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Here are the top 20 highest T-Markt valuation wingers on the planet, counting Mbappé as a winger: Lamine Yamal €200m 18yo Kylian Mbappé €200m 27yo Vinicius Junior €150m 25yo Michael Olise €130m 24yo Bukayo Saka €130m 24yo Khvicha Kvaratskhelia €90m 24yo Désiré Doué €90m 20yo Estêvão €80m 18yo Raphinha €80m 29yo Kenan Yıldız €75m 20yo Bryan Mbeumo €75m 26yo Bradley Barcola €70m 23yo Rafael Leão €70m 26yo Luis Díaz €70m 29yo Cody Gakpo €70m 26yo Antoine Semenyo €65m 26yo Jérémy Doku €65m 23yo Rodrygo €60m 25yo Nico Williams €60m 23yo Pedro Neto €60m 25yo Age distribution atm: Two 18yos Two 20yos Three 23yos Three 24yos Three 25yos Four 26yos One 27yo Two 29yos

He will likely end up at Barca or Real Madrid.

Thanks, I misread it.

Hazard told Como coach Fabregas to return to Chelsea: ‘The time has come’ https://football-italia.net/hazard-told-fabregas-return-Chelsea-time-come/ Former Chelsea star Eden Hazard admits he told his former Chelsea teammate Cesc Fabregas that ‘the time has come’ for him to return to Stamford Bridge, while Ju ventus striker Kenan Yildiz would suit Real Madrid. Ex-Chelsea and Real Madrid star Hazard spent the last few days in Italy, where he presented the wines he produces under the label ‘Wine of the Champions’, a brand created by Italian entrepreneur Fabio Cordella. During his interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, Hazard spoke about his former Chelsea teammate Fabregas, now the Como coach, revealing that he hopes to see the Spaniard in charge of the Blues soon. Hazard: Fabregas ‘destined to become one of the best coaches’ “I’ll be honest, in the summer we talked a bit. I told him he was one of the best midfielders in history and that he’s destined to become one of the best coaches as well,” Hazard said. “I explained to him that the time has come for him to return to Chelsea, and he joked about it, but I really believe it. He loves football and knows everything about this spot. I’m a Chelsea fan, and I want the best for the club. That’s why I dream of seeing Cesc on their bench, while I’ll be staying in the stands behind him, enjoying the show.” Fabregas is in his second Serie A season at Como, and the Azzurri are flying in 2025-26, sitting sixth in the standings, just four points below a Champions League spot. Juventus star Kenan Yildiz has also caught Hazard’s attention as the ex-winger believes the 20-year-old Turkey international is destined to play for Real Madrid one day. “My children are crazy about Yildiz. They want lots of his videos and hope to see him in the Premier League,” he said. “As for me, he seems more like a Real Madrid-type player.”

Brighton played him at fullback. Rosenior switched him to MF, where he has come good at a higher level.

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Top goalscorers 25/26 Top 5 leagues + national & international cup competitions (Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League, Serie A, Ligue 1) comparison:

Ex-Chelsea star announces retirement aged 33 after career ravaged by injuries Chelsea paid £8million to sign Marco van Ginkel in 2013 and ended up having him on their books for nine years, despite him only playing four times for the first-team https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-marco-van-ginkel-retires-36675272 Marco van Ginkel suffered a season-ending injury early in his Chelsea career(Image: AMA/Corbis via Getty Images) Former Chelsea star Marco van Ginkel has announced his retirement at the age of 33. Midfielder Van Ginkel spent nine years under contract at Stamford Bridge but only made four first-team appearances. The Dutchman's time in West London was blighted by injuries, a theme that would continue throughout his career. Van Ginkel joined Chelsea in July 2013 from Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem, who had strong links with the Blues during Roman Abramovich's reign as owner, for around £8million. Van Ginkel had been without a club for seven months and on Thursday, he announced his retirement. "After 16 years, I'm saying goodbye to professional football," the 33-year-old wrote on Instagram. "A journey filled with highs and lows, lessons learned and memories I'll cherish forever. Thanks to everyone who stood by me along the way. Proud of the past. Ready for the next chapter." On just his third appearance for Chelsea under the returning Jose Mourninho, Van Ginkel suffered a serious knee injury which would rule him out for practically the entire 2013-14 season. By the time he was fully fit, the Netherlands international had no place in Mourinho's immediate plans and was loaned out to Serie A giants AC Milan. Two separate ankle injuries stunted his progress in Italy and he was loaned out to Stoke City the following season. In February 2016, Stoke cancelled his season-long loan and he joined PSV Eindhoven until the end of the campaign. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUX697pjHOt/ That loan was extended for the 2017-18 season and despite not being contracted to PSV, he was named captain. In the summer, after lifting the title and playing the last of his eight caps for the Netherlands, Van Ginkel had surgery to reconstruct his ACL and was sidelined for much of the following campaign. After playing a crucial role in PSV's title win, Van Ginkel picked up yet another injury. After making a full recovery towards the end of the 2016, he signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea and returned to PSV for a second spell. Marco van Ginkel's final club was Boavista(Image: Gualter Fatia/Getty Images) Although he didn't feature again until 2020, he was handed a new one-year deal by Chelsea and returned to PSV for a third loan stint which was made permanent the next summer. In January 2023, Van Ginkel returned to boyhood club Vitesse on a permanent basis. After 18 months back in Arnhem before a spell as a free agent, the two-time Eredivisie champion signed for Portuguese side Boavista. Van Ginkel was released amid their financial difficulties at the end of last season, and he's now made the decision to hang up his boots.

