Vesper

the instant AC went off we went to shit defensively

fuck

what the hell happened to Chalobah? he has been pure shit lately

thanks

wait wtf the presenters just said this may be the last time we play in front of any of our fans this season because of the new sanctions did I miss something??

almost 8 years ago Following the Donald Sterling scandal in May 2014, Ballmer was the highest bidder in an attempt to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for a reported price of $2 billion, which is the second highest bid for a sports franchise in North American sports history (after the $2.15 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012). After a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling to sell the team, it was officially announced on August 12, 2014, that Ballmer would become the Los Angeles Clippers owner.

2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 Lille Chelsea http://www.footy.to/sports/2022/champions-league-lille-vs-Chelsea-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/ucl26/lille-vs-Chelsea-live-stream/

IF Aurélien Tchouaméni is really off the table and Real bound, then there are very few truly great, already proven DMF options left Declan Rice (soooo expensive though) Wilfred Ndidi (not sold on him, never have been really TBH) Kalvin Phillips Rúben Neves (if no Rice, he would be a great pickup) Douglas Luiz Boubacar Kamara (can play CB as well) Mohamed Camara Julian Weigl (last year on my lists, he is soon 27, and by summer 2023, you are only talking 2 sub 30yo years left out of him, he is not the type that will age well IMHO, and most DMF's do not anyway, unless they are deep lying play maker) then youth Danilo Lucas Gourna-Douath Khéphren Thuram Amadou Onana (HUGE, 1.95m) Samuele Ricci

