Diego21
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9 hours ago, OTF said:
Rafa's Valencia won it 19 years ago 😉
Do Real Madrid honestly have the highest wages in the world? (That's what I take you to mean when you say:
"Real Madrid is the team that spends the most money to pay its players."
First I would not believe anything any of the biggest clubs say in the accounts, but above most other I would believe FC Barcelona the least, then Man City and Chelsea (I'm probably saying this because I don't have as much of an understanding of Italian football, where teams like Juventus wrote the book on corruption).
Real Madrid are spending a massive amount on their stadium, which to be fair looks like it will be incredible. Of late they've mostly stayed out of the huge transfer fees in the market. Mostly this is because they've made some poor decisions in recent times and have the likes of Eden Hazard sitting on massive wages doing nothing. Their biggest purchases have been facilitated by sales - Casemiro out, Tchouameni in. They're sweating out players who are near ending their careers; Kroos, Benzema and Modric and seem somewhat resigned to not over extending for the very best players. I feel like they are waiting for Barcelona's irresponsibility to catch up with them and will be happy to win La Liga and go deep in tbe champions league. Financially that makes the most sense as the likely cost to be in the box seat to win the champions league versus being able to make the quarters or semi finals is a false economy. Sure there's the prestige of winning the champion's league, but when you're RM and have won it 14 times including 5 in the last 10 years that's no longer important enough to dig a financial hole.
By contrast, Catalonia is the richest part of the country, they want to sucede from Spain so they're not burdened by the lesser (much like the European super league from their domestic competitions). Barcelona have acted like bullies who are above the law in their football dealings both domestically and internationally. The Spanish Football Federation conveniently can't punish them for paying to influence referees due to a 3 year (!?) statute of limitations. The refereeing system in Spain sees referees get relegated and promoted based of their perceived refereeing performances, those adjudging their performances (the refereeing committee) were on the payroll of Barcelona to the tune of millions of Euros. I believe it was actually Catalonian journalists that uncovered this cheating from Barcelona when they were desperately trying to find the same or similar from Real Madrid.
Now @Diego21 I fully expect you to correct me on everything that is wrong in my post above
@Alex the below is hilarious for several reasons but mostly because it lumps every club except Man City and PSG into the "have not" category.
Every other club in the world, with the exception of Paris Saint-Germain, has to operate within the constraints of finance or fortune. Every other club in the world has flaws or problem areas that they can’t address right now, but hope to at some point in the future.
The likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manu, Chelsea, Bayern etc etc have been operating in the comparative realm of no constraints compared the the vast majority of other clubs who are competing in the same domestic competitions with these (often historic) titans for years and years. Now that a couple have raised the ceiling a little further they're only too eager to cry out that they can't compete on the same level. Klopp was so eager to do this for Liverpool that he accused them of not being able to compete with us, less than 12 months after we were staring down the barrel of a relegation. There is at least some karmic forces in operation that have stopped Man City or PSG from winning the Champions league until now, but that is almost certain to be ended in a few weeks. Comparing the two I'm glad it's Man City and not PSG.
Everything you say is correct, but there are some small points.
What I wanted to say with this, more than anything, is that if we continue the course of this season, in a few years we will have to put up with the same criticism from the most powerful teams in the world regarding the control of public opinion (Real Madrid, Barcelona , mainly) as has happened to Chelsea, Manchester City or PSG.
I don't know how the matter is seen from England, but from here in Spain, it is being sold as if Real Madrid were Bristol City against Manchester City. It is pure hypocrisy.
As for Barcelona and the subject of the referees, it is complex. It has been shown that the Vice President of the referees was paid for video analysis, but it has not been shown that they had the referees bought. And I find it very funny because all this is fueled by the people of Real Madrid themselves. (And look, there is a fact that no one ever says. The Spanish Federation has had 26 presidents of the Referees Committee in its history since 1920 and of those 26, 23 have been Real Madrid players, partners or managers).
As for Real Madrid, I can assure you that it is the most corrupt team in the world, possibly along with Juventus. The difference is that the President of Real Madrid is possibly the most powerful person in Spain.
