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roflmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo Reports have claimed that Barcelona now may be secretly open to selling Raphinha to Chelsea this summer. According to AS, the La Liga side may be willing to sacrifice the Brazil international if it allows them to trigger a deal to resign Lionel Messi from PSG. Raphinha was a key target for the Blues last summer while Thomas Tuchel was in charge of the club. FUCK OFF

if most of these are still here next season, I might pack it in Edouard Mendy Kepa Arrizabalaga Kalidou Koulibaly Trevoh Chalobah Marc Cucurella César Azpilicueta Conor Gallagher Ruben Loftus-Cheek Mason Mount Raheem Sterling Christian Pulisic Hakim Ziyech Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — DF Wales WAL Ethan Ampadu (at Spezia until 30 June 2023) — DF Ghana GHA Baba Rahman (at Reading until 30 June 2023) — DF France FRA Malang Sarr (at Monaco until 30 June 2023) — DF England ENG Dujon Sterling (at Stoke City until 30 June 2023) — MF England ENG Tino Anjorin (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2023) — MF France FRA Tiémoué Bakayoko (at AC Milan until 30 June 2023) — FW England ENG Callum Hudson-Odoi (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2023) — FW Belgium BEL Romelu Lukaku (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2023)

OMG this had best be bullshit!! Pochettino wants to keep one Chelsea player ‘above all’ as he ‘gives approval’ for first signing https://www.football365.com/news/pochettino-keep-Chelsea-pulisic-above-all-approval-onana-first-signing Mauricio Pochettino wants to keep Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic at the club, according to reports, amid speculation the American could leave in the summer. A report on Wednesday claimed that Pochettino had struck a ‘verbal agreement’ with the Blues to become their new manager at the end of the season. Chelsea are currently on their third manager of the campaign with caretaker manager Frank Lampard replacing Graham Potter – who left Brighton in September to take over from Thomas Tuchel – after he only won 12 of his 31 matches in charge. Lampard has lost all five of his matches at the helm and some pundits are suggesting that Chelsea should move the appointment of Pochettino forward. And Pochettino is already planning for the future with Italian website Calciomercato (via Sport Witness) claiming that the Argentine ‘wants to keep some players’ that other managers were ready to discard. It is understood that Pochettino wants ‘above all Christian Pulisic’ to stay with him at Stamford Bridge with AC Milan and Real Madrid both linked to the USA international, who has never lived up to his £58m transfer fee. And, as well as highlighting some of the players he wants to keep at Chelsea, Pochettino has ‘already given his approval’ for his first signing with the former Tottenham boss happy for Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana to join. A deal for Pochettino now seems all but confirmed and CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs brought us a detailed update this week. Jacobs wrote in his Caught Offside column: “Mauricio Pochettino is in advanced talks to replace Graham Potter at Chelsea. Things are moving fast and as of Monday evening final negotiations were underway. It wasn’t quite a done deal as of Monday night, and Chelsea hadn’t issued any kind of contract, but there was real confidence from both sides a deal was close. “Things could well progress very quickly now over the coming days, and Pochettino is expected to be joined by his assistant Jesus Perez and his son, Sebastino, who is a sports scientist. “Chelsea have considered Pochettino multiple times, both under Roman Abramovich and Clearlake-Boehly. Pochettino was a candidate after Thomas Tuchel was sacked in September, but Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali decided to hire Potter instead. “Plus, Pochettino was not entirely sold on the project back then. This was due to not wanting to rush straight back into work following his PSG exit, and there being less structure at Chelsea. “Fans may say things are worse now, and that’s true on the field in terms of Chelsea’s season, but remember back then Chelsea didn’t have a recruitment team and the owners and board were basically brand new. “Now Pochettino has had time to see Chelsea develop and understand the long-term plan. The timing just feels better for Pochettino, and next season can be a bit of a clean slate.” Jacobs added: “There have also already been talks about summer outgoings and Pochettino’s desire to keep Mount Mason, which is shared by the ownership despite very firm interest from Liverpool. “With Pochettino, as of Monday night, getting really close and things expected to progress over the next 48 hours, Chelsea can soon start to plan for next season. Of course for much of the hiring process Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique were both considered strong contenders, yet Chelsea sources always stressed it was an open race to replace Potter. “Julian Nagelsmann was never the preferred candidate and the story behind his withdrawal has two sides. Those close to the ex-Bayern boss say he wasn’t sold on the vision having received what is termed an ‘inconsistent’ picture of it during talks. “They also stress the hiring process wasn’t structured as Nagelsmann had hoped, which can be taken as code for he thought the job was his. “Chelsea sources paint a slightly different picture, emphasising Nagelsmann wasn’t prepared to go through what has repeatedly been termed an ‘exhaustive process’. “The 35-year-old wanted a managerial coronation not a process. It’s also been made clear Chelsea never made Nagelsmann any promises he was their top choice, and that actually due diligence on him provided mixed (and even some negative) feedback.”