https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/fa-cup-1969-70-brutal The 1969-70 F.A Cup saw Leeds United and Chelsea take the final to a second match, the first time the season’s showpiece had not been settled at the first time of asking since it was moved to Wembley way back in 1923. And what a final it was. The two teams fought out a thrilling, and most would agree, brutal, 2-2 draw on a Wembley pitch that was in no state to stage a game of this importance. At the second time of asking it was Chelsea who came out on top, taking the honours thanks to a David Webb extra-time goal at Old Trafford which brought to an end four hours of play in which two of the game’s toughest, and most talented, teams slugged it out for the trophy. The competition had kicked off way back in September 1969 and when the ‘big guns’ entered the tournament on January 3rd there were still four non-league teams competing. Of these Brentwood Town succumbed to a 1-0 home defeat by Northampton Town whilst South Shields suffered a 4-1 loss at Queen’s Park Rangers. The other two, Sutton United and Hillingdon Borough were pitted against each other and it was Sutton who came out on top, winning the replay 4-2 at Gander Green Lane after a goalless draw in the first match at the Leas Stadium to send former England international Jim Langley’s team out of the competition and give Sutton a plum draw in the 4th Round against the mighty Leeds. Elsewhere in the 3rd round there were upsets galore as five 2nd Division teams overcame top flight opposition. Carlisle United, Middlesbrough, Blackpool and Leicester City saw off Nottingham Forest, West Ham United, Arsenal and Sunderland respectively whilst the biggest surprise saw Sheffield United, who would eventually finish 6th in the second sphere, get the better of champions-elect Everton 2-1 at Bramall Lane. Chelsea were also given second-tier opposition but bucked the trend recording a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Birmingham City with goals from Ian Hutchinson (2) and Peter Osgood. Don Revie’s Leeds barely avoided another shock, edging past Swansea Town, then of the Fourth Division, 2-1. Having fallen behind to a David Gwyther goal, United were on course for a shock early exit until Mel Nurse was sent off after a clash with Allan Clarke on the hour mark. Ten minutes later Johnny Giles converted a penalty and then with 12 minutes left Mick Jones scored to save Revie’s blushes. It says much for the Welsh club’s display that Gary Sprake, playing against his hometown team was the Leeds Man of the Match. And so, after some talk of switching the tie to Elland Road, Revie’s star-laden team made the trip to Sutton. A crowd of 14,000 crammed into Gander Green Lane bringing in receipts of £8,000 for the Isthmian League club, the first amateur team to reach the 4th Round for 17 years. Peter Lorimer scores for Leeds against Sutton Dreams of a remarkable upset were quickly dispelled as four goals from Allan Clarke and a brace from Peter Lorimer saw the Yorkshire giants comfortably deal with an opposition team which included a fishmonger, a jig borer and a panel-beater in their line-up. Chelsea were handed an all-first division tie at home to Burnley and Dave Sexton’s team seemed to be coasting into the last 16 when goals from John Hollins and Peter Osgood sent them two up. But Martin Dobson struck twice for the visitors in the last 10 minutes to force a replay at Turf Moor. The Clarets took the lead in the second match but Tommy Baldwin equalised and a brace from Peter Houseman saw the visitors home. There were shocks elsewhere in the 4th Round; 4th Division Scunthorpe United visited Hillsborough and shocked their hosts, overcoming a Sheffield Wednesday side who would finish bottom of the top flight 2-1. 2nd Division Watford hosted Stoke City and ran out 1-0 winners in front of a crowd of 23,000 thanks to a 25-yard strike from Colin Franks. There were two more all Division 1 clashes. A George Best-less Manchester United comfortably overcome local rivals Manchester City 3-0 at Old Trafford. Willie Morgan slotted home a first half penalty after Bobby Charlton had been brought down and Brian Kidd added a pair in the second half. Crystal Palace, in their first season in the top flight, forced a goalless draw at White Hart Lane before seeing Spurs off 1-0 in front of 45,980 fans at Selhurst Park with a goal from Gerry Queen in what proved to be Jimmy Greaves’ last match for the North Londoners before departing for West Ham. Palace’s reward for their win over Spurs was a home tie against Chelsea but they couldn’t repeat their heroics, losing 4-1 with over 48,000 in attendance. Leeds had another home tie against lower-league opposition and easily saw off Mansfield Town 2-0. But the individual performance of the round came at the County Ground Northampton. Returning from a four-week van for kicking a ball out of the referee’s hands, George Best scored six times in his team’s 8-2 thrashing of their hosts. Elsewhere wins for Watford, Middlesbrough, Swindon Town and Queen’s Park