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Saint-Maximin vs Engels has the potential to be sickening for Villa.

CFA may impose a salary cap on foreign players in Chinese league. Proposal: The total budget of a club on foreign players' annual salary: ¥150m($19.3m). Each club could have 1 foreign player whose salary is not restricted by the salary cap, and whose transfer fee is under €25m Just when Rafa Benitez thought he wouldn’t be restricted in the transfer market anymore

But it's a continuation of Rafa's progress. Rafa basically started fresh each year, Rafa plus Rondon plus Perez, on I'd quite like ASM added in, and we'd be sitting 5th on Monday night, if not there already with a game in hand Rafa wouldn’t have signed ASM. That’s the thing. He had the veto on players coming in. Saint-Maximin said Nice rejected offers from Newcastle last December /January that suggests Rafa Benitez gave the green light for him. No. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/08/04/allan-saint-maximin-claims-newcastle-actually-wanted-him-last-ye/ “Newcastle came in December last year so it has been a long time for me. Nice did not want to let me go because they needed players. The trainer wanted me to stay. I told him I wanted to go to Newcastle” “Newcastle came for me again so now it is my dream to be in the Premier League. It is a very good club“

But it's a continuation of Rafa's progress. Rafa basically started fresh each year, Rafa plus Rondon plus Perez, on I'd quite like ASM added in, and we'd be sitting 5th on Monday night, if not there already with a game in hand Rafa wouldn’t have signed ASM. That’s the thing. He had the veto on players coming in. Saint-Maximin said Nice rejected offers from Newcastle last December /January that suggests Rafa Benitez gave the green light for him.

The Skysports Bruce love in is going to be sickening tomorrow You just know Gary Neville has a segment lined up to make Bruce look wonderful and Rafa look like Hitler.

After the love Saint-Maximin has had this week you just knew The Chronicle would come out with a Rafa Benitez didn’t want Saint-Maximin headline

Spot the fuck on A million percent this

Mark Douglas on Twitter doing his usual anti Rafa swing in response to the article He’s become the anti Rafa Benitez leader on Twitter loves to get the fanbase turning on Rafa. He reckons Rafa is just trying to play the media to keep his profile high.

Only because their managerial choices have been terrible. Intrigued to see who they go for next I’d love to see one of them gamble on Eddie Howe next

Man City's possession figure of 46.74 today is the lowest recorded by a side managed by Pep Guardiola in any of his 381 top flight matches in charge

Not keeping/replacing Kompany last summer looks a huge mistake by Pep Guardiola.

Just seen their next 5 games(Leicester, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal) there’s no way he survives them

Rafa Benitez could have had his pick of Arsenal, West Ham, Everton if he just waited till November

You think Howe is the right type of coach to come in and fix the mess Pellegrini has them in defensively? Eddie Howe is the opposite of what they need.

Definitely. Arsenal have good fixtures so Emery should last a bit longer.

Bruce has took the shackles off Dubravka he’s getting much more further forward.

The bottom club in Germany absolutely destroying Dortmund on the counter attack. Reminds me of Dortmund under Bosz

Richard Keys agrees with you and you think that's a good thing Only on this one occasion

Bottom for average possession and the only team to have average possession in the thirties. Bottom for passes into the final third this season and the only team to have under 100. Bottom for xG(Expected goal chances created) Bottom for open play goals(Only7) You would have to be extremely delusional to make out you’re watching anything other than the above

Said he prefers playing on the left than the right. But thinks his best position is number 10 because he can be free to go anywhere.

Richard Keys Been told time & again today ‘Mourinho doesn’t get @SpursOfficial DNA’. Yes he does. We all do - pretty football & finishing 3rd or 4th - occasionally 2nd. He’s not there to do that - he’s there to win. You needed Eddie Howe if you wanted pretty.

Steve Bruce “The (Aston Villa) team that got up, is the team we practically put together.“

It’s the side he’s played most of his life