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FootballGAF 2019/2020 |OT| Does Your Team Got What It Takes To Be Crowned?

mekes

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Alexis Sanchez seems to be getting a free transfer to Inter Milan. I suppose for a huge signing on fee and a partial pay cut. I really get the sense that there is no love lost from club or player in this deal.

Me personally, I’m happy with this. Could be the worst transfer in premier league history. Opens up lots of wages for things like Pogba contract renewal, wages for Sancho which looks likely right now.
 
Prison Mike

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mekes said:
Alexis Sanchez seems to be getting a free transfer to Inter Milan. I suppose for a huge signing on fee and a partial pay cut. I really get the sense that there is no love lost from club or player in this deal.

Me personally, I’m happy with this. Could be the worst transfer in premier league history. Opens up lots of wages for things like Pogba contract renewal, wages for Sancho which looks likely right now.
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I was so glad he code red over blue side of Manchester do you good to get his wages off your bill.
 
mekes

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Powellerthegreat said:
I was so glad he code red over blue side of Manchester do you good to get his wages off your bill.
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Yeah I think with Utd, they’ll take an extra month to haggle 2-3million on a high priced transfer so I don’t doubt the savings made by letting Sanchez go will actually make its way back into the playing squad with new signings. I do believe Sanchez’s wages alone, if he started for Utd, because his contract paid higher if he started a game for Utd, that alone could pay for Rashford, Martial and Greenwood with an extra 20-30k left over. It was madness.

You definitely dodged a bullet. I was watching AFTV say he was done 12 months before he moved to Utd!
 
Dark Rider

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Arsene Wenger: "Manchester City and PSG are the two favourites for the Champions League in terms of their potential. Aside from that, honestly, PSG, I feel they are a little bit less strong than 3 or 4 years ago."

www.europe1.fr

Arsène Wenger : "Je trouve le PSG un peu moins fort qu’il y a 3-4 ans"

Arsène Wenger, invité dimanche sur Europe 1, a loué le "potentiel extraordinaire" du PSG, qu’il considère comme l’une des meilleures équipes d’Europe. Mais l’ex-entraîneur d’Arsenal trouve tout de même les Parisiens "un peu moins forts qu’il y a 3-4 ans".
www.europe1.fr www.europe1.fr

:messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
Dark Rider

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Real Madrid have won just one of their last seven Champions League knockout games without Sergio Ramos (0-2 vs Schalke 04 in February 2015), losing five of them (W1 D1 L5).



:messenger_grimmacing_
 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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FC Heidenheim 1846 sign midfielder Dzenis Burnić from Borussia Dortmund on a three-year deal



That's a good signing.
 
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Dark Rider

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France Football: Arsenal have made the best salary offer currently on the table for Brazilian attacker Willian (32), with a contract that runs for 3 years with the option to extend by a further year & they expect him to move to North London from Chelsea.

www.francefootball.fr

INFO FF - Mercato : Willian (Chelsea) se rapproche d'Arsenal

En fin de contrat avec Chelsea, Willian ne fera pas long feu avec les Blues. L'hypothèse de voir évoluer le Brésilien à Arsenal est en train de prendre de l'épaisseur.
www.francefootball.fr www.francefootball.fr

:pie_thinking:
 
Dark Rider

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Times: Aubameyang is expected to earn more than £300,000 a week including bonus payments in his proposed new contract. Arsenal are open to selling Lacazette to Spanish or Italian clubs. Club offered Willian a three-year deal and keen on signing Coutinho on loan

www.thetimes.co.uk

Arsenal offer three-year deal to Willian

Arsenal have offered a three-year contract to Willian as he edged closer to leaving Chelsea as a free agent. The midfielder has rejected a two-year deal to stay at the west London club.Willian will give the club a final decision on his future after their game away to Bayern Munich in the Champions
www.thetimes.co.uk www.thetimes.co.uk

Interesting to see how all of this pay off in the long run.
 
Dark Rider

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Iker Casillas retires from professional football.



Iker Casillas is one of three players to captain a side to victory in the final of each of the World Cup, European Championships and European Cup/Champions League, alongside Franz Beckenbauer and Didier Deschamps.



Gianluigi Buffon on Casillas’ retirement: “They say competition makes us better than others but not perfect faced with ourselves. Maybe this futile pursuit of perfection is what made us who we are. #Grac1as Iker, without you, everything would have been less meaningful.”



