Tuesday's B*ll*x

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PERFECTLY TIME TO SHITSTIR BOLLOX
City's dressing room divided - Boateng
Manchester City will not reach the final of the Champions League because there is no sense of unity within the squad, according to Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng.
Germany international Boateng is set to line up against City on Tuesday, having joined Bayern in a £13.5 million deal this summer following one season with Roberto Mancini's side.
His solitary Premier League campaign was blighted by a string of injuries that restricted him to just 24 appearances in all competitions, and placed him behind Micah Richards and Pablo Zabaleta in the pecking order.
Although Boateng said he is relishing the prospect of linking up with his former team-mates, he could not resist a swipe at City, who are second in the Premier League table after an unbeaten start to the season.
"They're a huge squad and the team had no sense of togetherness," Boateng said. "I do not see them getting to the final because there are others (who are better). We have the better team. But I still have a lot of contact with the players in England and clearly I will be teasing them."
City will be pushing for their maiden Champions League win at the Allianz Arena, following a 1-1 draw at home to Napoli in their opening group game.

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OTHER BOLLOX
Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol is reportedly interesting Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, but insists he has no plans to leave the Bernabeu. talkSHIT

Liverpool are prepared to let midfielder Jonjo Shelvey leave on loan in a bid to kick-start his Anfield career. Daily Mail

Bolton defender Gary Cahill could be in line for a stunning move to Barcelona. Pep Guardiola thinks Cahill could be a long- term replacement for Nou Camp veteran Carles Puyol. Daily Star

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that defender Thomas Vermaelen holds the key in tempting Belgium team-mate Jan Vertonghen to Emirates Stadium. Daily Star

Paris St Germain look set to go head-to-head with Arsenal to sign Real Madrid and Brazil midfielder Kaka. talkSHIT

Former Blackburn forward El Hadji Diouf is attracting interest from a number of clubs, including Premier League side Wigan and Championship club Doncaster. the Guardian

Swansea are interested in signing former Arsenal frontman Nacer Barazite, who is in sparkling form for Austria Wien. Metro

Fiorentina midfielder Alessio Cerci, who is believed to be a target for Manchester City, is now being tracked by Juventus. talkSHIT

Brighton's teenage defender Lewis Dunk has already been looked at by Arsenal and Fulham - and now Chelsea are also monitoring his progress. Metro

West Brom are believed to be monitoring the progress of Fiorentina winger Boadu Maxwell Acosty. talkSHIT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger may look to bolster his strikeforce with a surprise £1m bid for Manchester United striker Michael Owen in January. Caught Offside

Blackburn are being linked with a move for Celta Vigo's Spanish left-sided player Roberto Lago. Inside Futbol

Lokomotiv Moscow president Olga Smorodskaya has denied that his club have opened talks with Spurs over a January switch for striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. talkSHIT

Manchester United have been given encouraging signs in their bid to land Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Mateo Kovacic - the man dubbed 'the new Luka Modric'. Metro

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor believes he and his team-mates have been "spurred on" this season by being written off as relegation candidates. talkSHIT

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres admits he is grateful to the club's fans for sticking by him as he looks to get on the goal trail again. talkSHIT

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba took a break from Premier League duties by joining former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann at Oktoberfest in Munich. Daily Mail

Defender Sebastian Squillaci is back at training with Arsenal this week - for the first time since the club failed in their attempts to sell him in the transfer window. Metro

England boss Fabio Capello is set to recall Shaun Wright-Phillips after witnessing the winger's new lease of life at QPR. Daily Mirror

Portuguese striker Salvador Agra is recovering after being knocked unconscious during a game, and then dropped off a stretcher by Portuguese side Olhanense's bungling medical team. Metro

[Mikhail Chigorin]

From Boateng's (alleged ??) comments, it would appear that the training reports from Mr Higginbottom (in which our players look to have bonded with each other very well) must be nothing more than a cynical City propaganda exercise.

My goodness, we've all really been deceived, haven't we ??

