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

[TobiOT]

 

[SCORCH]

Shakhtar chief executive Sergei Palkin talks to The Athletic:

Our understanding is that in the final offers from the two clubs, the total figures were basically the same but the difference was the speed of payments. Is that correct?

Overall, it was the same. Not approximately the same — it was the same figure. The fixed part, variable part, bonuses. But if you look inside the fixed part and bonuses, it was completely different.

In what way?

Different time (schedule) of the payments, different kinds of bonuses. Yes, we can talk about bonuses, but these bonuses should be somehow achievable and realistic, let’s say. Therefore, in this case, Chelsea was much more serious and fair in some points. When we met Chelsea, we stayed all together. For you to understand the context, it was for nine or 10 hours. They invited the player and explained to us the whole project. We realised that, yes, if you look right now, Chelsea have some kinds of problems but it is normal because they have a transition period from one owner to another. It is understandable. They would like to change a lot. So when they explain to you the whole story and you look for the next two, three, four, five years, then you see they have a serious project. I believe they will build one of the best clubs in the world because I am telling you, they are very serious in all directions: sports science, the stadium side, the commercial side, on all things. For us, they looked very ambitious.

To all my Chelsea boys in here, the sun will shine on us again real soon.

 

[null]

To all my Chelsea boys in here, the sun will shine on us again real soon.

 

[Yehuda]

 

[jj23]

To all my Chelsea boys in here, the sun will shine on us again real soon.

Lol see you in four years then.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[hashmander]

hmmm never heard of airness before. a malian-french breh owns that company. i'm buying right now, never owned a football kit made by a black owned company before.

 

[SCORCH]

Lol see you in four years then.

Four years?

With these owners showing this of level of ambition?

Let's not kid ourselves brev, we both know you'll be seeing us sooner than that.

 

[DapMeUp!]

No way Todd allows Arsenal to sign Declan Rice surely?

Hoping he Hijacks that one too. I'm not high on Rice like that and certainly not for the type of money they would ask for him.

They can have that one

 

[hashmander]

Hoping he Hijacks that one too. I'm not high on Rice like that and certainly not for the type of money they would ask for him.

They can have that one

definitely. not a fan of his game. i hope it's a pump fake to get those stupid fukks to buy him while we go after our real target.

then again arteta has proven me wrong a lot, he knows what he's looking for.

 

[Nitro Tuggle]

Harvey

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Harvey

 

[nyknick]

I know Arsenal and Leverkusen are trying to get Boehly to bite again but 100m for Diaby is ridiculous

 

[Nero Christ]

By the skin of our teeth but thanks to the Wolves for being so incompetent

 

[Roberto Firmino]

By the skin of our teeth but thanks to the Wolves for being so incompetent

It will do