January Mercato
Lights Dim On The Winter Mercato (Sorta)
By: chris |
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Afonso Alves
First of all the breaking news coming from England that Roma thrown themselves in the middle of what seemed to be a done deal between Middlesbrough and Heerenveen for goalscoring phenomenon Afonso Alves. Honestly, I’m stunned. Absolutely stunned. This does not seem like a Roma move or an astute buy whatsoever – if these [...]
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Coppa, Amantino, Dead Guy & Stuff
By: chris | 125 Comments
Coppa!
Good stuff. Sure as hell was a lot less exciting than the second leg against the Granata, though. Anyway, I’ve had my fill of Torino and Sampdoria to last me until next season and beyond. So we’re moving on. Today we will find out the opponent who will succumb to the wrath that is CoppaRoma [...]
Mancini: “You’re offering how much? Seriously?”
By: chris | 101 Comments
Mancini For Human-rights-tainted Blood Money…A @#$%load.
This is one of those rumors that you look at and say immediately “no, it can’t be”. Then you realize the source has a url which ends in “.co.uk”, which means it’s a product of the British media, and is therefore probably complete shyte (I immediately throw anything out coming [...]
Rumors: Bundesliga & Brazilian Edition
By: chris | 54 Comments
I don’t know why, but the overlords at the Internet medias decided to have a spasm and spew random names into some sort of mercato Venn diagram; with Bundesliga-based players in one circle, Brazilians in the other, and the Holy Grail that is Bundeliga-based Brazilians in the middle. (If I had a solitary ounce of [...]
Mercato: Bring on the Melba Toast
By: chris | 36 Comments
Back to the best part about this gig for me: the barrage of complete bullshit which appears to be complete nonsense then occasionally turns into the real deal. Literally. And even better is this one always takes a month and is interrupted by those gamey things which, while they can be a minor nuisance, may [...]
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