Top 10 People With The Highest IQ

Intelligence along with street smarts is what is needed in today’s world. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is a measure, a score obtained from a test, measuring a person’s intelligence or how sharp their brain works. These tests are for certain areas like language fluency, 3 dimensional thinking, etc.
IQ scores are used as predictors of educational achievement, special needs, job performance and income. The average IQ of the population is 100 as many score between 70 and 130.

World’s 10 highest IQ holders are:

10. Stephen Hawking (IQ 160)

Stephen William Hawking was born on 8th January, 1942 in United Kingdom. His IQ is 160. He is devoted to the core fields of science and have worked on gravitational theorems in the framework of general relativity, and many theoretical predictions on black holes stating that they emit radiations and known as hawking radiation. He attended Oxford University in 1959 when he was only 17 years old.

He was the first to explain the cosmology thesis by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vocal supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Stephen is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the highest civilian award in the United States. He was also a professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.

9. Albert Einstein (IQ 160-190)

He was born on 14th march 1879 in Germany. His IQ was estimated between 160 and 190. The right handed physicist did his schooling from Germany. His devotion towards science started with a compass that his father showed him. What made him work was reason behind what makes a compass needle move. Apart from physics, he had a keen interest in mechanics and mathematics. He also applied for polytechnic colleges in Italy, but due insufficient grades he failed to get admission. On the advice of the dean of the same, as he had exceptionally high grades in physics and mathematics, he completed his secondary education from Switzerland.

He worked in the field of Quantum theory and was the one to develop the general theory of relativity which was the turning point in the field of science. He is also very well known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. For his services to theoretical physics, and for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, he was awarded with a Nobel Prize. He continued to work in the field of Quantum theory even after his photoelectric effect thesis.

At an age of 76, he died on 17th April, 1955 due to some internal bleeding.

8. Judit Polgar (IQ 170)

She was born on 23rd July 1976, in Hungary. With an IQ of 170, she is the strongest female chess player in history. She achieved the title of Grand-master when she was 15 years old and was the youngest to do so until then. She is the only woman to have won a game from a current world number one player and has defeated former world champions in either rapid or classical chess.

Her childhood went through a lot of struggle and chess as a specialized subject. Her father used to believe that if trained properly, anyone could be a genius in any subject. Believing in her father, Judit fought with the Hungarian chess committee as women were not allowed to play with men. Based on similar grounds, so was not given the title of grandmaster even being nominated many times. With 2 sisters in her life, her childhood went under complete specialisation of chess with them as his father appointed them for home schooling.

7. Leonardo da Vinci (IQ 180-190)

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in Italy. He had an IQ between 180 and 190. He is often described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of “unquenchable curiosity” and “feverishly inventive imagination”. He was extremely talented and dedicated to his work specially art.

He did an informal education in Latin, geometry and mathematics. His first painting was a monster spitting fire. His famous artworks are Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and the Vitruvian Man. He was skilled as a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

He died on May 2, 1519.

6. Marilyn Vos Savant (IQ 190)

She was born on August 11, 1946 in United States of America. Her IQ is 190. She is highly skilful in being an American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright.

In her childhood days she used to work at her father’s general store and side by side she used to love reading and writing articles. Marilyn has got a local newspaper posting her work and she agreed to work under alias as she didn’t want to use her name for something at which she was imperfect. In 1986, she wrote for  a Sunday column in Parade magazine, wherein she used to solve puzzles and answer a variety of questions from her readers.

In 1985 she was registered into the Guinness  World records for having the highest IQ amongst women.

5. Garry Kasparov (IQ 194)

He was born on 13th April, 1963 in Soviet Union, Russia. He has an outstanding IQ of 194. He is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, a writer and a political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player. He began taking chess as a serious matter at an early age when his parents gave him a chess problem and he was able to propose a solution. He started his training at an age of 11.

He won his first championship which was Soviet Union Junior Chess championship, by the age of 13 years. In 1985 he won the first title of world championship in Moscow by earning twelve and a half points. He officially retired from major chess tournaments, on 10th March 2005. He also played against and got defeated by a supercomputer opponent that can calculate 200 million moves in every second

4. Kim Ung-yong (IQ 210)

Kim Ung-yong was born on March 7, 1963 in South Korea. By profession he is a civil engineer. His IQ as calculated is 210. At an age of 6 months he had started speaking. At an age of 3 he had learnt many languages like Japanese, Korean, German and English. And at an age of 14 years, he solved complex calculus problems on Japanese television.