[bluej]

Player who didn't settle and was sold less than a year after arriving says there is no 'unity' in the squad. Who'd have thunk it eh?

[mancity dan]

Boateng was unlucky with injuries here, the good thing about signing him was Micah realising he needed to up his game again. This has worked wonders. Don't believe everything you read in the papers as most of it is bo**ox. I still hope that he gets an elbow i the head from dzeko and one in the groin from Aguero... ;o)

[david yearsley]

Nice one Jerome - just what we needed - I´d check your arse after the game coz you might have new orifice down there

[PeterParker]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2914/cha ... e-spending

Bayern Munich's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has hit out at clubs who he believes are not shaping up to adhere to Uefa’s forthcoming Financial Fair Play rules, stating that those like Champions League rivals Manchester City are climbing the ladder thanks to wealth alone.

The German league has been seen as one of the most financially responsible in recent seasons, and the Bavarians' chairman is happy that Uefa president Michel Platini is implementing rules to try and make the playing field more level, insisting that the game is currently unfair.

Rummenigge, whose team face Manchester City on Tuesday, told DRadio: “In the words Financial Fair Play really lies the truth. It seems obvious at the moment that there is financial unfair play. And it is quite clear: we have a world in which the Arabs, Russians and Italians play a dramatic role.

“Because of their wealth they can make transfers and accordingly can improve the quality of their teams, and I think that cannot be the way of the future.”

He also commented on the false economy of splashing millions on Europe’s elite in order to make a profit in the future.

“When a Manchester City, Chelsea or Inter or Milan can make large transfers, the princely sums they pay suggest that at the end of the day they are on par with the second division in Germany,” he said.

“Everything is so expensive: the transfer fees, salaries, and all. And that led to Uefa finding that over 60% of all professional clubs in Europe are taking financial losses”

He also suggested that he had doubts over how these clubs would meet the rules put in place by Uefa, stating: “The sheikhs who own these clubs have promised Michel Platini that they will ensure that the rules are adhered to. We are now - it has to be said perhaps even more - in a test phase. In this test phase, the clubs must change.

“Especially the clubs that have recorded very high losses every year. And there are candidates that give the impression that they are ready.

“Inter, for example. Milan are also holding back very much in terms of spending money. Accordingly, I can imagine, they are well on their way to meeting these criteria. For other clubs I don't have as much faith.”


I am starting to think that he is really obsessed.

[BlueinBosnia]

Bolton defender Gary Cahill could be in line for a stunning move to Barcelona. Pep Guardiola thinks Cahill could be a long- term replacement for Nou Camp veteran Carles Puyol. Daily Star

Was talking about this on saturday with a mate- have a feeling that if he leaves, it will be abroad.

[Buffalo Soldier]

So there's no unity in the squad but he still has a lot of contact with them all and will be 'teasing them' before the game?!?!

He might wear glasses but he's clearly a bit of a stupid twat.

[lets all have a disco]

There's a lot of shite coming over the water from Germany in the press the old guard media machine cranking up again.

Fuck them Blues lets go and get the three points against these Home and Away.

[Beeks]

“Because of their wealth they can make transfers and accordingly can improve the quality of their teams, and I think that cannot be the way of the future.”


Erm?!

[Florida Blue]

So there's no unity in the squad but he still has a lot of contact with them all and will be 'teasing them' before the game?!?!

He might wear glasses but he's clearly a bit of a stupid twat.

Maybe because he had his head up the ass of the physio he never had a chance to bond, plus he has been gone for what 3 months now? A lot can change. STFU you were not transfered because you wanted to go, you were sold because you HAD to go.

[dazby]

So there's no unity in the squad but he still has a lot of contact with them all and will be 'teasing them' before the game?!?!

He might wear glasses but he's clearly a bit of a stupid twat.

Maybe he had a point. He played well too.

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“Because of their wealth they can make transfers and accordingly can improve the quality of their teams, and I think that cannot be the way of the future.”


Erm?!

I guess we can't bring players in anymore