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

[nyknick]

 

[Trajan]

Man U fans shytting on him in the comments. They're starving for that Qatari stimulus

 

[neph27]

the future goat coming to city

 

[jj23]

 

[null]

That last one is just fukking ridiculous.

rashford (messi's heir) is pretty good as well.

 

[TobiOT]

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink joining the England coaching staff.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[hashmander]

November 3, 2021

No man is powerful enough to thwart nature | Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog

Morning all. As much as I prefer to keep this place a Sp*rs free zone unless there’s absolutely no way of mentioning them (e.g – when they go somewhere, like the Emirates, and get battered), it’s difficult not to mention the managerial changes there this week. After Nuno Espirito Santo was booed...

arseblog.com

After Nuno Espirito Santo was booed out of town and relieved of his duties, they’ve appointed Antonio Conte on an 18th month contract. For many, this is a concern, because let’s be honest, Antonio Conte is a very good coach, with a strong track record of success at his previous clubs. Nobody wants that kind of manager at Sp*rs. However, I’m not unduly worried.

Antonio Conte is a very good coach, but he is only one man, and he is only human. He couldn’t stop himself going bald, so why does anyone think he is powerful enough to deal with the immutable force that is Tottenhamium?! This is a fundamental element in their universe which glows brightly at times, but ultimately turns toxic, poisoning everything in its path, leaving a trail of hind-quarters brown discharge – like it is the British beach of its own territory.

Just as night follows day, the inherent Spursiness of Spurs will see him reduced to a shell of man, an enfeebled wreck, simply not strong enough to withstand the weight of history and lily-white contamination. There may be a period where he is acclaimed as a hero, he may share lovely boat holidays with the Chairman, and he may even make Eric Dier look like a functional footballer for a short period of time, but in the end, he cannot triumph over nature itself.

damn, prophetic as shyt.

 

[jj23]

Shaw shouldn't be hugging. Should be calling that man daddy the way Saka owned him the last time they played against each other.

 

[TobiOT]

Mbappe the new France captain & Griezmann the vice captain.

 

[Nero Christ]

Tottenham to part ways with Antonio Conte

Exclusive: Following Antonio Conte's outburst after the draw at Southampton, Daniel Levy appears ready to move on from the Italian

www.telegraph.co.uk

the end of conte finally

First 3 seasons of Gomorrah were next level

Gotta do a rewatch on HBO Max

 

[Lurkio]

anyone have an athletic sub? What’s this situation?

 

[Gilver]

anyone have an athletic sub? What’s this situation?

La Liga will return Gavi’s status to that of a Barcelona academy player in the latest chapter of a long-running legal dispute over the registration of the new contract he agreed in September.

Gavi will still be able to play as normal for Barca, but it is a significant development that means a release clause allowing him to leave for nothing this summer now comes back into effect. Barca have told The Athletic they intend to take further legal action on the matter.

His shirt number will change from the six he currently wears, to his old number 30.

Gavi’s situation is a complex one — and it gets to the very heart of the incredibly tense relationship between Barcelona and La Liga.

When the 18-year-old signed a contract extension in September until 2026, he was still registered as an academy player.

The new deal included a clause that would allow him to leave as a free agent if Barca had not registered him as a first-team player by June 30, 2023. Barca could only change his status to that of a first-team player during a transfer window.

By late January, they had not managed to do so, with La Liga stating it could not be done as Barca were in breach of their salary limit rules.Just before the end of the January transfer window, Barca decided to seek a legal ruling, acting without La Liga’s knowledge, to try and force the competition body to register him as a first-team player.

Gavi signed a new contract in September (Photo: Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images)
According to court documents, when presenting their case, Barca claimed La Liga’s decision to reject Gavi’s was part of “a harassment campaign” against the club. Barca were successful in their legal bid.

On the very last day of the window, January 31, a Barcelona court ordered a temporary injunction that forced La Liga to register Gavi as a Barca first-team player, while also giving the club 20 working days to file a separate case, through which a permanent resolution over the player’s status would be reached.

Barcelona filed documents in support of this new case on March 2. La Liga then challenged their submission, claiming they had missed the deadline to do so by a day.

Last week, in a document addressed to both parties and seen by The Athletic, the court confirmed in La Liga’s favour, stating Barcelona did indeed file their documents after the deadline.

The court gave Barca five days to respond before making a final resolution on whether Gavi’s registration will revert to its previous status — that of an academy player.

On Tuesday, La Liga told The Athletic that the court had made a final ruling: to lift the temporary injunction that had forced it to recognise Gavi’s first-team registration. La Liga said it would change his registration “over the coming days”.

Barcelona, meanwhile, continue to claim they filed the necessary paperwork on time, and told The Athletic they intend to further appeal.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Jude and Gavi on the way to Merseyside and nikkas finna be sick when new improved Kloppo’s Reds 2.0 comes next season we ain’t playing fair