20 per cent of £70m is £14m add in the £6.8m (max payout if all bonuses are met) and you arrive at £20.8m, ie £21m if it is rounded up If he is sold for £50m 20 per cent of that is £10m add in the £6.8m (max payout if all bonuses are met) and you arrive at £16.8m, £17m if rounded up That is how I got to those numbers. Did I miss something? I apologise if I did.

Shortlist: World Cup U17 2025 In need of new players to add to your scouting lists? Look no further. https://pitchsideanalysis.substack.com/p/shortlist-world-cup-u17-2025 A new, revamped edition of the U17 World Cup took place in Qatar last November, including 48 countries!! That obviously opens up the possibility of getting to know tons of players, but also makes it incredibly hard to keep track of all of them. That’s what I set out to do, watching all but one of the playoff games (unavailable at FIFA’s streaming service) and a few of the group stage ones. Led by the likes of Mauro Furtado, Mateus Mide and Anísio Cabral, European champions Portugal shone once again, cementing their place as one of the most talented under-17 generations, Austria made a surprise run to the final (trashing England in the process) and African countries like Uganda and Burkina Faso took their chance to impress, ahead of powerhouses Mali and Senegal. A preliminary list with more than 100 names led me to a final one with 65 players from 22 different countries. This time, I’ve opted for making shorter descriptions, sometimes just putting some of mine translated raw notes. Let’s dive into it. snip

Just watched another full game with Honest Ahanor. He is a baller, a 17yo (18yo in 18 days) CB prodigy, helped destroy Juve (Atalanta won 3 nil) tonight in the Coppa Italia Whoever gets him is getting a young gem of a CB. Btw, the Wikipedia article on him is incorrect, he is a left-footed CB, NOT a LB as they claim (but can play there, as shown when he was with Genoa). Every game he has played with Atalanta he has played as a CB.

indeed, a really shite track record winger-wise, CF-wise (other than Pedro), and especially CB-wise Sanchez finally stepping up, Penders looking great at Strasbourg make GKer ok

So, IN THEORY, if Pool one day down the road sells Rio for big money (say £50m to £70m), we could bank, at the end of the day, around £17 to £21m in toto. Downside to all that, Pool are NOT a selling club often, BUT Luis Díaz gives me hope. They got £65.3m from cheap-arse Bayern this summer for a close to 29yo winger in Díaz, who turns 30yo in the middle of this coming season, AND, in 3 and a half seasons there at Pool, only scored 6, then 5, then 13, then 17, in ALL COMPS, only averaging 8.3 EPL goals per season, ie 29 EPL goals total, divided by 3 and a half seasons. 2024/25 was the one season at Pool he was really great overall. He is now killing it at Bayern. 12 goals, 15 assists in only 2369 minutes. Bayern, in Olise and Díaz, have probably, atm, the 2nd best starting pair of wingers on the planet, after only Barca. PSG go 3 deep, but atm, their best TWO (KK and Désiré Doué, then Barcola as the 3rd) are not the equal IMHO. Only 2 wingers on the planet, ATM, that I would take over Olise are Yamal, and IF you play him as a winger, Mbappe. Hopefully Estêvão soon gets there too.

