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If Temptation improved his passing vision and defensive work rate we would be talking about a future Ballon Dor candidate. Ethereal talent.

I only watched one game (Brazil vs Panama) but tbh from what I saw Brazil didn't look too bad. You can see obviously physically the game is a lot less but still, some nice clean passing, crisp touches, playing decent football. There are definitely worse games of football to watch.

There probably are clubs willing to pay 20-30m but he won't want to go to any of the ones that want to. Most likely any good clubs that want him only want him for loan or dirt cheap as a punt.

Damn... so playing in Segunda is worse than changing his kids school after all. Guess that isn't the main priority for him.

It's not that no evidence is found. It's that there is usually never enough in rape to cross the boundary of 'reasonable doubt' (in UK law, this essentially means that you should not vote guilty as a member of a jury if you are not certain a crime was committed). With something like rape, save...

Why should they do jail time? Do you think not being found guilty in court automatically means they were lying? Do you think the glove actually didn't fit? Lol. You are parroting a great way to silence all rape victims forever. It is one of those crimes that is notoriously hard to prosecute...

I doubt he has no private security. He defo does. But those guys are very good at hiding themselves and fitting in, it's their job. They were probably in that supermarket watching over him. As a guy who probably gets harassed and harangued 24/7 in public in other countries, if he seriously...

Not in that era anymore though. The best players in the world are Vinicius, Haaland, Mbappe, the best midfielders are guys like Rodri and KDB, it's not the game it used to be. Pedri and FDJ are some of the best midfielders going. True, forgot about Pedri, who also would make it in any top team.

What's the definition of world-class? Best in the world? That word is usually taken to mean players up there with the best, of which we do have several. Araujo undoubtedly is one of the best CBs itw. FDJ in midfield. Will get hate for saying, but there aren't many keepers you can confidently...

Tbh, I think Tebas was pushing for it as much as Laporta. Even if you buy into the things about him hating Barcelona, at the end of the day, he runs a league, and Messi coming back would be so huge in terms of revenue, entertainment, interest etc. I believe that he might have let us bend the...

Rosell and Bartomeu were involved but not Laporta who paid the most money to Negreira yearly than any other president. Strange type of reporting.

Something it took me a long time to realise is, above all, football is a game of association and of movement and passing. Despite being important for wingers, 1v1 ability is only 5-10 percent of actual skill. The vast majority of what makes a player good is their interpretation of the game...

Laporta : Man, we had permission from LaLiga to register Leo. Everything was already agreed with his brother. He told us that he had spent some very hard seasons in Paris with a lot of pressure and he did not want to play any more football like that and for that reason he chose Inter Miami.

Roque looks much less like a gamble. We have a way better idea of his floor and ceiling and he would come in to contribute immediately in a position of need that we have to fill. Ie, we had to get a striker anyway, so in that way he's not a gamble but a needed reinforcement. Guler is way more...

Guler wasn't an appropriate transfer for our current financial situation. Spending 30m on a prospect who wouldn't start for at least a year, and who may never be good enough, isn't a bet we are capable to make when we are struggling like this financially. Thus I wouldn't say we weren't in for...

One thing is we signed the new transfers on much bigger contracts than was claimed. The likes of Kessie and Ferran are still receiving Barto style wages. In another club they would make half of what they do here. Aside from that, there probably is another elephant in the room, because you're...

He'll probably be on the bench here as well unless we go back to 433. With the addition of Gundogan and maybe Brozovic there's not enough space for him on the starting lineup.

ESL would probably make a remarkable amount of income, possibly the highest earning competition in the history of sport maybe (off pure revenue). For example look at the EPL and how much it draws in TV rights and viewerships and that's including the Burnley's, the Everton's, the Wolves etc that...

I would say the answer is a Super League with petro clubs excluded. Something has got to be done about it because we are getting to the point where in order for a top club to stay competitive they have to take dirty petrostate money and become the toy of some sheikh across the world. If the...