Rangers ensured that the 2nd Division would be well represented in the quarter-final with the top flight also having four clubs through in Leeds United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. It was 1st against 2nd all the way in the last eight. Chelsea was handed another away draw in London making the short trip to Loftus Road to play Queen’s Park Rangers. Goals from David Webb and Peter Osgood inside the first eight minutes established the Stamford Bridge club’s superiority. Former Chelsea-man Terry Venables got the home team back in the game with a twice-taken penalty after another ex-Blue Barry Bridges had been brought down. Peter Bonetti saved the initial effort but was deemed to have moved too soon. Osgood restored Chelsea’s two-goal advantage after Mike Kelly failed to hold a John Hollins shot and then went on to complete a hat-trick before Bridges got a late consolation for the home team. Manchester United travelled to Ayresome Park and took the lead through Carlo Sartori but a fine chip by John Hickton sent the match to a replay. At Old Trafford Bobby Charlton put the home side ahead but Hickton again provided the equaliser. But a penalty with 12 minutes to go from Willie Morgan saw the home team through to the last four. A brace from Allan Clarke saw Leeds through a tricky looking tie at League Cup holders and Anglo-Italian cup winners Swindon so Don Revie’s men reached the semi-final without having faced top-flight opposition and it was left to Watford, priced at 40/1 entering the quarter-final stage, to provide the upset. The Hornets relied on a goal from Barry Endean, a major factor throughout their cup run, and some solid defending led by Man of the Match Ray Lugg to see off Liverpool in front of 34,047 fans, a result which set Bill Shankly on the road to rebuilding his team heading into the 70s. Watford’s reward for their win was a semi-final clash with Chelsea at White Hart Lane. David Webb scores for Chelsea against Watford On a sand-covered pitch Chelsea took the lead when David Webb prodded home from close range after Watford failed to deal with a corner. But the lower division side hit back when a combination of a long-range shot from Terry Garbett and an uneven surface deceived Peter Bonetti. But then the Blues took over; Osgood, Hutchinson and a brace from Peter Houseman, who, along with Alan Hudson (who sadly missed out on a place in the final team through injury) had an outstanding game, saw them race to a 5-1 to earn their second Wembley appearance. Part of the 55,000 crowd at Hillsborough. While 55,209 were crammed into White Hart Lane to watch the ‘Southern’ semi, 55,000 were at Hillsborough, with 10 shilling tickets reportedly changing hands for £8, to see the clash of the giants between Manchester United and Leeds United. With Paul Reaney negating the threat of George Best teams fought out a tough goalless draw on another mud heap. The teams met again nine days later in front of 65,000 fans at Villa Park and once again couldn’t be separated. There were plenty of chances but again, no goals so they met for a third time and Leeds kept their bid for an historic League, Cup and European Cup treble alive. The second replay took place at Burnden Park and this time a crowd of 55,000 were on hand to see newly-elected Footballer of the Year Billy Bremner settle the tie with a superb goal after just eight minutes. Allan Clarke’s goalbound effort was blocked and Bremner rifled the ball past Alex Stepney from just inside the area. Allan Clarke and Billy Bremner celebrate the Scots’ winner Bremner’s strike proved to be the winner, and just like five years before he scored the only goal in a semi-final to deny Manchester United and earn his team a place at Wembley. Manager Revie, whilst acknowledging that his skipper was outstanding praised the team effort saying after; “The lads were wonderful, just wonderful. It was a perfect show”. Bremner and Harris at the toss So, on April 11, the two teams walked onto a Wembley pitch described by commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme as ‘like Goodwin Sands’, due to the fact that the Horse of the Year show had been staged just a few days previously. The rivalry between the two teams had been building throughout the 1960s. Chelsea’s Tommy Baldwin would later say of the clashes between the two; “There were a lot of scores being settled from previous games whenever we played them. It just always seemed to go mad with everyone kicking each other” whilst Leeds star Johnny Giles said that there was; ‘a special sort of animosity’ between the teams whilst Blues striker Ian Hutchinson didn’t mince words; “They hated us and we hated them.” He said. Way back in 1964 when the clubs were in a three-way battle for the title with Manchester United a game at Elland Road where Johnny Giles was stretchered off was described as ‘Never mind the ball’ by one reporter. The feud continued, including a cup semi-final at Villa Park in 1967 where Gary Sprake kicked John Boyle in the head. Things would come to a peak at Wembley, the fifth