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This might be something. It might be nothing. You have to have a heightened sense of suspicion during International break, however this comes from the Fatherland and not Fleet Street.
Michel Bastos is the name in the frame and the German edition of 4-4-2.com is suggesting that a bid of €10m could be on the cards come January.
Again another biwingal winger – although he does favour the left. He’s 29 and has been at Lyon since 2009. I did a small amount of Googling and I’m not sure about the money side of this. It was reported only last year through a few English newspapers and the figure being touted then was of €22m.
Add to this, the knicker twisting of the Lyon chairman over the Hugo Lloris deal and we really could be in for some protracted fun and games.
Will this happen? In a word, dunno. What I do know is that this type of player would be a brilliant addition to shore up Bale having moved into a more central role.
Hotspurs Half Hour – Show 8 by hotspurshalfhour
I am from the planet High Line.
I step up,we all do
when we got here we all took syncronized swimming lessons.
Now we are all in step
Im glad Gareth Bale deosnt play back here any more because he keeps falling down
BTW,I heard that Sky are going to be getting Harry R and AVB together for a debate.
They are providing an english translator for Harry
Is it that bloke from ‘big fat gypsy wedding’?
I see Ade will be off to the ACN in January with Togo – I thought he’d stopped playing for them. Dempsey would need to ask Santa for some new shooting boots this Christmas :-)
Good time to buy a decent striker if you ask moi……
In Togo the shooting is from another kind.
But I agree Hartley we need another striker.
We can rente Llorente!
Rent a goal…..I like it ;-)
Just read the last blog. I see some are still refusing to believe their own eyes. Yes, the defender admitted there was slight contact, but what he didn’t see, and what is blatently obvious to those who aren’t blind, is that Bale tripped himself up in mid air after that.
A good ref shouldn’t have given it. Too much doubt.
All I know about this incident is the gif above, so I won’t comment on that. What I do know is that precisely this has happened to me. You’re running, your back foot gets knocked from the side, and next thing you know you’re doing a pantomime pratfall. It looks silly as hell, but isn’t a dive.
In general I think it’s ok to go down if you know you’ve been fouled. And it’s ok to try to lure in defenders to commit. This happens all the time, even for my 8th div. team. I’m a defender, and it’s my job not to fall for it.
What is NOT ok, is going down when there is no contact. Then you are a scummy cheat, and I’ll usually make sure to make up for the non-contact with a nice cleeting on the next set piece.
Alexei Sayle is on the radio. “Hello John, got a new diver”?