Vesper

the only game left that is a sure win is Watford, on the last day so this is a must win

we will likely never again, for ages, have such a sheer talent gap in our favour v Manure in a Old Shitford game we simply have to break the bloody winless streak here

yes, he is the huge question mark he is their only player who can carry them they are so low on available players than if CR7 was out, Mata would have to start and they have ZERO offensive subs, other than academy lads

wow, that bench for Manure, is the weakest I have ever seen from a side of theirs

rare game where, given the players available, both clubs fielded their two absolute strongest squads

2021-22 English Premier League Manchester United Chelsea https://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/premier-league-manchester-united-vs-Chelsea-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/manchester-united-against-Chelsea-important-top-4/

Thomas Tuchel lifts lid on Antonio Rudiger’s Chelsea exit https://theathletic.com/news/thomas-tuchel-lifts-lid-on-antonio-rudigers-Chelsea-exit/I2wJxM08fDHD/ Thomas Tuchel has said Antonio Rudiger told him he would not sign a new contract at Chelsea an hour before training, adding that he was unable to convince the defender to change his mind because he has “strong opinions”. The Athletic reported on Saturday that Rudiger, 29, had decided to depart the club. Rudiger has been one of Chelsea’s best players over the last 18 months, but the club’s inability to agree a new deal before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned last month created a problem. Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s meeting with Manchester United on Thursday, Tuchel said: “When Toni knocks on your door an hour before training, it is not a good sign. He usually grabs you in between and tells you that he needs to tell you something. “So when he knocks before training, everybody was like ‘Oh no, come on, it’s not looking good.’ “Then we had this brief conversation. First of all, I appreciated that he came, that he told me as one of the first (people to know). That shows me we have a relationship where we address things directly and honestly, and are not unafraid to tell each other what we think.” Tuchel went on to explain how he knew that he could not change the defender’s mind. “You ask me maybe what I did to convince him, Toni is not a guy you need to take out for 10 dinners and 12 coffees to talk him into something. He has strong opinions, that is a part of his personality, he demands clarity and honesty and of course trust. “He is very low maintenance. He was a big player. I was disappointed, but not on a personal level. It is his right to figure out what opportunities he had, it is his right to change club. I did not like it, he knows we do not like it. “I would have liked him to stay, he could have been a big figure, but still, these things happen, we are on good terms, and he needs to finish on the same level he started.” Tuchel also confirmed that Rudiger returned to training on Tuesday, having missed Chelsea’s last two matches with groin and hamstring issues, but needed approval from doctors to play against United. Chelsea are third in the Premier League, 15 points behind leaders Manchester City, and five points ahead of fourth place Arsenal, who they hold a game in hand over. Could Chelsea have done more to convince Rudiger to sign? Chelsea felt that giving Rudiger £230,000-a-week was a significant figure and were optimistic it would meet his requirements. This proposal was made weeks before the sanctions hit. But what made the agreement much harder to finalise was that Rudiger’s agent wanted a large signing on fee for himself and the player. It is thought that would have added tens of millions to the overall figure, putting Rudiger out of Chelsea’s reach. The Athletic has learned that other clubs keen on Rudiger suggested they were willing to meet those demands at the time. However, Rudiger was still hopeful some middle ground could be found and it wasn’t the end of the matter as far as he was concerned. But no-one could have predicted what would happen to Abramovich and the club being put up for sale at that point. Which club is Rudiger likely to sign for? There have been reports in Italy that Real Madrid are confident of signing Rudiger but he has not decided his destination yet. Barcelona, Juventus, Paris Saint Germain, Manchester United and Bayern Munich are still in contention. The latter’s interest had appeared to decrease earlier in the year but their defeat to Villarreal in the Champions League Quarter Final has led to them resuming their pursuit. What does this news mean for Chelsea’s other defenders? With Andreas Christensen expected to join Barcelona on a free transfer — his contract also expires this summer and no extension has been agreed — it means Tuchel is losing two international centre backs from his squad. There is real concern captain Cesar Azpilicueta will make it a hat-trick despite a 12-month option being triggered in his contract earlier this year after playing a certain amount of games this season. Barcelona still want to sign the 32-year-old and are prepared to give him a longer deal. Go Deeper Rudiger’s exit will hang like a cloud over Chelsea – he is arguably their player of the season