meeting of the season between the teams and again at Old Trafford for the sixth. That pitch! Leeds were in early control in the first match and took the lead after 20 minutes when Jack Charlton headed home from a corner. Both Eddie McCreadie and Ron Harris seemed to have a chance to clear off the line but the conditions saw the ball roll underneath their combined efforts to clear. The Yorkshire team were well on top and taking better advantage of the easier conditions out wide with Eddie Gray giving Blues’ full-back David Webb a torrid time. But Chelsea managed to avoid slipping further behind and five minutes before the break they equalised with the pitch again playing a part, although the blame mostly fell of the Leeds ‘keeper. A speculative 20-yard shot from Peter Houseman somehow got past Gary Sprake and the break came with the teams all square. Eddie Gray with his wife and the Man of the Match trophy The second half was more even but, with Gray, later named Man of the Match, continuing to torment Webb who admitted afterwards; “I didn’t have a battle with him, I never got near enough to battle!”, it was the Yorkshire team who retook the lead with just six minutes left. After Gray had hit the bar with a rasping drive, an Allan Clarke header struck a post and Mick Jones followed up to rifle past Peter Bonetti who Chelsea had to thank for not being further behind. The Londoners bounced back again and managed to level when Hutchinson bravely headed home. There was still time for Leeds to strike the woodwork for a third time but Chelsea survived until the final whistle With the players energy sapped by the pitch, extra time failed to produce a goal so, for the first time in Wembley’s history the game went to a replay. The stars talk about the first match. With Leeds set to play the second leg of their European Cup semi final against Celtic there was an 18-day break before the replay, which may well have proved crucial for Chelsea’s hopes. Chelsea manager Dave Sexton picked the same 11 for the second match but he did make one crucial positional change. Sexton knew that his team was unlikely to survive if Webb, tormented by Gray at Wembley, was forced to mark the Scot again. So he switched him to central defence with skipper Ron Harris taking over the right back position, a move the late Peter Osgood would later say; “won us the Cup”. Leeds boss Don Revie replaced goalkeeper Gary Sprake, held accountable for the first equaliser at Wembley, with David Harvey The match was watched by a TV audience of 28million, the sixth largest television audience ever in the UK, and is popularly regarded as one of the dirtiest ever. Some years later referee David Elleray watched a recording of the match and said he would have sent off six players and booked 12. Over the two matches, referee Howard Jennings booked just one player, Ian Hutchinson. The legendary journalist Hugh McIlvanney said of the ref’s performance in the replay; “at times it appeared Mr Jennings would give a free kick only on production of a death certificate”. Osgood’s equaliser. Leeds went in front for the third time in the tie when Jones’s fine run and shot beat Bonetti whose agility had been hampered by a previous clash with the same player. In the second period, as football war continued to break out all over the pitch Chelsea equalised for the third time when a curling ball from Charlie Cooke was met by Osgood whose diving header gave Harvey no chance. Webb’s winner. Extra-time was needed for a second time and finally Chelsea took the lead in the 224th minute. A long Ian Hutchinson throw was inadvertently headed back across his own area by Charlton and Webb rose at the far post and forced the ball over the line. Ron Harris and Peter Osgood with the trophy Having finally got the lead Chelsea held on comfortably for the remaining 16 minutes and in fact could have doubled their advantage had a Hutchinson effort not been ruled out for offside. Even with Charlton moving forward to support the strikers, Leeds failed to muster an equaliser of their own so the Londoners took the cup for the first time in their history. How much the game meant to the two teams was shown in the reaction of Charlton following the final whistle. After refusing to go up and collect his runners-up medal he later said; ‘It wasn’t the losing of the game, it was the losing of the game to Chelsea”. Chelsea parade the trophy It proved to be part of a disappointing end to the season for Leeds. Challenging for honours on three fronts, they were beaten to the title by Everton (Chelsea were third) and lost the ‘Battle of Britain’ when beaten by Celtic in the European Cup semi-final. The following campaign saw both teams go on to glory in Europe – Chelsea won the Cup Winners Cup and Leeds took the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and United would go on to claim victory at Wembley in 1972’s centenary F.A. Cup Final as well as capturing another 1st Division title in 1973-74. But the 60s decade closed, and the 70s started, with one of the most memorable finals of all time.

