Futbolitinos, the transfer deadline window is now shut! Seedy
agents all became instant millionaires when "under the table" deals were finalized yesterday,
including Coutinho's loan move from Inter Milan to Espanyol
(above).
Brazilian club Santos on Friday turned down an €8 million bid from Portuguese club FC Porto
for their midfield wizard Paulo Henrique Ganso. However, what seems to be rubbing people the wrong
way is club president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro's comments where he labelled Porto's bid as comical and
that it should have at least contained an extra zero for Santos to consider it.
Poland 0, France 1
Hoarau
Valbuena Martin Cabaye N'Zogbia
A.Diarra
Evra Abidal Kaboul Sagna
Carrasso
This was the second run-out, by my count, of France's new-look 4-1-4-1, which is quite similar
to Barcelona's 4-3-3.
Valbuena on the left is not a typo.
Paul the Octopus is, at this point, nothing short of immortal. The octopus that will not die
could not die, even if he chose to do so, as there's simply too much money to be made on an
endearing mollusk medium.
The latest in a long line of postmortem reminders that Paul is everything that Vegas fears, just
perhaps slightly less slimy: he's getting a permanent memorial at the aquarium which has hit the
jackpot several times over already, hoping to inspire throngs of adoring Spaniards and fried
octopus lovers into pilgrimages.