A couple of years ago, some audios of the president of Real Madrid (Florentino Pérez) were leaked where he claimed to have the power to remove and put journalists, put and remove television programs and change public opinion).
Florentino Pérez has bought politicians to get corrupt money to save Madrid on several occasions and the journalists who have tried to report on it have disappeared (they have lost their jobs).
What I mean by all this, nothing more, is that we're going to have to fight very hard as we get to the top, because we're going to be looked down on by teams that don't want to be overtaken.
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I always really liked Siem De Jong in Ajax Years.
But it just didn't work here. We also didn't have a game system that favored him.
A few months before signing for us, he suffered a serious muscle injury and as soon as he signed with us he suffered it again and he was only able to play 4-5 games in the season.
I think that conditioned the rest of his career.
In addition, the year that he was able to play with us, he was seen without rhythm and in a team (with McClaren) where his position was Wijnaldum, who was the best player on the team that year.
It's a shame, because he really had football. Before the injury, he was a player who looked like he was going to be very good, but afterwards he was never the same again and he could not be important again in the Netherlands, Australia or the United States.
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I also like everything you say.
There are journalists (and in general, the popular voice) who have spoken in recent years of PSG and Manchester City as an illegal team without realizing that they have always been just as illegal.
In Spain, 35% of the inhabitants are fans of Real Madrid (and they reach 50% if they are added to the fans of small teams that have Real Madrid as their other team).
And here is something that happens. Most of the fans of Second Division teams (or many of the First Division) like Málaga, Córdoba, Valladolid, Elche, Getafe are really Real Madrid fans.
The same thing happens with Barcelona. A total of 25% of the population is a Barcelona fan, and they reach 35% if fans of secondary teams are added.
So this is like the Scottish League. Celtir-Rangers (Barcelona-Real Madrid).
And everything is organized so that they always win. Never anyone else.
In the last 20 years, Barcelona and Real Madrid have always been first and second in the League. Except for the years, now with Simeone, in which Atleti have been involved.
The distribution of economic rights was rubbish until 4-5 years ago, because the distribution was as follows... 150 million for Real Madrid, 150 million for Barcelona and 300 million to be distributed among the 18 remaining teams (Atleti took 40 million and was the 3rd with the most).
For a few years, it turns out that they talk about English teams and PSG as illegal teams for their money... Today, the front pages in newspapers in Spain were something like "Money beat football".
And it turns out that the story is curious, because Real Madrid has always been one of the 2 richest teams in the world since records exist (and today it is the 2nd, only 30 million behind Manchester City).
Real Madrid is the team that spends the most money to pay its players.
And that for not getting into more complex issues, such as that in 2001, UEFA prohibited Real Madrid from playing in the Champions League due to its high debts with the Spanish State (Treasury).
And only a week later, an ILLEGAL reclassification of land was achieved that Real Madrid sold to the government for a price 6 times more than its value and went from being the most indebted team in the world to the richest in the world thanks to a so-called crime town. And since then... He signed Figo, Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham, Owen... They won again in Europe, etc.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have a different tax system than the rest of the clubs in Spain (they pay less taxes) and they have been sentenced by the TAD for years to pay more money (and they don't).
Barcelona, last year, exceeded the salary limit of Spain, and the League cheated so that it could register Lewandowski, Kounde and Christensen (yes, with the rule in hand, they could not play).
The problem is always the same. When my team wins and is the best, I don't care. Uncritical. I don't care if he's doing bad things in the offices. When another wins, and they remove me from my site, I feel bad and criticize him.
It makes my blood boil. Oh well. It is something we have to accept. The press (and I am a journalist) will always be conditioned and will rarely tell the truth.
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15 hours ago, aimaad22 said:
A number of links with Tierney again. Are we excited about this? Can't say I've seen him play a lot. How much of an upgrade on big Dan would he be. I've noted a lot of Arsenal fans are somewhat meh about him.
I like Tierney, and I also like Hickey, the other young Scottish Leftback. Either one could be a good purchase.
It scares me though that Tierney won't be able to stay healthy. He has had too many ankle, knee and hip injuries in his short career.
