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For that amount of money, surely KDB would have to be starting games? Is it going to be Sterling - Silva - De Bruyne playing behind Aguero as their standard line-up? Really he ought to be competition for Silva's position, but Lord knows benching Silva would be a dumb move at this point.

Aye, that was me three pages ago. http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/competition/rules/#6

Then someone had better inform the official Capital One Cup website, http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/competition/rules/#6. I suspect The Independent are wrong.

My instinct is that we will not bring anyone new in before the end of the window. But then, I'm never the most optimistic sort.

Juventus chief exec Guiseppe Marotta has said that a deal for Cuadrado to go to Juventus should be officially announced tomorrow. It will be a season-long loan but there are currently conflicting stories concerning whether it includes a set option to buy. (Same story as reported earlier, but since it's a Juve guy saying it I guess that's as official as you can get...)

The shirt is okay. If I didn't still have my B&W away shirt from 2008 then maybe I'd be interested. The shorts still look rubbish though...except when the TV cameras are far enough away not to distinguish the fading pattern. I can only presume that their dodgy design is a conscious effort on the part of Adidas to cut down on the number of FKWs walking the streets of London.

No more reliable than anyone else... He heard that we were definitely getting Cavani, for example.

It is 0-0 in the end! Good. Can't be doing with these Manchester clubs and their 100% starts...

If only Cisse or Thauvin had managed to put that chance away, though...

The closer this ManU/Newcastle game creeps towards full-time (typing this on 79 minutes)...the more annoyed I'm going to be when the hosts nab a goal for yet another 1-0. ¬_¬

It's a little bit amusing that the paper who plug for the "agree fee" line actually place said fee at many, many millions lower than the many different (equally random) "bid" figures being thrown about by other papers.

The Barca bench is going to have some better options than the first elevens of most clubs, in fairness.

Kyle Walker channeling his inner-Spurs with an own-goal...lol.

Well, it's back. I have just about enough time to watch United v Spurs before heading out to the Bridge later...but it doesn't really feel right to start my new season with a "can't both teams lose?" match. :/

If Pedro does come in, I doubt very much it would be at the expense of Cuadrado. More like he'd be taking up Salah's spot.