3. Christopher Hirata (IQ 225)

He was born on 30th November 1982. He has an IQ of 225. When he was 12 years old, he had already done his college level course on physics and mathematics. At the age of 13 he won a gold medal in international science Olympiad. He was working with NASA on a project to conquer mars when he was 16 years old. He got his PhD from Princeton University and is currently teaching astrophysics at California Institute of Technology.

2. Terence Tao (IQ 225-230)

He was born on 17th July, 1975 in Australia. He has an IQ between 225 and 230. Being a mathematician, he specializes in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, ergodic Ramsey theory, random matrix theory, and analytic number theory.

Terence is currently teaching at University of California, Los Angeles. He exhibited extraordinary mathematical abilities from an early age and knew basic arithmetic when he was 2 years old. He attended university level mathematics courses at the age of nine. When he was 15 he published his first assistant paper. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the age of 16.

1. William James Sidis(IQ 250-300)

He was born on 1st April 1888 in New York City. His IQ was estimated to be between 250 and 300. He went to a grammar school at an age of 6 and graduated within 7 months. He went to Harvard at an age of 11 and by the time he was adult, he knew over 40 languages. He specialized in the field of mathematics. At Harvard he was physically threatened by some students due to which his parents got him a teaching assistant job at Rice University in Texas. Being frustrated at job and being threatened by students he left his job and had a political career ahead. He died in 1944 due to some brain damage and it was the same reason his father had passed away.

Top 10 Celebrities With The Weirdest Demands

From customized rooms to branded water, celebs have it all. Since the famous band Van Halen started off the trend of weird and wacky requests by demanding for M&M’s with the brown ones removed, the paparazzi has been keeping a close track of all other demands by various stars. While some might say it’s just deplorable how people with money think they can get anyone to do anything for them, there are others who think that creativity does deserve some leeway and these stars that have to deal with stress and living up to their fan’s expectation are entitled to some eccentricity. But some celebrities have become famous for their diva nature and the top ten are

10. Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

She recently became infamous for gaining her fans ire for being late for her performances. For one of her performances, she arrived almost an hour late because she refused to walk in the grass outside her dressing room since it was too long and she budged only after it was cut. Her usual demands as revealed by a tour rider, include 24 bottles of Dasani water bottles 12 at room temperature and 12 on ice. Her flower arrangements are standard, but she insists on getting candles that smell like baked goods!

9. Rihanna

Rihanna

An extremely talented artist, Rihanna rose to fame at a very early age to become one of the highest grossing stars under the age of thirty. In recent times though her attitude and weird diva-like demands have begun to attract more attention than her new albums. During a concert in Germany, her management had asked for the juice pressed from special carrots from Ecuador. Apart from just backstage demands, she has also gained a reputation for obscure and weird demands while outside, like her recent insistence on having her own private dance floor at her favourite club, i.e. Mayfair’s mahiki nightclub. Her entourage and helpers have often complained of her attitude and diva-like demands to get strange items like the ‘right’ ice bucket and specific food items at any time. Also her hotel room requirements include Haribo gummies, Oreo cookies, mini Babybel cheese and cans of Red Bull.

8. Katy Perry

Katy Perry

A real diva, this singer’s demands are wacky and outrageous just like her outfits; which actually includes a 23 point policy for drivers! Some of the driver’s rules include never starting a conversation with the pop star, fans or her guests, or looking at her through the rear view mirror,  asking for autographs or pictures. More than requirements, she has bans on certain items such as her absolute no-no to carnations. Her other specific flower demands include white and purple hydrangeas or pink and white roses. Room needs specify that the fridge must have a glass door; drapes used must be either cream or pink and certain furniture to be customized. Her food list is quite extensive as well including freeze-dries strawberries, quality honey and as was recently revealed her strange request for a tray of cheese and crackers on ice during BBC Radio 1’s Teen awards.

