Still not worthy of a thread

[Nucasol]

5 hours ago, Erikse said:

 

Do they have to pay the rest right now in PSR terms in that case? Or does it still run as it was, split over the remaining of those 8 years?

 

 

 

They do I believe, Everton had to with Gylfi Sigurdsson although I’m sure their accountants will be trying to find every trick possible to avoid it. I think Mudryk was one of the deals they did before the PL closed the longer term amortisation loophole, so he’s costing them about £10m a year.

[The Butcher]

 

[Kaizero]

21 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

They do I believe, Everton had to with Gylfi Sigurdsson although I’m sure their accountants will be trying to find every trick possible to avoid it. I think Mudryk was one of the deals they did before the PL closed the longer term amortisation loophole, so he’s costing them about £10m a year.

 

Sigurdsson was a weird one given he ended up being cleared of all charges in the end. If it wasn't for what type of case it was I'd have imagined Everton would've tried going the legal route to get compensation after the fact, but given the type of case it was I can understand Everton deciding to just say "it is what it is" about any financial losses the case might've given them rather than go to court and fight it out given the fact it'd mean even more fairly negative press for them  

 

That type of legal issue seems like a nightmare for a public person to have to go through if they actually were innocent of the charges, which it does seem like Sigurdsson actually was (given the fact his wife stayed with him and supported him throughout, as well as his friends and extended family also doing so – even CAA (his agency) stuck by him, which is extremely odd for CAA as they might be most averse to negative PR among all the major international agencies...). Guy just had his entire career ripped away from him for no real* reason and when he finally got cleared of the charges, two years on, he'd find himself in a situation where he's been released by his club and having had to impact his family through having to live under false identities in a government safe house for the two years the investigation would end up taking.

 

Given that he was cleared of the charges, you'd imagine he'd be entitled to compensation for the duress cause him and his family, as well as for lost income, right? Guess again, 'cause apparently you're not entitled to any compensation if falsely accused of being a paedo, the only course of action those accused and cleared of that has after being cleared would be a civil suit against the accuser(s) for damages – which, for theoretically innocent people, seems like a very harsh extra penalty for them to endure after potentially having already lived through one or more traumatic years before they were cleared of the charges  

 

* If he was guilty then of course he should have his career ripped away, in those circumstances it'd have been for very valid reasons!

[Nucasol]

37 minutes ago, Kaizero said:

 

Sigurdsson was a weird one given he ended up being cleared of all charges in the end. If it wasn't for what type of case it was I'd have imagined Everton would've tried going the legal route to get compensation after the fact, but given the type of case it was I can understand Everton deciding to just say "it is what it is" about any financial losses the case might've given them rather than go to court and fight it out given the fact it'd mean even more fairly negative press for them  

 

That type of legal issue seems like a nightmare for a public person to have to go through if they actually were innocent of the charges, which it does seem like Sigurdsson actually was (given the fact his wife stayed with him and supported him throughout, as well as his friends and extended family also doing so – even CAA (his agency) stuck by him, which is extremely odd for CAA as they might be most averse to negative PR among all the major international agencies...). Guy just had his entire career ripped away from him for no real* reason and when he finally got cleared of the charges, two years on, he'd find himself in a situation where he's been released by his club and having had to impact his family through having to live under false identities in a government safe house for the two years the investigation would end up taking.

 

Given that he was cleared of the charges, you'd imagine he'd be entitled to compensation for the duress cause him and his family, as well as for lost income, right? Guess again, 'cause apparently you're not entitled to any compensation if falsely accused of being a paedo, the only course of action those accused and cleared of that has after being cleared would be a civil suit against the accuser(s) for damages – which, for theoretically innocent people, seems like a very harsh extra penalty for them to endure after potentially having already lived through one or more traumatic years before they were cleared of the charges  

 

* If he was guilty then of course he should have his career ripped away, in those circumstances it'd have been for very valid reasons!

It’s a mad one after all that. Definitely

no winners and just a train wreck financially and emotionally from all of it.

[Lush Vlad]

Joe Hart seems like a very good pundit. Goes in depth without seeming to waffle or disappear up his own arse with buzz words and overly analytical guff. Speaks eloquently and seems a lot more measured and thoughtful than basically all the mainstream ones. 
 

What happened to Nedum Onuoha? He seemed quality the last year or two. But barely see or hear him these days. 

[Kid Icarus]

If you like Joe Hart, watch him talking to Simon Jordan about whether Isak was in the wrong for going on strike. He's a colossal tit.

[kingxlnc]

10 hours ago, gdm said:

 

Remember being linked with him when he was out of favour at Barca, we were linked in early days of PIF. A few times as I recall. Howe would have gotten him this Ballon D'or sooner

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/newcastle-plotting-sensational-swoop-for-barcelona-star-ousmane-dembele-report-transfers-gossip-signings-nufc
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/17184048/newcastle-make-ousmane-dembele-transfer-offer-barcelona-wages/

[Lush Vlad]

20 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

If you like Joe Hart, watch him talking to Simon Jordan about whether Isak was in the wrong for going on strike. He's a colossal tit.

Ah. There’s always receipts. 
 

