The World Football Thread

[StanSP]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

I hate the money in football as much as the next hypocrite socialist with a season ticket but even I've got to admire and be amused by the audacity of PSG. 

 

Under the kosh on the FFP front for signing up Neymar for an unbelievable 200m, in serious need of selling off some assets to be compliant. 

 

How do they respond? Buy Kylian Mbappe for 130m.

Apparently the loan deal has no fee so they'll pay that next summer and have until 2020 or 2021 to cover themselves for the outlay. FFP is a load of shit really

[GeorgeTheFox]

I feel so sorry for Monaco... at least we didn't get dismantled quite that badly after our title win 

[Innovindil]

https://streamable.com/8w4sw

 

Banger from the faroe islands.

[Jattdogg]

Barcelona director: Liverpool demanded €200M for Coutinho
https://www.thescore.com/news/1363898
 

 

Barca complaining about teams spending too much even though they do the same crap.  Just reading the comments from the barca director were laughable. So its ok for you to 'steal' a player from a less fortunate (less money) club like dortmund/rennes  but when someone does it to you (PSG or liverpool) you cry about it.

 

Jokers.

 

Go pay dembele that 230k+ a week and shut it.

 

 

On a side note i think all clubs should have a salary cap and cant hoard players. Level the playing field and be fair. Oh wait barca wouldnt want that would they?

[Lovejoy]

On 9/2/2017 at 16:29, Jattdogg said:

Barcelona director: Liverpool demanded €200M for Coutinho
https://www.thescore.com/news/1363898
 

 

Barca complaining about teams spending too much even though they do the same crap.  Just reading the comments from the barca director were laughable. So its ok for you to 'steal' a player from a less fortunate (less money) club like dortmund/rennes  but when someone does it to you (PSG or liverpool) you cry about it.

 

Jokers.

 

Go pay dembele that 230k+ a week and shut it.

 

 

On a side note i think all clubs should have a salary cap and cant hoard players. Level the playing field and be fair. Oh wait barca wouldnt want that would they?

Loathsome club. I'd love it (Keegan style) if Valencia, Athletic or someone else could upset the apple cart in Spain.

[Stadt]

The 2001 Deportivo 5-2 Real Madrid game was on sky the other day, brilliant.

[Brainy]

Forgot about them until I just spotted their name sake in the division where I expected them to be after last years relegation from the top flight

 

Dnipro are now playing in the Ukrainian 3rd division.

 

http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/ukraine/fc-dnipro-dnipropetrovsk/2255/

 

There team is stupidly young aswell. Going okay in their league so far

[MC Prussian]

The Mexican league is getting more and more foreign players aboard.

 

Gignac going to Tigres was an odd choice for a Frenchman, Keisuke Honda this summer was a WTF transfer (out of nowhere, first Japanese to play in Mexico, if I'm not mistaken), but now there's news that Kolodziejczak (ex-Sevilla and Mönchengladbach) and Matias Fernandez (formerly at Fiorentina) are going to join the Liga Bancomer also.

Before that, Argentinian left-back Vangioni (formerly with Milan) went to Monterrey and fellow countryman Garcia to Deportivo Toluca.

 

Makes for a much more attractive league now. Wonder now many more big names are going to be heading West still...

[MC Prussian]

Romania national team coach Christoph Daum, not too unfamiliar with scandalous behaviour himself, gives a memorable press conference:

 

[shen]

6 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

The Mexican league is getting more and more foreign players aboard.

 

Gignac going to Tigres was an odd choice for a Frenchman, Keisuke Honda this summer was a WTF transfer (out of nowhere, first Japanese to play in Mexico, if I'm not mistaken), but now there's news that Kolodziejczak (ex-Sevilla and Mönchengladbach) and Matias Fernandez (formerly at Fiorentina) are going to join the Liga Bancomer also.

Before that, Argentinian left-back Vangioni (formerly with Milan) went to Monterrey and fellow countryman Garcia to Deportivo Toluca.

 

Makes for a much more attractive league now. Wonder now many more big names are going to be heading West still...

Guess the drug money has entered football there

 

8 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

Romania national team coach Christoph Daum, not too unfamiliar with scandalous behaviour himself, with a memorable press conference:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Christoph Daum&#39;s epic video from today. He was given a fishing rod by GazetaSporturilor after he said the paper is only good at packing fish <a href="https://t.co/xf3RnF66mz">pic.twitter.com/xf3RnF66mz</a></p>&mdash; Emanuel Roşu (@Emishor) <a href="https://twitter.com/Emishor/status/902129329743826945">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Who says Germans do not have a sense of humor!? Zat voz Komedie Geniuß

[Guest Col city fan]

Who gives a shite if the Prem isn't on this weekend!

Why?

