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I think we needed to replace Canna eventually anyway, given his age. And if we can get good money for him, great. But if this is what it sounds like, Real Madrid should be under some serious UEFA dung right now if they are signing players before they are allowed to. Teams can be banned from...

They're not exactly youth prospects with many great years ahead of them.

Unfortunately, a quality defender like Canna in a place like Real Madrid is like a fish with a bicycle. They wouldn't know the first thing of what to do with one. Sad to see Canna go, but thanks and best of luck to him. We will be repeating this story for a number of players until our books get...

Guys... we have to be realistic. We're not going to come close to making payroll this season. We're going to get about half the revenues as last season. And since most of the variable expenses of a club come from player salaries and transfer fees, we have no choice but to downsize. So we have to...

Canna could help Juve a lot by getting Abramovich knockered on Stoli and signing over 30 million Euros for him. ;)

Problem is these people often think like Real Madrid. Defense is an afterthought -- a pesky detraction from goal scoring. I forgot who said it, but it goes something like, "All gameplans are great ... if not for the other team." People with no appreciation for defense fall into that trap...

OK, I change my mind. Canna deserves the Golden Ball after trashing Henry in the first minute of the final. That counts in my book. :D

One major thing about Canna that hasn't been as directly pointed out about him yet, which is especially true compared to Nesta right now, but he has had an amazing resiliency over the past couple of seasons. Canna, I believe, played more minutes and more games than just about anybody on...

I cannot believe we haven't started an officially dedicated thread for Canna until today. :doh: Cannavaro is the man beyond words. :toast: