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Agreed. I don't know about that, but Real Madrid really messed up by playing Pepe with him all these years. If he'd been given an appropriate partner, rather than having to be the mature guy trying to hold things together, he would looked much better and far less rash. I don't recall Ramos...

Maybe, but I don't think you can criticise Juve for taking the gamble of foregoing a few million that would make little difference in the overall scheme of things, in favour of taking a kid who might turn out to be useful.

I doubt it'll be Catania given the mess they are in.

Take that, Totti.

I don't know about naive, but there are certainly issues there. Generally the problem starts from neither winger doing any meaningful defending. That means a fullback can be pulled forward into a space that should be covered by the winger, which can result in the centre-half being pulled wide...

When I see X's name, I can't help but assume he's illiterate.

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Aye, but he's only leasing it.

Aberdeen do. Five Aberdonians in the squad, and another guy from elsewhere who's lived here since he was young and been in the youth system since he was about 10.

Khedira, Vidal and Pogba can all play they. But I either don't like how they play there or think they are wasted in that position. Or both.

Suddenly I want to go out and smother someone with a flag...

Do Juve sign anyone if/when Pirlo leaves? Obviously Marchisio is fine to start there normally, but I don't like any of Juve's other midfielders in that position.

Yeah, Nainggolan is awesome. He's the only player I've seen in recent years who can be compared to Vidal.

Proposed alterations to FFP suspended by Belgian court. But UEFA to appeal so the suspension will be lifted pending the appeal. So nothing is really happening just now.

I like Bertolacci. Good move for Roma to bring him back because it means they'll have someone who can be a genuine back-up to Pjanic. Until now, Pjanic being out involved Roma throwing in an extra defensive midfielder and that frequently unbalanced them.

Destro going to Monaco, apparently. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/23-06-2015/roma-sirene-inglesi-destro-west-ham-crystal-palace-ci-provano-120282205342.shtml

I know, but I didn't realise that meant they would just sign any good Italian who is available.

They are signing Iago Falque (remember him?) and Bertolacci from Genoa and have been focused on getting the Nainggolan deal sorted. But I don't know how active they are going to be. There's no real suggestion they will lose any key players as they consistently have in recent seasons. They...

Fullback is not a position I'd be focusing on if I was Napoli. With Ghoulam and Strinic pretty solid on the left and Maggio and the returning Zuniga on the right, I'd have thought they were okay. Clearly Darmian would be a good signing for them, but there are plenty other spots they need to...

Did Jovetic manage to avoid injury in all those situations?