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I have to admit that I would like to see Sunderland in the Premier League for only one reason: I want to play them twice a year and destroy them. It's a derby. Is special. When they were in the Premier it was my favorite game of the year.
But I understand that you don't want them to go up so you can continue laughing at them. My love for Newcastle has developed the rivalry against Sunderland but it hasn't yet developed that hate which I think you can only have if you really live in the city.
I put myself in your case and I want Real Madrid to lose even the plane.
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1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said:
This kid sounds like the real deal.
Younger than Maddison, higher potential ceiling?
I have really seen him play very little. I think he is a very elegant player and that he stands out a lot when he plays well, but lacks regularity.
But I like his player profile. I think he could fit in very well.
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Oh, dear Lee.
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18 hours ago, aimaad22 said:
Gundogan out of contract in the summer, I know there will be a ton of clubs after him and we'd have very little chance, but what a player to be able to sign for free if City dont manage to extend his contract. KDB and Silva in that side often overshadow him, he's very underrated imo.
One of my favorite players.
But I think it is impossible.
In my opinion, I think he will go to Barcelona or stay at Man City.
I think it will take a long time because his intention is to go to Barcelona, but Barcelona currently has no money to register the player (in fact, they can't even make a first-team contract for Gavi, who still has a youth team registration).
Barcelona needs to sell a lot of players and if they don't get it, surely Gundogan will stay in Manchester.
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With Southampton's relegation, I think it could be a good opportunity to sign a player from that team who doesn't want to play in the Championship.
-Ward Prowse. I think he could be a good bench player. He has a similar level to Longstaff and can give us something more when Bruno is out.
-Romeo Lavia. He is definitely my favorite player on this team. His first lap was sensational and he is only 19 years old.
-Livramento. He can be a good understudy for Trippier and our future right-back. He is only 20 years old.
-Salisu. Maybe he is confusing me. I admit that I didn't like it at all when he played in Spain, but his level in the Premier League has surprised me.
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I have something to tell you and I hope you don't ban me from the forum because it's something I discovered yesterday.
Atlético de Madrid, in its beginnings, wore Blue and white because they used old Blackburn Rovers shirts. From 1903 to 1909 the team played like this.
But in 1909, a gentleman went to England to buy new uniforms for Atleti and couldn't get them, so he decided to buy the Southampton uniforms. For this reason, since then, Atletico de Madrid has played in red and white.
I found out yesterday that there is a new study and investigation that says that it may not actually be Southampton kits... but Sunderland kits.
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Looks like Mateu Alemany (Director of Football of Barcelona) is going to join Aston Villa next year.
This man is very very good getting new players. He was working almost 20 years in Mallorca.
Probably was the man that sell us Marcelino Elena for a so much money
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3-1 up, minute 94 and how the whole team presses.
Thank you Eddie Howe.
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We have to close the first set soon.🎾
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I also tell you that it was good for us that Manchester continued in the Europa League and that it had one more double tie so that it would wear itself out and think a little less about the Premier League.
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18 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:
Weghorst 🤣 🤣
Weworst*
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DE GEAAAAAA
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Is more De Gea fail for me.
You shouldn't give the man this pass in this situation...
And then, Maguire make that he always does.-
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7 hours ago, Gemmill said:
Hopefully we can get involved here and absolutely rip the piss out of these early in the window. Assuming there's anyone Howe is still interested in.
Pulisic, Gallagher, Chilwell, Mount and Malo Gusto, in my opinion.
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4 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:
what do you reckon Diego - is he worth a punt?No.
He is 23 years old and he is the same player that he was in 2019 when he arrived at Atleti.
Honestly, the boy has talent. He is very good. And if he wanted to work... he could become a World top player.
But he do not want. He doesn't run. He thinks he's much better than he is and hasn't really proven anything. He has a terrible environment that blurs everything. Since he has not been in the squad, Atleti has not stopped winning and has the best streak and the maximum number of points of all the teams in Europe.
And also, he is a very very fragile and injury prone player.
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Eddie's RELENTLESSLY Pressing Champions League-bound Mags vs Dean Smith's Soft-Centre Championship-bound Foxes
in Newcastle Forum
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Unthinkable 15 months ago.
Enjoy a lot, friends.