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[mad_mac]

Do we have any option o him or Tore?

[Zeta Orionis]

Don't think so.

[PloKoon13]

http://www.fifa.com/...id=rssfeed&att=

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Argentine legend Hernan Crespo leads a host of semi-retired world stars to be auctioned tonight to play in a new football tournament in India, organisers said. The Premier League Soccer (PLS), the brainchild of officials in the state of West Bengal, is due to start on 25 February in an attempt to fuel growing Indian interest in the beautiful game.
Six "icon" players including Crespo and Italy's FIFA World Cup™-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro will be picked by five franchises to play alongside local players over seven weeks. Former Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires of France, Jay Jay Okocha of Nigeria, ex-Argentina captain Juan Pablo Sorin and Robbie Fowler of England will also compete.
At least 15 other international players, mostly from South America, will feature in the auction, said Bhaswar Goswami of the Celebrity Management Group, which is organising the tournament with authorities in Kolkata. "This is an exciting time for Indian football," Goswami told AFP. "These legends will make the sport even more popular in the country. Television coverage will ensure this tournament will attract viewers across India. Details are being worked out."
Football has a huge following in West Bengal, where the state capital Kolkata hosted a friendly between Argentina and Venezuela in September. The sport is viewed as having great potential in India, despite the dominance of cricket, with English side Liverpool setting up an academy and Blackburn Rovers now owned by Indian firm Venky's.
Former Chelsea striker Crespo commands the highest reserve price of $840,000 at the auction, followed by Cannavaro ($780,000). Seven foreign coaches, including ex-England and Liverpool star John Barnes, will also feature in the tournament, which hopes to emulate the success of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The five city franchises of Kolkata, Barasat, Howrah, Durgapur and Siliguri must have at least one famous foreign player and coach, Goswami said. The PLS has faced the set-back of being refused by the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) to allow Indian players from the domestic I-League to join.

[Spiller86]

Jacopo Sala on the board for Hamburg v Bayern last night, with their only shot on goal.

[Zeta Orionis]

Good piece on the beeb from Le Saux

http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/16923518

[PloKoon13]

http://www1.skysport.../11095/7494904/

A short article on Anelka's final weeks at Chelsea.

[Zeta Orionis]

Borini is doing well at Roma.

[Castiel]

Well at least we know we can produce the talent. Now if only we had a manager willing and able to bring them in.

[mad_mac]

Borini scoing, again

[Zeta Orionis]

I wish we'd kept him, he reminded me somewhat of Rossi, a gifted youngster who when given the chance at first team level proved Man utd wrong for letting him go, but supposedly he wanted about £70k per week. Though that pales in comparison to the reported £150k Torres is on, and I'm sure Borini could have managed at least the 4 or 5 goals Torres has if he'd had as many minutes on the pitch.

I hope we at least have a buy back or something..anything :-(

[Weareallhumanrace]

i never understood why we let Borini go, he was doing well at swansea. What i heard was that him and Carlo didn't get along, is it true or maybe he was home sick like fabregas lol

Edited by Weareallhumanrace, 19 February 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[Scott]

Alex just scored an amazing goal from a 35 yard free kick. Good for Carlo and Alex.

[PloKoon13]

Here's a video of that Alex goal:

View on Dailymotion

[mad_mac]

That hurts to watch

[footballoholic]

I wonder if under another manager our backline yesterday would have been:

Ivan - Alex - Luiz - Zhirkov

[EdinburghBlue]

footballoholic, on 22 February 2012 - 06:49 AM, said:

I wonder if under another manager our backline yesterday would have been:

Ivan - Alex - Luiz - Zhirkov

Funny you should mention him.... I still think we made a mistake moving him on, and I still think he's a much better option than Malouda.

[Zola]

Anelka scores inside first minute of friendly China debut

http://football-talk...shanghai-debut/

Edited by Zola, 22 February 2012 - 11:48 AM.

[Nibs]

mad_mac, on 22 February 2012 - 05:56 AM, said:

That hurts to watch

Indeed it does.

Hearing Borini doing well hurts me even more.

I'm going to go and lie down and have a little cry..........................

[dkw]

Nibs, on 22 February 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

Indeed it does.

Hearing Borini doing well hurts me even more.

I'm going to go and lie down and have a little cry..........................

I was gutted when he left, and I`m just as gutted now as it was obvious he was gonna be a good un. But if its true about his demands (or perhaps his agents) then there wasn`t a lot we could do really.

[ace]

EdinburghBlue, on 22 February 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

Funny you should mention him.... I still think we made a mistake moving him on, and I still think he's a much better option than Malouda.

I agree with that, but it was pretty hard to turn down the money that Anzhi were offering.