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Here's a taste of what you could have in FM...

Do you need a sponsor to play Football Manager or FIFA? I can send you some money to buy the game...

Considering the reputation of those 2 papers who used that quote, I'm not surprised if they just picked it without checking the validity of it.

But there's usually a mention of where the person said it. Nothing on this one.

I saw that but again, no source on where he said it. I saw this quote circulating on Twitter from a fan...

Any idea where Ballack said that? Because am almost certain that quote is fake. No source quoted...the journalists must be desperate for headlines.

10 away wins in 18 Bundesliga games played since it restarted. Only 3 home wins...

The league is the one offering it, it seems.

16 Bundesliga games played so far without fans since the restart last weekend and only 3 home wins and 2 of them are Dortmund and Bayern wins...

Free, decent pickup for someone in the summer...

Serie A and La Liga are only able to proceed with their restarts after the situation has gotten slightly better in their respective country but the Premier League were already trying to force a restart long before the shambolic UK government even announce anything on restarting anything in England. How many times over the last month we heard or read stupid suggestions from the league to force the restart? Must look away when going into tackles, play in neutral grounds, ban team celebrations (essentially want them to social distance but it's okay to put in challenges, oh the irony) etc. Do those sound like the Premier League have it a clear, conscience plan on restarting the season? How many times have we heard players or managers coming out to voice their concern over restarting too soon? How many times have people brought up the concerns of taking medical supplies away from the frontline workers that's treating people with the symptoms/virus? Why do we still see players coming out and voicing their concerns? Compare to other leagues, the others have certainly handled things far better. That's why I said, "FOR ARGUMENT SAKE"... So for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

If anything, it exposes how money driven football as a sport has become. The Premier League has been so desperate to mitigate the loss of hundreds of millions that they have been trying to force the season to resume when it's not quite safe yet. Their handling of the situation has been as bad as the UK government.

No but in the Premier League's case, there has certainly been a sense that they are trying to rush things back. Plus for argument sake, IF more players refuse to risk their lives and others and don't want to play, then what?

But it doesn't guarantee that one won't get it. You should know by now that the symptoms may not even show up until after a few days, if you unknowingly contracted it. And that's just the players. Still gotta consider those they put at risk - their children, wife, parents etc - and it's worse if they have some sort of health issue(s). As I said above, the world will never be safe from the virus until a vaccine is found. The fear, paranoia are always gonna be there.

Maybe but you also come in contact with others during a match or training and you never know where the other person may have gone to or who the other person may have come in contact with during the off hours. Regardless of what we do these days, the world will never be safe until a vaccine is found. There will always be that fear, paranoia floating around.

The world, or some parts of the world, may be reopening but whether it is safe to do so with sports is debatable. A lot of it is "forced" by the money involved...

Pretty sure the stories say Leverkusen want 100 million+ for Havertz. So...

This should make you (somewhat) happy, @Tomo...

How dare you say no to the generational talent Sancho?!