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Romano is nothing but a Fichajes fake news shill now: Chelsea are interested in Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior amid growing doubts over his long-term future at the Bernabeu. (Fichajes) Chelsea have discussed a shock €125m move to sign João Neves, one of the best young midfielders in the world. (Fichajes) Remember, after hyping the fake Vini Jr to Chels Fichajes bullshit for weeks, Romano came out and claimed it was all baseless, but NOW, in true gaslighting style, he is back pushing the same dross AGAIN.

Petr Cech: Not One Manager Was Fired Because They Weren’t Good Enough | Chelsea's Winning Mentality Elite athletes who have achieved everything in their sport while building a career alongside; it’s the ambition many sports stars have today. But how do you do it effectively? Petr Cech is a footballing legend, and I don’t use that term lightly. Four Premier League titles, a Champions Leagues, record for the most Premier League clean sheets, and hugely respected as one of the most dedicated and attentive professionals the game has seen. He also has an MBA, is studying for a PhD, runs multiple businesses, and I need two hands to count the number of languages he speaks. The philosophy that has driven this? Win, that’s what it’s all about. If not then what’s the point. As you’ve just heard this is a theme that runs throughout. It also poses the question we wrestle most with on the show which is how to do that consistently and run a great business. I’ll get the apology in early, yes this was very exciting for me (and Harry too). Sitting across the table from someone who has given you some of your greatest memories as a fan is pretty cool, not many other ways I can say it. Just breeze through it. But what I can say is we’ve met few people are impressive or generous with their time who leave you genuinely in awe of but their successes and the processes they’ve adopted to achieve it. I promise you don’t just need to be a Chelea fan to enjoy this. We’re delighted to welcome Petr to the Business of Sport. ---------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:48 Life In And After Football 04:39 Football First Or Life Balance? What Should Managers Encourage? 07:50 Why Learn Teammates Languages? 12:26 Clean Sheet Record Holder 16:32 Arriving At Chelsea 18:12 The Manager’s At Chelsea’s Helm 23:26 What Player Trained With The Most Intensity 28:47 How Did Chelsea Keep Winning? 32:28 The View On Chelsea As A Fan 36:42 Has Football Changed Since Retirement 39:54 Too Used To Winning? 44:49 Cech’s Life Changing Injury 51:10 Are Goalkeepers Undervalued? 58:04 The 2012 Final 59:20 Does Every Game Start Nil Nil? 01:03:20 Robben’s Penalty 01:10:35 From Chelsea To Arsenal 01:12:29 Comparing Wenger And Jose 01:14:35 Hate Losing More Than You Love Winning? 01:26:15 Who Has The Power In A Team? 01:31:18 If You Were In Charge Of Chelsea What Would You Change? 01:36:45 Quick Fire Round ---------------------------------------------------- In Today's Show We Discuss: 1. Elite Mentality, Preparation & Winning: Why preparation beats talent under pressure and how Petr approached the biggest moments of his career. What truly separates elite performers when everything is on the line. Why winning is a mindset before it’s a tactic. 2. Leadership, Standards & Team Culture: How winning environments are built and sustained over time. The role of managers, players and dressing-room standards in elite teams. Why culture collapses when accountability disappears. 3. Setbacks, Injury & Perspective: How a life-threatening head injury changed the way Petr approached football and life. Why fear never disappeared, but how he learned to perform alongside it. The difference between confidence and control at the highest level. 4. From Pitch to Boardroom: Transitioning from player to executive and seeing football from the inside. Why football performance must always come before commercial priorities. How decision-making, incentives and governance shape success off the pitch.

you can say the same thing about a bin man in Croydon

or worse! maybe it is back to the Conference League meat grinder Kazakhstan road trip awaits!!!!

back in training arrrrrf

and part 2 will be the same thing said about Sterling!!! 🤬

from thoroughbred to cart horse in a few cold days in January! roflmaooooooooooooooooo

I will LOSE MY MIND!!!! surely even our board is not THAT stupid!!! wtf 🤬

Mamadou Sarr for Senegal 🤩

I will always be bitter about this one what a disaster

everything spuds toches dies, lolol

The only 2 wingers I would take over Olise atm, on the planet, are Yamal and (assuming we count him as a winger still and not a CF at the end of the day) Mbappe. Raphinha turns 30yo this coming December, and I deffo rate Olise atm over Saka, Vini Jr, Kvaratskhelia, Désiré Doué, and, atm, the 2 potentially better very young ones, Kenan Yıldız and, of course, Estêvão. Olise, (who just turned 24yo), in only 2200 minutes, already has 13 goals and 20 assists, all comps. He has the most total assists on the planet for all players, all positions, who play in the top 15 global leagues.

and my post (which again, the original source of was not a football-only rumour-whore site, the source was a 100 year old respected Spanish newspaper) did not make any wild 'omg he is Chels bound!' claims it just said that Vini was very unhappy and acting out (which is on camera to a degree from their games anyway) to point he wants to leave (which he told the now sacked Xabi to his face when he was pulled in the Supercup v Barca)

yes, Sarr and Anselmino make not getting Jacquet a less bitter pill to swallow (if we do not get him over the line), especially from what I have seen of Sarr The one CB I simply cannot get over not grabbing was Huijsen. Losing out on him was a gut shot, no doubt. The only thing that made it a tiny tiny bit better was that it was Real Madrid, one of only 2 clubs (Barca of course being the other) that we will lose out to almost everytime (when they REALLY want a player), due to global players' dreams. Now, those two clubs aside, we, Chels, are number 3 on the 'dreams list' for yoing players globally, after them. The only exception might be some Italians who want to stay in Italy (basically Inter/AC/Juve), but those players are RARE (as an example, look now, even Bastoni is starting to hint he wants to go abroad, although watch him end up at Real or, a wee less likely, Barca, ffs!) Manure used to be number 3, but almost 15 years of shit football is killing that 'dream-production line', plus, who the fuck would want to live in Manchester over London, lolol.

