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that is not done in the UK It also is very destructive in the US, as often it is a scam that benefits the billionaire class at the expense of the taxpayers (lol at RWers in the US who call us 'socialists') The US is the biggest socialist nation on the planet, it is just CORPORATE socialism: Privatise all profits Socialise as much losses as possible Use government money to aid your privatised profits whenever possible Always strive for regulatory capture:

Damn, I just saw that. It is so bad he might miss the WC. FFS

the only players who are WC or soon will be, and that we have even a remote shot at AND who are remotely available (so no Nuno Mendes for example) AND who are not too old for us to buy now (see Salah, Mane etc) at the price that will be demanded (and those 2 will never come here anyway) Håland and Mbappe are both ZERO chance There is no order (in bold are ones we at least have to try for in the summer, and as long as we somehow keep Rudiger, we only need one of the CBs on here) there are no WC LBs or RBs we have a shot at (unless it is true that Hakimi actual want to bail) RB overall is so weak that these are the number 5 to number 10 global listings on TM I have never seen a weaker position, it is absolutely crazy that there are (ATM) on 4 WC RB's on the planet (thank fuck we have one of them) Aaron Wan-Bissaka Benjamin Pavard Timothy Castagne Pedro Porro Emerson Royal Nordi Mukiele LOLOLOL the list (there are 20 players who fit all the criteria, but some are a stretch for multiple reasons): Milan Škriniar Aurélien Tchouameni (we really blew that one last season grrrrr) Jude Bellingham Declan Rice (BUT his cost is now INSANE, West Ham can fuck off with their £150m valuation, this is not happening until his contract runs down, if then) Federico Chiesa (but he is off the table until 2023 due to his bad knee injury, plus it is far from certain he will want to leave Italy) Nicolò Barella (hardest pull on this list, I doubt he leaves Italy, but who knows) Florian Wirtz (on edit, he will have to wait until 2023 or beyond, due to a bad knee injury a couple weeks back, H/T to Hermione) Matthijs de Ligt Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern he is the best winger we have a chance at, due to Chiesa's knee) Ronald Araújo (BUT he likely re-signs with Barca) Mikel Oyarzabal Christopher Nkunku Victor Osimhen (IF we can dump Donkeykaku, but certain clubs could more than scupper us with him, plus the evil dwarf wants at least £100m, so this is very unlikely, 2nd most unlikely) Kalidou Koulibaly (but certain clubs could scupper us with him, plus he is soon 31, and again, its the evil dwarf) Lewa (maybe, if we could take him on a free, although not sure we would even make a move, and if he would come here, and this is more for 2023, 2024, or so) Moussa Diaby Pau Torres Carlos Soler Karim Adeyemi Sergej Milinković-Savić (last year for him on my lists, as if we bought him in 2023, we only get ONE full sub 30yo season out of him) Jules Koundé doesn't count, as I do NOT consider him WC, nor do I think he will become so, we need to forget about him ASAP, he is too short, too rash, not a baller IMHO

Christian Eriksen (47') story of the week/month

Ake scored for the Netherlands v Denmark as well

Chelsea 2 Israel nil at HT lol

Timo scores

Nico Schlotterbeck looks really good smooth on the ball, great passes

Kai just scored with a good header

9 Timo Werner starts 11 Kai Havertz starts 23 Nico Schlotterbeck starts (good chance to watch him) 2 Antonio Rüdiger bench

2022 International Friendly Netherlands Denmark http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/frienly-netherlands-vs-denmark-s2/ https://www.totalsportek.com/netherlands8/

The 'This is Awkward' Derby 2022 International Friendly Germany Israel http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/friendly-germany-vs-israel-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/germany9/

£1 billion isn't going to remotely come close for a new stadium, and that is not even counting the nebulous 'investing in the club' which means transfers, etc etc what a farce

4 Marc Guehi 7 Conor Gallagher 11 Mason Mount all start

2022 International Friendly England Switzerland http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/friendly-england-vs-switzerland-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/england9/

Chelsea takeover bidders told 'two conditions' they'll have to meet to buy Abramovich out FOUR bidders remain on the shortlist to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1586689/Chelsea-news-takeover-Roman-Abramovich-Premier-League

Guehi, Walker-Peters set to start for England against Switzerland https://www.football365.com/news/guehi-walker-peters-set-to-start-for-england-against-switzerland

lol Ranking the Chelsea bidders by chance of f***ing the club up https://www.football365.com/news/abramovich-takeover-ranking-Chelsea-bidders snip 1) The Ricketts family It may have just been me, but my impression of the Ricketts was clouded by their first statement of intent to buy Chelsea. They referred to themselves as ‘The Ricketts Family’ rather than ‘the Ricketts family’. Semantics, maybe, but it immediately conveyed a sense of entitlement – that they see themselves as a goddamn American institution ready to rescue this English soccer team. As patriarch Joe Ricketts’ racist emails re-emerged and #NoToRicketts trended on social media, Little Lord F*ckleroy Tom Ricketts insisted his father deeply regretted saying ‘Muslims are my enemy’ and assured Chelsea fans the old geezer would have nothing to do with running the club. But apologies and assurances shouldn’t be enough for a club that, despite its many deplorable acts, has made a name for itself as a leader of inclusivity. As the elder of a fictional American family-run multinational might say: “F*ck off!

Because a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is registered with the SEC and is a publicly-traded company, the general public can buy its shares before the merger or acquisition takes place. For this reason they've been referred to as the 'poor man's private equity funds.' Academic analysis shows the investor returns on SPACs post-merger are almost uniformly heavily negative (however, sponsors at the flotation of the SPAC can earn excess returns), and their proliferation usually accelerates around periods of economic bubbles, such as the 'everything bubble' in 2020–2021, when the volume and quantity of capital raised by SPACs set new all-time records. A SPAC is what Trump is using for his scam Twitter clone social network. Digital World Acquisition Corp DWAC.O https://www.reuters.com/companies/DWAC.O

Tearful Jorginho admits he'll be "haunted for life" by penalty misses after Italy exit Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after a shock defeat to North Macedonia and Chelsea midfielder Jorginho feels responsible for missing from the spot earlier in the qualifying campaign https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jorginho-italy-penalty-north-macedonia-26552474

ffs Of the four bids Raine have advanced, one is a group #cfc fans are protesting against, one currently wouldn't pass the PL test and one wouldn't currently be viable because of Uefa/CL regs. Otherwise, I think they've done a really excellent job. #cfc

19:15: Who is making the final decision on who will own Chelsea As reported by Nizaar Kinsella, Chelsea's board, which features Marina Granovskaia, Bruce Buck, Eugene Tenenbaum and David Barnard, will ultimately decide who owns the club in the future. Raine Group are not said to be making the choice and are simply advising.

so Centricus might not be out after all