Vesper

I was just going to say, I only saw nil 2

2 nil Weston McKennie

super goal by Kenan Yıldız (one of my targets this summer) 1 nil Juve

watching Juve v PSV many targets

18:45 - 20:30 | CET Champions League | Young Boys vs Aston Villa – S1 18:45 - 20:30 | CET Champions League | Juventus vs PSV – S2

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Yоung Bоys – Аstоn Vіllа Сhаmріоns Lеаguе / 17 September at 17:45 Juvеntus – РSV Сhаmріоns Lеаguе / 17 September at 17:45

I have been saying for some time he will leave either next summer or in 2026. Pep leaving in 2025 will ramp that up. And, IF Citeh are massively punished ( a huge if) he will leave for sure (almsot zero chance Pep stays as well). Only 2 clubs need to included in Håland's list of possible next destinations. Barca (by far the best fit football-wise) IF they can afford him (they have multiple potential players of extreme value to sell if need be) Real Madrid (especially IF they actually do sell Vini Jr for £300m, £400m (or more) to the Saudis, as that opens up LW for Mbappe and then Håland as CF)

no, Reece has been injured far more Reece James 129 games missed with Chels, v Malo missing 9 games with Chels, 20 games missed with Lyon Malo Gusto

Gary Shaw, hero of Aston Villa’s 1982 European Cup triumph, dies aged 63 Former striker sustained head injury this month Shaw was European Young Player of the Year in 1982 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/16/gary-shaw-aston-villa-dies-1982-european-cup-hero Gary Shaw, one of Aston Villa’s 1982 European Cup heroes, has died aged 63. The former striker fell seriously ill this month after being hospitalised with a head injury. Shaw was part of a revered Villa side that enjoyed extraordinary and unparalleled success in the early 80s, winning the First Division in 1981 under Ron Saunders and in 1982 the European Cup and European Super Cup. His performances earned him the accolade of Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year in 1981 and European Young Player of the Year in 1982. He was included in England’s 40-man preliminary squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain but missed out on a final spot in the 22-man squad. Shaw made seven appearances for England’s Under-21s. He is regarded one of Villa’s greatest forwards having scored 79 goals in 213 appearances for the club after joining as a 16-year-old apprentice. Born in Kingshurst, Solihull, Shaw, who idolised Bruce Rioch and Brian Little as a boyhood Villa supporter, was the local hero at the heart of Villa’s greatest day. “Aston Villa Football Club is deeply shocked and profoundly saddened to learn that Gary Shaw, one of our European Cup-winning heroes, has passed away,” the club said. “Gary was one of our own, a talented striker who delighted supporters with his goalscoring exploits which helped fire Villa to success in the 1980s. Individual accolades would also follow for a player who was idolised by many on the terraces. He passed away peacefully earlier today surrounded by his family.” Shaw’s part in Villa’s European Cup-winning goal is immortalised on a banner that has been a fixture on the North Stand. The banner quoting Brian Moore’s commentary of Peter Withe’s match-winning goal against Bayern Munich in Rotterdam reads: “Shaw, [Gary] Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There’s a good ball played in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! Peter Withe!” Shaw left Villa for Danish side Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in 1988 after a difficult period marred by a knee injury sustained at Nottingham Forest five years earlier which he later said “killed my career” and cost him England caps. He left soon afterwards for Austria, signing for the now-dissolved club Klagenfurt but returned to the Midlands with Walsall in 1990 before joining Kilmarnock and Shrewsbury Town. He finished his playing career in Hong Kong with Ernest Borel FC. After retiring, Shaw worked as a sports media analyst for the Press Association and as a data analyst for Opta. Last month he covered Villa’s 2-1 win at Leicester’s King Power Stadium and was a popular figure in press rooms. Shaw signed for Villa amid interest from Manchester City and QPR after excelling for Coleshill Town in the old Midland Combination league. “But Villa were my team,” he said. “I went to the League Cup final in 1971 and it broke my heart when Martin Chivers scored two late goals for Tottenham.” Two other Villa fans who went on to play as forwards for the club paid tribute to Shaw. “I was lucky enough to be coached by him from the age of 14 to 17,” Gabby Agbonlahor said. “He used to take me, Luke and Stefan Moore, Darius Vassell off for drills. He took the strikers, did finishing with us, showed us the art of goalscoring. But he never mentioned what he achieved – he was so humble. He should have been the guy who told everyone what he had done and what a good player he was. But he just concentrated on coaching the players.” Stan Collymore wrote on X: “When I was 11 I asked my Mom if I could have a blond wedge because of you. Her wry ‘I don’t think we can do that, Son’ will stay with me as one of my abiding memories of her, too. You were a real life superhero … You made a little boy dream big, fall in love with you, our club and the beautiful game. You were my hero on the pitch but most importantly my hero off it. The loveliest of men.” The former Villa player and manager Brian Little wrote on X: “Gave Shawsy my number 8 shirt when I retired.. he took it to another level….R.I.P.”

