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He's announced his retirement from football - very sad but best not to put himself at risk by playing

Manuel Encalada ‏@futbolinstante Nuri Sahin is expected to arrive at Anfield this week to finalise personal terms ahead of a season-long loan move. No idea who he is - prob some Spanish attention seeker...

Its never seemed to stop him before..

This could equally apply to the Hodgson or Terry thread......... Roy Hodgson has expressed his hope that John Terry will be cleared of allegedly using racially abusive language by an independent regulatory commission and can continue to play for England as the Chelsea captain awaits confirmation of a date for his personal hearing. Terry was charged by the Football Association last month for his alleged turn of phrase during last season's defeat at Queens Park Rangers, only 13 days after being cleared of a racially aggravated public order offence at Westminster magistrates court that centred on the same incident. The 31-year-old, who has been rested along with a number of other senior players for this evening's friendly against Italy, denied the charge but the case may not be heard until late next month. Hodgson was understandably reluctant to enter the debateabout Terry's impending hearing, initially claiming the issue was "sub-judice" and stressing the player "has a case to answer with the FA and I'll wait and see what happens". Yet he went on to declare his hope that the defender, so outstanding at Euro 2012, will be cleared. "I'm hoping, and I make no secret of that, the case will take its course and that John, hopefully, will be freed as he was freed in a court of law, and will carry on playing for England. "That's my hope. What will happen, I have no idea. I thought John did well in the Euros and I'd like to keep using him, but this is a case which is way out of my hands. John understands that. "All I can do, like many of his supporters I suppose, is just hope he gets freed and can continue to play." Asked whether he intends to select Terry for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine, he added: "We'll wait and see." England's preparations for this evening's game in Switzerland, a rematch of the Euro 2012 quarter-final which saw them eliminated on penalties, have been hampered by a series of withdrawals, with Theo Walcott joining the list of absentees. The Arsenal winger is at home receiving treatment on a badly bruised thigh sustained in Sunday's friendly win in Cologne, leaving Hodgson likely to select only three men – Ashley Young, James Milner and Joleon Lescott – who started against Italy in Kiev. The manager, who has reminded his players of their responsibilities after the success enjoyed by Team GB at the Olympics, has handed Frank Lampard the captaincy against the Azzurri with the midfielder having indicated a desire to extend his stay at Chelsea beyond the expiry of his current contract . The 34-year-old's deal runs until next summer with the club yet to resume talks over an extension after a preliminary meeting last season. "We spoke once and it was a case of coming back, and it hasn't come back from their end," he said."I don't know. I'd like to sit down and speak with them. But at the minute I'm playing and it's up to the club to do that. "I would like [to end my career there]. I feel I can play at the top level for a good few more years, but it's whether the club feels the same. I know there are a lot of changes at Chelsea, and the youth coming into the squad this year has really freshened up our team, but I'd love to be involved. But it's a club decision to come and sit down with me. They used to sit down with me three years before the end of my contract. Now I'm waiting." WTF

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I cant believe I've spent 5 minutes of my life watching f***ing planes land!

Probably mentioned elsewhere but..... When Fabio Borini hammered home his debut Liverpool goal against FC Gomel last Thursday, the Italian became the first to put the ball in the back of Anfield's newly reinstated red goal nets. Last sighted in L4 in the mid-90s, the distinctive red nets have been restored on the orders of Brendan Rodgers in the same way as the original 1974 'This is Anfield' sign was re-fitted in the tunnel a month ago. Liverpool FC museum curator Stephen Done explained: "Brendan and his family were given their first glimpse of Anfield the day after he was unveiled as manager as part of a private tour of the stadium. "At the end of the tour, we stood on the Kop and Brendan commented that he always remembered the goals at Anfield having red nets. "The 1980s were formative years for him, in terms of him starting to watch and play football, and he seemed to recall the red nets quite vividly. He suggested we bring them back." "Kevin O'Shea (of the Liverpool museum) and I agreed. It wouldn't win us a game as such, but if it gave us that tiny extra advantage by making the crowd and the team feel better, then why not?" John Brodie, a Liverpool civil engineer, invented goal nets in 1889 and from that point on, all nets were required to be of a dark colour, as was the case at Anfield up until they changed to red at some point in the 1960s. A picture taken during a clash with league champions-to-be Manchester City (below), shows the red nets were in place by at least 1968. The 1994-95 season was the last year fans would see Anfield's red nets up until they returned for last week's clash against Gomel. But why did they disappear in the first place? Stephen explained: "The nets were taken down because some of Roy Evans' players claimed they could not see the red-netted goal against the backdrop of the Kop, so the nets were duly changed. "And while the players might have a point, this never seemed to be a problem for the likes of Rush, Barnes, Aldridge - let alone Roger Hunt!" Offal

I've seen a couple of tweets linking him to Villareal - prob rubbish mind...

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So good to have him back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kn08tiN9H4&feature=player_embedded

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Drama queen alert... Football Agent ‏@agent_153 ...You will regret forcing me out, come deadline day 14m Football Agent ‏@agent_153 Goodbye Everyone, I'm sorry to all my loyal followers, but I am a man of my word. #GOODBYE

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Jimmy Rice ‏@JimmyRiceWriter #LFC can today confirm that Alberto Aquilani has completed a permanent transfer to Serie A side Fiorentina.

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