on Sky Sports after the United game and he's terribly cut up over the losses of Frabregash and Nazzery.

In other news, it appears Steed Malbranque has already had his contract terminated with St. Etienne and made it known that he's on the verge of retirement. Whatever the reason, it's very sad to hear. One of my favourite red & whites ever and a joy to watch at his best - his double nutmeg of James Milner against Man City last year is permanently imprinted on my brain.

I wanted Rafa to buy him when he was playing at Fulham. A classy player though and a shame he's retiring

^He signed a two-year deal with St. Etienne just three weeks ago so I can only assume he's contemplating retirement for non-footballing reasons. A strange situation, for sure. His family had relocated back to France a year prior to him leaving us, so on paper, it looked to be a nice little move for him.

Owen Hargreaves to Man City, if current rumours are to be believed - no wonder he didn't return Sven's phone calls. Honestly, there are few football-related sights I'd like to see more than Hargreaves playing in the Premier League again. Though preferably not wearing those white shorts from the YouTube vids.

As Ed told, my favorite teams are Juventus, Arsenal, followed by Valencia, and Lyon to an extent. What's your favorite team in Netherlands BTW? Ajax? If so it must be a little weird to have 3 of your fave teams in the same group.

Yes, my favo team in Netherlands is Ajax! So I am not very happy with the draw On the other hand I can see all my teams playing in Amsterdam!

Eljero Elia from HSV to Juventus? He left the Dutch NT trainingcamp and confirmed that he was on his way to Italy. A few days ago he said he probably going to the UK.

* AS Roma made a 8m bid for Pjanic from Olympique Lyon

* Valencia sign Victor Ruiz from Napoli, former Espanyol player, with a contract until 2016

* Valencia sign Barragán from Valladolid, former Liverpool player.

* Pablo Orbaiz (Athletic Club) will play a season on loan in Olympiacos

* Sporting Lisbon has made official the signing of Elias, from Atletico Madrid for 8.8 million euros for the next five seasons.

* Olympique Lyon have signed Sevilla's Mohammed Dabo for €1m+0.8m (variables). He will sign a four-year contract.

* Real Madrid and Galatasaray are negotiating Royston Drenthe's signing

* Real Madrid's Fernando Gago is set to join AS Roma on loan.

* AS Roma made a 8m bid for Pjanic from Olympique Lyon

I'm pulling for this guy to join Arsenal, Spurs or Chelsea instead of Roma. Pjanic on the streets of London!

So here we are, just over 24 hours from the transfer deadline and the club has seemingly grasped what the rest of the footballing world has known for nine months - we could do with a new striker. Hallelujah, Brucey.

I guess the Drogba knockout is not something real football enthusiasts talk about so that's a common occurrence?

M*, what if Pjanic went to, as Wenger calls it, a "discotheque"?

I heard about that but never saw the footage. What happened exactly?

I see Valencia are making more signings in their quest to gradually become a mediocre team <_< I can't believe Manuel Fernandes was never used either

M*, what if Pjanic went to, as Wenger calls it, a "discotheque"?

The headlines pretty much write themselves.

Oh man, was the Drogba injury ever nasty. He was inadvertently punched full in the face by Norwich keeper John Ruddy in an aerial challenge and fell to the ground virtually face first after being knocked unconcious in mid-air. Apparently, there was quite a bit of blood, too. One of those things you hope never happens on the park. Luckily, from what I understand, he's on the mend now.

Man management - the Paolo Di Canio way...

Confirmed transfers

* Eljero Elia signed a 4 year deal with Juventus

* Miralem Pjanic signed a 4 year deal with AS Roma

* El Hamdaoui on loan for 1 year from Ajax to Espanyol

* Espanyol is negotiating with Sevilla for the transfer of Romaric

* Scott Parker is now a player of Tottenham Hotspur. (he used to play at West Ham United)

* Aleksandr Hleb on loan from FC Barcelona to VfL Wolfsburg

* Diego Forlan signed a 2 year deal with Internazionale

* Dinamo Zagreb bought Josip Simunic from TSG Hoffenheim

* Joe Cole will play for Lille this season

* Davide Santon will play for Newcastle United. He was a player of Internazionale since 2008.

* Valencia player Maduro will probably play on loan for Espanyol

* David Trezeguet will play for Bani Yas a club from the Emirates

* Manchester City made a bid on AC Milan's Mark van Bommel. AC Milan refused to negotiate

* Dmitri Boelikin transfer from Anderlecht to Ajax for 1 year

* Arsenal signed Brazilian Andre Santos. Santos used to play for Fenerbahce

* Simon Kjaer signed for AS Roma. Kjaer used to play at Vfl Wolfsburg

* Zdenek Grygera made a transfer from Juventus to Fulham

* Christian Poulsen made a transfer from Liverpool to Evian-Thonon

* HSV signed Ivo Ilicevic who played last season for 1. FC Kaiserlautern as a replacement for Eljero Elia

* Massimo Oddo on loan from AC Milan to Lecce

* Mauro Zarate on loan from Lazio Roma to Internazionale

* Bryan Ruiz signed for Fulham. Ruiz played last season at FC Twente

* Mateja Kezman signed at BATE Borisov

* Krizstian Vadocz back to Dutch club NEC. He will transfer from Spanish club Osasuna

* Royston Drenthe on loan from Real Madrid to Everton

* Fernando Gago on loan from Real Madrid to AS Roma

* Pedro Leon on loan from Real Madrid to Getafe

* Diego Ribas on loan from Vfl Wolfsburg to Atletico Madrid

* Granada sign Moises Hurtado from Olympiakos

* Zaragoza sign Luis García on a free transfer

Rumors:

* Asamoah Gyan: a loan deal with Mallorca was discussed, but move to Turkey far more likely

* Tottenham are interested in Guiseppe Rossi from Villarreal.

* Zaragoza are also close to sign Helder Postiga

* AS Roma made a 8m bid for Pjanic from Olympique Lyon

I'm pulling for this guy to join Arsenal, Spurs or Chelsea instead of Roma. Pjanic on the streets of London!

He signed a 4 year deal with Roma

As you can see in my previous posts, still a lot going on in transferland

I thought Juve weren't ig enough for Elia

Liverpool have offloaded so much deadwood Cole, Ngog and Poulsen gone! Meireles to Chelsea unfortunately and Bellamy back in?

Arsenal have Benayoun, Mertesacker and Arteta.

Potters got Crouch...wonder what role he'll play there <_<

Quite a busy deadline day.

* Van Aanholt on loan from Chelsea to Wigan Athletic

* FC Schalke 04 signed Teemu Pukki

* Mario Gavranovic on loan from FC Schalke 04 to FSV Mainz 05

* Craig Bellamy back at Liverpool from Manchester City

* Antonio Nocerino from Palermo to AC Milan

* Helder Postiga from Sporting Portugal to Real Zaragoza

* Harry Redknapp turned down a 40m pound bid from Chelsea for Modric

* Mounir El Hamdaoui forward of Ajax had a lot of trouble with trainer Frank de Boer. He asked for a transfer but Ajax couldn't seal the deal due to the demands of this arrogant player. Ajax send him to the 2nd team of Ajax. Sad

Seemed that Yoann Gourcuff was all set to go to Arsenal on loan until.... Olympique Lyon sold Pjanic to AS Roma and made it impossible for the club to let Yoann go.

This morning news was: Gourcuff did seal the deal with Arsenal before Pjanic and he's ready to go

Official statement from Olympique Lyon last night at 7pm: Yoann will soon train with the group again.