Everything you need to know about Manchester City’s hearing and charges As an independent commission prepares to assess the charges levelled at the club, here’s what it all means https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-manchester-citys-hearing-and-charges What are the accusations against Manchester City? The Premier League has charged the champions with more than 100 breaches of competition rules between the seasons 2009-10 and 2022-23. The charges cover four areas: a failure to give “a true and fair view of the club’s financial position”; a failure to “include full details” of player and manager remuneration; breaches of national and continental financial fair play regulations; and a failure to “cooperate with, and assist, the Premier League in its investigations”. The counts will be heard by a three-person independent commission, starting on Monday, in what is thought to be a London location. Do we have specifics? The Premier League has published only an extended charge sheet, with no details. The timeframes, however, suggest the charges line up with claims already in the public domain. First, that City inflated the value of sponsorship deals as a means of channelling more money from their owners into the club. Second, that secret payments were made to the manager Roberto Mancini and to the then agent of Yaya Touré. Third, that these acts left the club contravening financial rules. Fourth, that when the Premier League sought to investigate the claims, City obstructed it. City have always denied any wrongdoing. Why do the charges matter? Because of their seismic nature and implications, whatever the verdict. Because they are unprecedented in the domestic game. And because of City’s dominance. In the 14 seasons covered by the charges, City won seven Premier League titles, six League Cups, three FA Cups and the Champions League. Since then they have won another Premier League, the Uefa Super Cup and the Fifa Club World Cup. They have played in the Champions League every season from 2011-12. This has driven the global pre‑eminence of the Premier League and increasing transfer fees (City’s squad is worth £1bn-plus). There are arguments, too, that it has affected competitive balance here and across Europe, led to the near-development of a breakaway Super League (of which City were a part) and quickened the need for independent regulation of English football. In February 2023 when the charges were brought the La Liga president, Javier Tebas, called the English top flight a “doped market”. On Friday, he told Mundo Deportivo: “I have spoken with many Premier League clubs and most of them understand that City should be sanctioned.” If City are judged to have found success while breaking the rules, the game will come under greater scrutiny. What happens next? Under Premier League instruction, Murray Rosen KC has selected three people to form the independent commission that will hear the charges, with one member of this panel required to be a financial expert. The hearings will be conducted privately and, though there is no formal timeframe, legal experts believe it will take a minimum of two months. When the commission publishes its verdict, either side can go to an appeals panel and, after this, arbitration. If all fails, either could attempt to find an argument to take to the high court. Under the rules of association of the Premier League there is no opportunity for either party to go to the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) in Switzerland. If guilty, what could the punishment be? According to rule W.51 in the Premier League handbook, a commission has the ability to levy a wide range of sanctions against any club found to have broken the rules. These include fines, the docking of points and suspension, or even expulsion, from the competition. In fact, subclause W.51.7 states that the commission can “impose upon the respondent any combination of the foregoing or such other penalty as it shall think fit”. That even leaves open the possibility of City being stripped of their titles. What do City say? The champions are bullish. On the record the club says it “welcomes the review” and the opportunity to “impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position”. Club sources also say City were not informed of the charges before they were published online. Finally, they argue that the club has been under investigation for breaching financial rules before, and were cleared. Haven’t we been here with Uefa? In 2020 Uefa suspended City from the Champions League for two years for “overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts” between 2012 and 2016, part of the same period covered by the Premier League’s charges. However, that sanction was overturned on appeal by Cas. In its ruling Cas found that a number of the claims brought by Uefa had fallen outside a five-year “time bar” which prevented historical charges. But the tribunal also argued that one key charge over payments relating to sponsorship by Etihad Airlines was “not established”. The panel said Uefa had submitted insufficient evidence and that, if its case had been correct, then City employees who had given testimony to Cas would have had to have been lying. Is this the result of ‘Football Leaks’? Uefa found City in breach of its financial fair play regulations in 2014 but reached a settlement under which City paid a €20m (£17m) fine and submitted reduced squads to the Champions League. The revisiting of alleged irregularities came after the document hack known as “Football Leaks” in 2015 exposed what appear to be official documents and email communication from inside City, alongside a number of other football organisations. These documents are understood to also have prompted the Premier League’s investigation, a four-year process which has brought these charges. City have previously described Football Leaks as an “orchestrated campaign” and part of “an endless attempt to damage us”.

