The English Football Thread

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After today I really hope city don't find a way to mess up Sunday.. Would go from double.. To nothing.. To poss double again. 

Dont. Do. It ffs

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Manchester United squad turn against one another after being forced into 25% pay cut

https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/09/manchester-united-squad-turn-against-one-another-after-being-forced-into-25-pay-cut-9445838/

 

Manchester United’s squad are blaming one another for the fact their salaries will drop by 25% next season. The Red Devils’ 1-1 draw with Huddersfield last Sunday meant the club will finish outside the top four and will compete in the Europa League next season. United’s budget and forecasting is based on the assumption that – at a bare minimum – the club will finish 4th and take England’s final spot in the Champions League.

A season outside of Europe’s elite competition costs the club around £40m and threatens long-term sponsorship deals. To counter against this, United install clauses in contracts that means player salaries decrease by 25% if the club fail to qualify for the Champions League.

For the likes of Alexis Sanchez, a 25% decrease equates to around £5.2million a year and FourFourTwo claims some members of the United squad are far from happy. The report claims United players have turned on one another for their collapse in the final stages of the season and individuals have not taken responsibility for the fact they’re set to finish outside the top four. The prospect of a season in the Europa League makes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first full campaign in charge look even more daunting.

 

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ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THIS HAS MADE MY DAY

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Awwwwww poor babies!!! 

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Aston Villav West BromPromotion Play-Off HD Streams

http://www.sportnews.to/events/2019/championship-playoffs-aston-villa-vs-west-bromwich-albion-s5/

https://www.ronaldo7.net/video/sports-live/sport-live-stream.html

 

 

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nil 1 Baggies

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No away goals rule there, right?

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57 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

No away goals rule there, right?

nope, no longer

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VILAAAAAAA

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wow, absolute collapse by West Brom

conceded 2 goals in 5 minutes, at near end, and now Gayle a 2 yellow red and misses the return tie 

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Derby County v Leeds United Promotion Play-Offs HD Streams

http://www.sportnews.to/events/2019/championship-playoffs-derby-county-vs-leeds-united-s3/

https://www.ronaldo7.net/video/sports-live/sport-live-stream.html

https://www.totalsportek.com/highlights/liverpool-weekend/

 

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Not looking good for Lamps

nil 1 and Leeds are driving

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer threatens to BAN Man Utd stars from summer tour if they do one thing

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has warned his stars he'll ban them from Manchester United's summer tour if they return to pre-season out of shape.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/778223/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-Man-Utd-Stars-Summer-Tour-Pre-Season

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Man City willing to complete stunning Joao Felix transfer deal if they cash in on ONE ace

MANCHESTER CITY are willing to splash out on Benfica star Joao Felix - but only if they can offload Gabriel Jesus.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/778040/Man-City-news-Pep-Guardiola-Joao-Felix-Gabriel-Jesus-Premier-League

 

I would take Jesus in a flash, grrrrr

they will never sell him inthe EPL though I wager

 

and then there is THIS...

 

What Man City transfer chief has told friends about Leroy Sane's future

MANCHESTER CITY want to keep winger Leroy Sane at the club but may be forced to sell him this summer.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/778275/Man-City-transfer-news-Leroy-Sane-Duncan-Castles-rumours-gossip

 

would KILL to have him at LW, holy fuck

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Look at him now: Ex-Leeds prodigy who turned to a life of crime 

https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/features/look-at-them-now/look-at-him-now-robert-bayly-and-leeds-united/

Football can be a ruthless sport at times, it really can. When we turn up on Saturdays to watch our favourite players strut their magic, we don’t give much thought to the many thousands of players who dreamt of the moment they would step out onto the turf of their respective stadiums to the sound of their name reverberating around the terraces, only for it to never happen for one reason or another. Indeed, we rarely consider the anonymous majority who never realised their dream, and the fact that every moment they spend after being dumped from the cruel grasp of the sport is as painful as last, as they recount the moment their ambitions slips through their fingers like water through cracks in the floor.

For Leeds prodigy Robert Bayly this harsh reality was all too relatable.

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We say that because, following a string of ten transfers around the Irish domestic leagues, Bayly was jailed for two-and-a-half years in March 2018 for transporting almost €200,000 worth of cannabis across Ireland. Yes, that’s right – Bayly went from “child prodigy” to a wannabe Pablo Escobar in a matter of ten years.

The former Republic of Ireland youth international claimed that he had pursued a life of crime because of a gambling addiction that had been harrowing him since joining Leeds all those years ago, and while we have no reason not to believe that, we can’t help but wonder if their were greater forces at power to leave him in such a state.

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Don't mess up City!!! 

Oh FFS!!!! 

Liverpool double... Blehhh come on!!

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Get innnnn

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Don't like it! Hopefully they can get a goal early on 2nd half.