After a humiliating 8-0 loss to Chelsea, Fred walks into the locker room with a shotgun and locks the door. All we hear for the next hour is shotgun blast after shotgun blast at point blank range.
If I had Pep's ear, I'd suggest Federico Ricca from Club Brugge. Left-footed LB that can also play both CB roles. You know, coverage for all the areas City have historically had problems with. Oh and he has a year left on his contract. So it's likely the cheapest coverage option. MONEYBALL
Let's not get too down on them yet, the transfer window is still open. I hear they're currently in negotiations with Rabiot's mother. All joking aside, he hasn't been great but is much better than Fred or McTominay.
Gomez is a much younger option who might fit Pep's style as well. Its not a replacement but a cover position so that City don't have to put someone out of position or rely on an academy player right away if someone goes down. Ricca would be the option if someone gets hurt for a significant portion of the season but that hasn't happened yet.
Unironically could see this happening. Especially with everyone on the French National team's parents hating each other, this would totally be a way to get back at Pogba
I mean, I'm not entirely convinced Rabiot isn't a good player. During the Pirlo season, he had some brilliant moments. He'd definitely improve United's squad at the very least and probably walk into the starting 11 immediately.
Yeah United could have easily upgraded their midfield over the summer. But the issue is probably Ten Haag not trusting any United scout considering the history of signings. So pretty sure Ten Haag just wanted to sign a bunch of players he is familiar with and see what he has. Def a mistake to not try and just cycle in either better midfielders or some that would put the current midfielders in competition so they don't play like shit
Think that's bad? The Lukaku deal will be even worse.
Yeah. My point was that Dortmund fans always used to whine about Bayern deliberately weakening opponents by buying their key players, especially from Dortmund, but for years now Dortmund has been doing that themselves. Often buying players that were important at their former club but never really became regulars at Dortmund: Brandt, Th. Hazard, Schulz, etc.
Meanwhile Roma absolutely thrashed Shaktar Donetsk 5-0, Serie A might actually be interesting this season (even if its at our expense).Since it hasn't been mentioned, I'm going to have to point out that Juventus lost a friendly 4-0 to Atletico Madrid yesterday. Friendly or not, how do you concede 4 goals to Atleti? Not to mention Joao Felix missed a pen, so it easily could've been 5. And Allegri had the nerve to say something like "we can take many positives from this loss" in his press conference
This has the potential to turn into a long and brutal season for Juventus. At this point, I'm almost hoping for the worst possible start if it means Allegri out before WC.
the joke was similar to what you are pointing out. Dortmund, Leipzig, and other clubs underneath Bayern do the same thing. Its how the German system survives. The very bottom of the ladder survives on selling players upwards. The clubs who buy the lower players and sell them up require the funds from upper level teams. Its how everything functions. Just don't be mad you can't financially compete with the biggest boy on the block
Giddy with anticipation
As someone who became a fan of Barca during the late 2000s, I am so happy this is happening. Corrupt leaders running the club need to be punished. I hope the club can't register anyone and becomes a disaster of a club that is forced to use nothing but youth players for the next 20 years.
In the end, that is sadly how almost all leagues in Europe work. As much as people praise the EPL for being the best league in the world, which it is in terms of quality of the teams, you have the same problem there too, although to a lesser extend than in Germany or France.
The US sports system is designed to make everything competitive but you lose out on quality. Unironically, I think something similar to a Super League needs to be made to at least bring competition back to a better level. I have kind of been workshopping something like this with a few co-workers and friends when we are bored but it would play out kinda like this
Once again, Lampard didn't want him and his transfer requests made far more sense for the Chelsea side he wanted. He might be a complete dud at Everton, due in part to what he has inherited from Rafa... But he was certainly sabotaged by Roman's goons and select mellow dramatic players when it came to the one window he was allowed be involved in. I honestly think if the clubs sale happened during the embargo, Lampard would still be at the helm.
Imagine being Coady here for a moment.
