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A brilliant XI made up of players Jose Mourinho has fallen out with https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/an-brilliant-xi-made-up-of-players-jose-mourinho-has-publicly-fallen-out-with-real-madrid-manchester-united-Chelsea-tottenham/ Having managed Porto and Inter Milan to Champions League glory and Chelsea to three Premier League titles, there are not too many more decorated managers than Jose Mourinho. But perhaps more impressive than his ability to pick up silverware is his uncanny way of doing so while seemingly falling out with every player he manages. With this in mind, we have put together a ridiculously good XI made up entirely of players the Portuguese has publicly fallen out with. GK: Iker Casillas From everything Mourinho said about the Spanish legend, you could probably count the things he liked about him on one hand. He didn’t like the high-regard in which he was held at the Bernabeu, he didn’t like him having friends in the Barcelona team, he didn’t like his girlfriend being a journalist, and he definitely did not like the way he disagreed with Mourinho’s tactics. Diego Lopez was signed in the summer of 2012 and played much of the following season in goal instead. RB: William Gallas Gallas famously once said that he hated it when Claudio Ranieri played him at right-back for Chelsea. Sorry, William. Thankfully, you do not actually have to play this one. The Frenchman fell out with Mourinho towards the end of his time with Chelsea when he was pushing for a move across London to Arsenal in 2006. The club claimed that he told his manager that he would deliberately score own goals if he was not allowed to leave, something that Gallas has since refuted. CB: Sergio Ramos It’s remarkable that Mourinho ever managed to lead a training session in Madrid considering the amount of time he spent falling out with club legends. You would have had pretty short odds on Ramos clashing with him, however. There was that one time the defender pretended to forget who his own manager was in an interview, and also when he wore Mesut Ozil’s shirt after the German had been controversially subbed off. Strange how this is probably the calmest of the beef Mourinho has been involved in. CB: Ricardo Carvalho It was sad to see the falling out take place between Mourinho and Carvalho, considering the pair had travelled from Porto to Chelsea together back in 2004. However, Mourinho was not about to go easy on his compatriot. When Carvalho was unhappy at missing out on selection for the opening game of the 2005-06 season, Mourinho said the defender “seems to have problems understanding things, maybe he should have an IQ test, or go to a mental hospital or something”. But they kissed and made up in enough time to ensure the Blues won their first Premier League title, and work together for a third time at Real Madrid. LB: Danny Rose Rose’s fall-out with Mourinho was more well documented than most. Well, it did happen in a documentary to be fair. A famous scene in Tottenham’s All Or Nothing series showed the left-back asking his manager for more playing time. The discussion ended with Rose leaving the office, declaring that he would talk to Daniel Levy about his future with the club. In 2020-21, he was banished to the Under-23s But Rose literally had the last laugh, asking the reporters outside Tottenham’s training ground what they were doing there the morning of Mourinho’s sacking before laughing and climbing back into his van. CM: Paul Pogba This one still isn’t over. CM: Dele Alli After an excellent display against West Ham in Mourinho’s first game in charge, it looked for a while that Alli may finally be back to his best. But on the commencement of the 2020-21 campaign, that all seemed to change again. Mourinho publicly scorned the attacking midfielder for not showing any fight in January, claiming that he was not happy. RW: Eden Hazard In May 2014, Mourinho said Hazard is “not the kind of player to sacrifice himself for the team” after Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid. Two years later, after a strong start to the season under Mourinho’s permanent successor Antonio Conte, Hazard praised the Italian by pointedly saying that it took him just one week to improve as a player under the new regime. Ouch. LW: Joe Cole Mourinho publicly criticised Cole after the attacking midfielder scored the winner for Chelsea against Liverpool, saying: “When he scored the goal the game finished for him. After that, I needed 11 players for my defensive organisation and I had just 10.” Thankfully, Cole turned out to be the sort of person who responded well to this risky method of coaching, playing an integral role in back-to-back title wins at the Bridge. AM: Henrikh Mhkitaryan Mhkitaryan was one of the world’s most exciting talents when he joined Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund. Don’t worry. Jose soon saw to that. The Armenian moved to Old Trafford in 2016, managing 13 goals in 69 appearances under Mourinho, who was not shy in publicly criticising his new player. After joining Roma, Mhkitaryan said: “Once Mourinho saw me at breakfast and said to me, ‘Because of you, the press criticises me.’” ST: Anthony Martial Back in the summer of 2018, Anthony Martial had the sheer audacity, the disrespect, the arrogance to *checks notes* attend the birth of his child. Yep. The French striker left a pre-season tour in America to be with his partner who had gone into labour with their second child. Reports at the time indicated that Mourinho was not happy at all. Subs: Vitor Baia, Luke Shaw, Pepe, Pedro Leon, Tanguy Ndombele, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Juan Mata.

