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Ballon d'Or 2024 Power Rankings https://www.givemesport.com/ranking-the-top-contenders-for-the-2024-ballon-dor/ (the 3 in bold are a fucking joke, and no, I am not going to bold Hummels, he was been magnificent all season for the most part, and this has been a very poor year overall for global CBs) BallBallon d'Or 2024 Power Rankingson d'Or Power Rankings Rank Player Club Country Position 1 Vinicius Junior Real Madrid Brazil Forward 2 Jude Bellingham Real Madrid England Midfielder 3 Harry Kane Bayern Munich England Forward 4 Kylian Mbappe PSG France Forward 5 Rodri Manchester City Spain Midfielder 6 Toni Kross Real Madrid Germany Midfielder 7 Phil Foden Manchester City England Midfielder 8 Erling Haaland Manchester City Norway Forward 9 Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen Germany Midfielder 10 Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund Germany Defender 11 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Belgium Midfielder 12 Rodrygo Real Madrid Brazil Forward 13 Declan Rice Arsenal England Midfielder 14 Lionel Messi Inter Miami Argentina Forward 15 Cristiano Ronaldo Al-Nassr Portugal Forward 16 Bukayo Saka Arsenal England Forward 17 Jamal Musiala Bayern Munich Germany Midfielder 18 Martin Odegaard Arsenal Norway Midfielder 19 Lautaro Martinez Inter Milan Argentina Forward 20 Virgil van Dijk Liverpool Netherlands Defender

Saudi sale FTW

Very difficult for Chelsea striker to complete permanent move to Serie A https://thedailybriefing.io/i/144517338/very-difficult-for-Chelsea-striker-to-complete-permanent-move-to-serie-a Even if AS Roma qualifies for the Champions League next season, it’s still going to be very difficult for the Italian club to keep Romelu Lukaku for the 2024/25 season. It’s a really expensive deal with Chelsea as the striker has a £38m clause and also the player’s wages will be high. I expect Roma to move on from Lukaku this summer, leaving Chelsea to look at different solutions for Romelu as he will not return to the Italian capital. There is interest from Saudi Arabia but that is not the only possibility for the striker. The 30-year-old is still young and is still a top player, which he has shown this season by scoring 20 goals in a Roma shirt.

I think we win both of our last 2 games and I think NUFC are favourites to do so too thus we agree that we lose out on 6th to NUFC on GD which fucking sucks BUT I am truly hoping for a Manure draw or win v NUFC that, IMHO, is more likely than us dropping points to Brighton, I truly believe that If we cannot beat Brighton and Bournemouth, we do not deserve Europe

if Manure lose the FA Cup, 6th is Europa League, which is what I am shooting for, as even a draw for spuds v Sheff U guarantees them 5th (or a draw v Citeh and lose to Sheff U, which would be crazy)

6th is only Conference League if Manure wins the FA Cup if the 3 way is chels, nufc and manure then Spuds are 5th (for sure, as there is no way for the all 3 to catch them AND be tied, as Spuds have 63, and NUFC and Manure play each other, so one will drop points, or both will drop points if they draw) thus only Chels could get to 63 AND pass spuds (Manure can get to 63, but basically no chance to catch spuds on GD, as they are -15 to them), BUT if we are tied with Manure and NUFC, that means we dropped points as well and cannot catch Spuds In a 3 way tie with Chels, Man U, and Newcaste NUFC will get 6th on GD as they are +10 on us and no way we can win the next two games by enough goals to catch them if we are also tied with Manure (and thus NUFC get either Europa League or Conference League, depending on the FA Cup) we would get 7th on GD (and either Conference League or nothing depending on the FA Cup) and Manure 8th on GD (they are -15 to us) and no chance at all for any Europe

if all 3 of Spuds, us, and NUFC end on 63 NUFC will get 5th We will get 6th Spuds 7th due to GD unless we win both our games by 6 or 7 each and NUFC win by 1 in both Spuds cannot catch us in GD is they lose both and we win both then we need Manure to lose the FA Cup or we get Confrence League (which we will turn down)we even might turn dow (crazy as it sounds) Europa League, as going to Europe in the EL (let alone the conference league) fucks us with UEFA FFP rules, which are far stricter than EPL FFP rules

2 more wins and hope NUFC drop points

it was not just a foul, it was a yellow card foul anywhere else on the pitch

what a struggle but still in the mix

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

he fucking wiped Gusto out in the box, ffs

that is a fucking PEN!!!!!! ffs

damn, should have scored

he CRUSHED CR7 in Serie A in two games I watched just bullied him, shut him down

I forgot how big Ola Aina is, lolol

Enzo is a luxury player he needs a WC supporting cast at this point in his career

I have to give a hat tip to Poch for greats subs (hell has frozen over)

that has been my HUGE worry they play like shit together becuase of Enzo's lack of cover due to his slow pace

get 2 more! GD chip-away

he was good at passing at Brighton it was part of his toolkit that jacked up his price so much

gladly eating my words now (lets hope I keep chewing)

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

well, for once he delivered

I edited it to 4 of 5, as Brentford fucked us as well