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[TyCSports] Leo Messi on Benezema for Ballon D'Or: I think there is no doubt, Benzema had a spectacular year and won the CL. He was fundamental from ro16 and on. I think there is no doubt this year

 
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[James Pearce] Some details on Mohamed Salah’s contract situation. Unless he receives a significantly improved offer he intends to leave on a free transfer in 2023 and would look to stay in the PL.



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Gareth bale leaves real madrid.

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Good luck Gareth in your future endeavors.
 
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[Lowy] Noa Lang: “Believe me: Belgium will miss me when I'm gone. I gave your football colour. Next season you will pray that there will be a Noa Lang walking around in Belgium, who can also play football so well. [HLN]

 
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[ge] Vini Jr: “I’m really happy that Neymar said that I should win the Ballon d’Or, but in my opinion Benzema deserves it more. Karim also jokes with me that he wants to win against Brazil at the World Cup final, but I guess this ain’t happening”

 
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[TV2 Norway] Erling Haaland about the comments from Swedish defender Milosevic: "First he called me a whore, which I can assure you I'm not, and told me he was going to break my legs. Then I scored a minute later."

Fuck man :messenger_tears_of_joy::messenger_tears_of_joy: the peasant retard sport media in England isn’t prepared.
 
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Banjo64 said:
[TV2 Norway] Erling Haaland about the comments from Swedish defender Milosevic: "First he called me a whore, which I can assure you I'm not, and told me he was going to break my legs. Then I scored a minute later."

Fuck man :messenger_tears_of_joy::messenger_tears_of_joy: the peasant retard sport media in England isn’t prepared.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović need to get involved against Haaland
 
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[Paul Joyce] Liverpool have turned down Bayern Munich’s opening bid for Sadio Mane. It was for £21m guaranteed, plus £4m in add-ons payable if, for example, Bayern won the Champions League. Also, James Milner close to signing new deal on significantly reduced terms.

 
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Alexander Milosevic on Erling Haaland: "I never called him a whore. I don't want to waste time on things that's been said on the pitch. I don't speak or understand Norweigan. I don't know if he speaks Swedish. What happened on the pitch stays there, I'll just move on."

Fotboll: Milosevic slår tillbaka mot Haalands anklagelser

Erling Braut Haaland uppger att han blev verbalt påhoppad av Alexander Milosevic. Något som dementeras av den svenske landlagsbacken. – Jag sa inte så till honom, säger Milosevic till SVT Sport.
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[Fabrizio Romano] AC Milan have reached verbal agreement with Renato Sanches on personal terms. Talks still ongoing with Lille on the fee, discussions will continue in the coming days.

 
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[Hora Azulona] Angel Torres(Getafe's president): "50 minutes ago I just spoke with Bale's agent. He has offered him to our team and we have to think about it"



[Fabrizio Romano] Excl: Gareth Bale’s agent Joshua Barnett has laughed off the rumours on Getafe move. “I don’t even have the president of Getafe’s number…”, told me.



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[Romain Molina] Zidane turned down advances from PSG this week. There is no agreement contrary to what has been said. Qatar is not giving up (this is the top priority), but time is running out. The club have agreed to move this week for the boss, and Campos is still pushing for Galtier.

 
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[Phillippe Auclaire] Absolute murder on the Fan Tokens crypto markets today. PSG -10.79% in *one day*, now $6.8 from a high of $50 last August. Juventus even worse: -13.57%. Inter -11.31%. Oh - Arsenal: -14.53%.

 
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The plan for Erling Haaland at ManCity is not overly complicated. Rather than any great tactical tweaks to the team’s shape or style, Pep expressed to Haaland that he will simply be asked to adapt his own game to fit his new team.

theathletic.com

Erling Haaland: How Pep Guardiola expects superstar striker to fit in at City

When Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland first talked on the phone earlier this year, the main topic was: how will it work? This is the answer
theathletic.com theathletic.com

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DKehoe said:
Kinda crazy to see someone go for so much after only just having had their breakout season. From the bits I have seen and read about him he does seem to be very talented. But still.
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After Neymar and Pogba inflated transfers the player prices went crazy, now every club is scared to wait and see if a player is actually good and rather spend an inflated price now than let him solidify himself then they will be asked to pay double that price.
 
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Dark Rider said:
After Neymar and Pogba inflated transfers the player prices went crazy, now every club is scared to wait and see if a player is actually good and rather spend an inflated price now than let him solidify himself then they will be asked to pay double that price.
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I was going to say that if you look at the highest transfers all of those players they all had some buzz around them for a couple years at least. But Mbappe and João Félix both went for big money after their breakthrough seasons too. So I suppose it's not unprecedented.
 
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DKehoe said:
I was going to say that if you look at the highest transfers all of those players they all had some buzz around them for a couple years at least. But Mbappe and João Félix both went for big money after their breakthrough seasons too. So I suppose it's not unprecedented.
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Yes and there is a list of examples actually that I can type that will jog your memory but I'm feeling a little lazy to do it at the moment :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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[MARCA] UEFA is preparing a new tournament to kick off the season before the Champions League

www.marca.com

La UEFA prepara un nuevo torneo para comenzar la temporada previo a la Champions

La UEFA prepara un nuevo torneo previo al comienzo de la Champions que serviría como pistoletazo de salida a la temporada. Se disputaría a partir de 2024, cuando arranque también e
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FIFA and UEFA are killing the players, the clubs with resources most likely will start buying two full teams (plus substitutes for each)
 
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[Fabrizio Romano] Frenkie de Jong on Manchester United deal: “You’re always flattered when a team shows interest in you as a player, but I am at the biggest club in the world at the moment,” via Tom Collomosse. “I feel fine [in Barcelona], so… no news,” de Jong added.

