ruud on his way out???

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Manchester United has agreed to sell striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid for 15 million euros , Spanish radio station Cadena SER said Thursday. Van Nistelrooy will reportedly sign a three-year contract and be presented at Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Friday following a routine medical. The transfer was concluded at midnight Wednesday after negotiations throughout the day between Madrid sports director Predrag Mijatovic and United's chief executive David Gill, the station said. The 30-year-old Dutchman was set to arrive in the Spanish capital later Thursday and stay at the same hotel as Madrid's other recent signings - former Juventus players Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson. Van Nistelrooy, who will reportedly be paid an annual salary of five million euros (, would team up again with David Beckham, with whom he played at United from 2001 to 2003. On Wednesday, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said Madrid's offer remained well below United's asking price of 15 million pounds . "Nothing has really materially changed," Ferguson told United's TV station. "They've slightly increased it but nothing really you would say - for goodness sake, an increase of about two bob or something." Ferguson said van Nistelrooy's sale should be at "the proper value" and compared the possible transfer with that of Andriy Shevchenko, who joined Chelsea at the end of May. "He is one of the best strikers in the country, one of the best strikers in Europe so when you think about Shevchenko going for 35 million pounds ($73.8 million Cdn) - he's a similar age group. But we know our value of the player so at the moment he is a Manchester United player." Madrid has been vying with Bayern Munich to sign van Nistelrooy, who asked to leave United after falling out with Ferguson at the end of last season. Bayern general manager Uli Hoeness said Tuesday his club had also lodged a new bid, also said to fall short of United's asking price. United signed van Nistelrooy in April 2001 for a then-British record fee of 19 million pounds.

Italian Scandal

First and foremost, I have to congratulate Colina for doing this bloggin shit...

now, down to business...

for those who are unaware (summary):

Juve - relegated to serie B; -30 points to start; stripped of their last 2 titles; moggi banned for 5 years;
Fiorentina - relegated to serie B, -12 points to start;
Lazio - relegated to serie B; -7 points to start; president banned for 3 years
Milan - stays in serie A; -15 points to start; -44 points for last season (no europe this year)

for a full list of todays decisions, go here:
http://channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jul14m.html


now these decisions can and will be appealed by each club, but....
FIGC (Italian Federation) made a deal with UEFA that the teams they decide on for europe is NOT subject to appeal. Hence, the appeals can only aim to lessen the sentence, not rule them back into Europe..they will be out of europe at least for this year.....



well larry, it looks like we saw the last of del piero in WC2006. we will not see him again...byebye
juve are hurt big time now...its almost as though they were relegated to serie C! :)


and to all you bitches who wanna hate on inter....go ahead, we are clean and proud of it. when ya'll were crushin me and telling me my side is shit, the other teams were paying/bribing the refs to win...so kiss my mothafuckinass...

we wait till the appeals..

peace out bitches

Welcome Inter, Juve, Barca, Milan, Chelsea, Liverpool...bitches!

Well given the common thread that binds everyone is soccer, then a blog is no doubt appropriate to connect die-hards from Trini to Illinois to The Burg and beyond. So now you all can give each other a piece of your mind. I hear the applause from you all-- thank you, thank you -- it was my pleasure, so now I leave you all to play.