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that Luis Díaz goal for Colombia was insane truly WC

so fucking stupid! its a MAJOR (third biggest international prize after WC and Euros) trophy and even in semis, no ET

super game, shame it went straight to pens or Colombia would have won

AMF/No 10 (even perhaps a winger at times) type all the way we scouted him pretty heavy a while back the one Brasilian MFer who is a hybrid type DMF/CMF and could perform a double pivot role is one who I post all the time his Lyon teammate and another lad we scouted, even more so I think Bruno Guimarães (gee mo ryesh gee pronounced like French name Guy)

Enrique actually pwned Mancini to a point with his false 9 system it pulled Jorginho out of his comfort zone a lot, made him follow Olmo and Oyarzabal all over the pitch far more than a standard CF would have it is just the lack of clinical finishing that did Spain in I think they are both outstanding football managers BY FAR the 2 best in the entire tournament

I am sure he will be fine, especially as he was not the only one to miss (unlike Mbappe) and he did score a monster goal as well

of course he has, especially Italy, but us as well I am not slating him off anymore, as I am starting to see the difference he makes in the right system

IF Kante had had a tournament like Jorginho has, he would be an absolute LOCK for the Ballon d'Or but I think Kante and Jorginho split votes and Lewa may win (plus he will get make-up votes after being robbed last year as they did not award it, which is just FUCKED) time will tell

Kessie's agent: "Only a coup d'etat can send the President away from Milan" https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/mercato/milan/l-agente-di-kessie-solo-un-colpo-di-stato-puo-mandare-via-il-presidente-dal-milan_35112834-202102k.shtml The midfielder wants to remain AC Milan but expects an important offer for the renewal

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP WHAT IS THE LATEST NEWS WITH TREVOH CHALOBAH AND WEST BROMWICH ALBION? https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/what-is-the-latest-news-with-trevoh-chalobah-and-west-bromwich-albion/ Valerien Ismael has already made his first signing as manager of West Bromwich Albion with the acquisition of Alex Mowatt from Barnsley to bolster an area of the field that needs work doing. The Frenchman returned to a player he knows well from his eight months managing the Tykes, with Mowatt scoring eight times and captained a side that ended the season in the Championship’s top six. Mowatt may not be the only midfield signing that the Baggies make though as they have been linked with Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah this week. Football Insider reported that the 22-year-old is a target for the Midlands club on a permanent basis having spent the last three seasons out on loan from Stamford Bridge. Two of those were in the Football League with Ipswich and Huddersfield, but Chalobah moved to French side Lorient last season and played 29 times in Ligue 1 – France’s top flight. And the latest news is on his next movements are that West Brom’s interest in him is genuine, as per Express & Star reporter Joseph Masi. According to Masi, Chelsea have made Chalobah available for transfer so a deal is there to be done for the versatile defensive player. Despite playing as a holding midfielder in both of his loan spells in England, Chalobah spent more time at centre-back for Lorient, and with Ismael favouring a three at the back formation, Chalobah could be potentially arriving as part of a trio. If the Baggies really are keen on bringing Chalobah into the fold then a deal could be potentially done by the end of the week – and it may need to be wrapped up by then to fend off any other clubs who may want to enter the race for the youngster.

Pre-season week, Hudson-Odoi stays, Two GKs looked at, Midfielder updates, Truth on Haaland All feature in our latest Chelsea FC Newsletter The smile on his face says it all, but Callum Hudson-Odoi looks almost certain to be staying at Chelsea for another season at the very least, and as you know that also makes me very happy. I have a strong belief that there is a real player in there, and it sounds like Thomas Tuchel is determined to get that out of him. Read all about that here. Hudson-Odoi will be one of the players joining Tuchel and his coaching team back at Cobham this week, with some of them already filtering in to do Covid-19 tests etc. Now admittedly, I assumed training would begin right away on the Monday, but that wasn’t the case and we could have to wait a few days for that - find out more and what the plans are here. Onto some transfer news, but once again nothing majorly significant. I’ll maintain as I always do, this doesn’t mean that nothing is happening, still plenty of time left. But Chelsea are looking at the goalkeeper situation, that I do know. With Willy Caballero gone, and Kepa Arrizabalaga potentially going as well, Chelsea are eyeing a couple of free agents, you can check in on that situation here. The midfield situation also looks to be heating up a little, and we have all read the stories of Declan Rice rejecting two West Ham contracts over the last few days. So get the latest on our midfield targets and what is happening with that, here. Finally, our man Dan McCarthy jotted down his thoughts, knowledge, and information on the truth about Erling Haaland to Chelsea, you can read that here. Anyways, I’m getting ready to have Gareth Southgate make me eat my own words this week by getting us to the finals of the Euros. I’m buzzing for it, and I’m actually finally starting to feel confident! It’s coming home… ! Simon Phillips

