transfer round up

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Chatter from the sidelines

Chatter from the sidelines

• East vs West, winner hosts MLS Cup? Clint Dempsey talks changes to AT&T MLS All-Star Game format Now, off to read what baseball does with East vs West before I can understand this article


• Southampton boss Ronald Koeman relishing new Europa League challenge Southampton fans are well made up
  


• Juventus prepare move for former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri Since they can't get Draxler


• Charlie Austin will reject Aston Villa and Newcastle to join Chelsea or Spurs this summer Actually, I'm surprised that he hasn't been attached to a club just yet, but the season is still young


• Bologna ready to take Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli back to Serie A Oh, Bologna <3


• Besiktas in talks over Gomez deal leaving Fiorentina ?


• Tottenham defender Vlad Chiriches on brink of Napoli move He's already there, but the Napoli boss admitted that he hasn't seen Chiriches play. Prepare for frustration, with glimpses of possibility, Napoli. But mostly frustration


• MLS All-Stars vs. Tottenham: Score and Reaction from MLS All Star Game 2015 Spurs lost 1-2. Defence, what's that all about, Spurs?

Pictures

Drogba in Montreal

Drogba is playing for... Toronto Impact?

Kenedy will be the rare young talent that's being fast tracked to Chelsea's starting XI instead of being loaned out

He's from Brazil and all of nineteen

Manchester United lost to PSG. De Gea seemingly is still unsettled, yadda yadda yadda

Vidal with Bayern. Still can't believe it. But he'll fit in. Doesn't he speak German (from his former stint before going to Juventus?

Celtic still in with a chance for qualifying in Champions League

MLS all stars 2- 1 Spurs

MLS all stars got a penalty and Kaka scored

Spurs defence went begging (again!) when Villa scored. DeBeasley is still playing football?

That's Spurs 2nd kit in action. I don't mind it? Their third kit isn't purple. I'm disappointed

Read the commentary on this, and I have questions. What's an 'expansion team' if the MLS seems to keep on expanding? Aren't all teams expansion teams? Anyway, Kaka and Villa are the first two players from 'expansion' teams to score.

That being said, it seems that Delle Ali (lad from MK Dons, boo at MK Dons) impressed, so did Winks (academy), and Trippier (formerly of Burnley). Spurs is going to be the side of saplings in a forest of trees this season. The consensus is, although Spurs have done well in moving out the deadwood, they're still behind, because they need a second forward, and a holding midfielder (they tried Dier in the role, but he's too young and reckless)

Onomah is another academy lad plying his trade. He might go out on loan

Spurs has a growing fanbase in the US. It's not as numerous as Arsenal or Manchester United, but its growing. Spurs has a narrative of interest to the Americans. The NFL connection will help

OP: done! Cheers, jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill

Comments

[thinkweism.livejournal.com]

and i am so happy for drogba! montreal are a mid-table team atm (last season was atrocious for them, so being mid-table in the western conference is a good start right now!), but i know a big pull for drogba was the location & familiarity of being able to speak french. i know that has to be of comfort - finally being able to speak your mother tongue without feeling self-conscious about needing to speak perfect english or what have you. ngl, i'm super happy for montreal because i know they were really pulling through and hoping that drogba would come to play for them. they could use the publicity and popularity so i am sending him nothing but good vibes all the way.

and LOL, idk if anyone saw this (my mom heard this on the radio while she was helping a patient & called me about it), but las vegas has a mob museum. i don't gamble or smoke, so when i go to vegas - i am all about shopping & visiting their museums, collections and exhibits; they have some amazing ones and the mob museum is definitely one of them. but anyway, the museum is going to host a permanent display of FIFA's fuckery called "the beautiful game turns ugly (http://www.espnfc.us/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/2540572/fifa-corruption-exhibition-set-to-open-in-las-vegas)" and it opens in september. so i am definitely going to be going back again later this year to check this out and see what they have to put in the collection.

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Lol, I saw an article about the FIFA display in the Guardian! Will you take pictures and share them with us? XD

[thinkweism.livejournal.com]

i'm genuinely curious to see what it is they decided or are going to place into the exhibit. lmao, like, i really want some concrete evidence like photos of their backhand deals, negl - but that would be too much & perfect.

but of course! i need to order a new camera battery charger since i lost mine apparently, but you know i will be sharing the goods, regardless of what they are, for the LOL factor