Vesper

I do not know if this was already posted but here it is

bin this steaming turd, one of my least favourite Chels players in the past 10 years my heart sunk every time he came on the pitch for us, Tuchel really pissed me off with his continued playing of him https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/loan-watch/agent-says-23-year-old-Chelsea-player-not-happy-with-situation-at-loan-club/ Agent says 23-year-old Chelsea player not happy with situation at loan club Chelsea loanee Malang Sarr could end his loan spell at AS Monaco earlier amid interest from Serie A clubs, according to his agent Federico Pastorello. The 23-year-old joined Monaco on a season-long loan deal at the start of the season after playing a very limited role in his first season under Thomas Tuchel in 2021/22. So far, however, Sarr has only made six appearances (three starts) for Monaco in Ligue 1, with fellow young defenders; Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile, ahead of him in the pecking order. According to his agent, Pastorello, the former Nice centre-back could leave Monaco to play in Italy.

Gareth Southgate will STAY as England manager and lead Three Lions on their Euro 2024 charge with decision made after seeing his reputation grow after valiant Qatar quarter-final run https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11549691/Gareth-Southgate-STAY-England-manager-public-opinion-getting-positive.html bleech

yes, the ONLY 2 RBs that Real would want atm are Reece and Hakimi cannot see them going for TAA (shit defence) and Cancelo is too old (he turns 30yo at the end of next season) for the money Citeh would want, plus he looked like shit for Portugal, he seems to be better now as a reversed-footed LB maybe Dalot, but the first two are streets ahead of all other RBs on the planet atm

Agent says 19-year-old may join Chelsea after failed summer move https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/agent-says-19-year-old-may-join-Chelsea-after-failed-summer-move/ Pavel Andreev, the agent of Dynamo Moscow midfielder Arsen Zakharyan, has claimed that his client may still join Chelsea despite a collapsed possible move last summer. As previously reported by Fabrizio Romano, the Blues were very close to signing the 19-year-old in the summer transfer window. The Italian journalist claimed that Zakharyan had even agreed to move to Stamford Bridge on personal terms, although Chelsea and Dynamo failed to make a deal in the end. The Russia international himself did not hide his desire to make the move. A month ago, he admitted that the negotiations between the two clubs would continue over the winter, and they would “lead to something”. More recently, his agent Andreev also indicated that a January move could be on the cards. “There remains a possibility of a transfer of Arsen Zakharyan to Chelsea,” the agent said this week (via sports.ru). Zakharyan is a versatile midfielder who can also operate in the front three positions. He has two goals and five assists from 16 appearances in the Russian Premier League this season, mostly playing as a centre midfielder. The Dynamo academy graduate is under contract with the club until 2024. It remains unclear whether Chelsea would make a move for a new midfielder in January, considering they still have the likes of Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei as young back-up options. However, an earlier report from journalist Dean Jones suggested that Chelsea chairman and co-owner Todd Boehly considers Zakharyan as a “special” talent.

Amrabat maybe, but there are better DMF options out there and Hakimi is going nowhere atm I wager he ends up back at Real Madrid in the near future (next 2 years) there are only 4 (could argue only 2) WC RB's atm Reece James Achraf Hakimi drop off João Cancelo (and he had a SHIT WC, he seems to play better as a right-footed LB tbh) Trent Alexander-Arnold (and his defence is so bad now I almost did not put him there) then the next best Diogo Dalot (I almost would say he is now WC, he has massively improved and is a beast on defence) Denzel Dumfries Benjamin Pavard (barely makes this cut) then a massive drop off atm

