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Mourinho is right, Larpota is either daft or mad, cos how do you buy Ibrah for €50m, not to talk of throwing in eto'o as well.
I dont see anything wrong in eto'o demanding top dollar, after all he has consistently delivered for them on the pitch, but the idiots will only take care of their catalan boyz, while they use and dump everyone else.
I was expecting them to add another quality attacker to cover up for henry and messi given their injury problems. Only for them to trade two players for one. Well will only make things easier for us.
Morrati must be laughing his head off, for getting such a deal.

Naturez:
He's going down if he meets any of them. I ain't drunk brah cos i'm not a drinker nor smoker 

If you saw SAF in Lagos, you are limited to three choices
- you were drunk
- you were high
- or simply insane
of all three I think the first is your best option
but if you refuse to accept being drunk, they might come bundle you off to yaba left

NightDoc:
Hi guys, I am trying to learn Yoruba.
One step at a time
How do I say "Yes" "No"
"What are you doing"
"Sleep well/Good night"
"See you tomorrow"

Yes - Beni
No - Beko/Oti/Rara
What are you doing? - Ki lo n se?
Sleep well - Sun re
Good night - O di aro (transliteration: till morning)
See you tomorrow - Ma ri e ni ola

[quote author=BABE! link=topic=211408.msg4022746#msg4022746 date=1244900529]when it comes to conc yoruba songs, its only d gospel onez i lyk
yinka ayefele, tope alabi, bisi alawiye, nd co
dis is 1 4rm tope alabi:
bi mo ba sun bi mo ba ji
iwo lolorun mi.oh oh oh oh oh
bi mo ba lo bi mo ba bo
iwo lo so mi o oh oh oh oh oh
bla bla bla[/quote]conc yoruba? ayefele? I must be missing something

L.D.U. Quito (Reasco N. 20', Ambrossi P. 41', Graf C. 73') 3 - 1 Al-Ittihad (Saud Kearairi 75')

First game of the tournament is Sevilla v Juventus

available at http://atdhe.net/

Final : Juventus (Amauri 26', Iaquinta 66') 2 - 1 Sevilla (Squillaci 80')

MrCrackles:
So why are you wailing "we failed to buy a 5M player"

who dey wail. Me I just dey laugh o!
Na una go wail when u finish outside of the top 4

MrCrackles:

You are midget clown!
We never bidded for Lorik Cana so where is the failure?

bid ke? na person wey get money dey bid, not cash strapped clubs like arsenal

MrCrackles:
Is that what uz suckling on?
Well i got a bag of freshie's. . . . fancy some

Am a madrid boy, we deal only in ripe juicy fruits like benzema, CR and kaka
We dont waste our time on failing to buy 5M players

cos am an analog guy in a digital world

Official: Sunderland Sign Lorik Cana From Marseille
Sunderland have today confirmed that they have signed Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana from French Ligue 1 outfit Olympique de Marseille. The player has signed a four-year deal, with the transfer worth £5 million.
Black Cats boss Steve Bruce was pleased to have secured the defensive midfielder's services, telling the club's official website, "I'm delighted to have brought Lorik to the club, especially given the number of clubs who had expressed an interest in signing him.
"He brings with him a tremendous amount of experience both at club level and internationally and is a great addition to our squad.
"To captain a side of Marseille's stature says a lot about the player and his character, and I'm sure he'll go on to be a fantastic signing for Sunderland."
The 25-year-old began his professional career with FC Lausanne in Switzerland, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain. He then joined Marseille in August 2005, where he skippered the club to a second placed finish in the league last season.
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http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/07/24/1401878/breaking-news-official-sunderland-sign-lorik-cana-from

MrCrackles:
BIINA

Just because Lorik Cana was linked with Arsenal in the past doesnt mean he's top draw!
Sunderland signing him doesnt affect us in anyway. . . . . .
We were never out for him in the first play anyway, because if we were, he wouldav joined Arsenal!

sour grapes

dayokanu:
biina are you clowning? Lorik cana in Sunderland? Abeg gimme link.

http://www.safc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10281~1732872,00.html

BREAKING NEWS: Official: Sunderland Sign Lorik Cana From Marseille 
  . . . . and there goes another one

Arsenal FC of Ijebuland
coached by the venerable Arsene 'tight fisted like tyson in his prime' Wenger

tkb417:
true!

Biina
ok. lets leave fnance for now and lets talk pre-season friendlies

why are we conceding goals in torrents?
abi Rio and Vida don dey kolo

ManU have conceded 4 goals in 3 matches
Source of errors
1st - Evra and partially Van der saar for being  far off his line
2nd - foster
3rd - Evra
4th - Evra
Summary: Problem is Evra who seems to have his mind elsewhere.

