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Post by baihu1983 on May 30, 2023 6:48:06 GMT
Never celebrate too early.
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 1, 2023 13:35:14 GMT
So where we thinking then? Back to Barca? Saudi? Inter Miami?
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 1, 2023 13:47:38 GMT
Have to say Saudi.
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 1, 2023 14:47:54 GMT
I know who is going to Saudi at least. Gonna be the last payday for all aging pros at this point.
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Post by Tomo on Jun 1, 2023 14:49:11 GMT
how much money is too much money
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 1, 2023 14:51:01 GMT
Think he was linked with arsenal for a good 10 years.
EA would always have it set for him to be transfered by the close of each transfer window in every new fifa.
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Post by simple on Jun 1, 2023 14:58:52 GMT
My greatest ever Football Manager side was Arsenal with a front three of Dzeko flanked by Benzema and Lukaku
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Post by Vortex on Jun 1, 2023 14:59:13 GMT
Guess Saudi Pro leagues is now the new MLS for ageing players who want a nice fat final pay cheque.
Surprised though, since I thought Benzema would have had a few decent years left, maybe not at quite the same level, but he fairly knows where the goal is!
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 1, 2023 15:03:33 GMT
Saudi league clubs about to be like those default teams you start with in Master League mode in Pro Evo. Like how you start with a largely shite team and maybe one player was 80+.
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Post by simple on Jun 1, 2023 15:07:17 GMT
With all the relevant asterisks for human rights in place, Messi beating Ronaldo to the Saudi title is quite funny
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Post by dogbot on Jun 1, 2023 16:02:25 GMT
Hope they like sand, US restaurant chains with half menus and big sprawling malls.
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Post by Vortex on Jun 1, 2023 16:06:08 GMT
I hope sand doesn't interfere with benzema's weird electro-stimulation exercise/recovery routine suit.  That shit will chafe.  |
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 3, 2023 18:16:25 GMT
Bigger decline than Dele?(form wise)
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Post by Zomoniac on Jun 3, 2023 18:26:46 GMT
Nah. Dele embarrassed himself by playing like shit for a shit team in a shit league. Hazard just did the sensible thing and didn’t play ever again so nobody knows how far he’s fallen.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 4, 2023 7:40:19 GMT
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Post by Dougs on Jun 12, 2023 11:31:09 GMT
Can't help but love Claudio. 94th minute winner to put Cagliari up into Serie A. Awesome.
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Post by simple on Jun 12, 2023 11:35:04 GMT
Oh man, that got me
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Post by geefe on Jun 12, 2023 12:34:25 GMT
Ahhh what a legend. Absolutely love the man. Dilly ding dilly dong!
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jun 15, 2023 18:51:21 GMT
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Post by jono62 on Jun 15, 2023 19:07:06 GMT
Hmm, don't think that's a good appointment for them.
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Post by Vortex on Jun 16, 2023 8:50:02 GMT
Definitely an odd appointment and I'm not sure it will work out. I can't believe they managed to piss Spalletti off so much so that he left. They must have been aware of what he was like, so to treat him as they apparently have done and piss him off is hilariously poor management.
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Post by Dougs on Jun 16, 2023 10:36:25 GMT
Was going to ask more seasoned watchers what the score was with Spalletti
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Post by Vortex on Jun 16, 2023 10:54:46 GMT
My basic understanding is that his contract with the club had a clause where they could extend his contract by a year after two years. They tried to extend his contract by enforcing this contract without talking to him about it first. He doesn't like that sort of thing and it's well known, so he has decided to fuck them off and and go to make wine in tuscany again for a year until he is free to manage again.
The athletic had an article about it a few weeks back when it all started happening. There was a dinner with de laurentis and some other big wigs when he told them he was not staying on. That would have been an interesting meeting I'm sure!
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Post by Vortex on Jun 16, 2023 10:55:49 GMT
Or maybe he's just still pissed off that the ultras nicked his fiat panda the season before and didn't give it back.
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Post by Dougs on Jun 16, 2023 12:25:19 GMT
Amazed he got out alive and hasn't been found by the mafioso yet!
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Post by Tuffty on Jul 21, 2023 17:25:59 GMT
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Post by muddyfunster on Jul 22, 2023 13:45:20 GMT
Pretty interesting what's happening with Mbappe. PSG trying to force him out and are determined to deny him a free transfer.
However given his salary (which we've covered before), his options are almost non-existent outside Saudi. Only Madrid are likely willing to match his wages but it seems as though even they haven't budgeted for it this summer (it requires a chunk of planning and book cooking) and are therefore unlikely to bid.
So that leaves the money that Saudi had earmarked for Messi. Rumours are that they are essentially willing to 'waste' vast sums by paying a transfer fee to PSG and then only offering Mbappe a one-year deal so he can join Madrid next summer as he wants. Maybe they'll loan him to Newcastle (not read this anywhere, just musing), although that's a surefire way to generate the sort of controversy they appear to be trying to avoid. So most likely he's either going to be sidelined at PSG or playing mickey mouse football in the desert where no ones watching.
In any case the best footballer in the world is basically being wasted in what should be his prime. If he wasn't French and playing in World Cup Finals every four years he'd be starved of a worthy platform altogether. There's a strong argument that if he isn't playing regular, elite competitive football he shouldn't be picked next summer.
I'm not sure he's even really improved as a footballer since he went to PSG. He's been allowed to do nothing off the ball, and has become an absolute luxury player, so no sensible team will buy him. Really he needs a reset at a serious Champions League club with a manager that will push him, but I'm not sure it will happen. Not convinced his eventual move to Madrid will even be a success unless he's prepared to play a totally different way.
It's another case of football just seeming broken right now.
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Post by Dougs on Jul 22, 2023 13:59:50 GMT
Arsene would have sorted him out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2023 14:07:47 GMT
He's been allowed to do nothing off the ball, and has become an absolute luxury player, so no sensible team will buy him. Every team in the world would buy him if there was a realistic chance he would go there. |
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Post by jp on Jul 22, 2023 14:52:41 GMT
My bet is that no transfer will happen for the reasons you just said and he’ll sit on the bench for the first few games before they return him to the starting XI like nothing happened.
Alternatively Madrid might start selling some players to raise the money but they don’t seem to have the depth they once did and I’m not sure they’ve got many they can actually afford to lose that other clubs might pay decent money for.
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