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balotelli may or may not be a good signing for liverpool, we'll have to live with that. what milan can take from it is almost instantly el shaarawy looked amazing again without him lazing around upfront, SES wouldn't have been worth 10m on his performances since balotelli joined, without him he...

wish berlu would just sell the club, then he can have his precious balanced books. zero incoming and zero outgoing.

I'm loathe to say this but it's the only explanation I can think of, the reason you can't understand it is you live in new zealand and have absolutely no idea how differently a european, football obsessed country would regard the two teams.

nah, that's not true. luke shaw was chased by chelsea, and yeah, they did offer way more but shaw could have easily rejected man u and forced through a chelsea move. similarly, Di Maria is one of the biggest signings of the market, you can't just say "except for that one, world class player they...

it's an interesting article but I'm not sure about the whole "only a few million more than shane long/mccormack" to make the transfer fee seem paltry. He moved for the same amount as mandzukic cost atletico, in the circumstances I think getting about 20m was possible but that's not a huge amount...

60m is too much given Madrid do need to sell him. I don't see how he's worth 60m to man u and real madrid certainly needed to sell more than they needed to buy (another attacking midfielder). much as I've thought thedons slagging off as man u as desirable transfer destination was over-blown the...

anyone else hoping arsenal really do buy wellbeck just to see thedon splutter and backtrack on the last 2 years he's been going on about how rubbish he is?

the other thing about Balotelli is you're inviting Mino Raiola into the den, one of the worst, slimiest people in football. He'll be after sterling as soon as he's got a way in. it's actually one of the motivations behind his sale, milan have been trying to off-load anyone connected with him...

sorry, not saying no. 10s can't work, they just can't be lazy bums like they used to and that idea of the touched genius walking around the pitch doing nothing until unlocking the defense with a killer pass won't fly these days. it's why berbatov and van der vaart failed to cut it at the highest...

I remember a documentary about Paige's family (I think they're called the Knights) when she was like 17 or 18, and it had her and her brother going for WWE try outs and the show ended with her, but not her brother, being picked. weird to see that she's come so far and is basically one of a...

you've not lived up to your promises in signing a top class full back. Debuchy is solid but Gibbs and him are the full backs of a team that isn't going to offer much in the wide positions. what happened to signing Aurier? it's obviously between chelsea and city this year, the rest will be very...

balotelli isn't a great signing in this day and age, 10-15 years ago he would have been awesome, he has power, speed, and technical ability and best of all the imagination to conjure up moments of brilliance but he just doesn't work hard enough for 90 minutes. you can't get away with that now...

these two go sort of hand in hand, the frustrating for me is that I feel big ant have made all the challenges for batting associated with timing, which, while important, shouldn't be the crux of good batting. if the pitch was made to have more of an impact, if conditions made it swing, if the...

yes, I believe it's confirmed and there are certain features that are definitely going to be there. apparently it's just going to land without warning, but I wouldn't hold my breat waiting for it.

not sure we're really such a massive step up these days, haha. nah, actually Lopez is a functional goalkeeping signing, and Douglas Costa would make the summer a surprisingly good one if that rumour is to be believed. not sure about inzaghi's tactics but he is certainly moving towards using...

haha, yes, I find that safest. no, I suppose the non-possibilities I am sort of guessing are he will not be a world beater, he'll go about his business in an under-stated way and improve the cohesion of the side, and I doubt he'll blend in and just be another squadie, if he's got the physicality...

Siem De jong is an interesting player, capable of running the midfield but there will be questions over whether he can do it so well in the EPL. potentially a very functional signing without being jaw dropping, could be one of those signings that make newcastle play much better without it being...

I think it would be a pain to have all these extra teams which for the most part would be nothing but window dressing. Especially given the game seems to lack a regen system and any real form of team selection and development. In all honesty, it's understandable this isn't included as AI to...

I think I agree with people that say that some of the issues are down to the career player starting with a very low level (I don't bother starting at 16 now, I just play as a 21 year old) however, it's one of those weird catch 22 situation that I don't think works very well. if you start as a...

I actually quite enjoy the commonwealths, the variety makes it much more appealing for me than the world championships. it can be a bit meh though, It's ok not having china and america there who just steam roll everyone and seem to have a gold medal hope in every single event, but you miss some...