More transfer gossip (possible deals):

Alex (PSG) to AC Milan for about £5m.
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) to Liverpool for about £15m.
Guillermo Ochoa (AC Ajaccio) to Barcelona on free transfer.
Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid) to Chelsea for about £32m + a player in exchange.
Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) to Juventus for about £15m.

Unlikely deals:

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) to Barcelona for about £56m.
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) to Arsenal for about £15m.

Plus this:

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

June 03 2014 14:34 GMT

#17504

Every paper in England leading that Fabregas is now Chelsea's number 1 target to replace Lampard >.<
Also we want Koke as well....they need to make up their mind

God i hate the summer haha.
Pretty sure 90% of the deals wont be done until after the world cup now.

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

June 03 2014 14:58 GMT

#17505

I don't think Barça will sell Masche..

He's been the most consistent player this whole past-season. without many of his great dashes and ball recovery capabilities, we wouldn't have "fought" the Liga title until last playday.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

June 03 2014 15:01 GMT

#17506

Yeah i mean selling Masch is the stupidest of things for Barcelona. He should be playing alongside Busquets to give more freedom to the attackers and then buy in some more defenders like Pique who are comfortable on the ball and have two players in front of them that can bail them out of trouble.
4-2-2-2 could be a good formation for Barcelona i don't know but selling Masch the only decent defensive player in the squad now would be quite silly?

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

June 03 2014 15:04 GMT

#17507

On June 04 2014 00:01 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah i mean selling Masch is the stupidest of things for Barcelona. He should be playing alongside Busquets to give more freedom to the attackers and then buy in some more defenders like Pique who are comfortable on the ball and have two players in front of them that can bail them out of trouble.
4-2-2-2 could be a good formation for Barcelona i don't know but selling Masch the only decent defensive player in the squad now would be quite silly?

No wonder people are presenting today a new "querella" to demand elections.

With the current board, the club, and most importantly, the philosophy that made it great, are in danger.

Bunch of fucking ignorants running the club right now, specially Bartomeu and Zubizarreta.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

June 03 2014 16:30 GMT

#17508

MLS Live has now added Chromecast support, w00t!

http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/mls-matchday-ready-chromecast

warding

Portugal2395 Posts

June 03 2014 16:57 GMT

#17509

The Benfica yard sale is on. Matic was sold in January for 25M€, Rodrigo and André Gomes should head towards Valencia - signed by the new president's company also in January, for 45M€, Enzo Peréz is now supposedly one step from Valencia also for 25M€. Guilherme Siqueira finished his loan period and is heading to Atletico Madrid (from Granada) for 10M€. Garay should be leaving for 20M€, the only question is where.

That's 5-6 starters gone... for 115M€ total (of course a % is shared with funds and others).

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

June 03 2014 18:30 GMT

#17510

I can live with seeing Fabregas in a Barca shirt, RVP in a United shirt, and Nasri, Clichy, et al in a Man City shirt, but I can't bear the sight of Fabregas in a Chelsea shirt. Just the thought of it makes me want to vomit.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

June 03 2014 18:37 GMT

#17511

The intrigue surrounding Oriol Rosell thickened on Tuesday as Portuguese media outlets reported that the Sporting Kansas City midfielder has traveled to Lisbon to complete a transfer to Portuguese top-flight side Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Source

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

June 03 2014 19:24 GMT

#17512

On June 04 2014 03:30 Ferrose wrote:
I can live with seeing Fabregas in a Barca shirt, RVP in a United shirt, and Nasri, Clichy, et al in a Man City shirt, but I can't bear the sight of Fabregas in a Chelsea shirt. Just the thought of it makes me want to vomit.

It is quite unreal how fast the odds have dropped.
I honestly would prefer Koke anyway due to the way he has been built at Atletico but Fabregas if he does the job he did for Arsenal for us im happy with also.
Damn i would make sure he celebrates when he scores vs Arsenal too

hasuprotoss

United States4664 Posts

June 03 2014 19:28 GMT

#17513

On June 04 2014 01:30 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
MLS Live has now added Chromecast support, w00t!

http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/mls-matchday-ready-chromecast

Now if only it didn't randomly log me out during games, we'd be set!

warding

Portugal2395 Posts

June 03 2014 20:19 GMT

#17514

On June 04 2014 03:37 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:

Show nested quote +

Source

The gentleman has taken a picture with Sporting Clube de Portugal's president, so I guess it's a done deal.

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 03 2014 21:40 GMT

#17515

Wait warding, wasn't Garay like #1 MU target after Ferdinand & Vidić departure? They were talking about this deal for so long it almost felt like a sure thing. After all, United needs AT LEAST one centre back urgently.

Honestly, I can easily imagine Barca without both Mascherano and Fabregas. Bear in mind that for like 5 or 6 years straight, they've played with just one defensively oriented midfielder and that was Busquets. switching to 2 of them when there's still room needed for Xavi + Iniesta + Messi + 2 wingers would mean one guy less in the offense plus I don't really think that Busquets, with his skill and consistency, needs a guy to help him. And, after all, Mascherano was an "artificial CB" all the time -unlike Pique, I don't remember him ever being particularily on fire while in Blaugrana.

Back then I thought Fabregas will be a natural successor to Xavi, getting more and more playtime as time runs by and eventually taking over the reign, but nope - they turned him into a filler role, despite many good performances.

In short, Cesc, Masche and - especially - Song are free to go. Better keep Alexis though!

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

June 04 2014 04:31 GMT

#17516

If Mascherano came back to Liverpool I would be happy, I think...

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

June 04 2014 05:23 GMT

#17517

Cesc cannot be Xavi's successor, it's not the same type of player. Cesc is creative and very offensive, Xavi organizes from the back and is much more calculated. The best players on the market would be Gundogan or Koke.

I don't see Mascherano leaving the club. He can be Busquets' sub + 3rd CB behind Piqué and the guy they're going to buy.

Unfortunately I think they're going to sell Alexis and Tello (maybe even Pedro if they buy Aguero or a 9). Alexis is really close to Juventus (trade + money for Vidal?) and Tello to Porto.

Mensol

14536 Posts

June 04 2014 09:21 GMT

#17518

Looking good imo :3

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TBH would love to see him scoring against Arsenal haha. That being said, I can't see him playing other than Arsenal in PL.

Now imagine him high five Mourinho after scoring against Arsene.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

June 04 2014 11:36 GMT

#17519

I know this isn't the tournament on everyones or even anyones lips right now but I was reading about whats been going on in the Asian Champions League so far this year having not watched or read anything about it until now. I was very surprised and disappointed to see the format of the league has changed. Previously the group stage was divided into separate East Asian and Central/Arabian Asian groups and this makes sense as there are issues with jet lag,cost and the fact that no fans are prepared to fly that far for group games. However after that it used to be (I think) random who you played in the knock out stages so teams from East Asia could play teams from Central Asia. However now it looks like teams from different areas can't play each other until the final.

To me that makes it basically two completely separate competitions with only 1 game between them where the winner of each play each other in the final. This just seems a bit lame to me. I don't know, if they're going to do that maybe they should just go their different ways and have the East Asian Champions League and the Central Asian Champions League.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

June 04 2014 14:19 GMT

#17520

Atletico have confirmed a deal has been agreed with Getafe to sign goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya on a three-year contract, subject to a medical.

Courtios is returning to Chelsea then it seems?