British football gossip

USA looks likely, but aspirational Premiership sides in the South East are in with a shout. I doubt Victoria would allow him to move to Tyneside. I reckon he'd be a great signing, purely in terms of the revenue he'd generate.

Yeah, whoever he goes to. Let's milk those Japanese for all they're worth!!!

Precisely - in Beckham you're buying far more than just a midfielder who is a little bit past his best - you're buying a potentially massive revenue stream. SKY will show more of your games, more shirts will be sold, your global profile will improve. Believe me, Beckham is still hot property, he's just a bit shit at football these days. Better than Davids though.

Hold the presses, looks like they've changed there mind!!

Beckham's no got a clue!!!

What’s the difference between Alex Ferguson and James Brown ?









































Alex will still be playing Giggs this year !

Oldham can expect crowds of more than 120,000 when they become the first English club to tour Bangladesh in May - their average home gate is around 6,000. (Daily Star)

3Lions would reply to that news, but he's probably booking flights to Bangladesh as we speak...

And here's one for bluedave
Man City? How butch.

I think they're gonna set Bangladesh up as a feeder club for Latics, from a population of 147,365,352, there must be at least one Paki Pele!

Mourinho on his way do we think ?

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accused the Stamford Bridge board of refusing to back him in the January transfer window.

Secret talks between Bayern and Chelsea.
Robben plus 10 million for Hargreaves.

Do Chelsea really need another central midfielder though? I can only see them going through with it to piss off and stop Utd from getting him.

I read that Robben was going to Bayern for 15m and then Bayern would allow Hargreaves to go to Scum

According to Mourinho, because he's not allowed any players in, he wont let anyone leave either? Wonder what the odds are that he'll be gone in a couple of weeks?

Best gossip I read today...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich won't ask Russia coach Guus Hiddink to replace Mourinho for fear of upsetting president Vladimir Putin. (Daily Mail)

Everton bid for Barton.

Get your sticky hands off our boy, ya toffee bastards

He is an Everton fan I think, will be interesting to see if he did in fact have a release clause in his contract.

Sebastian Deisler just announced he'll quit playing football from today on, which could bring some news to the Robben-Hargreaves thingie... Robben+15m for Hargreaves... doesn't sound too bad.

Unsettled Villa midfielder Stilian Petrov looking for a move back to Celtic. Villa said yes for 4m, but Celtic said 3m.

All unsubstantiated, but this is a gossip thread after all.

Petrov has hardly missed a game for Villa. Also, Villa paid 6.5M for him, no way he is going for that price.

Just going on what I've heard. His wife is very unsettled and has moved back to Glasgow with their son.

Surprised as well cos Martin O'Neill loves the guy.

would rather be in Brum than Glasgow personally. Maybe it reminds her more of Bulgaria?

Barton for everton would be a good signing. despite the fact he's a psycho i think he's a really good player.

Wash your mouth out with soap and water you heathen.

Petrov's wife obviously doesnt like brummies OH AAAA!!! Cant blame her myself!!

And another one bites the dust !

Coventry Manager Micky Adams sacked after losing at home to Bristol City in the cup.

AC Milan confirm interest in Real Madrid striker Ronaldo.

Ronaldo to Milan

Please please please please please please please be true..

Fancy a laugh first thing in the morning?

Now that Dong looks set to play for Man Utd, I finally have a full team. Although I am still looking for a manager.

Quim; Kaka, Cox, Doodoo, Shittu; Kuntz, Butt, Ballack, Batty; Dong, Dickov

Subs: Bent, Bent, Windass, Ball, Seaman

Ground: Wankdorf Stadium
(As seen on football 365, but worth sharing)

I'd love to her the dulcit tones of John Motson giving it, "And Seaman dribbles out of his box to Cox, who taps it infield to Dong. Butt takes it deep from Dong, doing a lovely dummy past Kaka as he picks out Doodoo from Kuntz. And here is Ballack playing Dickov with Shittu. And My word! Batty bats up the wing, whips in a curved ball over the defence, Dong heads it straight back in to Kaka... and it's a goal!!! They've cum!!!"