ter Stegen woild be a superb backup for us!!!

fuck that Teesside twat

my money is on Chairman Bruce Buck and CEO Guy Laurence

Alex Spanos died in 2018 (his son Dean is now the owner), and that team left San Diego and moved back to Los Angeles after the 2016 season they share that 5 billion usd new stadium with the LA Rams, who just won the Super Bowl pretty same colours (shades are different) too, LOLOL the 2 teams actually have the 2 best looking unis in the NFL IMHO

In a 2012 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Griffin said that the rich actually have too little influence in politics.[96] Griffin identified as a Ronald Reagan Republican. He said the belief "that a larger government is what creates prosperity, that a larger government is what creates good" is wrong.[97] In a November 2015 interview on CNBC, Griffin said he admires Scott Walker claiming he is an "absolute champion of free markets and a champion of smaller government".[98] In April 2016, because Citadel owned over 1 million shares of McDonald's, Griffin was the target of protestors supporting the Fight for $15.[99] In May 2017, Griffin praised Donald Trump’s efforts at tax and healthcare reform[100] In 2018, it was announced that Griffin had been appointed the national finance chair for the New Republican PAC fueling, Senator Rick Scott‘s Super PAC.[101] In November 2018, Griffin criticized Donald Trump's tweets berating Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell calling the tweets "completely inappropriate for the president of the United States".[102][103][104][105] In January 2019, Griffin was singled out by Elizabeth Warren on a Facebook post as someone who can pay her Ultra-Millionaire Tax.[106] During a March 2019 interview with David Rubenstein, Griffin criticized Elizabeth Warren's proposals saying "soaking the rich doesn't work".[107] In January 2020, Griffin was absent from a signing ceremony for the phase-one trade deal with China at the White House, for which he was criticized by President Donald Trump.[108][109][105] In September 2020, Griffin wrote an op-ed published in the Chicago Tribune stating his opposition to Governor of Illinois J. B. Pritzker's "Fair Tax" proposal that would change Illinois income tax from a flat tax to a graduated tax.[110][111] In an October 2020 email to Citadel LLC's Chicago employees, Griffin criticized Pritzker's tax plan and alluded to the possibility of moving his company out of Illinois.[112][113] While being interviewed by Paul Tudor Jones at the Robin Hood Foundation investor conference in October 2020, Griffin criticized Joe Biden's plans to raise the long-term capital gains tax rate. In a 2012 interview, Griffin said that people should be able to make unlimited contributions to politicians, but that these contributions should be public.[116] Griffin has made political donations to conservative political candidates, parties, and organizations such as American Crossroads and the Republican Governors Association.[116] During the 2010 United States elections, Griffin donated $721,600 to federal candidates and political committees. Except for a $2,400 contribution to then United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd, all of the contributions were to Republicans.[117] In December 2015, Griffin endorsed Marco Rubio for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and stated that he planned to donate millions to a pro-Rubio super PAC.[118] Before this endorsement, Griffin had donated $100,000 each to three super PACs supporting Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Scott Walker for the GOP nomination.[119] Griffin was the was the biggest donor to Rahm Emanuel’s campaign for second term as Mayor of Chicago.[96] After Trump won the 2016 Republican nomination, Griffin did not contribute to his campaign.[120] In 2017, he contributed $20 million to the campaign of Governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner.[121] In March 2020, Griffin contributed $1 million to the 1820 PAC created to support the re-election bid of U. S. Senator Susan Collins in Maine.[122] In late 2020, Griffin donated another $500,000 to the 1820 PAC.[123] In 2020, Griffin donated $20 million to the Coalition To Stop The Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, a group opposing the Illinois Fair Tax in its 2020 referendum.[111][124] Weeks later, he donated another $26.75 million to the coalition.[125][126] Griffin later donated another $7 million to the group bringing his total contributions to $53.75 million.[127][128] In 2020, Griffin donated $2 million to an anti-retention effort for Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, a democrat on the Supreme Court of Illinois.[129][130] Griffin supported Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.[131] In October 2020, He was criticized for a $2 million contribution to a Super PAC supporting Loeffler and funded by her husband, New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, just after one of Citadel LLC's companies needed approval from Sprecher for a merger.[132] Griffin contributed a total of $66 million to the 2020 United States elections.[133] Citadel gave $800,000 to Janet Yellen for speaking fees.[134] In 2021, Griffin donated $5 million to Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida.[135] Griffin's donations to DeSantis prompted criticism of a possible conflict of interest when DeSantis began promoting Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' therapeutic treatment for COVID-19; Griffin's Citadel Securities owned $15.9 million of shares in Regeneron.[136][137][138][139] A spokesperson for Citadel denied any wrongdoing, noting that the hedge fund has much larger investments in Pfizer and Moderna.[136][137] Later in 2021, Griffin promised to donate twice the amount to the Republican opponent of incumbent governor J. B. Pritzker that Pritzker gives to himself for the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election. Pritzker has so far given $15 million to his campaign which now has the potential to become one of the costliest elections of the 2022 midterms. [140]