If Rooney doesnt become a WPOY top three after this season, the guy should move to another club (preferably madrid  ). The guy has so much potential and such a high footballing IQ that am disappointed he was in the shadows of CR. I have always suspected that SAF had a soft spot and preference for CR as compared to Rooney, particularly after the world cup incident and his numerous whinning about wanting to leave. I never knew SAF could take that from any player.

ogazi007:
@ruudie! that is game of footie for u,even if he didnot do well in inter eto has shown he is one of the deadliest striker on planet earth.
he will surely do well in searia A,but too bad he wont win CL as barca is ready to defend the trophy till next two seasons, we are greedy, lol.

my barca fans! hope u guys would be watching our first preseason match, best of luck and pls cal to update me o!i no fit shout

defend UCL? not even in your wildest dreams. The best you can hope for is a finals appearance.
Nobody can defend the modern day UCL. Never been done, and wont be for years to come.

bgees:
a sad day? who died?

u should be crying and wailing right now!

dont worry, soon the chicken will come home to roost.

Another sad day for justice. Its a shame that Gerrard star status takes him above the law.

tkb417:
heheheh
we have won 3 just like Barca
are you sayng Barca wont win the UCL again?

If a club tht has won three times b4 cannot win again, then what hopes do he likes of Chelsea have?

stop displaying ur pastoral tendencies here. If you wanna prophesy, go to church
what you said has got no footie backing

UTD can win the UCL again if they qualify to play in it

why do we have to sell a player for 80milla again?
u have issues

I didnt say ManU will never win again, just not in the next 3yrs.
I gave you evidence of other clubs that have been on top in the past, yet you say it has no 'footie backing'.

As to a few of your earlier comments: ManU was listed on the stock exchange prior to the Glazer's acquisition, and the financial year for ManU ends in June
But then, your argument is premised on ManU being a great club, and not of the details of their finances. That essentially brings us to square one - are you talking out of pure fanbosim?
Whichever, it is a moot point, as you are convinced of the health of your club, while I see it otherwise.

As to predicting gloom in EPL, of the big four, ManU and Liverpool (don't know if they successful with their refinancing) seem to be in the worst situation, while Arsenal are steadily chipping away at it and have done well on their tight budget. While Chelsea have the largest debt on paper, they are more or less at the least risk cos the debt are mainly soft loans from Roman. The other clubs have banks on thier backs. Yet anyone is free to see things otherwise.

Like I said, I would rather not turn this into a finance thread, so I will simply admit that I am a fanboi who is clueless about the facts

Believe whatever you may as I already told you I didnt want to derail the thread
We will all be watching events unfold in the coming years. Lets see if you will win another UCL or sell another 80m player.

RuuDie:
@ biina,

what are you saying? the glazers will forget that they have debts to settle

man, lets not take panadol ontop their headache abegi. . . . .

Why do you think the debt grew without them taking on new loans? The unpaid interests were added to the capital.

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GROUP STAGE

Group A: Sevilla Spain), Juventus (Italy), Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (S. Korea)
2009-07-24 19:30 Sevilla 1 - 2 Juventus
2009-07-26 19:30 Sevilla 0 - 0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2009-07-28 19:30 Juventus 3 - 0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Group B: Real Madrid (Spain) LDU Quito (Equador and S. America Champions), Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
2009-07-24 21:30 LDU Quito 3 - 1 Al-Ittihad
2009-07-26 21:30 Real Madrid 1 - 1 Al-Ittihad
2009-07-28 21:30 Real Madrid 4 - 2 LDU Quito

Group C: Málaga (Spain), Aston Villa (England), Atlante (Mexico)
2009-07-25 21:30 Málaga 1 - 0 Aston Villa
2009-07-27 19:30 Málaga 1 - 3 Atlante
2009-07-29 19:30 Aston Villa 3 - 1 Atlante

Group D: Lyon (France), Beşiktaş (Turkey), Porto (Portugal)
2009-07-25 19:30 Lyon 1 - 1 Beşiktaş
2009-07-27 21:30 Lyon 0 - 2 Porto
2009-07-29 21:30 Beşiktaş 0 - 0 Porto


KNOCKOUT STAGE

Semi Finals
2009-07-31 19:30 Juventus 2 - 1 Real Madrid
2009-07-31 21:30 Aston Villa 2 - 1 Porto

Final
2009-08-02 21:30 Juventus 0 - 0 (3-4 pen) Aston Villa

* All times are UTC+1 i.e. Lagos

TV Coverage: Gol TV

Website: http://www.copadelapaz.es/EN.html

The idea is to always use the questions as an opportunity to describe your strength and show how you will be more useful for your prospective employer.

I would suggest something along the lines that you feel you are capable of being more productive if given the opportunity but that your current job doesn't seem to afford you that chance, and that the new job would do so. Then you could possibly back it up with an example, e.g. of possibly something you did which was outside your responsibility and the fact that you have not been able to expand such skills.

While I advise you against lying, please resist the urge to provide unwarranted answers at interviews. Your interviewer is trying to evaluate why it would be a good decision to hire you, and thus all your responses should be aimed solely at that objective and nothing else. Any answer that you provide that thus not go towards you being the ideal candidate is a wasted response in the least, and possibly shooting urself in the foot at the worst. Put yourself in the interviewers shoes and give him the answers he wants to hear.

debosky:
We shall see - I guarantee there will be a fire sale of some sorts when players/the club get desperate.

