Yeah, I meant to add "if they were good enough" into that sentence. Oops.

Wow!

That was just the result I was hoping for.

Coutinho won't be preferred over Oscar or Hulk.

Willian's primary position is winger, though he's been playing more centrally for Chelsea in recent weeks.

Poor bastard. It looks like he's been infected by an alien chest-burster.

Rivaldo would have been proud.

It's incredible, the excerpts I've read from it.

I'm ordering it ASAP.

The only excerpt I've read is the one about Park and it made me roll about on the floor with laughter. Either the translator's gone to town or footballers in Italy are a very different kettle of fish to English ones

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... on-6989745

"There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It’s a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little glimmer of hope or pearl of wisdom. You might hit upon an elegant phrase that stays with you and makes the journey that little bit less bitter. I’ve tried with Istanbul and haven’t managed to get beyond these words: for fuck’s sake."

I feel ya there, Andrea.

Istanbul