SirBalon

True, forgot about that and the Barcelona fans are really happy with that signing. He is quality and very young!

Apart from those two moves you also have the Arthur signing to Barça coupled with the Lemar capture by Atlético Madrid before the World Cup started. Nothing more major to be honest if you don’t count Cristiano moving from Real to Juve.

While upbringing always has to be taken into consideration (something that the judge in this case did do) one cannot be permitted any leverage of mercy when there is always a choice available. There are also many examples of people brought up in total misery and abuse that lift themselves and make a success out of their lives which is a sort of way to rebel on the bad luck of early childhood. The repetitive breaking of the rules and never learning your lesson only deserves punishment seeing as there were innocent people who's life was either terminated or terrorised by this individual. It's called justice! On the other hand... The US correction system (i.e. Prison system) is based on eliminating any human existence from the criminal instead of what it should be fore which is correcting and helping a future integration into society and implementing an understanding of the coexistence rules we must all abide by for obvious reasons.

The remain campaign also told many untruths like for example the imminent catastrophe that would occur the moment article 50 was triggered like hundreds of thousands of unemployed amongst various other nonsense. When I say the campaigning was a shambles, it is well known to have been. You only know this by living here and not reading news articles. Had they (remipain campaign which was essentially the government) there wouldn't be this total confusion and hilarious readjusting of negotiations because nobody knows what's going on and how complicated it all is. The leave campaign were essentially selling a 1950s UK like it was some sort of idyllic place to leave where in truth it was plagued with poverty and misery and people making do with very little. People cry poverty today but they know very little about real poverty, the poverty that can actually exist in a first world state.

Thankfully my hair is totally in place for now. But it is true that the stigma baldness on men once had is practically non existent now.

Real Madrid have produced many marvellous players over the decades but most of Real Madrid's greatest Spanish players have come from other Spanish clubs. Then there are those three contemporary Real Madrid Spanish legends people keep on bringing up in the shape of Raúl and Casillas... Both those players although brought up almost entirely at the club (I say almost because Raúl started at Atlético Madrid's academy) were made to leave out through back door without being offered the usual Spanish recognition given to club legends. Out of the present squad and the one that was used last season, these are the Spanish players and from which clubs they originate from. Kiko Casilla (Gimnàstic de Tarragona) Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) Jesús Vallejo ( Real Zaragoza) Sergio Ramos (Sevilla FC) Nacho (Real Madrid) Marcos Llorente (Real Madrid) Marco Asensio (Real Mallorca) Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez "Isco" (Valencia CF) Dani Ceballos (Sevilla FC) Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) Borja Mayoral (Real Madrid) 5 of the 11 Sspaniards in the Real Madrid squad originate from La Fábrica which is the nickname of the Real Madrid academy. This is apparently during the whole history of the club the the third largest contingent of Real Madrid nurtured players although in fairness not many are first team players with only Dani Carvajal being a proper first teamer and Lucas Vázquez having the second most minutes from the authentic Real players. Real Madrid are way way down the pecking order of clubs that have a big history in bringing through their own players to become the protagonists,. But that also tells you the size of that club and the obligations they feel as an entity in terms of what they have to provide which is only success and victory. In general throughout the history of the club they have produced some magnificent players but the grand majority have gone onto make their name at other clubs. Florentino Pérez seemingly tired of the Galáctico tag has switched the way he signs players in recent times with the scouring of La Liga in the search of promising young Spanish footballers. Add to that his appointment of the new coach in Julen Lopetegui who is renowned for being great with young talent and we seem to have a search for a new era and the way the club portrays itself in this respect.

Yeah, we’re going back to the 1950s it seems.

Yeah, I thought that there was a facial resemblance too.

This guys is sentenced to death and look carefully at his reaction when the judge passes sentence ordering his life to be terminated. Chilling isn't the word but what's for sure is that EVIL exists.