Forget about the firesale. Worst case is those players going out on loan.
Another player, Parejo, is out on is way to getafe, with the usual buy back clause. Deal should be finalised on friday.

debosky:
Yeah right - they've been on sale since June and how many sales are confirmed?
Only 12m of sales - all the other sales are stalling. . . . the fire sale is coming.

A lot of the sales are being held up by the coach, who is still evaluating the players (he just had like 2 wks with the team). For example, one of RVN and Negredo is likely to stay, but there is no confirmation yet on the expected productivity from RVN. Metz is no longer for sale, while Robben seems to have joined the list after the coach requested for Granero. Drenthe is trying to make a case for a position at LB etc. The only confirmed player leaving is huntelaar, others are free to leave but may end up staying depending on who comes in.

By the peace cup there should be a more definite list of exit bound players. Unfortunately for you, all will be outside your price range

debosky:
@ rasputinn

Mahmadou is the other Diarra at Real - after his stint at Lyon and at Madrid, I would very much fancy him given that Madrid will have something close to a fire sale in August to reduce the wages on their books.

Alonso is dead in the water - we can't afford him at the ~30m price Benitez wants. Cana is possible IF Wenger wants him, but that is far from being certain. Inler? Don't know.

If you are waiting for a fire sale at Madrid, forget it. Most of the players would be gone by the end of the month. and anyways we dont deal with ijebu clubs

Ibime:
Nah mate. . . . dont make rubbish statements and try and wriggle out of it. . . . If Calderon had committed financial fraud and it can be proved, he would be in jail by now.


Thanks to Calderon. . . . . unfortunately, Perez has gone and increased the debt by another $200m in a foolish gamble. . .

Nobody is trying to wriggle out of anything. He was found guilty of several wrong doings, including rigging the assembly vote to hide irregularities in the budget and him and mijatovic were accused of taking cuts on player transfers. Unless madrid prosecute him, no one else will and obviously they feel it is an internal matter. Most were appeased when he stepped down as president, or why did you think he left office?

You can read more details of perez first stint  at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_26/b3939423.htm before you jumping to conclusions. Madrid is far from financial risk as you deem. The loans are essentially for short term liquidity. Anyone with an iota of business acumen would realize that.

Ibime:
Your whole post reeks of sciolism. . . . quantify your statement that "Perez left Madrid in good financial health and Calderon embezzled the money". . . . so now you are accusing Calderon of stealing Madrids money. . . . OK. . . . I know when to pull out of arguments with a confuzzled being. . . .

example http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2175/la-liga/2009/06/28/1352112/ramon-calderon-paid-4m-commission-in-lassana-diarra-deal

Unfortunately madrid wont wash their linens in public.

debosky:
Hypia has left Liverpool so exclude him. In essence, Liverpool currently have FOUR EPL team of the season members while we have THREE - wow what a fabulous difference.  

and 3 of theirs made the last one, while none of your made it last season - that is the fabulous difference

debosky:
100m+?? How much have you sold so far?  

Granted Real has it easier, but even at that, an expenditure of $150m on new players ALONE, not talking about running costs at present is going to cause a lot of problems. How much was your expenditure last season based on the income you said you made.

We have sold Saviola (€5M) and Garcia (€7M) . Also on their way out is Negredo (likely at €20M to spurs, but he wants to stay in spain), Huntelaar(€20M), Drenthe, Van der Vaart, Ruud (possibly monaco), Heinze (marseille), and Robben.

The club debt as at the end of last season was €125m from €200m the last year with a pre tax profit of €58m. Enough room to accommodate the debt in question.

Ibime:
Your retort does not surprise me for I have always known Madrid fans to lack comprehension. I couldnt give two hoots about Madrids turnover or profits. An invertebrate like yourself claimed that Perez's model was financially successful. If you wanna look at turnover or profit solely as an indicator of financial success, then I will have to send you back to tkb417 for lessons. Last year, Ibime made more profit than Roman Abramovic (who made a loss) but Abramovic will always remain infinitely better off than Ibime.

Perez depleted the book value of Madrid in a trade-off for turnover, and you are here yarning me about Perez's turnover. Fernando Sanz left Perez with enough convertible assets. What did Perez leave Calderon? Perez left him nothing, so that the next time Perez wanted to embark on his hare-brained scheme, he had to go running cap-in-hand to Banco Santander.

So madrid is now worth less than they were before perez took over the first time? or is Valdebas poorer than the old facilities?
Perez left madrid in good financial health, but calderon and mijatovic squandered and embezzeled the money, doctoring the books to cover it up. Or you never wondered why we had so many dutch players on our roster, each bought at overpriced figures and (outside of Robnho) sold our players cheaply. The idiots even let beckham go for free.
Or did you think CR was bought by Perez? The pre-agreement for the 80M was signed by Calderon, and madrid had to honor it or pay 30M. You should stick to your russian club and not make uninformed statements about madrid.
You can question the success of perez's formula on the pitch, but he has always gotten it right in the cash department.