Manchester City’s lawyers begin hearing into 115 Premier League charges Lord Pannick KC to lead legal team at London’s IDRC Hearing to last 10 weeks, verdict expected in new year https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/16/manchester-citys-lawyers-begin-hearing-into-premier-league-charges Manchester City’s lawyers arrived at London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) on Monday as a hearing to examine 115 Premier League charges issued against the club began. Lord Pannick KC from Blackstone Chambers, who is leading City’s legal team, was pictured arriving at the IDRC, close to St Paul’s Cathedral in central London. The hearing is reported to have been scheduled for 10 weeks, with the independent commission’s verdict not expected until the new year. The charges facing City, who won a fourth straight Premier League title in May, date back as far as the 2009-10 season. It is thought the club, who are also accused of failing to co-operate with an investigation, could face a range of punishments including a severe points penalty or even expulsion from the Premier League if found guilty. City were charged by the league in February 2023 after a long investigation into allegations published by the German magazine Der Spiegel in autumn 2018. The club deny wrongdoing and have previously said they have a “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” to support their stance. City’s financial affairs have come under regular scrutiny since their takeover by Sheikh Mansour’s Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008. In 2020 they were banned from European competition after being found guilty of breaking Uefa’s financial fair play rules, but successfully challenged that ruling at the court of arbitration for sport.