FIFA is out of control

wtf

also, what about this? EXCLUSIVE: Europe's elite clubs deal major blow to FIFA as they REJECT proposal to launch new 32-team Club World Cup in the USA in 2025, with governing body running out of time to find solution FIFA have been seeking approval to stage a 32-team competition in the US Europe's biggest clubs have rejected the proposal for the summer of 2025 FIFA refused to sign Memorandum of Understanding in retributive act Clubs could theoretically refuse to release players to play for their countries The goal for FIFA FIFA is to hold an expanded Club World Cup every four years Europe's biggest clubs have rejected a proposal from FIFA to launch a new Club World Cup in the summer of 2025 in a major blow to the world governing body. Sportsmail has learned that FIFA have been seeking approval to stage a 32-team competition in the United States during negotiations that have taken place in Qatar over the last few weeks, but the clubs are refusing to endorse the proposals. FIFA had been hoping to get the deal done at a meeting of the European Clubs Association, which represents the interests of the 220 leading European clubs, in Doha last Friday, but president Gianni Infantino pulled out at the last minute when it became clear his project would not be signed off. The MoU is an agreement between FIFA and the clubs covering the international match calendar, player release dates and compensation paid to the clubs. If a new deal is not signed in the interim clubs could theoretically refuse to release players to play for their countries during the next international break in March. FIFA have been seeking to relaunch the Club World Cup for several years and a 24-team competition was planned to take place in China last year, only for it to be cancelled due to the pandemic. UEFA are opposed to a concept they see as a threat to the primacy of the Champions League, although the clubs could be persuaded if it is sufficiently lucrative amid rumours of FIFA offering £150milllion in prize money. snip Gianni Infantino announces 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/16/gianni-infantino-announces-32-team-mens-club-world-cup-in-2025 Fifa president risks wrath of Europe’s leading federations No agreements made with relevant domestic leagues Gianni Infantino has risked a major row with Europe’s leading federations by announcing that Fifa will launch a 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025. In what amounts to an ambush to the Premier League and its counterparts, the Fifa president confirmed the drastic expansion of a tournament whose current annual iteration sees seven teams compete. His revelation was made even though no agreements have been made with the relevant domestic leagues. The revamped event will, as trailed by Infantino, take place every four years. It is understood that no formal proposals have been shown to the Premier League, whose stance was set in November 2021 and remains unchanged. Back then the league’s chief executive, Richard Masters, said it was “committed to preventing any radical changes to the post-2024 Fifa international match calendar that would adversely affect player welfare and threaten the competitiveness, calendar, structures and traditions of domestic football.” There is no indication at this stage about the likely venue for a tournament that will require significant financial backing. An expanded Club World Cup has long been a hobby horse of Infantino’s. In 2018 he proposed a new 24-team event that was looked on dimly by Uefa; it was slated to take place in China last year but was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Barrelling on with a plan for an even bigger event will raise eyebrows across Europe and sets some of the sport’s key stakeholders on a collision course. It is inconceivable Infantino’s plan would not involve a bulk of European teams. He also confirmed a new women’s Club World Cup is being planned. Infantino’s announcement was his most eye-catching statement in a press conference, staged in the runup to Sunday’s World Cup final in Doha, which revealed that this winter’s tournament had brought in $7.5bn in revenues, $1bn more than budgeted, and boasted of its “unique cohesive power”. The president offered little in the way of answers to questions about off-pitch issues that have clouded Qatar 2022, saying Fifa is “defending human rights” and suggesting that figures around the deaths of migrant workers connected with the tournament have not been used accurately. He also announced that a new “Fifa World Series” of friendly tournaments, designed to pit teams from different continents against each other more frequently, will take place in even years across the March international break. The proposal was light on detail but is likely to generate further concerns about its added impact on existing scheduling and players’ travel time. There were outbreaks of common sense in a speech that otherwise posed many more questions than solutions. Infantino said Fifa will reconsider the format of the group stage at the expanded 2026 World Cup, the drama of this year’s quarters reducing the likelihood that the next edition will comprise 16 groups of three. He also said that from 2025 the September and October international windows will be merged to create one extended break with four matchdays. A new women’s futsal World Cup was also among the raft of new events Infantino introduced.

what European Super League? that was binned

shit, we don't even get the badge for the space between the old and the new styles, as they are doing a last gasp old style 8 team tourney starting February 1, 2023 Real Madrid (who will likely win it again for their FIFTH title (5-0), although Flamengo is pretty loaded) will get to keep the fucking title for 2 and a half years. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

hate to se this shit yet again it is not even close

how can VAR not call that??????

worst call of the WC

insane if they do not call a pen

wow, what a save by Livakovic

that was a pen against Gvardiol he was fouled in the box he looked like a winger, lol

the best remotely available DMFs ranked by T-Mart valuation bold are who I would go for Declan Rice (IF a fair price) Nicolò Barella hybrid (hard, hard pull) hybrid CMF/DMF (he turns 27yo next season, so for the amount of cash Inter would want, this summer of 2023 is the last one he is worth that much, as in summer 2024, you only get 2 full sub 30yo seasons out of him, and 3 or 4 peak seasons MAX) Bruno Guimarães (hard pull, probably will not leave) Martín Zubimendi Ismaël Bennacer pass Wilfred Ndidi pass Rúben Neves Moisés Caicedo hybrid CMF/DMF, will cost a tonne now Frank Anguissa pass Amadou Onana Edson Álvarez pass Ibrahim Sangaré pass Cheick Doucouré pass Teun Koopmeiners Manuel Locatelli Guido Rodríguez Kouadio Koné hybrid CMF/DMF (I want him!) Danilo (Palmerias) Roméo Lavia (I want him!) Mohamed Camara Khéphren Thuram more of a prospect than plug n' play, 21yo Manuel Ugarte João Gomes Florentino Julian Weigl pass Raphael Onyedika Lucas Gourna-Douath Samuele Ricci Sofyan Amrabat Warren Zaïre-Emery (16yo, one to watch, on PSG)

that aged well, lol

great goal 2 1

3rd place games are often really good games

1 1 Dari with a header