Maybe I had a low bar for him. As he seemed like he would have been a Bullard LADS LADS LADS type of media personality. Based on the way he seemed to be on the pitch and in interviews. Yet he is speaks well whenever I seem to hear him. 

[Kid Icarus]

42 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Ah. There’s always receipts. 
 

Maybe I had a low bar for him. As he seemed like he would have been a Bullard LADS LADS LADS type of media personality. Based on the way he seemed to be on the pitch and in interviews. Yet he is speaks well whenever I seem to hear him. 

 

Tbf I think a big part of it is the massive chip he has on his shoulder because Pep basically told him he was being sold, so I imagine that's influenced every opinion he has on situations like that. 

[54]

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Lamine Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraou, considers his son missing out on the Ballon d'Or award as "the biggest moral damage done to a human being."

The Barcelona winger came second to Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé in the Ballon d'Or voting.

"I think this is the biggest, I won't say theft, but moral damage done to a human being because I believe Lamine Yamal is the best player in the world by far, by a huge margin," Nasraou, who attended Monday's Ballon d'Or gala in Paris, told El Chiringuito TV after the event.

[hithere]

2 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

Joe Hart seems like a very good pundit. Goes in depth without seeming to waffle or disappear up his own arse with buzz words and overly analytical guff. Speaks eloquently and seems a lot more measured and thoughtful than basically all the mainstream ones. 
 

What happened to Nedum Onuoha? He seemed quality the last year or two. But barely see or hear him these days. 

He not still doing Football Weekly at the Guardian?

 

I agree, I like Nedum. Probably talks too much sense for the click bait though 

[Charlies]

[Nobody]

1 hour ago, 54 said:

Imagine your dad saying that when you're 18, I'd be so embarrassed

[Sima]

The level of entitlement from Barcelona and Real Madrid is off the fucking chain.

[The College Dropout]

I understood his point re: Isak.  
 

but neither Eddie or the club has a history of doing that to players. I hate the Chelsea bomb squad shit. 

[Kaizero]

48 minutes ago, Charlies said:

 

[Nobody]

35 minutes ago, Sima said:

The level of entitlement from Barcelona and Real Madrid is off the fucking chain.

It's bizarre. Also, when the fuck did people start caring that much about who won it? 

Actually, it's the fucking ridiculous Messi v Ronaldo thing again, isn't it? 

[Kimbo]

The ballon d’or is like the Oscars, there’s a grimy campaign that happens behind the scenes for votes. It’s all garbage and I’d love it if a potential winner came out and said he doesn’t give a shit, give it to someone else.

[Nucasol]

4 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

The ballon d’or is like the Oscars, there’s a grimy campaign that happens behind the scenes for votes. It’s all garbage and I’d love it if a potential winner came out and said he doesn’t give a shit, give it to someone else.

Silk glove hand jobs and goody bags?

[TRC]

I hate that whoever wins the CL has to get a Ballon Dor winner. If it wasn’t for Donnarumma he doesn’t even come close to winning it.

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, TRC said:

I hate that whoever wins the CL has to get a Ballon Dor winner. If it wasn’t for Donnarumma he doesn’t even come close to winning it.

He does like. 
 

He’s probably still under rated by many as a talent. Who is levels more talented than him as a footballer? Him at the 9 shows how complete he is as a footballer. Playing outwide limited his game. 
 

Congratulations Dembouz man.  Well deserved winner.  Ballon D’Or should be contested between supreme ballers not bloody DMs.  
 

‘Donnarumma’ get tae fuck 

 

(I’m half joking)

 

TCD Ballon D’Or:

Dembouz

Yamal

Salah

Mbappe

Tonali

[Coffee_Johnny]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

He does like. 
 

He’s probably still under rated by many as a talent. Who is levels more talented than him as a footballer? Him at the 9 shows how complete he is as a footballer. Playing outwide limited his game. 
 

Congratulations Dembouz man.  Well deserved winner.  Ballon D’Or should be contested between supreme ballers not bloody DMs.  
 

‘Donnarumma’ get tae fuck 

 

(I’m half joking)

 

TCD Ballon D’Or:

Dembouz

Yamal

Salah

Mbappe

Tonali

35 goals in 53 games last season,  including 8 in Champions League. Regardless of performances and overall contribution, the numbers speak for themselves. 

[The Butcher]

It's now you're really starting to notice the drop off in quality from prime Messi / Ronaldo.

[kingxlnc]

4 hours ago, Charlies said:

They must be mates

 

otherwise with the amount of love heart eyes and the frequency it’s a bit 

 

[Kaizero]

35 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

They must be mates

 

otherwise with the amount of love heart eyes and the frequency it’s a bit 

 

 

Seems Dembélé was just a massive Perez fan, as he was 17 at the time of those tweets playing for Rennes U18s  Marca apparently reported on it first: https://amp.marca.com/futbol/balon-oro/2025/09/23/dembele-fan-ayoze-perez-jugador.html

 

They end their article by stating that "The new Ballon d'Or winner certainly has a, specific, taste."  which, to me, makes it feel like the correct question to ask Dembélé after he won the Ballon d'Or wasn't any of the obvious "normal" ones about how it felt and so on, it should've been this:

 

 

 

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