 
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I didnt think it was possible, but Man Utd have managed to once again be horrendous in transfer market... no one sold or bought, we got preseason starting in 3-4 weeks!

all these changes in staff but club hasnt changed because the head is the same. This was the summer i was hopeful but now i am resigned to the fact that we will not be a serious club as long as Glazers are making the decisions
 
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Dibils2k said:
I didnt think it was possible, but Man Utd have managed to once again be horrendous in transfer market... no one sold or bought, we got preseason starting in 3-4 weeks!

all these changes in staff but club hasnt changed because the head is the same. This was the summer i was hopeful but now i am resigned to the fact that we will not be a serious club as long as Glazers are making the decisions
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Have patience, we've got a 2 or 3 year rebuild on our hands. The sad truth is we're not as glamourous a club as we once were (in terms of trophies) and it makes acquiring potential targets that much more difficult. Remember, it was only a year ago that we got Varane, Sancho and Ronaldo on the back of a 2nd place finish, so there's definitely still a draw to the club, but I think the business has to be smarter from United this time.

Be it signing younger talent who want to be here, or trying not to get bent over on fees and wages. Stuff is happening behind the scenes we're not privy to and I think we'll see a few deals sorted before the window closes. There's been a lot of turnover and I think the scouting department are more focused on getting the "right" targets rather than just the scattergun showpiece signings which we've seen over the past decade.

It's not going to be a pretty first couple of seasons, but I hope by giving ETH the backing he deserves that we can start to get things right on the pitch.
 
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New Chelsea owner admits plans are exactly fans fears
“They don’t realize how big their opportunity is,” Todd Boehly told the SuperReturn International private equity conference in Berlin on Wednesday. “Let’s get a hold of our destiny and think about how to optimize this.”


The American investor spoke about what Chelsea can expect under his ownership during a conversation with Bloomberg News’s Jason Kelly, pointing to revenue opportunities from sports gambling and better player marketing, as well as more rewards for fans who buy season tickets.

In some of his first extended comments since taking over Chelsea, Boehly also said he planned to make greater use of data analysis in the selection and recruitment of players at the club -- a model that’s already highly favored among sports owners in the US.
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Welp.... ain't got no history, now aint got no future.

As an American please fucking ban American's from being owners in any European league's club's to keep it the beautiful game
 
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*Nightwing said:
New Chelsea owner admits plans are exactly fans fears



Welp.... ain't got no history, now aint got no future.

As an American please fucking ban American's from being owners in any European league's club's to keep it the beautiful game
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The grim reality is there’s realistically no good prospects left for a potential new owner of a football club. Big clubs are so expensive that them being bought for benevolent footballing reasons is kinda off the table. At least the stuff they talked about is better than becoming a sportswashing exercise for a nation state.
 
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*Nightwing said:
New Chelsea owner admits plans are exactly fans fears



Welp.... ain't got no history, now aint got no future.

As an American please fucking ban American's from being owners in any European league's club's to keep it the beautiful game
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How is "English football" highly undervalued? I think the official narrative of every single sports shop is to repeat that Premier is the best league in the world (which is not, btw).
 
Prison Mike

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How is "English football" highly undervalued? I think the official narrative of every single sports shop is to repeat that Premier is the best league in the world (which is not, btw).
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Which is the best league in the world you think......... Lemme guess lol
 
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*Nightwing said:
New Chelsea owner admits plans are exactly fans fears



Welp.... ain't got no history, now aint got no future.

As an American please fucking ban American's from being owners in any European league's club's to keep it the beautiful game
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It is hard to ban based on nationality especially when the nation in question can ruin the club nation in many ways, best they can do is try to ban those monetization methods but then you will need officials not bribed by those potential buyers, I agree with you that the American model will kill the sport spirit and turn it from a high quality meal to cheap junk food.

DKehoe said:
The grim reality is there’s realistically no good prospects left for a potential new owner of a football club. Big clubs are so expensive that them being bought for benevolent footballing reasons is kinda off the table. At least the stuff they talked about is better than becoming a sportswashing exercise for a nation state.
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Actually there is, sell them back to the fans in mass as shares instead of one owner. Part of the big clubs valuation that make them this expensive is the potential the owners can extract via prostituting their clubs in the ways mentioned by bloomberg, if the owners were not allowed to do that the value will drop significantly, it is what is it because of all those activities the fans are opposed to.

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Which is the best league in the world you think......... Lemme guess lol
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I think a league where on average has better technical and tactical abilities shown on the pitch, which puts the EPL on about the same level as the Bundesliga but each has a totally different play style, in the bundesliga it is more open than the epl while in the epl it is a little more physical oriented. I think both the EPL and Bundesliga in terms technical and tactical display are fighting for the third spot at the moment. BUT leagues level go down and up in cycles and as everyone feeling the financial impact of COVID I'd say the EPL should have the ability to exploit their financial muscle advantage to go ahead but seeing how the clubs owners in EPL spend said money it is not a guarantee but the potential is there and the money is on their side. We will see what happens though in the coming seasons :pie_thinking:
 
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