The EU simply aren't going to accept. It's as simple as that and I know it's been overused as a statement which has now become a cliché. but when you no longer are a member of a club, you don't get the access of benefits of that club. What's so strange about that scenario? I really can't understand and it's like some here in England being bemused as to why a governnet in Scotland who's ideology is that of independence then goes out seeking at every seeming gap in a moment in history to push forward for what they believe in. Life really isn't that complicated to be honest. The EU seems to be but then again when you're a member of a complicated club you should be intelligent enough to know this and not put a separatist question to people that know less than you about those complexities and understanding (through hindsight) That you yourself (the politicians) knew nothing beforehand. Never witnessed such arrogance to be honest. It's like asking my son if he would prefer ice cream to what he should be eating. We all know what type of people actually live their lives in that manner are like. Sometimes words seem harsh but harshness is sometimes very just and required.

The minimum that should’ve been implemented in a deciding factor for a referendum as important as this one was a winning margin for either choice as having a split nation is absolutely insane and counterproductive. I must say that I voted to leave although my vote didn’t really mean much as I live in London. My vote was totally emotional which I recognised early on after the result and I know for a fact that I wouldn't vote that way now as I have hindsight to play with and know all the lies I fell for. It’s the stupidest I’ve felt in my whole life.

The campaigning was a shambles too and that’s also the government and all parties fault. The thing is that it’s now totally understandable as to why the remain campaign was so crap and that’s because none of them knew what was going to happen beforehand and why we have this total mess. What’s curious is that the constituencies with the highest margin of leave voters are the constituencies with the lowest number of immigrants living in them. Maybe having straight bananas and as you say, calling Snickers a Marathon bar was a principle on the whole matter.

Another Brazilian signing shrouded in all sorts of dodgy dealings was Keirrison.

Those signings by the then Barça president Joan Gaspart were made with the Luis Figo money the club recieved. Apart from the very big suspicion that's never been proved in which there were bungs recieved for these signings, they are self confessed panic buys by Gaspart. It's the first and won't be the last time FCB act in this manner.

The important people that know at Barcelona knew what Arthur was about though and that's why the club made every move possible to bring him to the Camp Nou. We've all been writing about him here and in the other forum where we all knew Arthur well and what he's about. He is a fantastic signing for the club and all that needs to happen is to supplement the side well so it all functions.

In Real Madrid's official statement they said they won't be going for any PSG players. For me you'll be signing Eden Hazard by the sounds of it.

Just noticed he's left handed... An artist!

Infact just found out that although Rabiot was brought up in the PSG academy (a rarity), he's a French Catalan.

This isn't the first time this has happened with French players which is why I asked you. In recent times Theo Hernández renounced his France eligibility and I know historically French Basque and French Catalan players have done the same.

I heard a story about Rabiot wanting to or contemplating renouncing playing for France. What's in that mate?

FC Barcelona have officially announced the departure of Paulinho to Guangzhou Evergrande for the sum of €50m. Barça have thanked Paulinho for his services during his one season at the club!

I'd forgotten Cannavaro was also in that league. Shows something though... Thank You Paulinho for your commitment to your one and only season in Spanish football. Your work isn't forgotten in a marvellous double winning season!

If Paulinho goes then I'm sure the Barça fans will thank him for the various occasions that he saved the team with his goals coming in from deep. Plus everything I've heard and read on comments from the Barça players is that he's a fantastic human being and a professional!

Serious rumours surrounding Paulinho possibly returning to China and Guangzhou Evergrande. @El Profesor what do you know of this?

I’ll name only a number of the clubs from selected regions of official languages. The four main languages in Spain; 1. Castilian (Spanish spoken in all of Spain) All clubs communicate in Castilian (Spanish) in Spain. 2. Basque (Basque region) Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Eibar, Osasuna (even though they’re not in the Basque region and in Navarra), Alavés, Real Unión de Irún, Arenas Club, Sestao SC. 3. Catalan (Catalonia) FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, Sabadell, Girona, Badalona, Cornellà, Gimnastic de Tarragona, L’Hospitalet, Lleida, Reus, Sant Andreu. 4. Galician (Galicia) Deportivo La Coruña, Celta Vigo, Ourense, CD Lugo, Pontevedra CF, Racing Ferrol, RCD Fabril, SD Compostela. Then you have other regions with their own dialects that I won’t go into because in general Castilian is spoken there. But in the region of Valencia they speak a dialect of Catalan called Valencià so you can add clubs like Valencia CF, Levante, Villarreal and Elche to the list above.