ontd_football | news and gossip (tid bits really) (Reply)

Chatter from the sidelines

Neymar: Brazil striker banned for Copa America Well, Brazil has had a Neymar dependency, so it might be a good way for the players to wean themselves off his talent. Philip Coutinho (O Magico!) is slated to get an increased role. Que LFC supporters praying that a; he comes back in one piece and b; he plays well for other teams to covet, but not well enough for them to wave their filthy lucre and CL football in his sights

Liverpool target snubbed Anfield because he 'wants to win trophies'
You can't fault him for that. Another reason why Rodgers needs to GTFO

Reports: Juventus sign Mandzukic So Torres might get his number 9 shirt now?

Juventus Make 25 Million Euro Oscar Bid Juventus be spending...

Chelsea could hijack Juventus bid for Axel Witsel Witsel wants to get into a Western European league

Ex-Fiorentina coach Prandelli admits no Serie A offers - See more at: he wants to come back to Italy, but so far...

Agent: ‘Zuniga wants Napoli assurances’ Lots of Italian news, eh?

Tottenham Hotspur complete the signing of Burnley defender Kieran Trippier A Pochettino type of player. Young, raw with potential and hungry

Transfer talk: Manchester United play hardball with Real Madrid over De Gea, Liverpool back in for Clyne Rodgers seems to make defenders worse, don't do it, Clyne

Liverpool transfer news and rumours: Real Madrid's Asier Illarramendi set for £15 million move to Anfield Illarra hasn't said much from his end. I haven't read much from the Spanish press after the flurry of articles in May

Arsenal need a striker for Premier League title challenge... Sportsmail looks at Arsene Wenger's transfer options names bandied about are Higuain, Martinez and Benzema?

Benítez's 107 club signings Looking at Rafa's signings - he's been known to identify stars in the making. Love you, Rafa <3

Benítez's Ten Commandments Never get high, on your own sup--- sorry, it's Biggy, not Benítez

Navas could face Achilles surgery Wow, good luck

Barcelona presidential candidate Majo 'offered' Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos LOL, come again? I know that Ramos is threatening to walk unless his financial demands aren't met, but Barcelona

Should Bastian Schweinsteiger Leave Bayern Munich for Manchester United? For the Bayern fans here

The Downfall of La Masia and Barcelona B I'm just putting this here because I want to read about it later

Miscellaneous (holidays, memes, random photos)

Some golem and wife

Erik Durm/Drum/Dmur? Circle the correct spelling

Marco and some random. A question unrelated to this picture, I swear. El Mister asked me if there are any gay footballers in the top leagues, because he was struck by how openly gay the female footballers have been. I'm like, "Not since John Fashnu, but that was in the 1990s and he had a hard time before he committed suicide. There were rumours about Ashley Cole; but he got married to Cheryl Cole who turned out to be a wretched racist in the end, beating up black women in posh toilets. Not to mention Ashley's tangles with ladies who boasted about him tearing off their best supermarket bought underwear. Why?" He's all, "This is why you can't remember your conjugations, because your mind is filled with scurrilous gossip" I cannot tell a lie. Tis true, the irregular conjugations are the worst

I want to get some SPF 100 and rub it on his tattoos. Seriously! Whenever I'm hiking and I see a bare tattoo, I offer sunblock to all and sundry to rub on the tattoo. Hate seeing them unprotected

OMG, I'm dying. Copa América is bringing the lulz

Fifa says that going forward, the other competitions will be played on grass

Because cryptic messages are the best!

I get that Rihanna likes her men brown, sporty and tacky, with messy personal issues, but gurl (not pictured) you can do so much better

Men’s Folio Indonesia May/June . Designers and editorials love footballers because their bodies aren't extreme (be it height, weight or breadth)

Did I ever post this picture? I might have done?

LOL, where's the lie?

OP: done! Have a good weekend! As for myself, I'm going to rip back this jumper and decide what to do. Or cast on for a simple top down one. Oh, well