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Wrexham's goalie wears blue ! The American referees are nutters.

Cucurella is the motm.

258 days to April fool day: https://chelseafclatestnews.com/Chelsea-are-interested-in-signing-harry-maguire-of-manchester-united-182503/?fbclid=IwAR0t1nOAU32xAbTjpzKCxRpwGs9kIVwGZEubw35cveVNViQFPHFDYzKpe8s

You think it is economic nonsense or you don't like the player ?

What's happening in the Neymar front ?

Players like Pulisic and Ziyech would have their statues erected in many countries. But premier pace is a different thing. These days only three or four teams in the world stand a chance against premiership clubs - with the understandable exception of Spurs. I hope we sign Caicedu and Neymar.

Neymar is the latest rumour. 100% game changer if it happens.

Vlahovic ?

This was of great interest until 1970. The South American teams were keeping their players and there were no transfers to Europe, or very few. So it was a clash of giants. But the South Americans were not very friendly. United played in the intercontinental final of 1968 and they got a few kicks down in Argentina. Then with AC Milan, il notte del fuoco. Then Ajax abstained and Panathinaikos took his place against National Montevideo. The Uruguayans did n't really want to hurt the Greeks - only one player in hospital. Now it's not such a big deal because all the good South Americans play in Europe.

Suppose Drogba, Lamps and Hazard at their prime were not Chelsea players but somewhere else in Europe. With this logic we should have stayed uninvolved, we would be minus 20-25 trophies now.

At West Point they say this: He who aarives in Saint Tropez without money will end up washing the dishes. He who arrives with money will enjoy the company of the fashion models. Everything else is fairytales.

Pulisic misses infront of empty net then scores two against Mexico.

It is outrageous if Mbappe ends at United. If it is Real then it is also outrageous but Real have a century old tradition of buying cream players. We are supposed to be the guys with the money. Last year when the Turkish enterpreneurs were offering 10 billion we were laughing them off.

We can put afrolex around so they don't bump.

That's defeatism. United as well !!

Pay the man of course.

We must get involved with Mbappe. Or are we happy to look forward to 4th-3d place ?

Mbappe set to leave PSG.

Kepa was good. Lukaku I can't imagine.

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The dead easiest ever was Greece cup 1991. Panathinaikos had to face 2nd-3d division teams from September to May. With City it was nothing like that but by UCL standards it was an easy ride. Same can be said for the great Ajax of 1971-74, by default, as there was no match for the flying Dutchmen - all the other teams were inferior.

They are a top team of UCL level but the task was easy.

PSG and Bayern are remnants of what they used to be. AC Milan and Dortmund were beaten by Potter's 44 points Chelsea with ease. Plus Inter is not, well, world class. It was always champions league teams of course, not Krasnodarsk and Voivodina, but the task was easy.

City had to face some pretty tame opponents this year so they made it at last. Inter did well yesterday. They played destructive football but without at the same time giving ground to City. It was the best they could and if they had a striker sharper than Lukaku they could have taken it to extra time.

Many a UCL final have turned out to be soddy matches.