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Mbappe? Haaland? Messi? Chris Wood?

In under a year, Tuchel has led Chelsea to three finals. By the end of next month it could be four. Not bad for a crisis club.

By the end of next month, Sarr may well have collected more trophies than Kane.

Bet all those whoppers donning a keffiyeh when the Saudi's took over are salivating at the thought of having an ex Albion & Burnley forward as their big January signing.

Only Salah, Son, Vardy, Kane and Lacazette have a record as good as him in the Premier League (for a specific feat).

He's been well out of form this season though.

thought Sarr looked really good last night. He is growing with every game although the opposition was pretty limited ;-)

Africa cup looks fun. Unfortunatley only just caught up with it. Mali-Tunesia seems quite entertaining and the openings match 1st min tackle was a banger
https://twitter.com/LuwagaSamuel/status/1480244106261680137?t=79VcJlEBQrM1iKSn_9GCfw&s=19

Thats a fucking great result for Arsenal. Keeping this Liverpool team to 1 shot on target with 10 men for 70 minutes is a step change from where we've been.

And a well done to Milner and Henderson for continuing to disprove it's those cheating foreigners that keep diving...

Zero shots on target in fact. Arsenal had the only shot on target!

I was being generous to ramsdale for a save in the 92 minute...

a big mane and salah sized hole up front

2 man team aren't you ;-)

Are they back for the second leg now after lieing about the COVID case numbers?

They are both on international duty at the African Cup of Nations, no?

Burnley playing the covid joker this week now they've sold their striker.

Down to one fit striker so it's not surprising we've followed the lead of the rest of the teams. Still think teams should have been forced to play unless it was solely down to Covid that they were missing players, it's all dodgy as fuck.

You guys should be thankful your players are just ill/injured. If the reports are true from the Derby training ground, we've been told that we can't even extend a contract of a player on ~£4k a week (Jagielka) so he won't play for us again.

Absolute joke state of affairs. Just want the whole administration thing over, but claims from Middlesboro and Wycombe chairmen seem to be muddying the waters so much that it's even less straight-forward than a normal administration case.

I think we have 8 players who are contracted past this summer...

I can see why you would need more than one striker! Fun to see you joining in after the complaints about everyone else - but you're right it is completely dodgy. As I said upthread to Mark, the FA/PL really should have got a grip on this and set out proper protocols to deal with it. It's no great surprise that clubs have had covid outbreaks.

And bad luck Derby. It's really looking grim. This is where the rules and punishments start to lead to more financial problems and gets into a death spiral. Hope you find a saviour.

And bad luck Derby. It's really looking grim. This is where the rules and punishments start to lead to more financial problems and gets into a death spiral. Hope you find a saviour.

Looks like it's Mike Ashley or cease to exist at the moment.

Mike Ashley or cease to exist

Oof.

Are they back for the second leg now after lieing about the COVID case numbers?

This aged well.

How's that then?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60003638

Derby County: EFL asks for proof of how club will be funded for rest of season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59995698

Right, I need to start banging the drum about this and spread the word about how shit this whole situation is. The news articles seem to buried in the lower ends of the news feeds on most outlets, but I fear without intervention or more publicity about what is happening that we’ll cease to exist before the end of the season.

Latest summary from our administrators:
3 bids on the table, exit strategy in place and ready to go. However, EFL are deciding that claims from Boro (for their failed attempt to get into playoffs two years ago) and Wycombe (relegated 2 places below Derby last season - note that Rotherham are not taking legal proceedings despite being the team that would’ve survived if we went down) need to be settled before they entertain any of these plans to get out of admin.

Basically they’re changing the rules and also not complying with law to make sure we get punished. We’re hamstrung by them and the only way out seems to be settling these financially (when we would easily win any legal proceedings) by paying them as football creditors.

This action could easily be the end of the club and cost thousands of jobs (both within club and the wider community that rely on it).

I appreciate that the reason the club is in this place is due to misdemeanours and discrepancies of the last owner, but we’ve taken points sanctions on the chin and battled back to have some sort of chance at safety. Plus we’ve been under various transfer embargoes for 3 seasons now and are now being told to accept low ball offers for players and not allowed to replace them with anybody.

Money has ruined football. My eldest son is currently obsessed with football and I’ve been lucky enough to get him interested in Derby (he also follows Arsenal and likes Son and Kane at Spuds). Now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the pleasure of taking him to a Derby match so we can cheer on the team together.

any talk about the fans taking the club over ? happened at hearts - https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/date-announced-for-foundation-of-hearts-to-become-majority-shareholders-of-heart-of-midlothian

It’s a ridiculous mess and a horrendous situation for the fans to be in. The manager, team and supporters have paid the highest price for the owner and boards failings so far. Mel Morris needs to be held accountable.

It reminds me of the farcical West Ham Mascherano/Tevez situation.

And? We're not lieing.