yes, I was thiking that too, thats what I get for not followig up on some asscunt arse fanbois statement I just saw 300m euros penalty which makes a lot more sense https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/04/23/super-league-dissenters-will-have-to-pay-monumental-fine-for-backing-out-of-the-project-contracts-reveal/

Chelsea will have to think of Plan B for midfielder after loan club say they aren’t signing him https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2021/04/Chelsea-will-think-plan-b-midfielder-loan-club-say-arent-signing/ fuck

IF we try and drag this out and have another go in a year or two, I am OUT done I will not follow a club that goes into some 'no chance at relegation' fucking yank franchise system that ends up with us ostracised and our player banned nope, not having it I will just find a smaller club to support, like wifey's QPR maybe they get lucky and a rich owner buys them and gets them up to 'stay perm or so in the EPL' level or maybe Brentford or Fulham I have no interest in some plastic, tricked-up phoney league

£8m is supposedly the pull-out penalty

Real Madrid could be without six key first-team players for CL clash vs Chelsea https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/champions-league/report-real-madrid-could-be-without-six-key-first-team-players-for-cl-clash-vs-Chelsea/ Chelsea may have been handed a huge advantage going into their Champions League tie with Real Madrid as Zinedine Zidane’s injury concerns continue to mount. Marca reported that Sergio Ramos and Lucas Vazquez would definitely miss the European clash next week. Ramos has only recently started his recovery from a calf problem, whilst Vazquez is out for the season with cruciate ligament damage. Federico Valverde is the other guaranteed absentee. It was confirmed on Sunday that he had tested positive for coronavirus, meaning a self-isolation period of ten days that covers the Chelsea game. There is also major doubt surrounding Ferland Mendy’s fitness. In the same Marca article, they state that the French full-back is being assessed as he overcomes a muscular overload. Zidane might be sweating over the health of Toni Kroos and Luca Modric as well. Neither trained with the group yesterday, as the Madrid manager wraps his two midfielders up in cotton wool. Kroos and Modric have missed the past two La Liga matches, with abductor and back-issues respectively.

The Kroenkes just told Arse fans to fuck off, they are not selling zero chance it is us, or citeh spuds unlikely unless someone stuffs billions into Lewis's mouth (I truly hate that fucker, he team up with Soros in mid September 1992, 2 and a half months before I was born, and tried to destroy the British pound, my mum was in FOREX trading at that time in the City, and the stress, so the doctors said, ended up with me being born 6 weeks premature, yet another reason (plus he tried to fuck up our nation) I HATE Spuds more than any other sport entity on the planet) so that leaves FSG or the Glazers flip a coin I slightly favour (meaning I think they are the more likely) FSG, but wold not be shocked if it was the Glazers

Chelsea learn when UEFA will decide if Real Madrid will be expelled from the Champions League Chelsea already have one eye on Tuesday's trip to Madrid where they will face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg, but there is a chance the game may not go ahead https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/Chelsea-real-madrid-champions-league-20447794 Chelsea should find out whether their Champions League semi-final tie with Real Madrid will go ahead at some point today. The Blues are preparing to face Los Blancos in the first leg of their semi-final tie on Tuesday at Valdebebas, but the build-up to the game hasn't exactly been routine. It's been a hectic week for both clubs after each of them decided to become a founding member of The Super League, receiving intense criticism on the back of it. Within 48 hours, Chelsea withdrew from the project following the disapproval of their supporters, while Real Madrid remain intent to make it work.

