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3 nil Citeh hat trick for Marmoush

1 1 Wood his 18th EPL goal of the season

Marmoush on a hat trick

Citeh 2 nil

Citeh 1 nil

1 nil Fulham

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10 experienced, proven managers who are all vastly better than Maresca, all of whom he could have made MAJOR efforts to get at one point or the other Diego Simeone Zinedine Zidane (probably would have been impossible) Hansi Flick Julian Nagelsmann Gian Piero Gasperini Xavi Hernandez Simone Inzaghi Unai Emery Xabi Alonso Thomas Tuchel (could have kept him)

and a proper WC veteran CB or two £1.4 billion and counting gross spend and we are a hot mess, so weak at so many key positions

it is madness how much we are regressed in attack and that, in turn, had exposed our shite defence it all truly started with that shit draw at Everton (the game where he could have went top if we had won) on December 22, 2024

we are so fucked insane the amount of hamstring and knee injuries we have had the past several years

remember, last season Poch only lost ONE of his last 15 EPL games (Arsenal)

Nkunku is horrific atm he cannot handle the EPL, especially as a CF Colwill is regressing like crazy bullied like a likkle bish most every game now

made the right choice (great Valentines Day with wifey) and missed this shitshow we are so fucked, we are weak and so young (no leadership) across the board no even remotely decent CF now until April our back 4 is diabolical we are overrun in MF almost every game and our wingers are shit cannot see us getting top 5 atm (and may drop out of all the European slots) so it may well all come down to winning the Conference League to even get Europa League next season we are going to end up selling Palmer at this rate (when I do not know) as he will not want to play with no CL (perhaps after next season IF we fail thsi year and next to get into the CL) shambolic board, Maresca is out of his depth with this lot as well