Conor Gallagher revels in swift rise to hero status at Atlético Madrid Midfielder is the first Englishman to score for the club in 101 years but that is only part of the reason why he is admired https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/16/conor-gallagher-atletico-madrid-hero-score The first Englishman to score for Atlético Madrid in 101 years was “buzzing” on Sunday night, supporters singing his name and his coach calling him the player they needed. “It was really special,” Conor Gallagher said after his first start at the Metropolitano, where 61,752 fans who are now his fans watched him guide the ball past Giorgi Mamardashvili to set Atlético on course for a 3-0 victory against Valencia. Thousands more watching on TV voted him La Liga’s man of the match. “He’s going to be good for us,” the goalkeeper Jan Oblak said, speaking for everyone. “He makes us better,” Diego Simeone said. Gallagher completed a neat move five minutes before half-time, slipping into the area and collecting Rodrigo De Paul’s gorgeous ball through Cristhian Mosquera’s legs to deliver a smooth finish. In his third game since a €42m (£35.5m) move from Chelsea that was done, undone and then done again, he had his first goal. No Englishman had scored for Atlético since someone called Drinkwater, whose first name time forgot, hit three against Ferroviária in the semi-final of the Copa Federación Centro in 1923. Kieran Trippier is the only Englishman to play for them since, and he didn’t score. He did, though, win the league. “This a very proud moment, a really special night for me and my family,” Gallagher said. “Hopefully I can take this, get confidence from it and build on it.” The Metropolitano erupted, delighted. No one more so than the small girl in the front row of the north stand who watched wide-eyed as Antoine Griezmann, on his way to celebrate with Gallagher, collected the ball from the net and handed it to her. Teammates came to embrace the Englishman and supporters started chanting his name. “Everyone was just buzzing for me: it was a really, really special moment,” Gallagher said. “Thanks to my teammates and everyone at the club. Hopefully there are many more. “The manager plays me to my strengths, I believe. I give a lot by running in behind and making space for others, creating space on the pitch for us to play. I was quite high up, trying to create chances and get in the box and I scored so I’m very happy,” Gallagher told ESPN. But it wasn’t just about the goal. As he put it: “I try to do a bit of everything” – and that is what has endeared him to everyone. On Sunday Gallagher started on the left of a narrow midfield three and ended on the right, although he was usually the most advanced of them, close to the forwards, and played 90 minutes for the first time here. He completed 83% of his passes, won nine duels and made all four of his tackles. No one escaped him, although the little girl in the tunnel who at the last minute decided she wasn’t that keen on being a mascot after all almost did. Both of the Madrid sports dailies went with Oasis puns: Gallagher had provided the music, they said. “He is a hard-working player who has quality and a good ability to arrive in the area from deep and who never fails to give everything in every ball,” Simeone said. “He has come here with enthusiasm and desire: we need players like him in the middle of the pitch because he makes us better.” The day that Gallagher made his debut as a sub, against Girona, the coach had sidled up to him on the touchline and whispered a solitary word, in English: “Intense.” “He’s always at 100%,” Oblak said. “He gives us a lot of intensity and our fans like that.” Like it? They love it. Early in that first appearance for Atlético he dashed up the left, reached the edge of the area, got tackled, got up again, sprinted after his assailant, and took out Yangel Herrera, the place roaring as the Girona midfielder hit the floor. The overwhelming feeling is that here’s a player who is the perfect fit, for the club and the coach, something very Atlético about him. They have taken to calling him Pitbull, in the stands at least; the dressing room is different. “It’s just the fans but it’s a good one; I like it,” Gallagher said. AS said: “The Metropolitano is mad about the Englishman; not just because of the goal but his attitude on the pitch: a player who is direct, presses, wins duels, robs the ball, seeks space. He never pulls out of a single run and he finished the game exhausted.” Marca described him as a player who “doesn’t back down and is a safety net for his teammates”. “Gallagher has landed on his feet,” El País wrote. “A midfielder who works so hard, when he gets near the area he grows because of his intuition and his shooting, his ability to step into the box and do damage. He’s not an exquisite No 10 but he is a No 8 in many moments and there is nothing that enthuses Diego Simeone more than a midfielder who has the ability to score goals, and he has it. Like Trippier, he has that British passion for the game that enchants the fans.” And like Drinkwater, now he has the goal to go with it. “He didn’t need to score to become a new idol at the Metropolitano: the respect and admiration for his new badge that oozes out of everything he does had already delighted the fans and the coaching staff,” Marca said. “His goal was just the icing on the cake of a promising arrival at the Metropolitano. Who better to provide the music than a Gallagher. Just as Liam marked an era fronting Oasis, Conor is ready to leave his mark at Atlético.” In AS, Picu Díaz insisted that the England midfielder would prove the signing of the season. “It’s a big change, very different for me, but I am excited to take on the challenge of coming to Spain, learning the language and playing in La Liga,” Gallagher said. “It’s a work in progress of course. I am still learning every side of it – the language, the football, the culture – but I am really enjoying it. Every top team is similar in a lot of ways: hard work is one of the main things and talent is another. [But] the football is slightly different here. We pride ourselves on great team spirit and we have shown that so far this season. “I have to thank all the Atléti fans for how they have welcomed me to the club and how they have shown their appreciation in the few matches I have played. I think they are a club that really appreciates passion and hard work and I try to do that every single game. I am really happy they have seen what I am like as a player and hopefully I can continue to make them happy.”

Inter will be so hard to beat for the top spot

Leon Goretzka ‘upset’ after being brutally axed from Bayern Munich squad by Vincent Kompany

fuck Paul Merson

lolol Sancho’s Post-Match Interview Angers Man Utd Fans https://www.givemesport.com/manchester-united-fans-unhappy-jadon-sancho-Chelsea-interview/ Those who favour the Old Trafford outfit are unhappy with Sancho’s blend of ‘confidence’ and ‘arrogance’ to speak so freely in a post-match interview, given how poorly he performed for them over an 83-game stint. A video of his interview, which has gone viral on X (Twitter), had a Manchester United fan narrating over it, and he admitted to being angered, saying: “Do you know what? I’m actually wound up. Watching Jadon Sancho in his interview. The confidence, the arrogance after he’s had two, three years of mediocrity at United. “As a United fan, I think we’re justified to feel a little bit pissed off at the fact that he can come on 45 minutes into this game, get Man of the Match on his Chelsea debut. Look at the confidence with him! Where was that Sancho at United, seriously?”

I was just going to say when Wolves brought on Doherty that he is shit and boom Barnes lit him up

1 2 great comeback by NUFC

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