It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Ptholden - better off putting a tenner on Arsenal for the premiership @14-1 - more likely than the above, but still easy money for the bookies.

Skinners - use Betfair, at least your lost money goes to an anonymous punter rather than Ladbrookes (probably)

England to win the next world cup yep I think they can, must be one of the favourites.

Im talking Rugby Union here.

Football wise I think we might have a good team come the next Euros all these young 2 footed midfielders. Barklay, southampton captain, spurs lad, Wilshire and quite a few more.

Chris - I certainly wouldn't bet on England winning the World Cup, too many matches involved to achieve that, but Man Utd only have two matches against Bayern and if Van Persie is in the right mood it's possible. I'm not a Man Utd fan btw!

db - At 33/1 on you go. Good luck mate.

Feel sorry for David de Geah, after the first leg he will be suffering from repetitive strain injury due to the amount of times he picks the ball out the back of the net.

Oh dear, Van Persie out for 4-6 weeks.

7.45pm ITV on Tuesday April (wait for it, love the irony) 1st. April Fools Day.

Latest Online betting (crap,wonder if this was decided before Van Persie news)

Willi Hill Man U 4/1

Draw 10/3

Bayern 4/7

Coral Man U 6.0

Draw 3.80

Bayern 1.57

By Mark Ogden6:05PM GMT 21 Mar 2014 Comments69 Comments
Robin van Persie will miss Manchester United’s Champions League quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich after being ruled out for 4-6 weeks with a knee ligament injury.
The Dutch forward, who was injured in the final stages of United’s 3-0 victory against Olympiakos on Wednesday, could face a battle to be fully fit for the World Cup if the injury keeps him out of action beyond the six week period suggested by the club’s medical staff.
Having spent the day on crutches at United’s Carrington training ground on Thursday, Van Persie underwent a second scan on his knee today.
And United have confirmed this evening that he could now be sidelined until May with the injury.
A United spokesperson said: “Following further investigation Robin van Persie has a sprained knee which will keep him out for around 4-6 weeks.”
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Van Persie’s injury is a hammer blow for manager David Moyes ahead of a crucial stage of the campaign for the beleaguered manager.
United must now face European champions Bayern next month without their leading goalscorer.
And potentially more damaging is the prospect of losing Van Persie for the remainder of the Premier League campaign, with United needing to catch Everton in sixth place to qualify for the Europa League.
United, currently seventh, are three points behind Everton, who have played one game fewer than the faltering champions.

I reckon Chelsea can qualify...ManU will have to go at Bayern like mad to get through (you cannot let a team like that rest for a second)....Real should go through...and here's the surprise : I cannot see Barcelona getting the better of Atletico.....(£100 says so)....

RF thats a brave bet my full respect mind some expert from Spain on talk sport says Barca arent the Barca of old. Might have a bet myself.

Learning VAN P is out for Bayern is one hell of a blow.

The odds are really against us now.

I still believe though anything is possible in sport.

I have £20 on Chelsea this afternoon .....really risky.....in fact I'm regretting it already....not sure at all...

Giroud to score and Arse win @ 7/1

6-0 rf well done.

Crikey !...

I bet that Arsene's halftime talk sounded like Adolf Hitler's.... in the dressingroom.....4 goals let in...vee shall score 8 goalz in ze zecond half and if ze score 6 goalz ve shalz score 12 golz......

Some of those Hitler's Football videos are really quite funny.

Never seen them before...great....

So that's what you call a risky bet then ???

and against the Specialist in failure's 11 as well