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Lads on Toure - League Round-Up.
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Congratulations to Killian Long aka The Dragon Reborn for winning the Lads on Toure league and receiving a £50 Amazon Voucher prize.

Thank you to all the users involved and I hope you enjoyed being in the league - that I created to reward the community for all the help that they gave me in my first season on the site.

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Season review

LvG tells Telegraph "When (it will be when) De Gea leaves, they will need a goalkeeper too".

Taking screenshots of this FPL season.

with google translator's help

Real Madrid - Florentino Pérez #RMLive

" It was not an easy decision but it is time to reinvigorate the team to conquer new titles."

"I want to publicly thank Carlo Ancelotti work during these two years."

"I've been with Carlo Ancelotti before coming here . I can only say that is a gentleman , a gentleman and he understands ."

" No we have communicated to the captains , because it is a decision to be taken now."

" The new coach will be announced next week ."

"It would be good that the new coach speak Castilian ."

"The players have shown what is the love with Carlo , as I do it and fans "

"I seem correct samples Carlo Ancelotti support . It does not bother me , I look like a sign of affection ."

Brendan Rodgers → ancelotti or klopp
Thoughts!

Berbs Forehead. .. was this you ? 😀

http://talksport.com/football/id-die-liverpool-listen-distraught-reds-fan-cries-live-talksport-150524148043

Ridiculous sacking Ancelotti, the man is a genius. How can you win everything every year when you're not even able to build a squad due to all these superstars coming in.

Klopp to Madrid?!

Arsenal’s Arturo Vidal Transfer Complete

Arsenal have already secured the signing of Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, according to Argentine journalist Hernan Feler- who is reportedly the man who initially broke the news of Vidal’s Chilean compatriot Alexis Sanchez’ move to the Emirates last year.

On Twitter, Feler said:

“After the Copa America in Chile, it will be made official the arrival of Arturo Vidal to Arsenal. Everything is closed. Alexis [Sanchez] will partner him.”

1741 my dead team got according to the spreadsheet.

Better than some of my mates!

Looks like we may have to shell out for Sanchez next season. There's bound to be rotation elsewhere with the level of competition Wenger has.

Cazorla, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott, Vidal, Coq, Giroud, Martinez?

Ancelotti and McLaren sacked on same day.

This isn't coincidence

Perez: We were going to retain Ancelotti, until we heard the news that Samuel Allardici was available.

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OFFICIAL: Real Madrid have terminated the contract of manager Carlo Ancelotti. Rafael Benitez is likely to take over from him. [Sky Sports]

Real Madrid have reportedly offered Manchester United their No.2 goalkeeper (Navas) as part of the David De Gea deal.

- The Mirror

{Ed002's Note - Some of this will change by the summer and there are major dependencies on (a) players leaving, and (b) how much money the club can raised through sales. However, there is known to be (or have recently been) some level of interest in the following players fairly recently:

GK: Cech (clearly the preferred option), Leno, Perin, Begovic, Leno and Ochoa have been considered. Interest in Neto has probably gone. Casillas might be an expensive alternative.

RB: After the progress Bellerin has made I don't see a RB being a priority.

CB: St Et's Loic Perrin is also a consideration for Arsenal, as is Virgil van Dijk. Howedes may just be a possibility. Roma are losing the battle to get Alessio Romagnoli to sign a new contract but Inter has the edge over both Sampdoria and Arsenal who were very keen on the player. Dragovic, Glik and Subotic have been considered but interest is likely gone, as has interest in Hummels has gone. River Plate's Balanta has been watched by Arsenal, but nothing will happen there.

DM: Arsenal will look to Southampton's Schneiderlin this summer and I think a deal can be done. Biglia does not appear to be a viable option but has been looked at. Carvalho remains a player that both Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in and his situation remains the same. He is for sale, but the asking price would need to come down to make any move possible. Khedira needs to get his act together and make a decision - put I suspect it will not be Arsenal. Asier Illarramendi has been of interest to Arsenal although a move is unlikely.

