The Soccer Thread (Version 7.0)

If United can get £20mm for Rooney, go for it. I've seen a majority of his games for United and I think that he's on the decline and that he is going to continue to be injury prone and a malcontent.

 

Papiss Cisse is refusing to wear a shirt with Newcastle's new sponsor, a payday loan company, citing religious grounds. Fellow Muslims Cheick Tiote and Moussa Sissoko apparently have no problem with it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23347131

 

But Virgin Money - which also gives loans - wasn't a problem?

 

And United reportedly has a $91m offer lined up for Gareth Bale. I suspect if they pull that off, they'll sell Rooney.

 

Maybe ManYoo will stop bugging Everton about Leighton Baines then.

 

I remember that coming up with Freddie Kanoute while he was with Sevilla. He wore an unbranded jersey and the sponsor eventually agreed to release him from any appearance requirements.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7141005.stm

 

Virgin Money is a standard bank -- the former Northern Rock. Wonga is a payday lender -- 4,100% APRs and the like. Islam does forbid all forms of usury, but Wonga is certainly a lot more usurious than Virgin Money.

Of course, the whole concept of Islamic banking is basically trying to find a way to charge interest without it really being interest. Reminds me somewhat of the SNL sketch about the search for ways to pass a camel through the eye of a needle (tiny camels, liquified camels, etc.).

 

Yeah, I'm familiar with Virgin Money's history.

Just seems like he might be using it as an excuse for a transfer.

 

Rumors flying that Tito Vilanova is leaving Barca.

 

He gone, not that it will make La Liga any less of a duopoly. Maybe now everybody will follow Roger Bennett's lead and fall in love with Germany all over again?

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Shall we start a new thread for the changing of the seasons? After the Gold Cup, perhaps?

 

When did "Demolition Man"-era Wesley Snipes get a call-up, and why couldn't El Salvador mark a man that noticeable?