MC Prussian Posted 13 July 2018 Posted 13 July 2018 Barcelona sign French centre-back Clement Lenglet from Sevilla for £32m, adding a £265m release clause. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44809786 Never really heard of him before this news broke, is he that good a prospect?
spacemunky Posted 15 July 2018 Posted 15 July 2018 Rooney came on in 58th minute. Had a couple chances. Assisted on DC's third goal of the night in a 3-1 win.
Wymsey Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 Diego Maradona is named as Dinamo Brest chairman. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44848780
MC Prussian Posted 16 July 2018 Posted 16 July 2018 31 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Diego Maradona is named as Dinamo Brest chairman. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44848780 Well, nothing to see there then...
spacemunky Posted 17 July 2018 Posted 17 July 2018 15 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: Maradona is an irrelevant fat turd 1
MC Prussian Posted 18 July 2018 Posted 18 July 2018 (edited) According to latest news, the Algeria FA is likely facing FIFA sanctions soon due to the fact that they failed to report friendlies against Mauretania leading up to the 2017 Africa Cup. This means the national team could be banned from international football for the time being, also affecting two Algerian clubs competing in the African Champions League (MC Alger and ES Sétif). Edited 18 July 2018 by MC Prussian
MC Prussian Posted 19 July 2018 Posted 19 July 2018 Bayern have found their successor to Lahm and Rafinha: French World Cup champion Benjamin Pavard arrives from VfB Stuttgart for 35 million Euro (£31m).
Stinkenzo Posted 21 July 2018 Posted 21 July 2018 On 20/07/2018 at 06:42, Worthington said: Anyone know what happened in the Riga v CSKA Euro tie last night ?? Six sent off, four of which , apparently, was during or after the penalty shoot -out ! Bulgarians
MC Prussian Posted 22 July 2018 Posted 22 July 2018 Mesut Özil doesn't want to play for Germany any longer. Well, it's not as if he's ever done that before.
MC Prussian Posted 22 July 2018 Posted 22 July 2018 On 20/07/2018 at 07:42, Worthington said: Anyone know what happened in the Riga v CSKA Euro tie last night ?? Six sent off, four of which , apparently, was during or after the penalty shoot -out !
Thommo Posted 22 July 2018 Posted 22 July 2018 Liverpool Vs Dortmond on virgin channel 127 Premier Sports live if anyones interested.
spacemunky Posted 22 July 2018 Posted 22 July 2018 1 hour ago, Thommo said: Liverpool Vs Dortmond on virgin channel 127 Premier Sports live if anyones interested. Pulisic the hero. Fans are happy there in Charlotte.
CosbehFox Posted 23 July 2018 Posted 23 July 2018 10 hours ago, MC Prussian said: Mesut Özil doesn't want to play for Germany any longer. Well, it's not as if he's ever done that before. Never been a huge fan of Ozil but felt for him reading his statement
MC Prussian Posted 23 July 2018 Posted 23 July 2018 1 hour ago, Cardiff_Fox said: Never been a huge fan of Ozil but felt for him reading his statement Well, it's caused a bit of a stir in Germany, and one could say, for the better. After all, it touches upon two rather delicate subjects - integration and national identification. It reminds me of the Xhaka/Shaqiri affair in Switzerland. Özil speaks a lot about "respect" in his three-part statement, but I haven't seen much of that "respect" paid to the German Football Association or the national team over the past few years. As the years have passed, Özil has more and more turned away from the national team, with sometimes dubious, sometimes anonymous performances on the pitch. All in all, it's rather one-sided and paints Özil as the "victim" in this whole affair, when in fact, it was him and Gündogan who started it all by posing with Erdogan, acting as a political marketing tool for Turks in Germany (many of which who hold no German passport, btw). It's one of these episodes where I think a decent apology would've been in order instead and with that, a focus on the sportive matters. Too often these days, we see athletes posing but for themselves in an act of self-preservation and self-marketing, where branding becomes more important than your performance on the pitch. The brand "Özil" has become more important than the brand "Die Mannschaft" - compare the number of followers on Social Media. I wonder what DFB president Grindel has to say now. Not that I regard his position as tenable any longer, he's a politician and not a sports person and should've never been appointed in the first place. The football association needs to start anew, with more competent people at the helm.
MC Prussian Posted 23 July 2018 Posted 23 July 2018 (edited) Parma are deducted five points for the new Serie A season due to match-fixing of one of their players, Emanuele Calaiò. Calaiò has subsequently been banned for two years - which means he'll most certainly retire from pro football altogether now. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44924906 Edited 23 July 2018 by MC Prussian
Finnegan Posted 24 July 2018 Posted 24 July 2018 Came here to post the same thing, Alex. Just when you thought they might be free of scandal.
spacemunky Posted 25 July 2018 Posted 25 July 2018 Now we(Canada) just need 10 more like him for 2026: Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign 17-year-old Canadian phenom Alphonso Davies from the Vancouver Whitecaps, according to multiple reports. The Athletic reported on Tuesday that the two clubs had reached an agreement for a base transfer fee of $13 million -- which would already be a record for an MLS export -- with performance-related add-ons that could bring the total to $19 million. Because Davies is a homegrown player, the Whitecaps will likely be able to keep all of the transfer fee, rather than share a sizable portion with MLS. According to MLSsoccer.com, Davies will remain with the Whitecaps until the end of the MLS season, as he would not be able to play for Bayern in an official game until he turns 18 in November.
spacemunky Posted 25 July 2018 Posted 25 July 2018 Just noticed that a local team here is playing a Serie A team tonight. Frosinone, who just got promoted to Serie A are playing the Oakville Blue Devils. If I'd noticed a bit earlier, I might have went. Actually, it's near the airport so I probably wouldn't have bothered. Cool anyway though!
Max Wall Posted 26 July 2018 Posted 26 July 2018 13 minutes ago, spacemunky said: Just noticed that a local team here is playing a Serie A team tonight. Frosinone, who just got promoted to Serie A are playing the Oakville Blue Devils. If I'd noticed a bit earlier, I might have went. Actually, it's near the airport so I probably wouldn't have bothered. Cool anyway though! You used to be indecisive but now you're not so sure? 2
Finnegan Posted 13 August 2018 Posted 13 August 2018 The lad he tackled that just needed to cross it in field to his mates is going to feel like a bit of a nob the morning after.
Samilktray Posted 14 August 2018 Posted 14 August 2018 Has anyone subscribed to 11sports or whatever it is, to watch Serie A & La Liga? I'm definitely gonna do it purely for Serie A but I'd like to know it's at least half decent
ScouseFox Posted 14 August 2018 Posted 14 August 2018 6 hours ago, Samilktray said: Has anyone subscribed to 11sports or whatever it is, to watch Serie A & La Liga? I'm definitely gonna do it purely for Serie A but I'd like to know it's at least half decent they’ve been pretty awful at all the golf they’ve taken off sky. golf’s quite a lot harder to broadcast than football though.
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