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[RedReet]

That Dutch home shirt looks fantastic!

It will be worn by all United f*ckers though, so best sticking with Uruguay.

[Bender]

Cardiff chief stuns strugglers with incentive ahead of last Sunday's clash with Spurs

Tan broke Premier League rules by offering bonus during the season
Owner encouraged players 'to shoot more' if they wanted cash

Cardiff City face a Premier League investigation after owner Vincent Tan offered his players a £3.7million bonus before Sunday’s defeat by Tottenham.
Sportsmail can reveal Tan broke Premier League rules, which state every team must lodge their bonus schedule before the start of the season, when he gave his players a financial
incentive to avoid relegation.
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[Roboklopp]

Dickhead. They'll do nowt tho.

[Muddled]

Cardiff chief stuns strugglers with incentive ahead of last Sunday's clash with Spurs

Tan broke Premier League rules by offering bonus during the season
Owner encouraged players 'to shoot more' if they wanted cash

Cardiff City face a Premier League investigation after owner Vincent Tan offered his players a £3.7million bonus before Sunday’s defeat by Tottenham.
Sportsmail can reveal Tan broke Premier League rules, which state every team must lodge their bonus schedule before the start of the season, when he gave his players a financial
incentive to avoid relegation.
link

It happens all the time in Russia. Half time team talks from the rich owners accompanied by a briefcase of cash to be split amongst the players if the result goes right.

... doesn't make it right, obvs.

[Shaggy]

Stuart Holden made his latest comeback from the knee injury last night. Lasted about 20 minutes before crumbling again.

Nice one Jonny Evans, you ****ing ****house.

[Fosterbloke]

I hope he breaks his own legs when we play them next. Cunt.

He sounds more like a **** cabaret comedian from Doncaster.

[Muddled]

A real shame. Holden seems a thoroughly decent bloke from whenever I've seen him interviewed, etc. It was a proper nasty, off-the-ground, attack from Evans ... it's not the first time he's gone to cause someone a mischief neither.

[Daffy Duck]

Evans is a **** dirtbag, but I thing De Jong had just as much to do with it as him. A leg break at a friendly ffs. Some people thought he was an option, personally I don't ever want to see him anywhere near our club.

[Gibbo]

Did Holden do his knee again or was it another injury?

Must be career over for him now.

[Gibbo]

Just read it was his knee again, poor bloke.

[Daffy Duck]

[ame]https://twitter.com/stuholden/status/440537116096081920[/ame]

His tweet from before the match, ffs.


EDIT: how do you embed twitter?

Ok thanks, but can you tell me also?

[Yozza]

Didn't realise Diego Costa was about to play for Spain...?!

AS features Atletico Madrid superstar Diego Costa in the red of Spain ahead of what is likely to be his debut for Vicente del Bosque's team in the Vicente Calderon stadium he knows so well.

His selection is somewhat controversial given that he represented his native Brazil in friendlies against Russia and Italy last March after Luis Felipe Scolari called him up.
Crucially, he was not selected for the Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil last summer and, under FIFA regulations, players are not tied to a country until they've played in a competitive fixture.

After accepting Spain's invitation to play for them this week, Scolari blasted Costa, accusing him of 'turning his back on the dream of millions'.

But in an interview with AS, Costa has defended his choice and claims Scolari didn't make him feel valued. He said: 'When I realised there was interest from Spain I started to imagine things, and thought 'why not?'.

'It is a privilege that the world champions want you to play for them, especially given the quality of players they have. I feel very important. I value it a lot.

'Vicente del Bosque showed me the person that he is. I like to talk to people face-to-face, I feel the truth and lies, and Vicente was very clear.

'He didn't promise me anything. I don't like it when people promises me things, I like to earn it. This I value.'

[john316]

Its why Torres's international career is pretty much over. Llorente/Negredo/Costa all ahead of him in the pecking order.

[Shaggy]

[Gibbo]

Some decent larkers there.