Thank you Iker
 
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Dark Rider

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DFL announces that fans will be allowed at the start of the upcoming season (will start mid September). But with four rules: No away fans, no alcohol, no standing sections and all clubs must keep records of all ticket buyers in case of a positive Corona infection.

www.kicker.de

DFL-Maßnahmenpaket für Zuschauerrückkehr: keine Gästefans, keine Stehplätze, kein Alkohol

Die DFL hat an diesem Dienstagnachmittag auf der außerordentlichen Mitgliederversammlung mitsamt den 36 Bundesligisten wegweisende Entscheidungen auf dem schrittweisen Weg "zurück zur Normalität" mit Zuschauern in den Stadien bekanntgegeben. Wie erwartet werden vorerst keine Gästefans in der 1...
www.kicker.de www.kicker.de
 
Dark Rider

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If, after the deadline to provide info for the draw at UEFA, a country places restrictions which make the tie impossible, it is forfeited. So, Tottenham drawn at home to team from Romania. UK then bans travel from Romania. Spurs would forfeit the tie.

 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez has been left out of Real Madrid's Champions League squad to face Manchester City.



No surprise there.
 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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Starlight Lotice said:
United have terrible Money Practises these days. First Pogba and now Sanchez?

Is Bale leaving Madrid next season then if he is left out?
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Bale is done for sure but he will stick like glue to collect paychecks for the full duration of his contract unless someone offers him higher wages which is not happening, so I think to more seasons of collecting paychecks.

Powellerthegreat said:
Happy with our 2 signings so far ake is solid n fast and torres looks like he can be hell of a player.
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Torres has attitude issues so Manchester City need to be careful and have a plan to deal with him.
 
Starlight Lotice

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Dark Rider said:
Bale is done for sure but he will stick like glue to collect paychecks for the full duration of his contract unless someone offers him higher wages which is not happening, so I think to more seasons of collecting paychecks.
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What went wrong for Bale if you don't mind me asking? He seemed to be oretty great at first.
 
Dark Rider

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Starlight Lotice said:
What went wrong for Bale if you don't mind me asking? He seemed to be oretty great at first.
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He was always underwhelming and under performing with two notable exceptions, one CdR final and that UCL final against Liverpool, other than that he always done less than expected for his level. What made it worse is after the Liverpool final during the celebrations he whined wanting more time and to be the main man at the club on live TV so that summer Cristiano left and he became the main man and got a new very fat contract as he asked, he proceeded to completely flop then sulk then not putting in the effort or caring for the team and here we are.
 
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Dark Rider

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FC Copenhagen coach Ståle Solbakken: “if you beat Man United, you will have my bonus, and then you will have no worries the rest of your life”.



:messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
Dark Rider

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Pep says its not more important for him to beat Real Madrid: "Not special, honestly. Barcelona is the club where I am. I want to beat them but when I play against Barcelona, I want to beat them."



:messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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The Premier League is set to stop making the "drawing of offside lines" available for broadcast to TV companies



This is a very bad move.

Commonsense and collectivity prevail. Premier League confirms clubs agree to revert to three subs. Also clubs “unanimously approved the implementation of VAR in line with the full FIFA VAR protocol” which means refs consulting pitchside monitors 🙌



At least they will get inline with everyone else on how VAR should be consulted.
 
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Dark Rider

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Pep : It’s difficult to know (Zidane's) tactics. When you think you know, he will come up with something different. We've watched all Madrid games since La Liga restarted and spoken about how we think they will start. But what we've done more of is talk about what we can do.



Since it was not important to you to defeat Real Madrid why not just give everyone a vacation instead? :pie_thinking:
 
Dark Rider

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Wojciech Szczesny, Juventus goalkeeper: 'We're thinking about the match against Lyon, we're ready. There is a feeling similar to last year's before the match against Atletico Madrid in our squad. Ronaldo always makes a difference in important matches and he is ready to make another miracle.'

Juve-Lione, Szczesny: "Cristiano Ronaldo farà un altro miracolo"

Il portiere bianconero sulla sfida di Champions League: "Pensiamo solo a questa partita, vogliamo ripetere la rimonta contro l'Atletico Madrid"
www.tuttosport.com www.tuttosport.com

:pie_thinking:
 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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Kazuyoshi Miura, aka King Kazu, became the oldest player to feature in a professional cup game at 53 years old when he started for Yokohama FC in the 2020 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain Cup this week vs Sagan Tosu



:messenger_beaming:
 
Dark Rider

Dark Rider

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Teslerum said:
Dark Rider Dark Rider How do you feel about Varane right now.

Edit: J/K by the way.
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It happens, I wish it doesn't happen in any important game but it will happen when it happen and I will have to deal with it. I stated many times in this thread already that we will not make it to the next round this year so no surprises there.
 
Dark Rider

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David Vinuesa Malbac: Arsenal continues trying to negotiate with Atlético de Madrid for Thomas and Atlético de Madrid continues to say that either clause or nothing. Neither 25 nor 30 nor 35 million plus a player ... Clause of 50 million and yes of the player or he stays with Simeone.



I hope he stays.
 
Dark Rider

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David Silva: I am touched our fans planned a guard of honour for me tonight but cancelling is the right decision in the circumstances. We will say goodbye together at the right time when it is safe. Enjoy the match at home!💙

 
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