[kurtsimonw]

Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal, Sagna. Kalou lost him on the corner.

[kurtsimonw]

DROGBA! 1-1!

[Habitant]

2-1 i guess chelsea is the only team that has a chance of stopping manure.

[Darunia]

Arsenal has gone from 1st to 3rd... still have to play @ Old Trafford too. If Chelsea can beat Man U @ home and Arsenal draws United, then they have a chance.

[kurtsimonw]

And United still have to go to the Bridge!

[misha]

Great game and great win (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

[misha]

1 Manchester United 73
2 Chelsea 68
3 Arsenal 67
4 Liverpool 59
5 Everton 57

Next week: Liverpool vs Everton

[kurtsimonw]

Priceless moment of the game:

Arsenal lead the game 0-1.
Avram Grant takes off Ballack and Makelele for Belletti and Anelka.
Chelsea fans at AG: "You dunno what you're doin'!"
10 minutes later, Chelsea lead 2-1. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[dst]

Duh. Just watched the 30min. highlights of the United-Loserpool game. Reina is stupid! He is at fault for both Brown's and Ronaldo's goal... he is too short to come out like that, isn't it pretty obvious?

Also,
If CR is a winger then Kaladze is the best defender in the world. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Nani's celebration was class. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Oh and Skrtel is stupid too (first goal).
And... we should have bought Anderson.

This post has been edited by dst: Mar 24 2008, 12:40 PM

[kurtsimonw]

And... we should have bought Anderson.

Are you serious!?

It's almost the end of the season and he's yet to score, which is awful for an AM. Even Derby's backup AM has scored this season. It's pathetic. One of the worst value for money signing this season, in my opinion.

[Portman]

Are you serious!?

It's almost the end of the season and he's yet to score, which is awful for an AM. Even Derby's backup AM has scored this season. It's pathetic. One of the worst value for money signing this season, in my opinion.

Anderson played a lot of matches as CM in the pure 4-4-2 in this Man Utd. Only a few as AM in a typical 4-3-3 as he did in Porto.

And @dst... Milan would never pay 30M/euros for any player at the moment. Pato was half of that.

[dst]

Are you serious!?

It's almost the end of the season and he's yet to score, which is awful for an AM. Even Derby's backup AM has scored this season. It's pathetic. One of the worst value for money signing this season, in my opinion.

I've never seen him play as an AM in United. I have not seen all their games but in those I've seen he was not in that position.

And @dst... Milan would never pay 30M/euros for any player at the moment. Pato was half of that.

30m is a lot of money. I would not have spent so much for Anderson either. But would we pay that fee for a proven player? I don't know.

[KillerMax]

I've never seen him play as an AM in United. I have not seen all their games but in those I've seen he was not in that position.
30m is a lot of money. I would not have spent so much for Anderson either. But would we pay that fee for a proven player? I don't know.

We paid 50 million euros for Inzaghi. But I guess he made it worthwhile with his epic goals when it mattered the most.

[Portman]

DIC to seal £400m deal for Liverpool in 'three to four weeks'

By Jason Burt and Ian Herbert
Tuesday, 25 March 2008

(IMG:http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/files/2007/10/dubaiasari.jpg)

The long pursuit of Liverpool by Dubai International Capital is set to end within the next "three to four weeks" with the investment group taking full control of the Premier League club, according to a source close to the proposed deal.

DIC is understood to be confident that it will finally buy the club for £400m – and is looking to involve a "third party" investor, who would take a minority stake, as part of its business plan. The company is believed to already have an agreement in place with the club's co-owner George Gillett Jnr to buy his share. It is also confident that Tom Hicks, who owns the other 50 per cent, is now close to agreeing to sell to them even though he cut off negotiations earlier this month insisting he would not sell even a minority stake. Hicks also said he would block any attempt by Gillett to sell.

Although DIC, which is the private equity investment arm of the Dubai government, realises it is paying a high price for Liverpool – Gillett and Hicks bought the club for £219m 13 months ago – such is its determination to succeed that it wants to push ahead. "It's not a cheap deal and Hicks is holding out but there is confidence that it will now finally happen," a source said. Matters have not been helped by the strained relationship between the two Americans.

DIC, whose chief executive Sameer Al-Ansari is a life-long fan of the club and who will join the board, has ambitious plans which could include involving some of its other investment vehicles in an attempt to raise its profile. The hotel group Jumeirah could be used as part of the development of a new stadium. A wide-ranging review of the club, and its revenue streams, will be conducted.

DIC came close to buying Liverpool before the Americans' acquisition and has tried to resume negotiations, on and off, ever since. The reason for the apparent confidence now could be that several of Hicks' loans are due for refinancing within two or three months. This may be the trigger for his main lender – believed to be JP Morgan – to force him back into talks with DIC and accept its offer for Liverpool.

The full level of the Texan's debt is unclear. But DIC sources believe he has been hit badly by the state of the financial markets in the United States, which has seen the value of assets which he has borrowed heavily against drop – in some cases by between 30 and 50 per cent. Were Hicks unable to refinance loans when, at a time of severe anxiety among financial institutions, they are due, JP Morgan could take over the assets Hicks has borrowed against or force a sale. Since bankers would tend to sell on such assets anyway the presence of a prospective buyer like DIC would be attractive to them.

Given how far apart DIC and Hicks seem to be, it would appear that any chance of the Arab consortium having a future role at Anfield would be through a complete takeover, with or without a junior partner.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...eks-800255.html

So, things are over or not?

After the last result I can see Liverpool fans thinking:

"Feck that. We want the arabs. We want 342894392849499422903 zillions spent next Summer on Joaquin, Dani Alves, Rafinha, Quaresma, Huntelaar and M.Richards." (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Darunia]

We paid 50 million euros for Inzaghi. But I guess he made it worthwhile with his epic goals when it mattered the most.

50 million dollars maybe, 25 mil pounds, I doubt it was 50 mil euros (39 mil pounds)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_transfer