Chelsea moved quickly for inexperienced Mathis Amougou – but they’d tracked him for two years https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6130555/2025/02/13/Chelsea-mathis-amougou-transfer-analysis/ Chelsea’s final decision to sign Mathis Amougou had to be a quick one — but it was long in the making. There were inevitable question marks when Chelsea bought the teenage midfielder from Saint-Etienne for a fee in the region of £12.5million ($15.5m) last week. Amougou has made just 19 professional appearances in his career and was only halfway through his first full season with the senior Saint-Etienne side. But while his experience at the highest level is limited, Chelsea have actually been scouting him for the past two years. This is an individual who has been capped for France from under-16 to under-20 level, so it is not a surprise he was on their radar given a key part of their modus operandi is finding young talent across the globe. Significantly, Chelsea were not the only club following his progress, especially after he was voted the third-best player at the 2023 Under-17 World Cup. He made seven appearances, scoring two goals, including a late equaliser in the final against Germany. France ended up losing on penalties. Amougou followed that promise shown on the youth international stage by making another five appearances as France reached the final of the Under-19 European Championship last July. This time they lost 2-0 to Spain. Bayer Leverkusen had seen enough to be convinced. The Bundesliga club tried, but failed, to sign him last summer. Other Champions League teams from across the top five European leagues were also beginning to make their interest known during the January transfer window after seeing him make 17 appearances in Ligue 1. Up to this point, Chelsea had been erring towards waiting until the summer or next year to make their move to acquire Amougou. But in the final days before the deadline, the club opted to bring their plans forward to ensure they did not miss out to a rival. Amougou playing for Saint Etienne against PSG (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images for Qatar Airways) This was not a player Saint-Etienne wanted to lose. Talks over extending his contract, which was expiring in 2026, were opened before Christmas, but no agreement was reached. When Chelsea showed they were prepared to pay the €15million asking price, it was just too good an offer to turn down, even though there was some understandable regret he would not be continuing his progress with them. Current head coach Eirik Horneland summed up the sentiment when asked about it by the media last week. He said, as reported by MaxiFoot: “Am I disappointed to see Mathis Amougou leave? You can see it in two ways. We can note that we managed to develop a rather interesting player who has caught the eye of Chelsea, who does not hesitate to put a lot of money into promising young players. “They had several meetings with Saint-Etienne. Chelsea has paid a fairly interesting amount to recruit him. Our strategy is of course to develop young players, but there will also come a time when we will have to sell them. Mathis was really interested in joining Chelsea and we can simply wish him good luck.” Chelsea see Amougou as a No 6 they can develop. It is a position they place great importance on and one they want to find more depth for. Among those operating there for the under-21s, the club rate Kiano Dyer and Sam Rak-Sakyi highly but see Amougou and Dyer more akin to Romeo Lavia, who has made just 13 appearances since joining from Southampton for £53million 18 months ago due to injury. As The Athletic reported, Amougou is being lined up to join Strasbourg on loan next season so he can get more regular first-team football. However, the benefit to joining Chelsea now is he can spend the next few months acclimatising to life at their base in Cobham and the style of play Chelsea use without too much pressure on his shoulders. The 19-year-old has already begun training with the first team under head coach Enzo Maresca and by adding him to the Conference League squad for the knockout phase, there is an expectation he will also get some minutes in the competition. Starts in the Premier League are certainly not on the immediate agenda. So how good a player is he? Obviously, it is early days. Before joining Saint-Etienne’s academy in 2021, he had played for a local French team, Entente Brie Est, near where he grew up, and Torcy, a club renowned for developing more than 50 professionals, including Paul Pogba. He was also enrolled in the nation’s famous coaching centre at Clairefontaine. Former Saint-Etienne coach Olivier Dall’Oglio, who gave Amougou the majority of his senior Saint-Etienne appearances before being replaced by Horneland in December, was clearly an admirer. Speaking about Amougou in one press conference earlier in the 2024-25 campaign, Dall’Oglio told OneFootball: “Last season, he had a very difficult season with a lot of tournaments with the French team, his school certificate, his time with the pros — at 17, that’s a lot. It’s not easy. “Today he can concentrate on football, he is a boy who can do something and I am counting on him. He also has to prove himself.” Amougou challenging for the ball (Alex Martin/AFP via Getty Images) There is obviously a small sample size of data for what he did in a Saint-Etienne shirt. The fact he is playing for a club that have been struggling against relegation all season naturally means his statistics are going to be affected. His profile on Fotmob, which compares his output to other midfielders in France, showed that in the 857 minutes Amougou had in Ligue 1, he ranks particularly highly for tackles won percentage per 90 minutes (71.4). He also averaged 1.3 interceptions and was dribbled past less than once a game (0.95). However, a lack of duels (45.7 per cent) and aerial duels won (20 per cent) highlights just two areas in need of improvement. Franck Talluto, who currently covers the club for L’Equipe and has followed the club for 20 years, agrees he is a player with potential. But he has flagged the fact he is joining Chelsea much earlier in his development than other players to come out of Saint-Etienne, such as Kurt Zouma, Wesley Fofana and William Saliba. “We didn’t see a lot of him,” Talluto tells The Athletic. “He wasn’t helped by the fact the team is in trouble this season, so it has been harder for him to show what he can do. If you look at his statistics, even if he started the game, he would get around 40 touches a game, which is not enough (Fotmob shows an average of 45.9 per 90 minutes and that is in the bottom six per cent of midfielders). His move to Chelsea is early, he needs to play more matches, but there is definitely a player in there. “In the first half of the season, he started games, but I think he needed one or two more seasons in France to improve his skills. That is where Strasbourg can help.” No one at Chelsea is getting too carried away. They regard him very much as one for the future rather than the present. By giving Amougou an eight-year contract, he has plenty of time to make his mark.

every free agent CF valued at 1m euros or more Player Nat. Age Out-of-contract since Market value Wissam Ben Yedder Centre-Forward 34 Jul 1, 2024 €4.00m Hárold Preciado Centre-Forward 30 Jan 1, 2025 €2.50m Maxi Gómez Centre-Forward 28 Aug 19, 2024 €1.70m Aké Loba Centre-Forward 26 Jan 1, 2025 €1.50m José Juan Macías Centre-Forward 25 €1.20m Lebo Mothiba Centre-Forward 29 Jul 1, 2024 €1.20m Jaroslaw Niezgoda Centre-Forward 29 Jan 1, 2024 €1.20m Marko Dugandzic Centre-Forward 30 Jan 31, 2025 €1.20m Mariano Díaz Centre-Forward 31 Jul 1, 2024 €1.20m Raúl Ruidíaz Centre-Forward 34 Jan 1, 2025 €1.20m Gerard Deulofeu Centre-Forward 30 Jan 16, 2025 €1.00m Diego Costa Centre-Forward 36 Jan 1, 2025 €1.00m

we are so so fucked at CF we need to sign a free agent for the rest of the season

