Hargreaves : the end

It looks very likely that this time there won't be any way back for the midfield man this time. I have never thought that he would play a serious part in United's future. So i don't really see this as a blow just time to face reality.
There are lot of injuries and recuperations from injuries going on in that squad.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/08/owen-hargreaves-injury-manchester-united

Ferguson doesn't think Rio Ferdinand will be fit either for the beginning of the season.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/hargreaves-and-ferdinand-to-miss-start-of-the-season-2022286.html

Holland, Ajax and Barca great Johann Cruyff would like a Spanish win on Sunday to reward the great football the best team in the world play. The great man does have split loyalties, but having read about him, it's not a major surprise that he would go for the team that plays the best football.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7880884/World-Cup-Final-Holland-hero-Johan-Cruyff-pledges-allegiance-to-Spain.html

Angel Di Maria moves to Real for 25 million Euros. I wasn't very impressed by him in this world cup myself. To think we wanted to swap Nani for him last winter. As long as Nani continues his good form from the second half of last season we should be very glad that didn't come off. One thin that this world cup has definitely opened my eyes to is the deart of quality wide men. And by that i mean real wide men, not strikers that play anywhere along the front three. With Valencia and Nani in our squad we are about as well equipped in that department as we could hope to be. It would be nice to see United bring some homegrown wide men through the academy system. Beckham and Giggs development through the youth team seems a long time ago now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/7879645/Angel-Di-Maria-completes-Real-Madrid-move.html

President of La Liga attacks premier league for the dominance of foreign players. I can go along with some of that, but La Liga is far from perfect and has problems galore itself. The success of this Spanish team is in reality down to one club, Barca the Catalan club the rest of Spain love to hate, not the administratots of La Liga. Against Germany Spain fielded just one player that didn't play for either Barca or Real, and of those ten, the majority and the most crucial play at the Camp Nou.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/08/jose-luis-astiazaran-la-liga-england

John Foot asks how anyone can justify the exorbitant wages of today's football stars. Well i can't.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/justify-footballers-wages-moral-outcry

Steve Richards on the lessons of the 1975 referendum on leaving the common market.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/steve-richards-the-convulsive-power-of-referendums-2021951.html

Simon Jenkins writes that our policy in Afghanistan is disastrous.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/afghanistan-catastrophe-chilcot

David Prosser thinks Tesco may have some real competition with Amazon's surprise move into the online grocery market.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-prosser-bet-on-amazon-to-give-the-grocers-a-real-fright-2021094.html

One of the men behind the idea of the off ice for budget responsibility is disappointed with chequered start, that has seen Sir Alan Budd depart prematurely. So it's common knowledge he walked because he was unhappy. A tad new labourish, if anything even worse than new labour, its hand picked men and women from outside the party didn't generally walk after just three months.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jul/09/office-budget-responsibility-reform

The Dead Kennedys with the classic Holiday in Cambodia