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"The statue has sat in storage because Waltham Forest council in east London has been unable to find a suitable location for it."

Presumably they're waiting for the sculptor to finish the toilet for him to sit on.

they are just waiting on funds for the eric dier statue to keep it company

Jesus fucking christ

Should've had his mouth hanging open IMO.

Matches his career trophies?

Confusing headline…

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68580638

Leicester latest club to be charged by the EPL for breaking spending rules.

The Sven Liverpool legends match is streaming on YouTube this afternoon. 2pm coverage starts & 3pm kickoff I think.

https://www.youtube.com/live/I6JlF51ETPc?si=A28g8K-gsh_Nr5ly

Not a fan of Liverpool, but here for this.

it's an amazing gesture.

Three Villa players on the pitch at the same time in England-Brazil, extraordinary, would have been the stuff of a madman’s dreams only a few months ago.

Add in Jarrod Bowen so ably representing Leo instep/ Herefordshire, fevered dreams indeed

nice pic from the Liverpool legends match

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Got a lot of time for this. :-)

I’m concerned* about England’s [lack of] strength in depth. Beyond that first 15 or so players, I’m not sure many more are really at that level.

Dunk
Gallagher
Gomez
Chilwell

All seemed pretty limited in last night’s fixture vs Brazil.

Gordon had a good debut and so did Mainoo. Konsa (sp) looked steady, but didn’t offer much else on top of the defensive side of his game.

*not overly; I’d take a United FA Cup win over an England Euros win.

Exactly why they're likeable, as a neutral.

Endrick was born after Zidane retired.....that made me feel very old.

I genuinely wasn’t aware that England are likeable!

Weird for me, people fawning over Endrick’s performance. I’m happy for the kid, but he scored a tap-in and missed a sitter.

Regarding Liverpool.

That game was irrelevant but even so scoring at Wembley at 17 is still quite special. Plus he's about to join Real Madrid, so he's no Antony.

I mean, we’ll see.

To be fair to the kid, he's going to help a lot of journalists pay off their mortgages before he retires, however his career turns out.

I mean people are still writing articles about Freddy Adu.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/25/marina-granovskaia-role-chelsea-alleged-financial-breaches-under-investigation-premier-league

The former chief executive of Chelsea, once described as “the most powerful woman in football”, is facing questions about what she knew of secret payments made under the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich, amid a continuing investigation into alleged breaches of football spending rules.

Details of millions of pounds in fees, funded by offshore vehicles belonging to the Russian oligarch, emerged last year as a result of the Cyprus Confidential leaks project, published by the Guardian and international partners.

Documents from the files indicate that Marina Granovskaia, a close associate of Abramovich who ran Chelsea until he sold the club in May 2022, knew about some of the transactions, including a fee paid to the agent of star player Eden Hazard.

i wonder if the list of premiershit champions from 2000 to current is going to look just like the tour de france winners in the 90's and 2000's .... lots of asterix's

Freddy Adu

Ha, not heard that name for ages. I was curious what happened to him, 15 clubs in 9 countries lol.

Poor lad, was an absolute king on Champ Manager (or was it Football Manager back then in 94/5?)

That cross from Lukaku for Tielmans. Half of me is is thinking “Lovely cross” and the other half “get a right foot, yer plum”