EU downgrades sanctions rationale against Roman Abramovich Abramovich’s legal team had formally requested the EU to adjust the designation in line with the court’s ruling, a request that has now been granted. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-840452 The EU has officially amended its sanctions justification against Russian-Israeli businessman Roman Abramovich, removing previous claims that he financially benefited from the Russian government, according to a statement released on his behalf on Monday. The change, which was made on January 27, follows a December 2023 ruling by the European General Court that dismissed the EU Council’s argument linking Abramovich to Russian decision-makers responsible for Crimea’s annexation and the destabilization of Ukraine. As a result, the EU has removed the claim that he has “benefited from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilization of Ukraine.” Despite the amendment, Abramovich remains sanctioned by the EU. The court upheld his designation solely on the grounds that he is a “Russian businessman” – a broad classification under current EU regulations that applies even to passive shareholders in sectors unrelated to the war. Abramovich’s legal team had formally requested the EU to adjust the designation in line with the court’s ruling, a request that has now been granted. Revising sanctions This marks the second major revision of sanctions justifications against Abramovich. In 2022, the UK had to significantly alter its own designation, removing over 190 words from an initial 432-word statement. This included the elimination of allegations that he had received financial benefits from the Russian government and that Evraz PLC, a company in which he is a minority shareholder, had provided goods or technology contributing to the war effort in Ukraine. A spokesperson for Abramovich stated that the latest revision further proves that “the sanctions imposed on Mr. Abramovich were never justified by a direct connection to the war.” The statement emphasized that Abramovich “does not have the ability to influence the decision-making of any government, including Russia, and has in no way benefited from the war.”

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost491 The 491st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the U25 players who are sportingly the most deserving for a senior national team debut. The rankings were established on the basis of a performance index* specifically designed by our research team using Wyscout data. They include the ten players with the highest performance scores from 50 nations around the world. For the major nations, the following U25 non-full international footballers are considered the most deserving: Santiago Hezze (Olympiacos, Argentina), Jarne Steuckers (Genk, Belgium), Murillo (Nottingham Forest, Brazil), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest, England), Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Francort, France), Nico González (Manchester City, Spain), Yann Aurel Bisseck (Inter, Germany) and Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta, Italy). For all the players listed, the Post also presents the estimated transfer value according to the CIES Football Observatory's statistical model, based on the assumption of an international debut. In this case, the five highest values were recorded for Jamie Gittens (England, €74.2m), Désiré Doué (France, €62.9m), Santiago Castro (Argentina, €60.5m), Archie Gray (England, €56.6m) and Dean Huijsen (Spain, €51.2 m). * The index is based on the footballers’ playing time over the last year, the sporting level of the matches played and the players’ performances in six areas of the game (method here). >>> >>> Any organisation interested in our services is invited to contact us to find out more about all the possible applications of the multiple procedures developed. Most deserving U25 players for a national A-team debut, according to the performance score Date: 10/02/2024. * Projected value based on the assumption of an international debut.

Chelsea https://thedailybriefing.io/i/156977237/Chelsea Dean Huijsen to Chelsea transfer stories are not going away, with a new exclusive update on the Bournemouth defender’s future emerging this morning. Joao Felix: “I didn’t ask AC Milan to play every game, just to play in my position… and Sergio Conceicao wanted exactly to put me in my best position. That was crucial for me to pick AC Milan.” Pablo Barrios to Chelsea? Reports in Spain claim the Atletico Madrid midfielder is a €70m target for the Blues… Could Raheem Sterling be heading to the MLS next summer? Simon Phillips has an update on the Chelsea misfit.

I predict Sporting will sell Gyökeres in the summer for 60m to 70m euros (50m to 58m pounds)

he cost Citeh the game tonight