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First manager ever to win a European trophy with 4 different clubs

2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League, Final AS Roma Feyenoord Rotterdam https://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/conference-league-final-roma-vs-feyenoord-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/roma23/

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Barcelona have almost given up on Ousmane Dembele’s renewal https://barcauniversal.com/barcelona-have-almost-given-up-on-ousmane-dembeles-renewal/

pretty much every sub 30yo (so no Casemiro, etc) DMF option out there (I am not convinced Jude Bellingham, potentially the best player overall listed in this post, even topping Kimmich down the road perhaps, is a full on DMF type, the same for Ryan Gravenberch (just signed with bayern today, arfff), who is a wee step down from Bellingham IMHO, but still a superb player potentially) the list (and ones off the board) Joshua Kimmich never leaving Bayern in his prime, and to show you how time flies, he only has 2 full sub 30yo seasons left Declan Rice £150m is madness, but he IS clearly the best option if no price limit Aurélien Tchouameni Real Madrid Nicolò Barella (closest thing out there to Kante, and with better offensive skills, but he is not at a classic DMF, and would be an insanely hard pull, he has said over and over he doesn't want to leave Italy) Frenkie de Jong (not convinced he is a true DMF, if so, he would be a Jorginho replacement) Wilfred Ndidi (not sold on him for the price Leicester will demand) Kalvin Phillips Citeh Rúben Neves (big problem though, very likely to end up at Manure or Barca) Boubacar Kamara Villa Yves Bissouma (not convinced he is a true DMF, interesting option) Sandro Tonali super hard pull, basically impossible barring a crazy overspend, plus, like Barella, he doesnt want to leave Italy) Bruno Guimarães (Jorginho replacement, but a hard pull, he is a believer in the headchopper project) Douglas Luiz (not sold on him) João Palhinha (1.90m, late bloomer (turns 27 in 6 weeks) at Sporting Lisbon) Julian Weigl (Tuchel knows him well from Dortmund, not sure he is up to EPL physicality) Ismaël Bennacer (Kante type, regressed a wee bit, and also a hard pull) André Zambo Anguissa (was oki, note great in the EPL, a beast at Napoli on loan, still under contract to Fulham) Mohamed Camara (dice roll, 22yo from RB Salzburg, not sold on him, but he is hard to judge) youth players Pape Sarr Spuds, was out on loan at Metz this season Danilo (Palmeiras, played well against us in the FWCC) Khéphren Thuram (1.91m, at Nice) Lucas Gourna-Douath (18yo, 1.85m at Saint-Étienne) Amadou Onana (1.95m at Lille)

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Skriniar and Gvardiol 💙

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well, I would not go that far at all, we do toss out the big bucks on occasion and Bakayoko and Drinkwater were not just injured, they were SHIT! lololol Donkeybaka is the main miss I have had in past 5 years (in terms of me being happy with a buy who then went bust) most of the other shit buys I opposed from the start the big test the other way (meaning I am opposed to the buy and yet they turn good, even great) will be Kounde I am probably the most negative on him out of all the most active 100 plus posters here I hope he makes me eat my words would much rather have a black mark on my predictions and have him become WC and lead us to trophies

laughable West Ham reportedly eyeing move to sign £40 million Chelsea midfielder this summer https://www.hammers.news/transfer-news/west-ham-reportedly-eyeing-move-to-sign-40-million-Chelsea-midfielder-this-summer/ West Ham United are reportedly keen to sign talented midfielder Conor Gallagher from Chelsea in the summer transfer window. That’s according to a report from The Daily Star who claim that the Hammers will face competition from Crystal Palace and Everton for the Chelsea ace’s signature. Central midfield is definitely an area at the London Stadium where West Ham manager David Moyes will want to strengthen in the summer transfer window.

Barella, for me is the closest to Kante (albeit he can be rash), and is far better offensively, BUT he is an impossible pull atm he has said so many times he doesn't want to leave Italy

and West Ham have went full bonkers and want £150m for Rice, so that is not happening Boubacar Kamara is off to Villa so the top 3 DMF targets are washed more on Rice https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/declan-rice-transfer-manutd-Chelsea-27031825 Declan Rice won’t quit West Ham this summer despite massive interest in him from Manchester United. The 23-year-old’s refusal to sign new terms at the London Stadium has thrown his future into doubt. But Mirror Football understands there is no great desire from the player for him to quit the Hammers ahead of a season which will be busy enough with the World Cup in Qatar in November. United have made Rice one of their top targets as Erik ten Hag looks to start his overhaul of the playing squad at Old Trafford. However, the player is understood to be willing to give West Ham another season before looking to make the move to one of the Premier League ’s really big boys. Boss David Moyes and co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold have been adamant that Rice would not be for sale this summer and there is a growing feeling around the club that the player is on the same page. Rice himself recently hinted he was ready to rebuff approaches from elsewhere, with his full focus remaining on ‘going again’ after suffering Europa League heartache at the semi-final stage. "We've proved that we can play in big European games and our fans and our stadium have shown we can handle those big European nights, and that's what we want more of,” he said earlier this month. "I'm proud of the lads because we're not the biggest of squads, so to go week in, week out again and again and again, training and playing Thursdays and Sundays, away from home and away from families has been tough, but in the end we've had a great year and we're ready to go again.”