https://theathletic.com/3268995/2022/04/24/rudigers-exit-will-hang-like-a-cloud-over-Chelsea-he-is-arguably-their-player-of-the-season/ There was something about Antonio Rudiger’s operatic anger at the final whistle at Santiago Bernabeu earlier in April — falling to the floor with head in hands, getting up and shoving away David Alaba’s attempts to console him, then throwing himself down again and furiously beating the turf with his fists — that reinforced the notion this moment was coming. Rudiger has been moving steadily towards leaving Chelsea for several months, and knowledge of that reality informed his reaction to the realisation in Madrid that a Champions League-winning farewell was no longer on the table. Speaking with weary resignation after Sunday’s late win over West Ham at Stamford Bridge, Thomas Tuchel confirmed the news that The Athletic and many other outlets had reported 24 hours earlier. “He informed me some days ago in a personal talk,” Tuchel told Sky Sports. “I have the feeling that we gave everything over many months — me personally, and also the club — but then we entered into a situation where we could not fight anymore because of the sanctions (imposed by the UK government on Roman Abramovich’s assets), and Toni said he will leave the club in the summer.” Rudiger was in attendance at Stamford Bridge, sitting just behind the home dugout in jeans and a t-shirt as Chelsea struggled to break down a makeshift but stubborn West Ham. He grew more animated with the rest of the home bench as the second half wore on, and appeared to bring a passionate response out of Tuchel in the moments after Jorginho spurned a glorious chance to win the game by hitting a tame penalty straight at Lukasz Fabianski. That determination to speak his mind hasn’t endeared Rudiger to all of his Chelsea coaches, but Tuchel bonded with his countryman almost immediately after arriving at Stamford Bridge in January 2021 and harnessed his strength of personality to the benefit of the team. “He’s a huge influence in the dressing room,” Tuchel added. “He’s the guy to give other people courage. He’s the guy that everybody is a bit afraid of. “But let’s focus on sports: he’s the guy to play 50, 55 games of 90 minutes on an outstanding level. He was the top defender in the last one and a half years with me and I have nothing but respect for what he did. He needs to keep on going until the end, but then we need to find another solution.” Rudiger has a busy week ahead: The Athletic reported on Saturday that he plans to pick his next club in the coming days, while Tuchel hopes he will be ready to rejoin first-team training at Cobham on Tuesday after missing the West Ham game with discomfort in his groin and hamstring. That timeframe would put him in contention to return on Thursday when Chelsea travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United — one of the clubs who have registered an interest in him. Tuchel is adamant that Rudiger’s focus for the remainder of the campaign is not in question. “He has no doubts and he made no doubts about it that he will play until the end of the season with everything he has,” Chelsea’s head coach said in his post-match news conference. “This is what he did from day one and this is what he will do until the last minute, I’m 100 per cent sure of that.” But this will hang like a cloud over Chelsea, and on the sale process that is dragging in its final phase. Rudiger has a case to be considered the club’s player of the season, and has legitimately performed at the level of Europe’s best defenders since Tuchel arrived at Stamford Bridge. It is the reason many of the continent’s biggest clubs have sounded out his agent and brother Sahr Senesie over the past year, and why this summer’s free agency was always such a financially enticing prospect. Chelsea made Rudiger a vastly improved offer in February, just before the sanctions imposed on Abramovich, and any new owners would surely have felt huge PR pressure to make one of their first acts keeping him at Stamford Bridge. He and his camp could have waited for that possible eventuality, but they have decided they are not willing to do so. That is their right, and deciding now rather than later to leave is unlikely to see him lose in either a sporting or monetary sense. For a long time, Tuchel and Rudiger were committed to one another, to maintaining an alliance that had helped turn Chelsea for a time into arguably Europe’s best defensive team. The only positive in their amicable parting is that Tuchel remains committed to the club, even if that means committing to the current situation: the overwhelming uncertainty and the stifling fatigue, fed as much by the sluggishness of developments off the pitch as by stuttering results on it. Christian Pulisic’s late winner against West Ham consolidated third place in the Premier League without doing anything to dispel the notion that Chelsea, and Tuchel, are stumbling towards the end of the season. Perhaps they can summon one final effort for next month’s FA Cup final against Liverpool, but the overriding impression is of a club and coach that just want this exhausting campaign to be over. The problem with that is the summer will bring a whole new world of challenges — with replacing Rudiger sitting very near the top of a formidably long list.

