The concept of trickle-down economics is well-documented failure in the common world but I think (read: hope) will be much more successful in football. While in the free market, the pursuit of profit restricts companies’ willingness to spend, thus halting the money flow at the top. In football however, the only thing…

Is there any chance that this is all window dressing and the fee was around half that amount? Napoli want to make it seem as though they had no choice and Juve couldn’t care less about the actual figure. Seems like a win-win to say he cost 94M and call it a day

Ahem, someone would like to have a word...http://www.transfermarkt.com/christian-puli…

Haven’t watch much of him at Liverpool but he was an absolute monster at Hoffenheim. Dude would tackle the hell out of you to win the ball, dribble past your whole team then blast it in. Was sad to see he and De Brunye leave but it’s nice to see them having long enough leashes to show their brilliance.

Dortmund fan here. Over the past 2-3 years I have seen reports linking basically our entire team to England. At least Germany has Kicker and RN. I just imagine every paper in England being a BILD facsimile and ignoring most everything from that side of the channel.