2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 132

On August 16 2013 18:29 itsdamuffinman wrote:
It's a done deal btw. Gustavo to Wolfsburg for a €15-20 mio. fee. 5 year contract.

Wolfsburg confirm signing of Luiz Gustavo from Bayern. £14m fee and he'll scoop £114k-a-week. Arsenal miss out.

UEFA will organise a new Under-19 club competition, the UEFA Youth League, for the 2013/14 season after the UEFA Executive Committee approved the name during its meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.

The 32 clubs that qualify for the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage will also be given the opportunity to participate in the UEFA Youth League from next season. A 96-game group stage will take place between September and December 2013, with fixtures being played around or on the same dates as the UEFA Champions League at grounds in close proximity to the venues used for those matches, where logistics allow. The eight group winners and eight runners-up from the UEFA Youth League group stage will then participate in a knockout phase, played in single matches, from February 2014 onwards.

The trophy will be named after the UEFA honorary president Lennart Johansson. This format will remain for a second year before a review is held, which also ensures that the UEFA Youth League runs alongside the existing club competition cycle which ends after the 2014/15 campaign.

Villas-Boas was asked about Bale's mental state. "Nobody knows because the player doesn't speak," he said, referring to Bale's public silence and attempting to deflect the question. "The only thing that we are able to see or you are able to see is the player arriving in and out of the training ground."

On August 17 2013 01:37 CtrlAltDefeat wrote:
The whole saga inflates his ego so much that he is destined for failure at Real.

On August 17 2013 04:59 wingpawn wrote:
According to Polish sources, Villas-Boas stated that Bale is behind on his training schedule by six weeks, meaning he will miss three first Premier League games for Tottenham and European League clash vs Dinamo Tibilisi. The report states that instead of doing his job during the preseason, Bale is constantly seen coming to the training ground and leaving it after couple of hours, but spending all time negotiating something with executives in the offices instead of playing on the pitch. In view of that, does Real really want a player behaving as unprofessional as this guy?

On August 17 2013 04:59 wingpawn wrote:
According to Polish sources, Villas-Boas stated that Bale is behind on his training schedule by six weeks, meaning he will miss three first Premier League games for Tottenham and European League clash vs Dinamo Tibilisi. The report states that instead of doing his job during the preseason, Bale is constantly seen coming to the training ground and leaving it after couple of hours, but spending all time negotiating something with executives in the offices instead of playing on the pitch. In view of that, does Real really want a player behaving as unprofessional as this guy?