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The talking stonehead
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Blue Springs, MO
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Great start. Very nice goal from Pepi with a great cross from Pulisic. Good to see Reyna back on the starting lineup too. Hopefully that means we can move past all that drama.
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#182 |
For The Glory Of The City
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Kansas City
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Bayern hired Tuchel which is hilarious. Borussia Dortmund and Munich play on the 1st with BVB up 2 points at the top.
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#183 |
The talking stonehead
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Blue Springs, MO
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Surely Tuchel can’t destroy two teams in 1 season right? I am in complete shock that he landed the Bayern job after the huge mess he created in Chelsea. Hopefully Dortmund and Union Berlin can make them pay for that mistake of a hire.
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#184 |
For The Glory Of The City
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Kansas City
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Would love it. Dortmund is my team but if it is not them Union Berlin is awesome.
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#185 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Aaronson with a very nice goal. I know it’s Grenada, but it’s an away game in concacaf so I’m very happy with this start to nations league play. |
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#186 |
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Join Date: Nov 2022
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You've outdone yourself. I thought you were clueless on footie but it turns out you're actually a spastic. Tuchel left Chelsea with a far better reputation than he had when he went into the club. He was hired by Bayern prematurely because he's the best manager available and they knew that if Real get knocked out of the CL he'd be lined up to get the job from Carlo.
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#188 |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Liberty
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Messi in Talks for $400m Saudi Deal, Telegraph Says
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia is preparing to offer football star Lionel Messi a $400 million annual contract to play with the Saudi Pro League this summer, the Telegraph reported. The deal, which is being negotiated by Messi’s father, would far exceed the more than $200 million deal Cristiano Ronaldo signed to play in Saudi Arabia until the summer of 2025. The Argentine World Cup champion was suspended on Tuesday by his current club Paris Saint-Germain for two weeks after traveling to Saudi Arabia without permission from the organization. Messi had previously agreed to a deal in principle to stay with PSG, but following the disciplinary action, he will not renew his contract, BBC reported. Read More: The Country Where Bankers’ Pay Is Booming - Saudi Arabia The potential signing would be the latest move by Saudi Arabia to upend the world of professional sports. In addition to the recent signing of Ronaldo, the country has financed the LIV Golf league and its sovereign wealth fund purchased Premier League club Newcastle United. The Saudi sovereign wealth fund also mulled adding Formula 1 motor racing to its sports investments, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News in January. The PIF’s investments in sports and competitive gaming — and moves to bring major sporting events to the kingdom — are partly an attempt to boost Saudi soft power, while critics say such deals are “sportswashing,” an attempt to improve the nation’s image and divert attention from a poor human rights record. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/messi...164407327.html |
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Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
Join Date: Oct 2008
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#191 |
For The Glory Of The City
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Kansas City
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Napoli wins the league for the first time in 33 years and the vibes are immaculate.
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#192 |
Andy Reid Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2012
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You just knew that once Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia for that coin, Messi wouldn’t be far behind.
These guys are entering the last part of their careers and both have completed basically everything they could., especially Messi. Now that Messi has a World Cup, he has nothing else to really shoot his legacy further. He’s done it all. Now he’s just cashing out. |
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#193 |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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That is absolute insanity. Four hundred MILLION dollars!? The Saudis are really banking on a post-oil future for their country but this doesn’t seem like the best approach..
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#195 |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Seems like it's just part of a larger sportswashing plan. Having the world not see the Saudi royal family as tyrannical dictators is probably invaluable to them.
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