English Premier League 2011/2012 Season Thread
May 16, 2012 | 05:06 PM
#1211
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I'm with Alex - Berbatov could have done so much more with playing time. Since he's a back-to-goal type of striker (like Van Nistelrooy was), he's a great match for Rooney's direct style... I can only imagine how many goals he'd have scored from spills by careless keepers. A poacher's poacher... He'll score plenty wherever he ends up. Bayern maybe?
May 18, 2012 | 12:00 AM
#1212
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I have no doubt VanPersie will be gone. IMO, there's not chance he's turning down double the money. I wouldn't either. I really hope we get out there in the market. We need to guess what we can get for him and just start spending it... 
May 18, 2012 | 12:56 AM
#1213
I'm closing this thread.
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May 18, 2012 | 01:39 AM
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Yeah. I wouldn't say Mertersacker/Benayoun/Arteta was a good swap for Nasri/Fabregas.
I'm really hoping Podolski blasts off and becomes a major player. It's funny (not funny) how City has everyone -including United- scrambling to improve. Damned bottomless pockets!!!
I'm really hoping Podolski blasts off and becomes a major player. It's funny (not funny) how City has everyone -including United- scrambling to improve. Damned bottomless pockets!!!
May 18, 2012 | 04:45 AM
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Despite broad approval across Europe, in early 2010, the European Club Association succeeded in delaying the full introduction of the FFP Regulations to give clubs more time to adjust.[58] The original timescale was lengthened, with a phased implementation over five years meaning that the full rules will apply in 2015 instead of 2012.
May 18, 2012 | 04:02 PM
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Once the ball is rolling this hard on something like this, it's pretty much inevitable: (From the Guardian)
"Manchester City are confident they are best placed to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal, with the champions considering making him the club's highest-paid player. Khaldoon al-Mubarak, the chairman, may sanction offering the Dutchman more than the £250,000 weekly salary earned by Yaya Touré.
The potential deal is far enough along for the possible move to have been the talk of the dressing room for a few weeks. City, who have been conducting homework on the striker for some time, are confident that Van Persie will leave Arsenal and that the lure of joining the title winners plus a salary that would take him beyond Touré and Carlos Tevez, the club's highest-paid players, will convince him to move on.
The Dutchman, who has a year remaining on his deal with the north London club, held talks on Wednesday with Arsène Wenger and Arsenal's chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, to hear what improved terms he might be offered.
But despite Wenger stating he wanted to sort out Van Persie's future before he joined up with Holland's Euro 2012 squad, the Arsenal captain made it clear he has no intention of re-signing at the moment as he wants to listen to all prospective suitors.
Manchester United are thought to retain an interest in him, with Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona also monitoring the situation. Van Persie will turn 29 in August and knows he has only one more major move with regard to a bumper contract and chance of adding to his Uefa Cup (while at Feyenoord) and FA Cup winners' medals.
So anxious are Arsenal to retain Van Persie, the club have barred him from talking while on international duty. "We made a deal with Arsenal and he won't talk to the press," a spokesman for the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB, said.
The striker travelled to Holland on Thursday to begin his national team's preparations for the European Championship finals."
"Manchester City are confident they are best placed to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal, with the champions considering making him the club's highest-paid player. Khaldoon al-Mubarak, the chairman, may sanction offering the Dutchman more than the £250,000 weekly salary earned by Yaya Touré.
The potential deal is far enough along for the possible move to have been the talk of the dressing room for a few weeks. City, who have been conducting homework on the striker for some time, are confident that Van Persie will leave Arsenal and that the lure of joining the title winners plus a salary that would take him beyond Touré and Carlos Tevez, the club's highest-paid players, will convince him to move on.
The Dutchman, who has a year remaining on his deal with the north London club, held talks on Wednesday with Arsène Wenger and Arsenal's chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, to hear what improved terms he might be offered.
But despite Wenger stating he wanted to sort out Van Persie's future before he joined up with Holland's Euro 2012 squad, the Arsenal captain made it clear he has no intention of re-signing at the moment as he wants to listen to all prospective suitors.
Manchester United are thought to retain an interest in him, with Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona also monitoring the situation. Van Persie will turn 29 in August and knows he has only one more major move with regard to a bumper contract and chance of adding to his Uefa Cup (while at Feyenoord) and FA Cup winners' medals.
So anxious are Arsenal to retain Van Persie, the club have barred him from talking while on international duty. "We made a deal with Arsenal and he won't talk to the press," a spokesman for the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB, said.
The striker travelled to Holland on Thursday to begin his national team's preparations for the European Championship finals."