In focus: Pedri Spain's boy wonder: The 18-year-old Barcelona midfielder - who somehow looks even younger - has been key to his nation reaching the Euro 2020 semi-finals. Team-mate Alvaro Morata hasn't been shy in praising the starlet, saying if Pedri stays injury-free "he will undoubtedly be one of the best players in the history of Spain". No pressure then. Sam Dean takes a look at what makes Pedri so special and how he made his mark at this tournament.

Update again 18 sorted we now have 54 players to sort out whether sell, keep on main team, loan out, renew, release, or keep on reserves/youth Red means SELL/Release them (there is around £150 to £175m to be had (granted we will have to eat some of Kepa's salary I am afraid, just to move him even at a massive loss in terms of fee), and that is at super cut-rate prices, near zero in multiple cases, the depressing part is almost all are still fairly young and the total transfer fee cost was around £300m (some are academy), again just for those in red, and that is NOT counting massive salaries we have eaten on them, nor is it taking into account tens upon tens of millions in turned down decent offers (FAR greater than we will sell them for now) that we fucked off on and demanded insanely too high prices) biggest font were just HORRIFICALLY stupid buys Tammy Abraham Marcos Alonso Ethan Ampadu Tino Anjorin Tiemoué Bakayoko fuck off Lewis Baker insane he is still on the books, he turns 27yo this coming season, he has been here since 2005 (we had not yet even won our first EPL title under Roman yet when he joined in January), he is only a little over 2 years younger than me, ffs He has ONE appearance EVER for us, for THREE minutes, 7 and half years ago in a 3rd round FA Cup game v Derby Thierno Ballo Ross Barkley Lewis Bate Michy Batshuayi insane he is still on the books Lucas Bergström Armando Broja Josh Brooking Trevoh Chalobah Jake Clarke-Salter Jamie Cumming Danny Drinkwater so fuck off, release his arse if need be, surely he has somehow violated his contract Ben Elliott Emerson Bryan Fiabema Conor Gallagher Olivier Giroud Marc Guéhi Joe Haigh Callum Hudson-Odoi Kenedy insane he is still on the books Kepa fuck this shit Henry Lawrence Tino Livramento Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ian Maatsen Xavier Mbuyamba Sam McClelland George McEachran Matt Miazga Charly Musonda Jr. insane he is still on the books George Nunn Myles Peart-Harris Abdul Rahman Baba insane he is still on the books Dion Rankine Jon Russell Malang Sarr Teddy Sharman-Lowe Dynel Simeu Xavier Simons Jude Soonsup-Bell Dujon Sterling Ike Ugbo Tariq Uwakwe Ethan Wady Jayden Wareham Davide Zappacosta insane he is still on the books Karlo Žiger Kurt Zouma

another one sorted (for good) Luke McCormick explains leaving Chelsea for AFC Wimbledon after superb Bristol Rovers spell https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/luke-mccormick-explains-leaving-Chelsea-5617286

We have had 3 Ballon d'Or winners on the roster, just never won it whilst playing with us (Lamps almost did, got 2nd place in 2005, if we had not gotten fucked in that Pool CL semi (the no pen call when Hyypiä smashed over Kezman in the box at the end. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr), we likely would have won the CL and Lamps would have won the Ballon d'Or, plus a case could have been made for that 2004-2006 team's 2 year stretch being the greatest of all time, as we would have won the Super Cup and the FWCC for sure in the following months, and we did win the EPL again, back to back. We also god did hard by another Norwegian ref, Hauge, plus numerous other dodgy SF calls, (foreshadowing 2009) against Barca in the 2006 CL with del Horno getting sent off at the Bridge and Eto'o scoring late in a 1-2 loss) Ruud Gullit George Weah Andriy Shevchenko

