SOCCER Lowdown Post-Euros

While we were away, a whole lot happened in the football eh? AVB joined Spurs, Alba ditched United for Barca and Van Persie revealed he wont be playing for Arsenal another season after his contract expires. Now that... if you chose to overlook Spain's Euro 2012 victory, is cause for heads turning. before we turn heads... I know, we have not spoken football in a while. But here we are again.

So Spain won the Euros, and in emphatic fashion. Haven't seen such a convincing win in a long time. Although Spain did thrash Ireland 4-0 in the group stage. I have to be honest, when that match started, I wasn't in support of Spain but... things change. I enjoyed that match. Although I also felt a little pity on the Italians. You don't get to the final if you're a nobody, so for them to be punished like that... Spain had to be on another level of performance... they always are. WE ALL AGREE.

Elsewhere, Armin Van Buuren, hehe, just kidding... Andre Villas Boas is now Spurs manager, replacing the sacked Redknapp. Here's my concern, If Redknapp was fired, even after his team had qualified for Europe, how will AVB cope, especially with his managerial rookie mistakes? Also... will he sell Redknapp's stars? He has already signed Gylfi and I think it would be interesting to see how the future of Bale, Modric, Van Der Vaart looks like.

Arsenal: The future doesn't look to bright, neither is it too bleek for them. They have Podolski and Giroud if their problem is a striker. But if they're talking about how fond they had grown of RVP, then that's a problem. See where am going with this? Well, wherever he ends up, City, United, Juventus, Barca or even if he chooses to remain at Arsenal, I hope Giroud and Podolski can get RVP's goals.

Elsewhere on the transfer market, European clubs have been on a roll signing new players. PSG have snapped up Lavezzi from Napoli(I've already tried him on PES2012 ), Lucio left Inter for Juve, AC Milan snapped released Nesta and Seedorf and got the services of some youngsters. Juventus look like a more serious  prospect for next season. I also read that Inter is almost falling apart and that Diego Forlan will also be released.

In totally unrelated news... the SOCCER & SOCIAL soccer tweetup will be coming back again so keep your eyes out for the next one. Once I consult with some of the other guys, I will inform you football lovers.