The Football News Thread 2024/25

[Kenny]

Getting out while the going is good... reckon they have realised that the Prem is a closed shop and you ain't gaining entry no matter how much dosh you have.

They have sold their stake to the Saudis. They were only ever there as the face of the takeover.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They were only ever minority shareholders. Started with 10% and down to 5-6% of late. They were just a lot more public facing than the people who actually own the club.

 

[Lycan]

@Alan USMNT tried to get Klopp!

 

[Alan]

@Alan USMNT tried to get Klopp!

And I’m sure he hung up on us

 

[EdgeOfTheAlps]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1809912758822990282

You really have to be some bellend to think this whilst having lived and worked in another country for 10 years in a dressing room full of people from all over the world.

Well that cunt can go fuck himself

 

[Stan Hullis]

@Alan USMNT tried to get Klopp!

I wonder if he would do England after Gareth goes next week…

 

[jd1981]

I wonder if he would do England after Gareth goes next week…

No potter or carsley I think are the FA choice

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

A few murmurings of Lampard lately too.

But surely not?!

 

[The Bear]

Not sure how accurate this is but Chelsea up to more PSR tricks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811445774192116078

 

[Boozad]

It’s either “two hundred million quid” or “£200m”. “£200million quid” has boiled my piss way more than it should.

Pedantry aside, this is just another factor in me giving up on football, it really is no fun anymore and I’ve just got zero interest. If it’s true of course.

 

[Del Woppio]

Throw them out the league.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Just make intra-group transactions outside the financial calculations for these purposes. Stops it stone dead in a second.

 

[Dire Wolf]

It’s either “two hundred million quid” or “£200m”. “£200million quid” has boiled my piss way more than it should.

Pedantry aside, this is just another factor in me giving up on football, it really is no fun anymore and I’ve just got zero interest. If it’s true of course.

With the incompetent (at best) state of the officiating, the financial chicanery, the appalling owners, the competitive imbalance, and the cesspit of morality and money that football has become, it is a truly detestable sport.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ligue Un still has no TV deal and the season starts in a month. So broadcast income is £0 currently for all clubs. Understandably they're getting a bit itchy.

Amazon, BeIN and Canal+ have all said that for now they aren't interested. DAZN have a bid on the table but it's not a very lucrative one.

 

[Lycan]

Mikautadze has gone to Monaco for €20M. Reasonable price that for a very good player.

 

[YoungWolf]

French FA to complain over alleged 'racist' Argentina song

The French Football Federation is to file a complaint to world governing body Fifa over an alleged "racist and discriminatory" song sung by some of the Argentina squad about France's players.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Kenny]

West Ham v Villa ticket prices (Cat A Game) (If you are a member you save £5 or so)

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Modern football is rubbish.

 

[Kenny]

Band 5 & 6 are the Green areas on this map (obvs not the grassy bit )....essentially 4 miles from the pitch.

 

[Sniffer]

Sounds like a Blur album from the 90's.

Dammit - I must move on - that was 30 years ago.