7. Sir Paul McCartney

Sir Paul McCartney

A sixties icon, this singer’s weird demands generally revolve around his support for animal rights. He demands that the limousine in which he travels must not be covered with leather seats and no item in the room or cars are to have animal products or skin coverings of any kind, not even fake prints. The concert venue must have  dry cleaner waiting, and his dressing room demands include a lush green cover with strangely, 19 leafy 6- feet plants and four leafy 4 -feet plants, and an added condition that no plant should possess a bark. The other room requirements include only halogen lamps, three flower arrangements and twenty towels. As for the furniture, he demands it be wooden, and not glass or lacquer. He insists on a purely vegetarian banquet served on an 8 feet table covered with a white tablecloth.

6. Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

This sultry singer -actress is famous for her apparent obsession with white. Her list of demands includes her trailer to be at least 40 feet in length and everything in the room must be completely white. This includes couches, drapes, the flowers which should be lilies and roses, tablecloths, candles, white lounge areas and even white food such as fish! The other demands included a separate make up area, TV, DVD and stereo and all that trouble just for a charity event where she stayed for a little over an hour! At the world music awards, she demanded that the speed boat to transport her to Monte Carlo be fitted with custom fitted love seat, faux leather seats and a 3000 dollar diamond encrusted headphones to drown out the noise of the boat’s motor. Her privacy needs were catered to by dedicating the entire floor and an entire stretch of beach to her. These are not the only instances; she was recently axed from a gig due to her obnoxious demands!

5. Kanye West

Kanye West

This famous rapper is also famous for his wacky demands apart from anger issues, and was recently in the limelight for his demands to BBC! He ordered for the stage to be rebuilt because he was unhappy about the performance area and replacement of all the dressing room furniture with only white furnishings from the walls, curtains, to chairs to even the flowers. There is more, the wackiest demand that he made was that the carpet in the room was too lumpy and wanted it ironed! Other than that his usual demands include that all the towels backstage for a performance must be from Versace and later he cuts them into half (???).  He also has some driver rules like Katy Perry according to which his driver must wear only cotton clothes.

4. Beyonce

Beyonce

Particular in her demands, this hit singer’s list is a very long one. From new toilet seats and using only red toilet paper to apparently ensure it has not been used, she also demands straws made of titanium worth 900 dollars for special alkaline water chilled to an exact 21 degrees. She requires a hand carved ice ball to suck after each performance, to cool her throat. Her crew members are required to wear complete 100% cotton at all times to prevent any allergic reaction she might have to other fibres. During her recent concert performance she refused the luxurious dressing room and moved to the larger rooms used by players and refurbished them to her own taste. And for a person committed to her endorsements she only has Pepsi products in her trailer and an absolute ban on cola products.

3. Madonna

Madonna

One of the most famous artists of all times, and an inspiration to all singers, she is as well known for her songs, as for her exhibitionism and dressing choices. Madonna is also famous for her strange demands and necessities. Her entourage is basically a small village, consisting of more than 200 members which consists of about 30 bodyguards, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist and personal chefs to name a few. She demands for 20 international phone lines in her room, apart from specific white and pink roses with stems specifically cut to 6 inches! And this is not the strangest room requirement. She asks for the room furniture to be completely replaced by her own furniture which is shipped in. the toilets are not spared either, since new ones are installed in the rooms after inspection by her people. Foot spa, a love seat, only Kabbalah water and three Kabbalah candles are her other must haves.

2. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

Her claim to fame, apart from her singing prowess includes her eccentric costumes on as well as off stage. From meat costumes to frog ensembles, she has done it all. Her eclectic tastes in clothes extend to her demands as well. She requires a mannequin backstage with her at all times, specifically one with pink pubic hair, for god only knows what reason. Room décor is glam rock style replete with black drapes and white couches and walls decorated by only old rock posters featuring her favourite artists- Davie Bowen, Queen, Billy holiday and Elton john. Her food demands include peanut butter with not more than four grams of sugar, with flax seeds, homemade guacamole, dunking donuts coffee, organic tea and milk. She also demands that her bathroom bath towels, soaps, washcloths and body wash all be lavender coloured, as well as the candles and fresh roses.

1. Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Known famously to be an absolute diva, Mariah Carey is quite popular for her weird and difficult demands. The standard demands that she usually has are the temperature of the venue should be fixed at 75 degrees, the entry door must open into the living room and not the dressing room, water should be Fiji and her strange demands range from having all the rooms draped, the couches must be a three seater with absolutely no busy patterns apparently. The faucets in the bathroom must be of gold. All venues must have puppies, white doves and all individual handlers need to have toilet paper on them all the time proving her love for animals and in another testimony to this fact she insists on a separate chauffeur for her dog, jack who also must be bathed with only French mineral water. In fact, for a Christmas lighting event in London, she requested for 20 white kittens and 100 doves, and to be showered with butterfly shaped confetti at the end. She reportedly surrounds herself with 11 bodyguards while dining so no one can see her eat. Extremely fussy about her privacy, she has gone to great lengths to ensure she is not disturbed, by buying out all economy seats during a flight, renting all suites next to her suite and reportedly even asking for a gymnasium to be fitted next to her suite. Two days before her performance she refuses to speak to anyone, only communicating via notes!

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Squidward's Suicide (The Red MIst)

REMINDER!

I do not own this content, I am merely sharing this information to you all. This is regarding on the mysterious video that was made by a Scottish serial killer, it had caused more than a lot of people to commit suicide due to it's effect on human minds. I repeat, the  content below isn't mine.

The original website is here: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Squidward's_Suicide
And here's the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le2Hq8mnDL4

I just want to start off by saying if you want an answer at the end, prepare to be disappointed. There just isn't one.

I was an intern at Nickelodeon Studios for a year in 2005 for my degree in animation. It wasn't paid of course, most internships aren't, but it did have some perks beyond education. To adults it might not seem like a big one, but most kids at the time would go crazy over it.

Now, since I worked directly with the editors and animators, I got to view the new episodes days before they aired. I'll get right to it without giving too many unnecessary details. They had very recently made the SpongeBob movie and the entire staff was somewhat sapped of creativity so it took them longer to start up the season. But the delay lasted longer for more upsetting reasons. There was a problem with the series 4 premiere that set everyone and everything back for several months.

Me and two other interns were in the editing room along with the lead animators and sound editors for the final cut. We received the copy that was supposed to be "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and gathered around the screen to watch. Now, given that it isn't final yet animators often put up a mock title card, sort of an inside joke for us, with phony, often times lewd titles, such as "How sex doesn't work" instead of "Rock-a-bye-Bivalve" when SpongeBob and Patrick adopt a sea scallop. Nothing particularly funny but work related chuckles. So when we saw the title card "Squidward's Suicide" we didn't think it more than a morbid joke.

One of the interns did a small throat laugh at it. The happy-go-lucky music plays as is normal. The story began with Squidward practicing his clarinet, hitting a few sour notes like normal. We hear SpongeBob laughing outside and Squidward stops, yelling at him to keep it down as he has a concert that night and needs to practice. SpongeBob says okay and goes to see Sandy with Patrick. The bubbles splash screen comes up and we see the ending of Squidward's concert. This is when things began to seem off.

While playing, a few frames repeat themselves, but the sound doesn't (at this point sound is synced up with animation, so, yes, that's not common) but when he stops playing, the sound finishes as if the skip never happened. There is slight murmuring in the crowd before they begin to boo him. Not normal cartoon booing that is common in the show, but you could very clearly hear malice in it. Squidward's in full frame and looks visibly afraid. The shot goes to the crowd, with SpongeBob in center frame, and he too is booing, very much unlike him. That isn't the oddest thing, though. What is odd is everyone had hyper realistic eyes. Very detailed. Clearly not shots of real people's eyes, but something a bit more real than CGI. The pupils were red. Some of us looked at each other, obviously confused, but since we weren't the writers, we didn't question its appeal to children yet.

The shot goes to Squidward sitting on the edge of his bed, looking very forlorn. The view out of his porthole window is of a night sky so it isn't very long after the concert. The unsettling part is at this point there is no sound. Literally no sound. Not even the feedback from the speakers in the room. It's as if the speakers were turned off, though their status showed them working perfectly. He just sat there, blinking, in this silence for about 30 seconds, then he started to sob softly. He put his hands (tentacles) over his eyes and cried quietly for a full minute more, all the while a sound in the background very slowly growing from nothing to barely audible. It sounded like a slight breeze through a forest.