I rarely post any Spanish sources, and I find Marca and/or AS to not be truly top tier either. Back to Vini Jr, I DO think he is very unhappy and absolutely can see him leaving Real (not to Chels btw)

what shit sources do I post? I rip Fichajes all the time, never post them as factual, I say the opposite. As for that Vini Jr story, the source is El Periódico Mediterráneo, generally considered a reliable, long-standing local newspaper for Castellón, Spain, known for its balanced, rigorous reporting and commitment to local interests, acting as the region's leading media outlet under Prensa Ibérica since 2019, though its specific journalistic biases should always be considered, like any regional news source.

fuck that git and fuck Boehly for buying him and paying him £17m per year for 5 years

Vinícius Júnior has told his camp he wants to leave Real Madrid, according to El Periódico Mediterráneo, after feeling unwanted at the Santiago Bernabéu. He has conveyed that he does not want to play where he is not wanted. https://onefootball.com/id/berita/vinicius-opens-door-to-real-madrid-exit-after-bernabeu-boos-42254298

Marc Guehi: England defender completes move to Manchester City from Crystal Palace https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6977024/2026/01/19/marc-guehi-transfer-manchester-city-crystal-palace/ Manchester City have completed the signing of centre-back Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. The Athletic reported last week that City were in the process of finalising an agreement to sign the England international in a package worth £20million ($26.8m) plus bonuses and a sell-on clause. Guehi was out of contract at Palace at the end of the season and could have left the club as a free agent when his contract expired on June 30. Guehi did not intend to his extend his contract at Selhurst Park and City appeared to be the only team that were prepared to make a deal to sign him in this window. The 25-year-old had appeared set to join Liverpool on deadline day in a £35m transfer in the summer, though Palace pulled out of the deal after failing to source an adequate replacement. Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Liverpool were among the clubs expected to move for Guehi this summer, though defensive injuries at City brought their pursuit forward. Josko Gvardiol is out after undergoing surgery for a fracture tibia, Ruben Dias is sidelined with a hamstring issue while John Stones has been out since early December after sustaining a thigh injury. City recalled 20-year-old defender Max Alleyne from Watford earlier this month as extra cover. At his press conference on Friday, Crystal Palace head coach Glasner confirmed that Guehi was close to leaving the club. “A deal with Marc is in the final stages,” Glasner said. “I can’t confirm the club because it’s still not done, but it’s the final stages and the result is that Marc doesn’t play (against Sunderland) tomorrow for us.” Glasner also confirmed that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season for a “new challenge”. Guehi joined the club in July 2021 from Chelsea and has gone on to make 188 appearances for the club, being appointed captain ahead of the 2024-25 campaign and leading the team to its first major trophy in its history, lifting the FA Cup in May. The defender is City’s second signing of the transfer window after the arrival of forward Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth in a £62.5m move. By Sam Lee Manchester City Correspondent

So who would you go for? Here is a semi repost of my fairly expansive list of remotely availabe right footed wingers. Semenyo is now gone and Rogers is not a true winger, he is more of an AMF or an old style inside left, but I do list him. I did not list Fermín López, as he very rarely plays at winger. Vinicius Junior (I think he perhaps leaves Real Madrid soon, but his salary demands will be crazy) Kenan Yıldız Morgan Rogers (as stated above, more of an AMF/inside left) Bradley Barcola Antoine Semenyo Rafael Leão Nico Williams (insane salary) Rodrygo Dani Olmo (turns 28yo in May) Yan Diomande Iliman Ndiaye Malick Fofana Dan Ndoye Jesús Rodríguez Assane Diao Ibrahim Mbaye Said El Mala Antonio Nusa Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Matías Fernández-Pardo

If Jacquet is better than Mamadou Sarr is showing today, in an insanely pressurised continental final, then WOW will we have 2 superb CBs, especially as they both mature, they are both almost the same age, Sarr was born on August 29th, 2005 , Jacquet born on July 13th, 2005

Mamadou Sarr looks superb so far in the AFCON final (and the semis too)

There is obviously some major reason (or reasons) that BlueCo is now on fire for Jacquet, even at a crazy high transfer fee for such a young inexperienced CB. I REALLY like him, but 65m euros is madness when, from what I am seeing, Inter MAY entertain offers for BASTONI in the summer for 80m euros (he may be open to going to a huge club in another league, Pool are all hot and bothered atm over it (as would I be, lol). Now, Jacquet is right footed, and Bastoni left-footed, so I wish to hell we could buy them BOTH, I fucking hate FFP.