Lucas Neill is going to the Hammers...but why??

It's not a BIG step forward...as he wanted to do...

Its all the money game. Apparently West Ham are offering him much more money than the scousers.

Chelsea's manager is apparently called 'Wanker' by its owner. So that should do.

Bento from Sporting Lisbon is yer man.

Could also go for Damien Dropsy from Bordeaux or Rod Fanni from Nice during the January transfer window.

Glad I dropped Glen Johnson from my team, the dumb cunt just caught trying to nick bog seats

The offer from Liverpool was GBP25,000 a week, on the understanding he'd be a squad player.

West Ham offered an incredible GBP60,000 a week, regular first team football, plus a transfer when they enter the Championship next season.

Clearly he's looking after himself here, but I'm at a loss to understand why anyone considers 60k a week good value for an average full-back who in every game looks prone to conceding a penalty and/or getting sent off.

A laughable version of the story can be found here, which makes him sound like Matthias Sammer circa 1996.

And LuaLua got nicked for assault. Enquiring minds wonder whether he attacked his victim with said toilet seat?

All bloody pikeys in Portsmouth anyway. They'd even nick yer ship if you didn't tie it up tight.

Just heard that James McFadden has broken his foot playing heady tennis!!!

Though the rumours that it was with Will Young's balls have yet to be confirmed.

Spurs get a bye to the next round of the UEFA Cup.

Spurs get Bye

another pro - jewish fix allegedly

Wouldn´t suprise me if NFS FC ( No foreskin FC) had bribed their way in. Not everything is kosher here. Spurs just worried that the Yid Army would take a pounding from Feyernoord nutters.

FA Cup Fifth round draw -

Chelsea v Blackpool or Norwich
Watford v Ipswich
Preston v Man City
Plymouth v Derby County
Man Utd v Reading
Arsenal or Bolton v Blackburn
Bristol City or Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion
Fulham v Tottenham

US international in Newcastle for medical... Sounds decent enough innit

Well, it is deadline day, and there are a few big moves in the pipeline I am sure.

Toon signed the american lad on loan with a few to permanent, he was voted US Footballer of the year last year (not saying much I suppose)

Shitty were in for Mido, but it looks like he is now going to Celta Vigo. Now they are after Collins John, I thought they had just got the name mixed, but then saw he was black

Spurs are after Sheringham Setting their sights high, I am sure the 40 year old will help raise their expensively assembled side from mid table shyteness...

Cos you won't win the league and you won't win the cup
You're not going down and your not going up... Was written for the Spurts!

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from bbc

what a bunch of incompetents

another anti jewish conspiracy allegedly

From the quotes of the week section on the BBC website. This made me laugh!!!

"One bus! You've only got one bus!" A chant made by the Aberdeen fans to the very few Kilmarnock fans that travelled up north to see their team get humped.
From last week's Quotes of the Week. You gotta wonder what they were watching! (Adrian Cooper, UK). Ahem, yes, I think it should have actually said 'thumped'! That's a first - getting an entry in our own Quotes of the Week page! Ed.

I think you'll all agree with me that the best anyone can hope from the Spain/England friendly is that when Joey comes on he punches Gerrad's teeth in and in one fluid movement launches into a flying roundhouse kick that decapitates Lampard. Also, if you english are lucky the collateral damage from the attack might maim Stewart Downing - not that it would stop McClaren from selecting him.

Anyone watching the Spurs v ManPoo game? Can anyone explain to me how Scholes was on the pitch long enough to score the third goal? And why did Ronaldo get a penalty for some top Hollywood acting yet Berbatov was denied? And why, if he was denied for diving, did he not receive a yellow card?

The referee in the game has been exceptionally poor. Mind you, if we went to video analysis, like some people want to see 100% installed, we would probably only be halfway throught the first half anwyay