The screen slowly begins to zoom in on his face. By slow I mean it's only noticeable if you look at shots 10 seconds apart side by side. His sobbing gets louder, more full of hurt and anger. The screen then twitches a bit, as if it twists in on itself, for a split second then back to normal. The wind-through-the-trees sound gets slowly louder and more severe, as if a storm is brewing somewhere. The eerie part is this sound, and Squidward's sobbing, sounded real, as if the sound wasn't coming from the speakers but as if the speakers were holes the sound was coming through from the other side. As good as sound as the studio likes to have, they don't purchase the equipment to be that good to produce sound of that quality.

Below the sound of the wind and sobbing, very faint, something sounded like laughing. It came at odd intervals and never lasted more than a second so you had a hard time pinning it (we watched this show twice, so pardon me if things sound too specific but I've had time to think about them). After 30 seconds of this, the screen blurred and twitched violently and something flashed over the screen, as if a single frame was replaced.

The lead animation editor paused and rewound frame by frame. What we saw was horrible. It was a still photo of a dead child. He couldn't have been more than 6. The face was mangled and bloodied, one eye dangling over his upturned face, popped. He was naked down to his underwear, his stomach crudely cut open and his entrails laying beside him. He was laying on some pavement that was probably a road.

The most upsetting part was that there was a shadow of the photographer. There was no crime tape, no evidence tags or markers, and the angle was completely off for a shot designed to be evidence. It would seem the photographer was the person responsible for the child's death. We were of course mortified, but pressed on, hoping that it was just a sick joke.

The screen flipped back to Squidward, still sobbing, louder than before, and half body in frame. There was now what appeard to be blood running down his face from his eyes. The blood was also done in a hyper realistic style, looking as if you touched it you'd get blood on your fingers. The wind sounded now as if it were that of a gale blowing through the forest; there were even snapping sounds of branches. The laughing, a deep baritone, lasting at longer intervals and coming more frequently. After about 20 seconds, the screen again twisted and showed a single frame photo.

The editor was reluctant to go back, we all were, but he knew he had to. This time the photo was that of what appeared to be a little girl, no older than the first child. She was laying on her stomach, her barrettes in a pool of blood next to her. Her left eye was too popped out and popped, naked except for underpants. Her entrails were piled on top of her above another crude cut along her back. Again the body was on the street and the photographer's shadow was visible, very similar in size and shape to the first. I had to choke back vomit and one intern, the only female in the room, ran out. The show resumed.

About 5 seconds after this second photo played, Squidward went silent, as did all sound, like it was when this scene started. He put his tentacles down and his eyes were now done in hyper realism like the others were in the beginning of this episode. They were bleeding, bloodshot, and pulsating. He just stared at the screen, as if watching the viewer. After about 10 seconds, he started sobbing, this time not covering his eyes. The sound was piercing and loud, and most fear inducing of all is his sobbing was mixed with screams.

Tears and blood were dripping down his face at a heavy rate. The wind sound came back, and so did the deep voiced laughing, and this time the still photo lasted for a good 5 frames.

The animator was able to stop it on the 4th and backed up. This time the photo was of a boy, about the same age, but this time the scene was different. The entrails were just being pulled out from a stomach wound by a large hand, the right eye popped and dangling, blood trickling down it. The animator proceeded. It was hard to believe, but the next one was different but we couldn't tell what. He went on to the next, same thing. He want back to the first and played them quicker and I lost it. I vomited on the floor, the animating and sound editors gasping at the screen. The 5 frames were not as if they were 5 different photos, they were played out as if they were frames from a video. We saw the hand slowly lift out the guts, we saw the kid's eyes focus on it, we even saw two frames of the kid beginning to blink.

The lead sound editor told us to stop, he had to call in the creator to see this. Mr. Hillenburg arrived within about 15 minutes. He was confused as to why he was called down there, so the editor just continued the episode. Once the few frames were shown, all screaming, all sound again stopped. Squidward was just staring at the viewer, full frame of the face, for about 3 seconds. The shot quickly panned out and that deep voice said "DO IT" and we see in Squidward's hands a shotgun. He immediately puts the gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Realistic blood and brain matter splatters the wall behind him, and his bed, and he flies back with the force. The last 5 seconds of this episode show his body on the bed, on his side, one eye dangling on what's left of his head above the floor, staring blankly at it. Then the episode ends.

