Maksimov

I'm sorry for all the Irish, because they simply didn't have a chance tonight. The Danes were just too good. Even Bendtner scored one!

I live in Espoo, but work in Helsinki. I used to live in Tampere for almost six years. I liked it.

Being a Finn my 1st team is not in a top division (JJK). Well, they were in the Finnish league this season, but got relegated back to the first division. Chelsea is my 2nd and only other club.

Ballack was called lazy by some, but he was a pretty decent player in his prime as well.

It's not the band I'm going to see next, but a band I saw last night, but since the name is such a mouthful, I'll just have to give them a mention. So what is the band I went to see last night? Well, it was Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS, of course. Obviously.

I'M SPARTACUS!

I blame Kenyon for Emenalo.

On his day he's an absolute beast of a striker, but he clearly doesn't want to be at Chelsea, so the sooner he leaves and opens up a place for someone who does want to play for the club, the better.

Now Sky Sports is reporting that "senior Everton sources have told Sky Sports News HQ that no deal has been agreed".

A high horse has been mounted... http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-british-transport-police-10569276 Besides, I think Desailly has said it that he knows Terry and doesn't think JT's a racist. I don't see a reason why Desailly would say so if it wasn't his honest opinion. Terry took his place in the squad, so it seems he has respect for Terry after all these years. --- Not relevant to Terry, but Imagine if Chelsea had done this? http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/aston_villa/83064/retro-snapshot-darkie-aston-villas-casually-racist-1950s-mascot.html

Sky Sports is also reporting that the deal has been agreed.

Sometimes clubs are able to keep it from the media. Not often, but it happens. If my totally made up scenario somehow turned out to be true, then I don't see a reason why the deal would necessarily leak into the press right now. I mean, if were a pre-contract type of deal negotations tied in with the sale of Costa, then I don't see why they would necessarily need to go public about it just now. Griezmann has said that he can't leave now because the club couldn't buy a replacement due to the transfer ban, so he's going to play at Atletico for the next season, but I think he will leave next summer. IF Conte wanted Griezmann (none of us know for sure either way) then I think the club should at least bring it up while negotiating the Costa transfer.

Loser talk... I don't have fantasies about football players. Seriously, though... I don't think it's all that far fetched. It might not look like the most probable deal, but it wouldn't be the first time that a surprising football transfer has happened. It's silly season, so I don't see why people can't speculate on different scenarios. I'm sure Conte could find a way. I mean, who would've thought that there was a place for Moses in our starting eleven? I'm not saying Griezmann should be played as a wing back, mind you, but I don't think it would be such a lost cause as you seem to think.

Sell Diego now for a lower price as a "sweetener" to pave way for a deal with Griezmann next summer.

Maybe he's worried that the value of rouble will go down.