worst fans on the planet, with the bindipper scousers a close second shithole cities with shithole people, plus hundreds of millions of frontrunning fanbois globally Same (not cities, just fans) for Barca and Real, and noob PSG (due to only 3 players, 2 (Pessi and Mbappe) who are soon gone, and Neymar, who is in decline) PSG in 2 years (so by the start of the 2024/25 season, of not before) will have far less global pull I predict. Finally, to a lesser extent (and gain, not cities, just fans), Bayern and Juve (and CR7 leaving Juve really cut down their twat fan quotient, I just obsessively HATE the Juve owners though, the Agnelli mafia)

and he has been having a pretty shite (for him) season at times glad to see him step up back to normal 'near best on planet' form and knock out the manc cunts

Kidnapping, theft and corruption: Damning revelations of Roman Abramovich probe in full The details of Roman Abramovich's purchase of Russian state-owned companies at bargain sums have emerged as part of a BBC Panorama investigation into the Chelsea owner https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roman-abramovich-Chelsea-wealth-russia-26466932 The murky source of Roman Abramovich 's vast fortune has been laid bare as part of an extensive investigation into the sanctioned Russian multi-billionaire. Abramovich, 55, was placed on the UK's sanctioned individuals list last Thursday, resulting in the freezing of his assets and placing huge financial strain on Chelsea, the football club he has owned since 2003. The oligarch has extensive links with Vladimir Putin, who invaded Ukraine in February in an act of aggression which led to backlash towards wealthy Russians living abroad under so-called 'golden visas'. Abramovich, along with dozens of his compatriots, has seen his UK assets frozen, including a £150million London mansion and £30million three-storey penthouse. President Putin's belligerence has led to a fresh wave of scrutiny over oligarchs potentially laundering their money in the UK. The BBC launched a probe into the source of Abramovich's wealth four years ago through their Panorama programme, uncovering his substantial links to corruption, theft and alleged kidnapping. Investigators gained access to a secret five-page document believed to have been smuggled out of Russia which claimed the Saratov native was detained in police custody on suspicion of stealing a trainload of diesel and selling it in 1992. His lawyers told the BBC the incident was merely a misunderstanding, yet a Moscow police chief launched a warrant for his arrest only for the case to vanish without trace. The probe then turned its attention to the mid-1990s, when Abramovich made inroads into the Russian energy industry thanks to a rigged auction and a government bribe. The Chelsea owner planned to combine state-owned oil facilities in Serbia and buy them for a cut-price sum but, given his lack of political influence, needed to curry favour. Boris Berezovsky, a fellow oligarch, is said to have suggested to Abramovich pay $10million (£7.7m) to a Kremlin official to obtain support. The intended target for the bribe was Alexander Korzhakov, a crony of then-president Boris Yeltsin. Korzhakov denies there was a bribe but confirmed to the BBC that Berezovsky tried to buy his support. Regardless of how the money exchanged hands, Abramovich's plan worked and he bought newly-created company Sibneft as part of a rigged auction. The secret document seen by the BBC also asserts the money he used to purchase the company - which is now known as Gazprom - was borrowed from a bank after a government official deposited $137million (£105m) into an account. Abramovich bought Sibneft for $250million (£190m) - roughly $2.7billion (£2.1bn) less than it was worth - and would later sell it back to the government for $13billion (£9.9bn) in 2005. The document shows evidence the Department of Economic Crimes believed Abramovich could have faced charges of fraud for wresting control of Sibneft via the rigged auction. Remarkably, Abramovich confirmed a number of the claims in the document during a London court case having been sued by Berezovsky once their relationship turned sour. In the case he won in 2012, he spoke of the payment to the government official and the auction, with judge Lady Justice Gloster finding admissions of corruption, although there were no repercussions in the UK or Russia. The document is believed to show that, at the time, Yeltsin acted to protect Abramovich by moving files from law enforcement authorities to the Kremlin. He is also alleged to have stopped an investigation launched by Yuri Skuratov, then the prosecutor general of Russia who would later lose his job after his sex tape surfaced. Panorama also drew attention to a document from the Spanish authorities which claimed Abramovich - who served as a regional governor under Putin for eight years - manages the president's 'private economic interests'. This is something Abramovich's lawyers deny, while they also dismissed he was protected by Yeltsin or Putin. In another dubious transaction in 2002, Abramovich bought oil and gas company Slavneft after there were allegations of a rival negotiator being kidnapped. Chinese company CNPC was believed to be willing to pay twice as much as its competitors but a representative is said to have been abducted on their arrival at Moscow airport. CNPC subsequently withdrew their interest and, again, Abramovich purchased the company for a bargain fee in what was described as a pre-arranged sale by Vladimir Milov, Russia's former deputy energy minister. There is no suggestion Abramovich had any knowledge of the kidnapping and his lawyers insist it did not occur but independent sources confirmed to the BBC it took place.

