Football

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/jul/14/jordan-henderson-saudi-arabia-moral-contradiction

Are there going to be any players left in the EPL by August?

Yes, loads will be loaned back to help circumvent FPP.

PIF / Newcastle / Chelsea is such a scandal.

As a Newcastle fan, I can confirm that this is true. St Maximin is reportedly going to Al-Ahli, another PIF owned club. I'm really interested to see how much they pay for him, I bet the deal is massively overvalued.

There needs to be a whole sale rule change. It was bad enough with 'feeder clubs' when i was a kid, but now it is ridiculous.

Did you know that the city group now comprises of 8 clubs;
Manchester City.
New York City.
Melbourne City.
Yokohama F. Marinos.
Montevideo City Torque.
Girona FC.
Sichuan Jiuniu.
Mumbai City FC.

St Maximin is reportedly going to Al-Ahli, another PIF owned club. I'm really interested to see how much they pay for him, I bet the deal is massively overvalued.

A figure of €30m has been quoted, which seems reasonable and is in line with his estimated value on Transfermarkt.

Another banger for Nathan Redmond today.
https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1682349653461721088

Amazing.

https://twitter.com/_B17_/status/1682474280536121344?t=7DrM-CxKW_464f2N2M1l9Q&s=19

Wow! Any context? don’t have a Twitter account, so while I can see a video of a hearse doing donuts on a football pitch. I can’t read anything about it.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/23672927.dunston-v-gateshead-friendly-abandoned-masked-men-drive-hearse-onto-pitch/

Cheers, I did a search and there’s a live blog here: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23672912.live-gateshead-fc-match-called-off-hearse-driven-onto-pitch/

Oh amazing, this should fill the hole in my Friday evening

That's gonna make for an excellent round of "What happened next?"

Haiti been pretty solid here. Bit unlucky on the retaken penalty.

VAR in full effect in the Womens World Cup. Haiti absolute props for being in these finals very physical on the pitch, tough opponents, haven’t seen Lauryn Hill in the crowd though.

agreed, was a tough recall after a superb save

When not if, Borgella connects it’ll be a spectacular goal from a cross field pass

Great press from the Lionesses and exciting counter attacking from Haiti in the first half

This is the future @jonny wants

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Whilst we’re on the subject of penalties some epic 13-14 shootout action here (absolute scenes at about 14.45)

https://youtu.be/AJhFPjEFI1U

And Arsenal still managed to lose both.

Very much enjoying the BBCs mini highlights approach for the world cup games, 3-4 mins per game is perfect if you can't commit to watching them all.

heehee. deserves more than wants!

Great football related headlines of our time: -

Kylian Mbappe: Al Hilal make £259m record bid for France international with Tottenham among Premier League clubs interested

maximum lollage there

I saw the Mbappe headline and all I could think was "please let him go".