Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Premeditated]

If Madrid got Mbappe their team would’ve been set for the rest of the decade

I like him as a player but $100 million?

atleast their midfield won't be getting outran now. but they need a ball carrying midfieder that can play between the line (although Tchou isn't too bad at that) after Modric.

maybe Lovro Majer or Caqueret

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I like him as a player but $100 million?

atleast their midfield won't be getting outran now. but they need a ball carrying midfieder that can play between the line (although Tchou isn't too bad at that) after Modric.

maybe Lovro Majer or Caqueret

Wages included in the 100m

 

[SCORCH]

Thomas Tuchel has been promised that he can take the lead on Chelsea’s transfer business by the club’s new owners in a shift designed to move closer to the Manchester City and Liverpool models.

And that could be good news for Romelu Lukaku’s hopes of re-joining Inter Milan if Tuchel informs Todd Boehly that he believes the club record signing should be allowed to leave Chelsea.

Just as Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp drive decisions over incomings and outgoings at City and Liverpool, the Boehly-led group now in charge of Chelsea have told Tuchel that his voice will be the loudest on transfers and first-team football decisions.

Tuchel is viewed as one of the club’s biggest assets by the new owners, who believe the best way to try to make ground on Premier League champions City and Liverpool is to give the German similar power to that enjoyed by Guardiola and Klopp.

In a meeting with Tuchel, it is understood Boehly made it clear that the new owners will do everything in their power to try to deliver his targets and move on players he does not want - rather than attempting to impose their own transfer ideas.

Not sure any one manager should have complete control like that simply because they do not have time to actually scout players.

Ideal scenario is a manager should present the profile of player he wants for his style and then a director / scouts present him with the best available options.

Unfortunately for Chelsea they have the worst scouts in Europe so Tuchel is probably better off doing it on his own until the new owners destroy and rebuild that department.

*This is coming from Matt Law who has a confirmed source inside the Bohely camp. Law gave his source away by positing a screenshot during the takeover bid but failed to crop out the guy's name so he's as legit as it comes with any Chelsea news.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Looks like Naby Keita will be getting a new contract. @Roberto Firmino will be happy I'm sure.

Liverpool are also signing this 18 year old right back from Aberdeen. If he doesn't get loaned out hopefully this means no more Milner at right back.

 

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[African_brehda]

Am I being dumb or are they saying Zlatan doesn't have technique?

Dumbest people in the world, I tell you

 

[TobiOT]

 

[TobiOT]

@brehsimilitude

 

[null]

1. paul showing that he is not a "leader"
2. someone should tell him to STFU

 

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@brehsimilitude

Somebody has got it in for Howson

Howson is more of an idiot than anything else but I am surprised that The Overlap and Rio are going with #howson-set instread of somebody like Flex.

 

[TobiOT]

Kalvin Phillips and them injuries.

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Crazy this isnt even considered a rivalry in Germany only in England

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Kalvin Phillips and them injuries.

Whoever doesn't sign him out of the clubs interested will be All his injury woes are probably a result of Murderball.

 

[Trajan]

Musiala that bul

 

[beejus]

Dumbest people in the world, I tell you

Those CR7/Messi Stan accounts almost ruin every football post on Twitter. Post could be about amputee children playing futsal in Bangladesh and somehow it turns into a Pessi/Penaldo ratio fest.