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fucking maggies cunt

Aye my assumption is that no-one really needed his position that much. But obviously far too lazy to look at squads and evaluate that nonsense.

Couldn't be arsed to work out how to change to pounds, but.... All big fees with certain types of risks imo.

I mean, 25m isn't a wild fee these days and I think plenty of clubs gamble that kind of money. Basically anyone other than the top 6 I could see potentially being interested. Everton Villa Leeds West Ham. Plenty of teams that would take 25m punts on promising players imo.

If he's not another Kenedy, aye. I'm a little lost as to why no-one is competing with us here tbh.

We're not competing for anything, what the fuck does it matter if he plays for someone else? Would've been fun/interesting.

Just seems basic without being "clean" or anything like that. Could've made that kit using Microsoft Word shapes.

If they don't have the management in place to deal with all these bellends, I don't think that any trophies are a given.

I think this is an interesting discussion point. Personally, I find myself much more interested in the Italian league than any other foreign league. I don't really understand why. I suppose due to the historical cache of several clubs in Serie A, combined with my age. With the league seemingly peaking in at a time when I was paying the most attention, and of course James Richardson's gelatos certainly helped. The fact there are several teams of interest always made it seem more competitive too. Hopefully the decade of Juventus pissing the league are a thing of the past, but it doesn't sound like it given the debacle at Inter. Might give it a genuine go this year. I think I'll need to arbitrarily pick a club to support. Ideally one that I could be bothered to visit some day. I always had Roma kits as a yoot, but they seem uninspiring plus Mourinho

I guess we'll quickly find out if Messi hates him or not.

and only $127 + $30 shipping too! I wonder if that covers 1 minute of his wages.

Nice short that like. Jordan and arl that. Might have to dabble.

Why do you loathe PSG? They're such a non entity to me that I just can't muster up any strong feelings. I got the feeling from my LENGTHY time in Paris that nee-one there gives much of a fuck about them either.

I think it would've been a bit more fun if he'd gone to a not-quite-top-of-the-pile club in Europe. An Arsenal/Tottenham/Dortmund etc. But honestly, I don't think that would've been a good move for him if he's trying to keep his legs.

I will never understand why people think Leo Messi is 'better' than anyone else who plays the game. He was brought through at a team that has been one of the best in the world, he did not stay there because of his undying loyalty, he stayed there to win and get paid a fuck ton. Now he's going to get paid a fuck ton somewhere else.

Not sure anyone has ever doubted the effectiveness of the strategy. It just shouldn't be allowed. It just allows rich clubs to hoard cheap young talent and get richer.

I don't think it should just be wild west but FFP is clearly utter wank. Hard salary cap. Job done. You can even make it an astronomical number. Just not as astronomical as the top 10 wage bills in Europe or something.

You're SIZEIST. He didn't get much of a chance here imo. Might be the new Messi. Probably not tho. 8 goals in a bottom 5 S'hampton imo.

I mildly agree, but "toxic" is probably a stretch. New season joy is always going to buy a little leeway. And I'm not sure our fan base is even capable of reaching 'toxic'. Unless toxic means mild groaning when someone misplaces a pass / bewwing at 93 minutes.

The league is better I guess. But I don't really see the difference in most of these super clubs. They're arl twats. I would've preferred to see him in the PL because I'm not gonna watch the French league. But if I was French I'd probably disagree.

I mean, obviously we're a shithole club, but he knows what he's getting. Theory will be 1-2 years of first team football, then sold to Everton/Tottenham/Chelsea for 50m quid, with zero chance the club stands in you way when you ask to leave.

Oh no didn't you see! The article says they're buying him to pay alongside Kane!

Spurs arsenal pre season friendly?!

Talk about the other games today please

Idk why people like to tell themselves ESL holdout Barcelona is this magical club like. They're just cunts like everyone else. Messi will be off to PSG to make a few more dollar, dick around in a piss league, and he probably won't have to drag his family away from Barcelona. Will be fun to see him transition to another team imo. Shame he left it so late.