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...

Under 21's beat Italy 3- 2 last night....friendly....good result as Italy have always been excellent at that level......
Scotland tonight.....always reminds me of a time when I was at Charings Cross Station the morning of the game catching a train to Ramsgate and it had been raining overnight and loads of Scottish fans found shelter there....three little elderly Scottish ladies with squeaky trolleys were looking for the train to Dover I think for a short trip to France when they were approached by the Scottish mass and one of the fans shouted out in a broad accent : "Heay ! That's not the way to Wembley !" as they were about to board the train.....really funny.....I thought.....the game later that day ?...2-0 to England ...Bryan Robson was one of the scorers I think......

Hope Scotland stuff you , might get yourselves a decent manager then.

Southgate and Allardyce have just continued with the same crap that got you nowhere at the last WC and Euro's.

Can't see it happening though and Southgate will get the job til after the next WC.

Are those letters to mean something else ?......I think England might win but I doubt it will be easy.....

I think it'll be easy if Strachan continues his policy of picking his mates instead of the players in form.

And we'll done to the FA and SFA on their poppy stance. Welsh and Irish FA should be ashamed of themselves.

Storm in a teacup this poppy quarrel.....keeps the media happy ......something to talk about.....Fifa are at fault it seems....it's not advertising.....

Oh well Southgate it is then.

Good luck with that.

Worldclass attacking display by England.....superb.....unfortunately we are let down by schoolboy defensive mistakes at times....if the opponents had been one of the major countries we could have been 3-1 down easily...and try to back from that.....have to feel sorry for the Scots...played quite well and nearly exposed Englands frailties at the back......they should retain Gordon Strachan as manager !.....that was a good jock display overall....

John Stones £48 mill LOL!!!

Spain will murder this English team on this form. Both teams are poor. England took their chances Scotland didn't.

I hope Scotland make play offs. Need to be more ruthless in front of goal. England will win group but how we do in Russia is a concern.

That Everton goal was a nice end to the day ... Swansea bottom and let's hope they stay there.

10 points from Warnock's first 6 games for Cardiff is a good return. Previous 6 games yielded just 3.

My home team, Northampton, have lost their last two games from opposition goals scored in the final minutes of extra time.

Grrrr!

Cobblers :-)

Nah Blue Birds Dil, they still playing in red mate? :0)

We don't play whatever colour we wear :-)

Great result for WBA at the weekend and up into the top half of the table. However WBA are like Christmas lights the come down in the new year, in the meantime I will enjoy this unexpected run of good results.

Not been a good start to the season. Every team coming for a kick about have had decent performances. Still waiting for one from the Home team.

Not a bad bet might be : Leicester : to stay up........

Just a brief word about the terrible plane crash in South America....condolences to the bereaved from all here on the Money Am threads.....

Neymar is the most valuable player in the world, Leo Messi second
France Football, using data from CIES Football Observatory, say six of the seven most expensive players in the world play in La Liga


Sport EN | 6.12.2016 | 10:53h.
Neymar, FC Barcelona's Brazilian star, is currently the most valuable player in the world according to France Football. Neymar leads the list of players, which is dominated by players who play in La Liga.

France Football, using data from CIES Football Observatory, say six of the seven most expensive players in the world are from Spain.

Neymar is top of the list, valued at 250m euros, beating Lionel Messi (190m) and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann, (135m).

Off the podium but fourth on the list is Cristiano Ronaldo (130m).

FC Barcelona are represented on the list by Luis Suarez (95m), Sergio Busquets (60m) and Ivan Rakitic (50m) too.

Put into a formation, this would be the most valuable team in the world:

De Gea (58); Marquinhos (47), Bonucci (50), Varane (50), Laporte (48); Verratti (72), Coutinho (75), Pogba (125); Messi (190), Griezmann (135), Neymar (250).

Neymar Barcelona 250
Messi Barcelona 190
Griezmann Atlético 135
Cristiano Real Madrid 130
Pogba Manchester United 125
Gareth Bale Real Madrid 110
Luis Suárez Barcelona 95
Agüero Manchester City 88
Higuaín Juventus 85
Müller Bayern Munich 82
Lewandowski Bayern Munich 80
Coutinho Liverpool 75
Hazard Chelsea 75
Dybala Juventus 72
Verratti PSG 72
De Bruyne Manchester City 70
Alexis Sánchez Arsenal 69
Aubameyang Borussia D. 68
Kane Tottenham 62
Kroos Real Madrid 62
Icardi Inter 60
Alvaro Morata Real Madrid 60
Busquets Barcelona 60
De Gea Manchester United 58
Koke Atlético Madrid 56
Ozil Arsenal 55
Sterling Manchester City 55
Neuer Bayern Munich 54
Martial Manchester United 53
Donnarumma Milan AC 50
Courtois Chelsea 50
Diego Costa Chelsea 50
Kante Chelsea 50
Rakitic FC Barcelona 50
Varane Real Madrid 50
Bonucci Juventus 50

Champions League Draw 2016-17: Round-of - 16

According to UEFA's official website, the first legs of the round will played in the weeks commencing February 13 and 20, while the second legs will be in the weeks of March 6 and 13.

The seeded group winners will be away in the opener and then at home for the return leg.