Jurgen Klopp extends Liverpool contract until 2026 https://theathletic.com/news/jurgen-klopp-extends-liverpool-contract-until-2026/1WBPt9qJxn5V/ Jurgen Klopp has signed a contract extension with Liverpool that will keep him at the club until 2026, The Athletic understands. Klopp and his closest staff were already tied down until 2024 and it is believed they have prolonged the agreements by two years. It had long been expected that Klopp, who took charge in October 2015, would leave Liverpool and take a sabbatical after the 2023-24 campaign. However, the German has been re-energised by his side's chase for the quadruple this season and The Athletic reported earlier on Thursday that Liverpool were increasingly confident of prolonging his stay. Klopp has recently said that he would base a decision on remaining with 19-time champions of England on whether he had the energy for the job. Mike Gordon, the president of Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group, was in attendance on Wednesday night as Klopp’s men beat Villarreal 2-0 in their Champions League semi-final first leg. It is thought he was there to help progress a new deal with Klopp, whose agent Marc Kosicke was also at Anfield, sat a few seats away from Gordon. Liverpool’s owners have been determined to keep Klopp beyond his existing terms and made their move after the indication he wanted to do the same. Liverpool have already won the Carabao Cup, are one point behind Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, will contest the FA Cup final and have one foot in the Champions League showpiece. Klopp lifted the Champions League, Club World Cup and Super Cup with Liverpool in 2019, before capturing the Premier League title in 2020

good riddance to bad rubbish

Timber is a much better fit at Bayern, than Manure he would be their new Alaba That is a deffo one of the main clubs I would be looking at if I were him

we are going to fuck about and end up 7th, 8th or so next season if we do not get our shit sorted 🤬

are they INSANE? block it?? the next season after the coming one (so starting in July 2023) , even IF Colwill comes good THIS year we will have TWO decent CB's FFS Colwill and Trevoh as it stands so I do NOT know what this 'blocking' is, ffs

erm, Rüdiger was at multiple other clubs before Chels the only major global star One club men in the modern (played into the EPL era) game were Francesco Totti Italy Roma 1992 2017 25 618 Paolo Maldini Italy AC Milan 1984 2009 25 647 Ryan Giggs Wales Manchester United 1990 2014 24 672 Rogério Ceni Brazil São Paulo FC 1993 2015 23 576 (greatest scoring GKer ever, 131 goals in 1257 (another insane number) games, many from free kicks, won 21 major trophies, including the World Club Cup AND The Intercontinental Cup, and EIGHT continental trophies ) Franco Baresi Italy AC Milan 1977 1997 20 531 Carles Puyol Spain Barcelona 1999 2014 15 392 Paul Scholes England Manchester United 1994 2013 19 493 Jamie Carragher England Liverpool 1996 2013 16 508 Gary Neville England Manchester United 1992 2011 19 400 Tony Adams England Arsenal 1983 2002 19 504 Michael Zorc Germany Borussia Dortmund 1981 1998 17 463 Claude Puel France Monaco 1979 1996 17 488 Giuseppe Bergomi Italy Inter Milan 1979 1999 20 519 Manuel Sanchís Spain Real Madrid 1983 2001 18 533 Chendo Spain Real Madrid 1982 1998 16 363 (Ledley King only played 251 games for spuds, he was fucked by his knees) active (most will not end up as 1 club men) Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich 2008 14 374 Sergio Busquets Spain Barcelona 2008 14 404 Marcel Schmelzer Germany Borussia Dortmund 2008 14 258 Iker Muniain Spain Athletic Bilbao 2009 13 344 Koke Spain Atlético Madrid 2009 13 343 Hugo Mallo Spain Celta Vigo 2009 13 341 Sergi Roberto Spain Barcelona 2010 12 208 James Ward-Prowse England Southampton 2011 11 271 Maximilian Arnold Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2011 11 251 Anthony Lopes Portugal Lyon 2012 10 302

Mendy would have saved that with ease Rulli is not a top class GKer

this may turn into a rout

Samu Chukwueze Arnaut Danjuma have done nothing

Pau Torres is a baller

3 big weak spots Étienne Capoue Francis Coquelin ex EPL, so also punked by Pool and both are just too far past their prime and their GK, Gerónimo Rulli is playing lie SHIT, wtf is all this insane punching for no reason? I recall him from years ago and he was not this shit probably nerves dame shame they don't have better players there the

I would LOVE to get one free slap of Henderson's ugly mug

full brit media scouser wank-a-thon shades of 2019 some of the lead up was pure joy crankin' (joyful crying and wanking at same time) 🤢

2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Semifinals Liverpool Villarreal https://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/champions-league-liverpool-vs-villarreal-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/ucl35/liverpool-vs-villarreal-semifinal-1st-leg/

who they have David de Gea Dean Henderson Raphaël Varane Victor Lindelöf Eric Bailly Phil Jones Alex Telles Aaron Wan-Bissaka Diogo Dalot Scott McTominay Nemanja Matic Bruno Fernandes Jesse Lingard Hannibal Mejbri Juan Mata Marcus Rashford Anthony Elanga Shola Shoretire Cristiano Ronaldo

it is crazy, sis, that I have to justify why losing to MANURE is a nightmare!! sometimes, smdh

zero chance with

If we lose this I am going to go mental