Mr. Hillenburg is obviously angry at this. He demanded to know what the heck was going on. Most people left the room at this point, so it was just a handful of us to watch it again. Viewing the episode twice only served to imprint the entirety of it in my mind and cause me horrible nightmares. I'm sorry I stayed.

The only theory we could think of was the file was edited by someone in the chain from the drawing studio to here. The CTO was called in to analyze when it happened. The analysis of the file did show it was edited over by new material. However, the timestamp of it was a mere 24 seconds before we began viewing it. All equipment involved was examined for foreign software and hardware as well as glitches, as if the time stamp may have glitched and showed the wrong time, but everything checked out fine. We don't know what happened and to this day nobody does.

There was an investigation due to the nature of the photos, but nothing came of it. No child seen was identified and no clues were gathered from the data involved nor physical clues in the photos. I never believed in unexplainable phenomena before, but now that I have something happen and can't prove anything about it beyond anecdotal evidence, I think twice about things.

Pirlo: I'm happy to retire at Juventus.

Juventus veteran Andrea Pirlo has suggested he would be happy to end his career with the Turin club.



The 34-year-old, who has never played for a club outside of Italy, has said he had contemplated opportunities outside of his homeland in the past, but the playmaker was content with life at Juventus Stadium.

"In recent years I have assessed chances to have an experience abroad, but in the end I'm fine here," Pirlo told Sky Sport.

"I think this is the best place for me to continue playing football.

"It's [Antonio] Conte's third year but the hunger to win is always the same. The formation and style of play has changed but our substance has remained the same.

"We have gained experiences and knowledge, things that have helped us to get the results we have.

"I always play to win, I always have big targets in mind.

"We are out of the Champions League but now we need to concentrate on the Europa League.

"The more targets you have, the greater the will to win."

Juve face third-placed Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on Sunday, and are closing on a 30th Scudetto, and third in succession.

Pirlo said their huge buffer on Rafael Benitez's men was irrelevant heading into the weekend's clash.

"We know where we want to get to. Napoli are a great team, the 20 point difference between the teams will count for nothing on the pitch.

"In the reverse fixture with Napoli we played very well. It was a huge game but we went out onto the pitch to win, like we always do."

Pirlo's Italy are World Cup-bound in mid-year, and he said he was pleased his nation's FA showed faith in coach Cesare Prandelli by renewing his contract.

"Prandelli's renewal? We are happy, he has done very well and it was right to give his project continuity," he said.

PSG in €70m Pogba swoop?

Talk is rifle in France that moneybagsParis Saint-Germain are set to make for the all-action French midfielder, who might end up being the subject of a bid that JUventus could find too hard to turn down.

Rumours continue to surface that Paris Saint-Germain will go all out in the summer to sign Paul Pogba.

The France international has been attracting attention from some of Europe’s biggest clubs in recent months, with the Ligue 1 champions, Manchester United and Real Madrid all said to be interested.

But reports in Spanish newspaper Sport claim that Laurent Blanc’s men will break the bank at the end of the season to bring in the youngster.

The paper suggests that they could table a €70m offer for Pobga in order to guarantee his signing.

Real Madrid assistant Zinedine Zidane has apparently ordered his club to do all they can to sign the 20-year-old.

However, the sports daily has insisted that the French champions will offer a whopping €70m.

Blanc also went on to claim that he is happy with his current squad the way it is, but that hasn't stopped the rumour mill heading into overdrive concerning a move for a player who has blossomed in Serie A following his move to Turin from United in the summer of 2012.

'Balotelli would do better at Juve'

Milan legend Paolo Maldini says he believes Mario Balotelli would be putting in better performances if he played for Juventus.

The 23-year-old has been heavily criticised recently but the Rossoneri legend blames a lack of long-term strategy and infrastructure at San Siro as the main factor behind his sub-par displays.

“Balotelli is still not a champion,” Maldini said in part of an in depth interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.

“It is the same with Pato. Until the day they manage to carry the team on their shoulders for the full 90 minutes that will remain the same."

“I don’t know for sure, but I have the impression that if Balotelli went to Juve, a team with clear ideas, a great Coach and a core group of Italian players his game would go up another level."

“Because of this I believe it’s wrong to put all the blame on his shoulders."

“He is not the saviour of the country."

“The league table reflects how good performances have been."

“I haven’t spoken to anyone about the current problems and I don’t listen much to rumours but the team is going through a strange situation."

