European Football Thread

[ZJ Penn]

So now BBC are ruling out Rubi as Barca manager due to inexperience, less than 24 hours after saying he was the favourite

[Colly]

While Skybet had AVB as odds on favourite and as of two hours ago he was about 10th and 20/1.

[Ant]

Celtic fans are fucking dickheads. Pitch invasion, flares and offensive chanting towards Lee Rigby in a friendly against Brentford

[Lineker]

They're not Celtic fans. They're mindless, idiotic hooligans. Nothing to do with being a Celtic fan there.

[Kaney]

Exactly, you get the same sort of idiots within every fanbase and what these cunts did was disgusting.

[Lineker]

Guus Hiddink has resigned as manager of Anzhi. He had signed a new contract at the club last month.

Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen replaces him as manager.

[DavidMarrio]

Heading to Barca maybe?

[Lineker]

You might just be right.

Guus Hiddink is set to take over as Barcelona manager after resigning his post at Anzhi Makhachkala, reports the Daily Mail.

[EddieG]

And of course the Daily Mail look set to be wrong, as Hiddink has told the Dutch BBC equivalent that he won't be managing anymore clubs.

[Szumi]

And the Argentine has been appointed too. ESPN says Tata is set to be appointed.

[Lineker]

Barca vs. Bayern is on Sky Sports late this afternoon.

[Colly]

9/2 on a Barca win with Hills. I doubt they've had odds like that in years, even if it is pre season.

[Baddar]

Will Thiago be making his Bayern debut?

Also, has Neymar played a game for Barca yet?

[Dynamite]

Neymar and all the other Confederations Cup players (Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, etc.) are all still on holiday. Thiago has played a few friendly matches already and even scored in one I think.

[Baddar]

Fairy nuff.

Doesn't the La Liga season start a week or two after the PL anyway?

[EddieG]

The same weekend.

[Lineker]

The Italian Football Federation launches an investigation after AC Milan's Guinea international Kevin Constant walks off in the 34th minute of his team's game against Sassuolo, after being allegedly racially abused by opposition fans. The incident took place on Tuesday during a pre-season tournament that also involves Juventus. The referee ordered an announcement warning that the game would be suspended if further incidents occurred. The game then continued with Milan sending on a substitute for the 26-year-old Constant. Fifa ushered in strict new anti-racism and discrimination rules in May that could see teams docked points or even relegated for repeated racist incidents by fans.

[Lineker]

Holy shit, in 8 pre-season games, Bayern have scored 59 goals.

[Matt]

To be fair 28 of those were against a fan club and a brewery.

[Lineker]

1-0 Bayern - Lahm (playing ahead of Rafinha in midfield) flicks in a header past Pinto.