SARRI: ‘RONALDO’S MANAGEMENT IS NOT SIMPLE, JORGINHO A BALLON D’OR CANDIDATE’ https://football-italia.net/sarri-jorginho-a-candidate-for-ballon-dor-if-he-wins-the-euros/ Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri said Jorginho should be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or ‘if he wins the European Championship’ and opened up about his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus. Jorginho has impressed with Chelsea and Italy this year, winning the Champions League at club level and helping the Azzurri to the semi-finals of EURO 2020. Ahead of Tuesday’s match against Spain, his former coach at both Napoli and Chelsea praised the Brazilian-born midfielder. “If he wins the European Championship, he is a candidate for the Ballon d’Or,” Sarri told SportItalia. “He’s a refined player and that’s why everyone doesn’t understand him. “He makes everything seem easy, it’s his greatness. When I went to Chelsea, we managed to snatch him from Manchester City. “At first it was hard to understand him, the fans, the journalist, now I see that he is appreciated. He was also the captain of Chelsea.” The former Napoli coach spoke to the press for the first time since accepting the role at Lazio, as he signed a two-year deal to replace Simone Inzaghi at the Olimpico. Sarri also spoke about his year off and his time at Juventus. The 62-year-old signed a three-year deal with the Bianconeri in 2019 and won the Serie A title before being sacked after just one season in Turin. Sarri was fired the day after facing Champions League elimination at the hands of Lyon. However, he remained under contract with the Old Lady until June 2021, when the Serie A giants activated their €2m clause to rescind the coach’s contract one year before its expiration. “In these 332 days without speaking, I have been with my family. I have read a lot, I have watched many games. And I have watched many cycling races, one of the things I like the most,” Sarri said. “I come from a family of cyclists, it’s a family passion. It’s been a very special year; it didn’t bother me so much to be out. The situation didn’t make me want to come back.” Sarri felt his Scudetto with Juventus was ‘taken for granted’ and said the Bianconeri ‘didn’t even celebrate’ winning the ninth consecutive Serie A title. “The Scudetto was taken for granted at Juventus, both on the outside and on the inside,” Sarri claimed. “We didn’t even celebrate; everyone went to dinner on their own. “Probably the best year to go to Juventus was this, the fourth place was celebrated. In football, victory is not a foregone conclusion. Sometimes you work hard and you can’t win. “Football this year, with the empty stadiums, didn’t excite me. It was not a heavy year, I didn’t struggle being out. Now that the fans are back, the desire has regained the upper hand.” Sarri revealed he never considered returning to Napoli in the middle of the season and was only prepared to return to coaching from the summer. “I didn’t consider returning to Napoli because I was not sure if I would be useful in the middle of the season,” he said. “And there were no conditions. “I would have been available for Napoli in the summer. In January they looked for me, but there was no real negotiation. “There was only an interest. To all the clubs that asked about me, I said the same thing: ‘Not in the middle of the season, but if you want me, I’m here’.” Sarri explained he had a difficult experience managing Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus and feels people are more focused ‘on players and little about teams’. His relationship with CR7 was a matter of debate during Sarri’s reign at the Allianz Stadium. The Portuguese star was replaced twice by the Tuscan tactician and once, in the home game against Milan, he stormed off the pitch, showing his discontent for the coach’s decision. “Ronaldo’s management is not simple, from all points of view,” Sarri added. “He’s a multinational company, he has personal interests that must coincide with football. “His interests go beyond normalcy, beyond the team or club. I’m a coach, not a manager. Ronaldo, however, brings the numbers at the end of the year. But in recent years, I hear a lot about players and little about teams.” Sarri praised Argentine Paulo Dybala, who was voted the MVP of Serie A during his year at the Bianconeri but struggled to keep up the good performances the following season due to injuries. “He’s a champion, he’s not difficult to recover,” Sarri said. “He has lived a strange year, he had many injuries, but a player of his quality is easy to recover. “For Juve, the time has come to decide. Either they go with him or sell.” The former Chelsea coach praised Roberto De Zerbi’s decision to join Shakhtar Donetsk after another successful year with Sassuolo and claimed the 42-year-old is ‘the new Sarri’. “He did well to go to Shakhtar, it gives him an international stage,” Sarri continued. “It’s a pity not to see him in Italy, it’s a pity that no clubs went for him. He’s the new Sarri.”

Darren Bent reveals Jack Grealish is raving about Mason Mount in private https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2021/07/video-darren-bent-reveals-jack-grealish-raving-mason-mount-private/ Jack Grealish was chatting to Darren Bent recently, perhaps not knowing that the former Spurs and Villa striker was going on TalkSport, and according to Bent he was raving about Mason Mount. Mount and Grealish have been set up as rivals, considering they play the same position, but in fact they seem to be great friends and are always complimentary about each other. Grealish apparently was “beaming over Mount” when he chatted to Darren, which to be fair is how most Chelsea fans are when they talk about their golden boy. You can see Bent speaking in the clip embedded here:

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this!!!!