Chelsea star tells Boehly he wants out with Tuchel primed to complete stunning cut-price raid https://www.teamtalk.com/Chelsea/star-tells-boehly-he-wants-out-with-tuchel-primed-to-complete-stunning-cut-price-raid-Chelsea Mateo Kovacic wants to leave Chelsea this summer and reunite with former manager Thomas Tuchel at Bayern Munich, according to reports. The 28-year-old has made just 15 starts in the Premier League this term, despite being a key player under the German coach during his time at Stamford Bridge. With Chelsea tipped to axe a number of players to balance the books at the end of the season, it seems likely Kovacic will be one of the stars to leave. The Croatia international’s contract with the Blues is set to expire in June 2024. As a result, Bayern could sign him on a cut-price deal this summer. Indeed, as revealed by TEAMtalk, Kovacic and Chelsea are currently in talks over a new deal. However, the club’s hierarchy have told the player if he fails to pen an extension soon, he will be sold. His departure would arguably come as a blow to Chelsea. Since joining the club in 2019, the Croatian has made 218 appearances overall, scoring six goals and making 14 assists. In that time, he helped the Blues to win a Europa League, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup – all but one of these trophies coming under Tuchel. Kovacic demands Chelsea exit According to German outlet Sport1, Kovacic is trying to force a move away from Chelsea. This suggests that talks over a new contract have now come to a halt. They add that the Blues would prefer to sell the midfielder to a team outside of the Premier League. Now, Tuchel is thought to be considering a summer swoop for his former player. While his appearances have been intermittent at Chelsea this season, there is no doubt that Kovacic is still a top player. As mentioned, though, Kovacic may not be the only player that the London club look to offload this summer. Indeed, it’s believed that club owner Todd Boehly could look to axe as many as 15 players. This is to offset the £600m he has spent on new signings this season. Kovacic is reportedly joined by Edouard Mendy, Cesar Azpilicueta, Trevoh Chalobah, Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount and eight others on Boehly’s hit list.

Wilkins got it

CIES Football Observatory n°419 World ranking of the 200 most promising youngsters https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2022/wp419/en/ Issue 419 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post lists the 200 U20 players in 75 leagues around the world (20 in each of the ten positions considered) who have accumulated the most official game experience during last year. The highest score overall was recorded for Barcelona’s prodigy Gavi, whose relative experience capital is 4.37 times higher than the average measured for players of the same age and position. The top players by position are Plamen Andreev (Levski Sofia, goalkeeper), António Silva (Benfica, centre back), Alejandro Balde (Barcelona, left back), Rico Lewis (Manchester City, right back), Arthur Vermeeren (Royal Antwerp, defensive midfielder), Pablo Gavi (Barcelona, central midfielder), Bilal El Khannouss (KRC Genk, attacking midfielder), Matheus Martins (Watford, left winger), Ângelo Gabriel (Santos, right winger) and Marcos Leonardo (Santos, centre-forward) The ranking was established according to the experience capital method, taking into account the minutes played in official games during the last 365 days, the sporting level of the matches and the results. Furthermore, the experience capital was related to the average measured for players of the same age and position, which allows us to present a relative score as mentioned above. Relative experience capital, last 365 days Experience related to the average measured for players of the same age and position. Date: 26/04/2023.

Gavi who is a cunt hair below Pedri atm, but both are crazy high level WC players at stunningly young ages there are less than 10 WC CMFs who are under 30yo (so no Kroos, Modric, Verratti) I am not counting SMS, as he is more of an AMF IMHO Jude Bellingham Pedri Federico Valverde Gavi Nicolò Barella drop Frenkie de Jong Eduardo Camavinga drop Sergej Milinković-Savić Leon Goretzka then the close but not there yet (or never will be WC) or have fallen off Vitinha Mikel Merino Matheus Nunes Alexis Mac Allister Rodrigo de Paul Mateo Kovacic Marcos Llorente Manu Koné Maxence Caqueret Carlos Soler Seko Fofana Warren Zaïre-Emery Jacob Ramsey Piotr Zielinski Ryan Gravenberch Orkun Kökcü Youri Tielemans Eljif Elmas Youssouf Fofana

Marina paid around £200m for Lukaku (trans fees, add-ons, and salary commitments) so, no she would not have paid £120m for £500m worth of players (and that is not even counting salaries) nor £144m for £600m (the same percentage that 120 for 500 is) I will say she and the old regime would NEVER have purchased many of the ones that cunt Boehly did

2 2 FT

lol, imagine us, even with this absolute shitshow of a season beating Arse to ensure no EPL title, and beating Manure to cost them the CL (with hopefully Villa or Brighton sneaking in)

in theory, especially if Manure blows this lead and looses Manure could still blow top 4 and two teams I would love to see steal it (Villa and Brighton) can catch them if they both go on tears the downside of that is that Spuds or Pool also can catch them

2 2 spuds drew even

in theory they can but it will take some crazy twists and we will also have to lose all our remaining games (or 4 losses and a draw)

that cunt Anthony Taylor once again gifting Manure Lindelöf should be off on two yellows

should be 1 5, Murphy just missed a sitter after another superb Isak run Everton are just shambolic

offside

1 5 wow Schar with a worldie as a CB but it might be offside

it is just maddening how much better of a team NUFC are than us

absolutely amazing run by Isak

and lol 30 seconds later 1 4

direct goal off a corner by McNeil

1 3

nil 3 NUFC

nil 2 NUFC

I only want them to deny Arse (which they will) the EPL title, and also, now to stop Manure from winning the domestic cup double In the CL I will be rooting for Real and then, if Citeh beat them, either of the Milano teams in the CL final (hopefully AC Milan, but I also like Inter, which is strange as that derby is utter hate so most people pick a side to hardcore root for) The other big global derbies I have a clear favourite, except for Pool v Manure (I HATE them both) El Classico I hate Barca more than Real, so root for Real but the Milan derby is the only one in which I actually like both sides