“The group is clearly not happy and there is an anxiety about them."

“The performances are then affected by this and there are other players who are less involved in things because maybe they already know they will be leaving."

The 45-year-old was then asked about how long it would take to make Milan competitive once more.

“It depends on their targets,” he said. “I don’t think the fans just want a winning Milan."

“They want to see a project going on as well.”

Vidal: Rumours are nice, but...

Arturo Vidal has insisted that whilst transfer links to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United are nice, he is focused only on his football at Juventus.

The Chilean international recently signed a five-year contract extension with the Old Lady, but continues to be linked with a possible move away.

Considering the matter this week, the midfielder has been asked about the prospect in particular of a reunion with compatriot Alexis Sanchez, currently on the books at Barcelona.

“I’ve got no problem with Alexis, we have known each other since we were kids, we were 
together at Under-20 level and we played together at Colo Colo,” began Vidal to Chilean outlet Las Ultimas Noticias.

“Of course I’d like to play with someone with whom I have shared something, but perhaps it could be for him to come here.

“These things, however, we will see over time.

“I live with my feet on the ground, I try not to think too much about the rumours, otherwise I would go mad. I think it is better to focus on training and getting ready for games at my best.

“Real Madrid, Barcelona or Manchester United? It is nice to hear my name linked to Madrid, Barca or to Manchester United, but I think only about training, the rest we shall see about.

“Now I want to give everything for Juventus, because when one starts to dream, they move too far away from football. I want to stay focused and wear the shirt of Juventus.”
The 26-year-old reflected on his current mindset and personal life.

“My daughter Elisabetta has arrived at a beautiful moment of my life, I am trying to be a present father, even if sometimes I arrive home tired.

“When I stop playing, I think I’ll sleep for a week. For this reason, I think now to taking advantage of every minute and to collect the rewards from my career as a footballer.
“The fans’ support? They know that I am humble. I’m a normal guy who is lucky enough to do what he likes. About me, I cannot say anything but that I do bring my heart and professionalism into the field.”

#FORZAJUVE

      La Vecchia Signora, or also known as 'The Old Lady' is my favourite football club, Juventus. From the city of Turin, Italy. With their famous black and white colours (although the classic is magenta), Juve is the most successful Italian team in the history of football. 

     If you're a football history maniac you'll love this! There are legendary players that used to play for Juventus such as, Zinedine Zidane, Edgar Davids, Roberto Baggio, Didier Deschamps, Dino Zoff, David Trezeguet, Pavel Nedved, Michel Platini, Alessandro Del Piero and many more.

      With an astonishing number of fans over 180 million since 2003, Juventus F.C. has 28 Scudettos or Italian league (champioship), 9 Italian Cups, 4 Italian Super Cups, 2 Champions League, and 3 UEFA Cups. Now coached by also one of their ex-legend Antonio Conte. 

     Juventus has a lot of rivals. One is their traditional rivals which is also from Turin, Torino F.C. the matches between them are called the Derby Della Mole (The Derby of Turin). And second is with Internazionale or Inter Milan, their meet is called the Derby D'Italia (The Derby of Italy). They also have rivalries with A.S. Roma, A.C. Milan and Fiorentina.

    And this is their current squad:

No. Position Player 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon (captain) 3 DF Giorgio Chiellini (1st vice-captain) 4 DF Martín Cáceres 5 DF Angelo Ogbonna 6 MF Paul Pogba 7 MF Simone Pepe 8 MF Claudio Marchisio (2nd vice-captain) 9 FW Mirko Vučinić 10 FW Carlos Tevez 12 FW Sebastian Giovinco 13 DF Federico Peluso 14 FW Fernando Llorente

No. Position Player 15 DF Andrea Barzagli 18 FW Pablo Osvaldo (on loan from Southampton) 19 DF Leonardo Bonucci 20 MF Simone Padoin 21 MF Andrea Pirlo 22 MF Kwadwo Asamoah 23 MF Arturo Vidal 26 DF Stephan Lichtsteiner 27 FW Fabio Quagliarella 30 GK Marco Storari 33 DF Mauricio Isla 34 GK Rubinho

      Well, that's pretty much what I can say about Juventus, check my blog daily and I'll bring more topics on football. Ciao!