Schalke players may skip remainder of season after relegation attacks, says club chief https://www.espn.com/soccer/schalke-04/story/4367074/schalke-players-may-skip-remainder-of-season-after-relegation-attackssays-club-chief

rumour has it Real will be booted out of this years CL, we get a walkover and Real, Barca, and Juve banned from next year's CL sounds too good to be true

Aleksander Ceferin's ominous warning to clubs involved in European Super League scandal The UEFA president has spoken out about how the 12 rebellious teams are likely to be dealt with in the coming weeks https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksander-ceferins-ominous-warning-clubs-23963118 UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has warned that the 12 clubs involved in plans for a failed European Super League are to "suffer the consequences" of their actions in the coming weeks. Shockwaves were sent through the world of football on Sunday when a dozen of the elite clubs throughout the continent announced their intentions to form the new competition - including Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham. However, after receiving a huge backlash all six English teams withdrew from the proposed tournament on Tuesday, and the majority have issued apologies to furious supporters. Although their reputations have been dealt a big blow, the punishment is not expected to end there, and sanctions could be issued by the likes of the Premier League and UEFA. And speaking to Slovenian news outlet 24UR, Ceferin said he would take his time to consider the next course of action. "A lot has happened 24 hours after the congress, but I expect more news by Friday," Ceferin said.

Reputations shredded like so much cabbage at a coleslaw convention Ed Woodward: ‘You should’ve seen me in there”. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Simon Burnton @Simon_Burnton MONEY SPOILER? Poor Ed Woodward. Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman was so set against the proposed Super League, so vehemently and principally opposed to the entire hideous idea, that he flat out insisted on saying absolutely nothing about it for two days before, once it was obviously falling apart and reputations were being shredded like so much cabbage at a coleslaw convention, announcing that he was resigning but not quite yet. Amid the chaos of Tuesday night this noble stand was misinterpreted by a foolish public as evidence not of the greatest ethical purity but of some kind of personal failure, forcing someone to brief Sky today that Woodward’s resignation came “because he could not support the owners’ plans to join the Super League”, rather than because he was fatally tainted by the entire miserable clusterbungle. The Fiver, along with all right-thinking fans, thanks him for his sacrifice. ‘It was like shouting into a hurricane’: how the Super League crashed Read more Earlier today, a group of United fans broke into the club’s Carrington training ground, presumably so they could personally pass on their thanks to Woodward. They carried a number of banners, including one that read “Glazers out” and another that said “we decide when you play”, although the latter might have been brought along by whichever Sky representative was inside being briefed. Meanwhile Florentino Pérez, the Real Madrid pérezident, blamed the collapse of the breakaway league on a breakaway club, “one of the English clubs who didn’t seem so interested” which he identified as “the one from Manchester”. There were of course two from Manchester, something you might expect Flo to know – but it is thought he meant City. Pérez’s astonishment that a club leadership which had by then already demonstrated a complete lack of loyalty to teams their organisation has been working with for well in excess of a century, might not be completely loyal to teams they had been working with for about half an hour is one of the great surprises of this entire story. Pérez declared himself “sad and disappointed”, making him a cross double-crosser. Pérez also insisted that the Super League is “not dead”. Meanwhile Javier Tebas, president of La Liga, said it was “dead without the English and German teams, let’s be realistic, it’s dead”. As the story nears its end this uncertainty about whether the villain is or is not dead, as well as a plot that is essentially about infidelity, suggests that the entire Super League project might just have been an elaborate remake of Fatal Attraction, only with the protagonists’ own reputations playing the part performed in the original by the rabbit. LIVE ON BIG WEBSITE Join us for hot Thursday night Premier League action, as Simon Burnton guides you through Leicester 1-0 West Brom (8pm BST). No, wait! Come back! QUOTE OF THE DAY “I was going into games happy sitting on the bench and that’s not me. I didn’t want to play because my mind wasn’t there, I wasn’t focused at all … even in matches, I felt like the game was just passing me by, like I just didn’t want to be there” – Jesse Lingard opens up to online show Presenting about dealing with depression. Jesse Lingard, enjoying football again at West Ham. Photograph: Richard Lee/BPI/Shutterstock RECOMMENDED LISTENING It’s time for those three magic words: Football. Weekly. Extraaaaaaa. FIVER LETTERS “In classic Fiver style please could Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham forever now be prefaced with ‘Former €$£’s’?” – David Bowers. “What a fantastic turnaround in the last couple of days for Spurs fans. José sacked and avoided being bottom of the league for the next 20 years” – Neil Bage. “All this €$£ malarky reminds me of a day in secondary school when a group of hormone-and-gobstopper-fuelled rebels decided that classes would be better taught (a) outside and (b) by themselves, for themselves. Safe to say, what started as the great breakaway quickly turned sour and they were marched back into school, tails between their legs. It was Ed [Woodward? – Fiver Ed] who started it, apparently.” – Dan Forshaw. “In regards to a €uropean $uper £eague anthem (Fivers passim) it can surely only be the Adventures of Stevie V and ‘Dirty Cash’” – Karl Barry. “Surely the €$£ anthem should now be ‘You Cant Always Get What You Want’, sung by a choir made up of one suit from every breakaway club” – John Myles. “Yesterday’s mention of Dublin’s ‘Arriva Stadium’ had me wondering if José’s next job will be parking the bus as Republic O’Ireland manager?” – Dan Westacott [ah, yes. Apologies – Fiver Ed]. Send your letters to [email protected]. And you can always tweet The Fiver via @guardian_sport. Today’s winner of our prizeless letter o’the day is … John Myles. RECOMMENDED WATCHING “I’m a Govan boy” – the venerable Lord Ferg makes a welcome return in this clip from a new documentary, coming to cinemas and streaming platforms soon. NEWS, BITS AND BOBS Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin is threatening to get medieval on the wantaway clubs. He insists they must suffer consequences following this week’s Super League farrago. Mikel Arteta has revealed that the Arsenal-owning Kroenkes have apologised to him over their dastardly Super League plot. Arsenal face Everton this weekend and Arteta will be without forwards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. Mr Roy has said football fans were crucial in stopping the €$£ money train. “The fabric [of football] was in danger of being torn apart, and I’m just delighted that the fans have played such a major part,” Mr Roy said poetically. West Ham are at the front of a queue that also includes Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham and Bayern Munich, assembling outside Carrow Road to snaffle £30m Norwich right-back Max Aarons. And Brighton manager Graham Potter suffered a facial injury after taking a spill on the beach. “I’d love to be able to tell you there’s a heroic, chivalrous story here but unfortunately I just missed my footing,” Potter sighed. Graham Potter sporting one hell of a shiner at his presser today. Photograph: PA Video/PA RECOMMENDED ATTENDING What does the failed Super League mean for the future of European football? Max Rushden, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew and Suzanne Wrack discuss in this online forum. The admission price? It’s a fiver! STILL WANT MORE? ‘It was like shouting into a hurricane’: how the Super League crashed and burned - top analysis here by Sean Ingle, Fabrizio Romano and Nick Ames. Sassuolo manager Roberto De Zerbi would have preferred to boycott Wednesday’s match against Super League plotters Milan - but his side went to San Siro and won instead, writes Nicky Bandini. Floating-brain-in-a-jar Jonathan Wilson takes us back to 1950s Colombia in a warning for the breakaway bunch. Could a fan-friendly ownership model like Germany’s work in English football? Uli Hesse takes a look. “Appeasement has not worked”: Kevin Miles, chief executive of the Football Supporters’ Association, says fans must stay angry to get the game back on track. Ideas far above The Fiver’s station dept: Big Paper’s economics editor, Larry Elliott, says the Super League is the perfect metaphor for global capitalism. Oh, and if it’s your thing … you can follow Big Website on Big Social FaceSpace. And INSTACHAT, TOO! THE GOAT. RIP HENNES VIII

does the EPL have the legal authority to force him out?

those 5 points dropped v baggies and BHA are just killing my mood now for so long plus the super league dross

IF we make it to the CL final, we have 10 games left 7 of those ten are against 4 or 5 (depending who wins the citeh/PSG semifinal) of the hottest and/or best 10 or so teams in Europe 2 more are against Arse and Villa (with Grealish back), hardly shit teams only Fulham is a weak team brutal

almost 4 nil it should be 6 or 7 nil

3 nil Iheanacho

and again, another near goal west brom are in utter collapse

almost 3 nil Castagne hit the post

it is a fundamental weakness of ours

shameful we got crushed by this POS baggie side

2 nil over

vardy 1 nil here are some links to watch http://www.sportnews.to/mysports/2021/premier-league-leicester-city-vs-west-bromwich-albion-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/leicester-city-one/

Premier League CEO ruthlessly moves to remove 'big six' chiefs after Super League saga https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-european-super-league-23957272 Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck is one of five executives that has been asked to step down bye bye Brucie