M: Fekir is a player of strong interest to Arsenal amongst others - Lyon do not want to lose him and Lacazette and are very difficult to deal with - but it is just possible. Certainly Arsenal are considering Calhanoglu and might move for him if Fekir is not available. Regardless of what Juventus say about wanting Vidal to stay, there is every chance he will leave Juve this summer and Arsenal has looked at him – but there is certainly no deal in place. Matuidi remains a possibility as he will probably be available and the club are aware of that. Bernard will be available but I doubt that Arsenal will consider rekindling their interest. Inter were looking to sell Kovacic and have spoken with Arsenal amongst other - the player does not want to leave at this time, and Inter will likely sacrificice Hernanes instead. Interest in Draxler has probably gone. The club will be approached about Arda Turan but I do not know if they will be interested at all. Arsenal have made an enquiry regarding Isco's availability. Interest in Gundogan seems to have been rekindled as he is still delaying signing a new contract – but I doubt a move to Arsenal will happen.

W/F: Dybala has been of sustained interest but he will not be moving to Arsenal. Arsenal will possibly turn to Jackson Martinez, Aleksandar Mitrović, Rodrigo or possibly Gonzalo Higuain as they cannot bring in their first choice.

Gameiro has been looked at and might provide a fallback position but there is interest from Marseille and Liverpool. Another alternative is Hoffenheim's Firmino, but Manchester City are already in talks. Kishna (I understand his agent wants him to move to Juventus) is probably no longer a consideration, and Lacazette is almost certainly not going to happen. Two other players the club were interested in - Bakkali and Andre Ayew - are very unlikely. Arsenal's interest in Pedro remains. Whilst there is still possible interest in Reus, a move does not seem viable this summer.

Eintracht Braunschweig failed to make Bayer Leverkusen's Karim Bellarabi's loan permanent in the summer amidst interest from both Hamburg and Hoffenheim. Interest from Stuttgart seems to have gone although Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham have had the player scouted this season - Chelsea has another solution in mind now. However, any move this summer is unlikely as he has signed a new long-term contract with Leverkusen.

Douglas Costa appears to be heading elsewhere and I suspect Arsenal have dropped their interest in him. Malcom and Tielmans have been looked at but there appears to be no interest. "Apparently" (an agent's "apparently"), Manchester United and Arsenal remain interested in Mandukic. I very much doubt it.}

Apparently these are Arsenals transfer targets.

How will Rafa go from managing giants of games such as Jermaine Pennant, Andrea Dossena and Andriy Voronin to Ronaldo and 10 others?

Nathan Redmond for 5.0?

Madrid are a vile club. Sacking Ancelotti has made me feel a bit sick. Carlo is all class. They had a 75% win percentage under him!

Another ridiculous thing earlier from today is that people think you have to buy 'premier league proven players' to get good players. Biggest myth, ever.

How any of these expensive players will we be able to afford to have in our team's next season?:

Terry
Ivanovic
Sanchez
Aguero
Hazard
Silva
Costa

Clearly, the price structure will make it virtually impossible to have any 5 of them next season so players will be forced to choose which ones to have and which ones to forego.

If you could only afford 3 of them next season which 3 would you take?

Now we know the lineup for next season I can't wait for FPL to restart!!!!

Quite excited today, maybe because I remember a year ago when I was celebrating our return to the Prem. Regardless of how bad this season went that was still a most unbelievable feeling.

Ancelotti: I'll take the memory of two fantastic years at the @realmadrid thanks to the club, this hobby and my players. Hala Madrid and nothing more

On a separate note, in Turkish league Fenerbahce just drew 2-2 with Basaksehir which resulted arch rivals Galatasaray to win the title

Fenerbahce ended the game 4 players sent off.

#dodgy

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/24/how-does-raheem-sterling-score-against-ronaldo-messi-age-20

Interesting read.

In summary : Sterling actually DOES stack up stats-wise VS some of the best ever players at the age of 20. Although this doesn't take into account attitude.

First FPl season for me . Not a great rank by the standards of the site but won the ML by 3 pts after a deficit of 73 pts some gws back .
Thanks

Jackson Martinez heading to Arsenal also, straight into my team if that happens

I have made the decision to stick around over the 'off season'.

I usually just afk and come back when the league is about to start but this time, I feel it would benefit me in the long run to stay on and help/chat to people to get to know them.

Hypothetically BR gets sacked.

Who will be keen to manage Liverpool?

I'm not sure if Klopp or Ancelotti will be up for that with all due respect.

It always difficult to fit all the players you want at the start of the season.

Apart from Aguero, there are no real 'stand out' strikers.

Given the points above I might go with Aguero and two budget strikers at the start so I can afford Hazard, Sanchez and Silva in midfield. Unless they reclassify Sanchez as a forward.