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Pele was Nascimento as well.

The African Nations Cup kicks off on the 22nd of January, Our Ivory Coast boys Drogba and Kalou are in Group B with Sudan, Burkina Faso and Angola, While it looks very straight forward for the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso will present the biggest challenge in the early stages. ( Chelsea also have a 16 year old player calledBertrand Traore who is selected in the in the Burkina Faso squad. Might be interesting to see him play, Someone for the future maybe? Group A has Senegal with some interesting players to watch like. Demba Ba and Mohamed Diame, from Newcastle and Wigan. Also Moussa Sow from Lille. Group C has Morocco who have players like Adel Taarabt from QPR and Marouane Chamakh from Arsenal. Group D has Ghana who have allot of notable players, too many to mention. One of the tournament favorites.

Lucas Moura is the best

That wouldn't work either as most of the players would have Da Silva on their shirts, Most Brazilians have 4 parts to their names like Lucas Moura full name is Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva. David Luiz is David Luiz Moreira Marinho Ramires is Ramires Santos do Nascimento

He is 19 and hea full senior Brazil international, He's not just some joker. He is a genuine world class young player. He is worth €35m. Any Carroll cost €40m and he is bloody useless. Lucas is the real deal

Chelsea chase rising star Lucas Moura but Brazilian is unlikely to move before the summer Chelsea are in talks to sign Lucas Moura, one of the rising stars of Brazilian football, who is understood to have an €80 million (£66.8 million) release clause in his contract at Sao Paulo. In demand: Lucas Moura (left) is top of Chelsea's wish list but Andre Villas-Boas may have to wait until the summer for the Brazilian's signing Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Jason Burt 11:38PM GMT 25 Jan 2012 10 Comments Although Chelsea are not now expected to make a bid before the January transfer window closes on Tuesday — and never intended offering anywhere near the release clause amount for the 19 year-old attacking midfielder — it is understood that they will renew their interest in the summer if a more reasonable fee can be discussed. Lucas has been regarded as the top target of Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas, who has exhausted every avenue in attempting to persuade Sao Paulo to agree to a deal over the last few weeks. A few days ago sources put the club’s chances of signing the Brazilian international during this window at “no more than five per cent†and it is now believed Chelsea have decided against making an offer. Sources in Brazil claimed on Wednesday that Chelsea, who face competition from a host of Europe’s top clubs including Inter Milan, had offered €35 million (£29 million) for Lucas but it is understood that no formal bid has been submitted this month. Lucas and his advisers, who include the influential agent Wagner Ribeiro, have told Sao Paulo that he will remain in Brazil until the summer

Did anyone see the FIFA Award Show yesterday. All the big names from the football world were there. Pele, Zidane, Beckenbauer, Van Bastan, Ferguson, Baresi, Neymar. Everyone. Also Ferguson won a life time achievement award Team of the year Casillas Alves Pique Vidic Ramos Alonso Xavi Iniesta Messi Rooney Ronaldo Barcelona 5 players Real Madrid 4 players Manchester United 2 players

Ganso would be a good signing for us, He has had his injury problems but he has been playing very well since he returned in early November. There is no doubting his talent and ability. The pass is his main weapon. If we are looking for a creative attacking midfielder with great vision and accuracy to put in defense spiting passed to the feat of Torres or Drogba. Ganso is your man. He is not the quickest but has great touch and skill. I could just see him linking up with Torres like he links up with Neymar. Ganso is a big part of the reason why Neymar has scored 85 goals for Santos.

United could cut a deal for Cahill when they play Bolton on the 14th of this month

Apparently Manchester United are planing to put in a rival bid for Cahill. They did the same with Smalling by stealing him of Arsenal. Also Jones was about to sign for Liverpool until United jumped.

Clint Dempsey? I don't think he would be good enough for Chelsea

I think we have basically got Cahill already. Considering how Coyle and Boas were talking last week. I thinks it is done. I think we should sell Torres and bring in a new striker Leandro Damiao would be great from here in Brazil. He is a great goalscorer and I would love to see Leandro and Sturridge be our starting strikers in the future

It's true. Neymar will be playing for Barcelona next

Too late for Chelsea now. Neymar has signed a deal with Barcelona.

The reason I have Spain at Number 2 is because of their attitude to friendly internationals They don't really care about these games and have blow several results in the past few months. Where as Germany just had an impressive win over Holland, They also beat Brazil in the past 3 months. They have improved there squad, using the friendlies to bring in some new young talent and they have been getting results too. Spain could only draw with Costa Rica last week and they lost to England. So right now Germany are number 1

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Here is how I would rank the 16 team in the tournament Germany Spain Holland Italy Croatia Portugal France England Sweden Russia Ireland Denmark Greece Czech Rep Ukraine Poland

Here is how I'd like to see the draw go Group A Group B Group C Group D Poland. Holland Spain Ukraine Italy. England Russia Germany Croatia. Portugal Sweden Greece Czech Rep Ireland France Denmark

Just as I predicted, All 4 results correct. Well done Ireland, Portugal, Croatia and Czech Rep. You all deserve to go through. Hard luck to Bosnia, Turkey and Montenegro. You put up a good fight but were outclassed in the end. Estonia deserve no praise at all, They were a disgrace to the competition. Didn't even try Ireland took pity on you in the end.

Before last nights game, David Luiz blessed Fernando Torres with the power to score goals. Hallelujah

I don't know what the Irish think. But I do know a thing our two about the International game. And Ireland hav a team that is more than capable of taking out Estonia. They have a great goalkeeper.Shay Given. They have a sold defense controled by a great player called Richard Dunne who defended the entire Russian team in Moscow. Estonia won't be a problem. They have a player call Aiden McGeady who I admier allot. He plays with a Brazilian style. Reminds me of a young Raí Souza. The great Sao Paulo player of the 90's. Damian Duff is a former Chelsea player who was unfairly treated here and was a victim of the Abramovic revolution. He is still a good premiership level player, They have several Premier league Strikers. Keane, Doyle, Long, Walters and Cox who are all good goal scorers. Another point is that No player on the Estonia team would make it on to the Ireland team. Even the Irish bench is strong. Stephen Hunt. Seamus Colman and James McCarthy are three more Premiership players who can make an impact.

I can understand that rivalries at club level in England can lead to fans disliking the other teams players. But I believe If you are English you should support Wayne Rooney for the national team. He is an outstanding player, One of the best strikers in the world. He will be a major loss for England at the European Championships. I find it hard to see how "so called" England fans can just say "We don't need him" I believe Rooney is the best player on the England team. Now that he is out for the group stage, Every other country in the tournament will be hoping to get England in the draw.

According to the ELO world ranking. Ireland are ranked 75 place above Northern Ireland. It is a completely different level of quality for Estonia to face, Estonia don't have a chance

I don't know . Marseille and Lyon would Have quite a big folliwing across french speaking nations of North Africa and West Asia.