Kalajdzic apparently more expensive than initially thought https://bulinews.com/news/12766/kalajdzic-apparently-more-expensive-than-initially-thought Sought-after VfB Stuttgart forward Sasa Kalajdzic is likely to be more expensive than initially anticipated. It has previously been suggested that Kalajdzic would cost around €20 million, but Kicker claims that Stuttgart are demanding at least €30 million for their prized asset. The 24-year-old has caught the eye of some of Europe's top clubs after scoring 24 goals in 57 appearances for Stuttgart. In addition to Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, the Austrian international has attracted interest from Chelsea, Manchester United, Newcastle, West Ham, Southampton, right & Have Albion, AC Milan, Napoli, Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, per Kicker.

thank fuck arse did not land Schlotterbeck I would have lost my fucking mind

if we signed Dembele, Sterling, Jesus, Koulibaly, Gvardiol, one LB (Borna Sosa or David Raum), plus RB Djed Spence I will do a fucking naked jig on Hornsgatan I do not see (assuming we miss out on Tchou) how we address DMF this summer, and IF we did all above, I doubt the money is there for Nkunku

£51-55m would have done it last summer, absolutely convinced of that (that is 60 to 65m euros) fucking idiots (as if I have not said that hundreds of times, lol, but usually have been spot on) and we then could have sold at least one of the MFers we will now get shit for (age and contracts)

there are only two players on the planet worth £150m Mbappe and Håland no others are worth over £100m, due to age for some (Salah is now, in 2 weeks, 30yo, De Bruyne is 31 in 4 weeks, VVD is 31 in 6 weeks, Heung-min Son is 30yo in 6 weeks, and Benz and Lewa and are WELL past 30) the only three (and 2 are DMF's !) £100m players (on the nose) for me Kane (soon less as he turns 30 in summer 2023) Kimmich Rice perhaps soon (or perhaps not) Jude Bellingham Vini Jr Osimhen Dušan Vlahović Rúben Dias (if he goes back to 2020/21 levels) that is it atm

oki they have officially went insane West Ham United have claimed to value Declan Rice at £150million.

lol, now you are shitting on Bulgaria? LOLOL they produced a player who is 20 times better than anything the septics ever churned out, and the US has hundreds of millions of people Hristo Stoichkov Ballon d'Or winner Honours Player CSKA Sofia A Group: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90 Bulgarian Cup: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 Bulgarian Supercup: 1989 Barcelona La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98 Copa del Rey: 1996–97 Supercopa de España: 1992, 1994, 1996 European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 1991–92 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97 European Super Cup: 1992, 1997 Al-Nassr Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98 Chicago Fire U.S. Open Cup: 2000 Bulgaria FIFA World Cup (4th place) 1994 Individual Ballon d'Or: 1994 European Golden Shoe: 1990 UNICEF European Footballer of the Season: 1991–92 FIFA World Player of the Year Silver Ball: 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1994 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1994 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1994 Onze d'Or: 1992 Onze d'Argent: 1994 IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1994 FIFA 100: 2004 World Soccer's 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century: 2007 Golden Foot: 2007, as football legend Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Bulgarian League Top Scorer: 1989, 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 1989 Don Balón Award Best tip in La Liga: 1994 Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year: 1994 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1996 "Excellence Guirlande D'Honneur" and he entered in the FICTS "Hall of Fame". UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Bulgarian Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2004 The only Player to win the European and Asian Edition of the Cup Winners Cup.

in the minute equivalent of his last 3.5 full seasons (around 3800 per season) Jesus has 96 goals 46 assists for Citeh 142 total goals produced 41 goals produced per season over a full season's minutes

CIES Football Observatory n°382 - 23/05/2022 Best XIs for 32 European leagues https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp382/en/ With the 2021/22 seasons coming to an end, this CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the Best XI for 32 European leagues using its exclusive Impact Score approach combining team results with player employment and technical performance as per InStat data. Tactical formations were chosen by first including top-ranked players in the most frequent position played and adding then footballers for complementary positions. Players from 21 clubs were selected in the Best XIs for the big-5: Liverpool (6), Manchester City (4) and Tottenham (Harry Kane) in England; Real Madrid (6), Sevilla (2), Barcelona (2) and Betis (Nabil Fekir) in Spain; Milan (4), Inter (3), Juventus (2), Napoli (Amir Rrahmani) and Fiorentina (Nicolás González) in Italy; Bayern Munich (9), Borussia Dortmund (Jude Bellingham) and Bochum (Manuel Riemann) in Germany; Paris St-Germain (5), Marseille (2), Rennes (Benjamin Bourigeaud), Monaco (Aurélien Tchouaméni), Strasbourg (Ludovic Ajorque) and Nice (Walter Benítez) in France. The ten youngest players in the Best XIs are Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Arsen Zakharyan (Dinamo Moskow), Ilya Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kiev), Adam Hložek (Sparta Prague), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Jakub Kamiński (Lech Poznań), Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax), Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg), Liel Abada (Celtic) and Jurriën Timber (Ajax). The Post also includes the technical profile of players selected according to fifteen categories as explained in this Report.

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oh please let this be true this might also be part of the reason Mbappe chose to stay at PSG A recent court ruling has reversed an initial decision which prevented UEFA from punishing the continuing members of the European Superleague, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus. Although there’s been no advance on the issue as of yet, the possibility remains that UEFA could expel the three from the Champions League. UEFA could ban Barça, Madrid and Juventus from the Champions League https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/champions/uefa-podra-sancionar-barca-madrid-13691043

100% agree the first one was just crazy happiest night of my footballing life