Scholes retiring. Never thought I'd see the day. Dude seemed like he could play forever.

...how the f*ck is barca gonna stump the cash for Cesc, while still buying a 30 million euro player in Guiseppe Rossi????

^ I heard that. Remarkable that in this modern era of football a player can stay at one club for the duration of their career. He and Giggsy will have statues erected for them outside Old Trafford. Whoever comes to United and pulls on the number 11 and 18 shirts have massive shoes to fill.

Interesting you bring up Barça's interest in Rossi and apparent willingness to foot €30 million for him. Shows you were their priorities are and where Fabregas falls in their plans.


Looks like Neuer is moving to Bayern after all:
Manuel Neuer to leave Schalke for Bayern Munich - News | FOX Sports on MSN

Speaking of Germany, there are rounds of Euro 2012 Qualifiers coming up this weekend. I'm already claiming it : Kings of Europe 2012 -DEUTSCHLAND.

Deutschland or Nederlands. I predict La Furia Roja implode and have a mini-Clasico amongst themselves, replete with red cards and diving!

Hahaha, lets hope so. Either way, I'm supporting both countries to win something. I think the Netherlands might be more deserving given the fact they haven't won the tournament since '88, and advanced to within touching distance of their first World Cup last summer.

Sure as hell hope Germany wins :mad:

Bayern are looking at Bendtner

enjoy your lazy *** dane.

I think the fee is like 12-15......I dont think they need him though considering they have Kroos, etc.

i don't mind, y'all can have him :tup:

He might be an ok player to bring in off the bench....I would prefer to keep the squad as German as possible though

congrats on winning the neuer sweepstakes too.

whoa, a teenage superstar in usami as well...bayern's striking early in the transfer market!

Meh its not a shocker dude. I find it HILARIOUS all these Man U fans think they had him LOL. Let me quote someone from ESPN. He got OWNED on the replies haha

manchesterutd_fcEven though I saw it coming for a while now. It still isn't the nicest feeling letting a keeper like that slip through our hands
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sokkerfanatikNo offense, but Manchester United never let him "slip through their hands". They never had a shot at him, thus the reason they never made a go at him. He was flattered to be linked, but he never had any intention of leaving Germany. It's a very difficult reality to grasp onto, but not every player in the world wants to play for Manchester United or any team in the EPL for that matter.
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8 Hours Ago GoDallas223This is pretty crazy to assume that Neuer was at one point "in Manchesters hands". From the get go, Neuer said that he would transfer only within Germany and wants to win titles (i.e. Bayern).

Did Messi slip through your fingertips aswell?
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7 Hours Ago Jrrtooklol, Manchester United "fans" are so delusional

"TYPICAL GERMANS!!! Picking up our table scraps, yet again! We let the best keeper in the world slip right through our hands, never mind the fact that the only club he wanted to transfer to was Bayern Munich. Everyone wants to come here!!!!!"
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4 Hours Ago abhayt06False sense of ownership over every quality player in the world...typical Mancer mentality..
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FYI. Bayern signed Rafinha also. For those who dont know him

Rafinha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

see edit. i've watched a little j-league, usami is pretty damn good, but gamba osaka is kind of a **** team if you ask me, so i dunno. i think myaichi actually has more promise.

so de gea to manU, maybe stekelenburg if not?

Posted and waiting for hate responses haha

See edit as in go re look at the article for your post?

Also, Idk what you just said I am not a Jap LOL

oh your edit here haha

fking read u dumbass hahahah

and ur comment: haters gonna hate dude lmfao

who's the CB pairing right now? van buyten and ??? i don't know **** about BM's defense hahah

They're all over. Apparently they way I can see it playing out if they dont make any signings is.

Rafinha, Van Buyten, Badstuber (inconsistent but VERY, VERY promising) and Lahm.


Letting Lucio go was the worst mistake.

Badstuber at CB? I thought he was your LB

He plays both of those positions. Yayyyy finally we arent on EPL talk

what pisses me off is that dortmund won't even be represented very well in the CL next year, with sahin gone, there's no engine.

+1 Striker Nils Petersen from Cottbus

YouTube - ‪Nils Petersen - Welcome To Bayern Munich 2011 - HD 1080P‬‏


Also...Vidal should be a lock too

As much as I am upset Bayern didnt win the title I am happy to see such strong competition from them this season. I want Germany to get an extra CL slot so lets do work :mad:

petersen is quite the poacher. he's like a good darren bent. *snicker*

who the hell is perisic? everybody on the dortmund boards are up in arms over this guy. aparently a very underrated midfielder?

Man espn is so sad. I linked goal.com and said that goal is sooo uncredible also and it IMMEDIATELY got deleted.

How the **** do you know him and I dont? Shows how little I was able to watch this season :( :shakes head:

dude u know espn is full of EPL nuthuggers. i default to soccernet USA for MLS stuff, but look at the bar, there's premier league, then 'europe'. i mean, what the ****.

and there's no asia, either. nobody covers j-league correctly, which psises me off

Yeah I hateeee how they are on the EPL nuts! I like how unbiased you are as well with the programming being you are an Arsenal fan. I HATE having to click like 3-4 links just to get to Bayern news.

Side note. My friend said if Bayern and AC Milan match up this CL he would put his money on Milan. Thoughts? :D

ooooh, i defer my decision until after the transfer window.

Tough right! I told him if Bayern get a CB then they should deff be able to handle Milan. Keep in mind Gomez has been on FIRE, and they finally got a legit GK. If Robben is healthy unlike last season then forget it. Mark my words, you are seeing the rise of a dominant Bayern era!

We both agreed though that Barca is hands down the best though. Especially if they get Rossi :( :( :( This Barca team is the best in history of the game :mad:

What's scary is if they actually can pony up the cash and get El Capitan from Arsenal. Fabregas to spell Xavi? A rested Barca team in La Liga and the UCL? Good Lord, what a nightmare, nobody would stop them! Rossi and Villa up front...oh wow.

Bayern are ridiculous in the transfer window so far, and it's really great to see them coming back. However, with AC Milan, I don't think we've seen them at their best, even if they did win the league. Ibra was miserable at the end of the season, Robinho when I've watched did not have big impacts. But they STILL found ways to win comfortably, with their midfield making huge impacts at all times. Mark MY words, AC Milan are not to be trifled with, especially with a shootist like Ibrahimovic still on the team.

(I'm conveniently avoiding any Arsenal speak right now because I'm mad Nasri isn't signing a damned contract yet, and the team might be entering another decade of trophyless seasons)

Here it comes: HSV all the way.

Hamburg? Oh hell no.

I'm off to bed, laters bwu

Wonder who I am loyal to ;) Phelan...the F50 are AMAZING

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...6020102321.jpg

Hamburg ftlllll haha. But I like you since you are a non EPL and can bring variety here!
Night brah

Haha, well thank you.

I just happen to be from Hamburg - so, I guess that makes Phelan and I natural enemies :tiphat:

Robin Van Persie slams Spain and Chelsea 'bitching' - ESPN Soccernet

hahahaha, one of the many reasons why robin is still my favorite player on the squad.

I don't get it, HSV is my natural enemy? JTT, I'm a Gunner, so unless you're from Tottenham, I don't mind :p

He's right!