Well, IF we want an actual world class (proven, not potential) CF this is all there are out there. Some are simply not available. Isak has a broken leg atm and has had (besides that, a horror start at Pool, but he still is WC in my book). in order of valuation (there are only 9 atm, plus 3 ancient ones) the ones in bold are potentially doable in terms of their club selling them (but some of those, especially Kane, may not want to come here, and CR7 would want INSANE money he is making £175m a year now just in salary. Lewa probably would not come either and is our board goin gto buy a player who turns 38yo right as the season starts?) Erling Håland Kylian Mbappé Alexander Isak (IF Pool sells him) Julián Alvarez Ousmane Dembélé Lautaro Martínez Hugo Ekitiké Victor Osimhen Harry Kane and the 3 ancient ones Cristiano Ronaldo Robert Lewandowski Karim Benzema end Who would you choose? Julián Alvarez, Lautaro Martínez, and Victor Osimhen are the only 3 remotely possible options IMHO, plus maybe (IF they sell him) Isak, but that is a WILD gamble until we see how he recovers. We also would absolutely need to sell Nico Jackson for a fair price. BTW Here are the top 10 CFs (valuation-wise) who are 32yo or older (other than Kane, Córdoba, and Lewa, the oldest on my original list in my maximal CF target list post last night was 31yo) Harry Kane Romelu Lukaku Cristiano Ronaldo Jhon Córdoba Robert Lewandowski Álvaro Morata Chris Wood Niclas Füllkrug Mauro Icardi Karim Benzema end

No, It was not the summer of 2018 It was the summer of 2017 that Conte told Costa (via text, ffs) that he was not wanted anymore. see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Costa#Club_career 2017–18 season – Antonio Conte informing Costa by text in June 2017 that he would no longer be involved with Chelsea[131] In June 2017, Costa was told by Conte that he was not part of his plans for the coming season and that he was free to move to another team via text message.[131] Although Costa was linked to potential moves to the likes of Milan, Monaco, and Everton, he stated that he would only be open to moving back to his former team Atlético Madrid. Costa attempted to find a legal solution through his lawyer in pushing for a move back to Madrid,[132] and said that Chelsea were treating him like a "criminal" by demanding a high transfer fee for his exit.[133] He was excluded from training with the first-team, but was named in the Premier League squad, yet left out of the Champions League squad.[134] On 21 September 2017, Chelsea announced that Costa would return to Atlético at the start of the next transfer window in January 2018.[135][133] On 26 September 2017, it was announced that after passing medical tests Costa signed a contract with Atlético. He was registered and became eligible to play after 1 January 2018, due to a transfer ban imposed on Atlético.[136]

Expansive CF target list (I just did this today for right-footed LWers) I do not think we are set at CF, even with Emmanuel Emegha coming in some of these are pipe dreams and some are older stopgaps, but like the other list, I want to be maximal this is simply off talent, both potential or current in order of valuation Alexander Isak (rumours are out there Pool will sell him) Julián Alvarez Lautaro Martínez Victor Osimhen Harry Kane Marcus Thuram Samu Aghehowa Ferran Torres Nicolas Jackson (keep him?) Moise Kean Serhou Guirassy Gonçalo Ramos Pio Esposito Ange-Yoan Bonny Vitor Roque Santiago Castro Igor Thiago Dušan Vlahović Jhon Durán Fisnik Asllani Amine Gouiri Joaquín Panichelli Charalampos Kostoulas Rayan Endrick Mikel Oyarzabal Patrik Schick Conrad Harder Christian Kofane Eli Junior Kroupi Franculino Santiago Gimenez Franjo Ivanović Ivan Toney Eliezer Mayenda Kauã Elias Francesco Camarda Ricardo Pepi Adam Hlozek George Ilenikhena Aleksandar Mitrović Luca Meirelles Kader Meïté Robinio Vaz Jhon Córdoba Ricardo Mathias Robert Lewandowski Sidiki Chérif

Both look like busts atm, especially Gittens over £92m in toto likely down the shitter £52m for Gittens (MADNESS) £40m for Garnacho, AND we lose 10 per cent on the sell-on 🤬

he is a superb MFer madness to sell him for anything under £110-120m

we need to destroy this broken team NO EXCUSES

yep, he is a real plonker it seems ffs