CIES Football Observatory n°372 - 14/03/2022 Net international transfer spending: from England to Portugal https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp372/en/ Issue number 372 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the net spending on international transfers concluded since July 2017 by clubs of the 40 most active nations from an incoming and outcoming fee volume perspective. England (- €4.35 billion) and Portugal (+€1.15 billion) recorded the most negative and, respectively, positive trade balances. Italy has the second most negative trade balance on international transfers concluded since the start of the 2017/18 season (-€910 million), followed by China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Spain. At the opposite end of the table, Brazil (+€1.02 billion) is just behind Portugal and outranks the Netherlands, France, Argentina and Belgium. The data includes eventual add-ons irrespective of their effective payment, as well as sell-on percentages. However, this information, such as that on transfer fees themselves, is not always available. The figures presented are thus to be considered approximations that are as accurate as possible. FIFA’s annual reports with official aggregated data are available for free here.

Gallagher was a BEAST dead sprint deep runs all 90+ minutes almost won it by himself late he is going to be so special

An avenging blue succubus tracks down another Manure troll squealing for Chelsea FC to be permanently disbanded by BoJo and the clown crew.

Prince Khalid bin Salman Visits Washington for High-Level Talks with Biden Administration; U.S. Talks with Saudi on Oil https://www.sustg.com/prince-khaled-bin-salman-visits-washington-for-high-level-talks-with-biden-administration-u-s-talks-with-saudi-on-oil/ A Look at Khalid Bin Salman, Brother of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Ambassador to the US https://www.abouther.com/node/12316/people/features/look-khalid-bin-salman-brother-saudi-arabia’s-crown-prince-and-ambassador

Trillionaire family linked with Chelsea has wealth that blows Man City's and Newcastle away The net worth of potential new Chelsea backers blows the wealth of Premier League rivals Manchester City and Newcastle out of the water as Roman Abramovich looks to sell up https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/trillionaire-Chelsea-takeover-roman-abramovich-26466309 Chelsea could have the support of trillionaire backers should the Saudi Media Group be successful in their bid to buy the club from Roman Abramovich. Stamford Bridge chiefs have had interest from hundreds of potential backers following the news that Abramovich had chosen to sell before being frozen out after Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion begun. Having been linked to Todd Boehly and Nick Candy among others, the Saudi Media Group have put in a bid worth £2.7billion with Blues fan Mohamed Alkhereiji leading the pirate consortium. Although Alkhereiji's net worth is said to be in the region of around £1.7bn, the bid is said to have the backing of Mohammed bin Khalid Al Saud. CBS Sports report that Khalid Al Saud, who is a member of the House of Saud, has offered up his support. The House of Saud are thought to have assets worth an astonishing £1.19trillion - which is far more than both Newcastle and Manchester City have at their disposal. While City owners the Abu Dhabi Group alongside Sheikh Mansour are thought to have a net worth of around £9.2billion, Newcastle's Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia have around £500bn.

Rupture The Bear needs to pay that cunt a visit.