Because the A League is back!

YES!!!!

[davieG]

Ricardo Carvalho has been sentenced to seven months in prison due to tax offences whilst at Real Madrid between 2011 and 2012.

The former Portugal international spent three seasons at the Bernabeu between 2010 and 2013 and has accepted the sentence handed out by the Madrid magistrate court.

The prosecution office has requested a year in prison and a €300k, however the court felt that was ‘disproportionate’ and instead sentenced the 37-year-old to seven months in prison along with a €142,822 fine.

The court praised Carvalho for his full acknowledgement of the circumstances and compliance in proceedings, alongside repaying the full fee of €545,981.03.

Currently playing for Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG this is news which is likely to end a two-decade long playing career which included spells at Porto, Chelsea and Monaco.

[Webbo]

I've just found out the U 17 world cup is on and England are in it. What stations are covering it here?

[davieG]

On 07/10/2017 at 12:28, Webbo said:

I've just found out the U 17 world cup is on and England are in it. What stations are covering it here?

According to the Sky search England v Chile  is on Eurosport 2 at 12.15 Sunday.  Presume it kicks off at 12.30

 

Sorry Webbo I wrote this yesterday but for some reason it didn't go live.

 

Anyway winning 3-0 with 15 mins to go and their goalie just go a red card .

 

Oops 4-0

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, davieG said:

According to the Sky search England v Chile  is on Eurosport 2 at 12.15 Sunday.  Presume it kicks off at 12.30

 

Sorry Webbo I wrote this yesterday but for some reason it didn't go live.

 

Anyway winning 3-0 with 10 mins to go and their goalie just got a red card .

 

Oops 4-0

 

[Guest Col city fan]

A magnificent first weekend to the A League, is sadly over.

The Newcastle Jets look strong....but Central Coast look like they again may be the whipping boys of the division.

Western Sydney were convincing, and Sydney FC put on a superb defensive display in Melbourne.

Roll on week 2...

[Webbo]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

According to the Sky search England v Chile  is on Eurosport 2 at 12.15 Sunday.  Presume it kicks off at 12.30

 

Sorry Webbo I wrote this yesterday but for some reason it didn't go live.

 

Anyway winning 3-0 with 15 mins to go and their goalie just go a red card .

 

Oops 4-0

Ah well, missed it. I suppose with the senior side playing today as well, I'd have probably been overwhelmed with excitement anyway.  

[davieG]

6 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Ah well, missed it. I suppose with the senior side playing today as well, I'd have probably been overwhelmed with excitement anyway.  

The highlights are on at 4 for an hour. A curtain raiser for the main event. 

[davieG]

On 08/10/2017 at 15:12, Webbo said:

Ah well, missed it. I suppose with the senior side playing today as well, I'd have probably been overwhelmed with excitement anyway.  

U17 v Mexico about to start on eurosport 2

[CosbehFox]

On 06/09/2017 at 08:24, MC Prussian said:

The Mexican league is getting more and more foreign players aboard.

 

Gignac going to Tigres was an odd choice for a Frenchman, Keisuke Honda this summer was a WTF transfer (out of nowhere, first Japanese to play in Mexico, if I'm not mistaken), but now there's news that Kolodziejczak (ex-Sevilla and Mönchengladbach) and Matias Fernandez (formerly at Fiorentina) are going to join the Liga Bancomer also.

Before that, Argentinian left-back Vangioni (formerly with Milan) went to Monterrey and fellow countryman Garcia to Deportivo Toluca.

 

Makes for a much more attractive league now. Wonder now many more big names are going to be heading West still...

Ravel Morrison scored a great goal at the weekend. 

[KingsX]

Veteran soccer player in Indonesia dies following horrific in-game head collision

Indonesian goalkeeper Choirul Huda has died after a mid-game collision playing for Persela Lamongan.

The freakish incident occurred just prior to the halftime whistle.  The Persela goalkeeper left his line to clear away a ball but collapsed after colliding with team-mate Ramon Rodrigues and Pedang forward Marcel Sacramento.  He collapsed on the field shortly after the head-to-knee collision and was transported to a local hospital before the team announced his death after the match.  Huda had played over 500 matches for Persela dating back to 1999.

The collision is bad, but not far beyond what a keeper is exposed to on many a 50-50 ball vs a reckless striker. 

 

 

 

[spacemunky]

On 23/08/2017 at 22:08, spacemunky said:

Toronto FC are a class above the rest of MLS.

I guess this quote will look bad if we don't win today against Seattle in the Cup final.

[Samilktray]

Good draw for the Wolverhampton Globetrotters today

[Finnegan]

Italian cameramen love finding talent in the crowd. 

 

[spacemunky]

Toronto FC are the MLS Cup Champions!!!