🚨💥 EXCL | Leandro Trossard to Besiktas - DONE DEAL ✔️
Almost full agreement has now been reached. Trossard and his agent Dirk Hebel have given the green light now.
Contract until 2030 agreed. Arsenal are set to receive €20m. Medical scheduled for Tuesday as close Besiktas sources confirm.
@berger_pj@SkySportDE 🇧🇪
Two Muslim men pulled an elderly couple and their grandson from a burning house in Leeds last Friday.
You probably didn’t hear about it.
Mohsin Qayyum. 22.
Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal. 20.
Both from Bradford.
They drove past the garden. They saw the fire. They ran straight in.
Sheila Robinson, the grandmother who was trapped inside, posted on social media:
"My family and I will be forever grateful to these young men."
Her granddaughter Kayla wrote:
"Drove past the garden, seen it, and ran straight in and made sure everyone was okay without a second thought."
Everyone got out. The house can be replaced. The family is alive.
Every outlet that covered it called them heroes.
They deserved every word.
But not one headline told you they were Muslim men.
We have seen this before.
Two weeks ago, a teacher was stabbed in the neck protecting his pupils from a knife in his Manchester classroom.
Maysum Abdullah. 27. Science teacher.
LBC named him a hero. So did the Independent, the Manchester Evening News, the Mirror, the Sun.
He ran towards the blade.
A hero in every paper. A Muslim man in none of them.
This is the pattern.
When a Muslim name appears in a crime, the faith leads the headline.
When a Muslim name appears in a rescue, it vanishes from the page.
Now look at who that erasure clears the path for.
Bradford, the same district these men come from, is now led by Reform as its largest party.
One of their candidates, Daniel Devaney, topped the poll in his ward after writing on Facebook that Muslims were "pure scum" and that he wanted to "blast [them] off the face of the earth."
He was not deselected. He was not suspended. He was elected.
They are loud about our religion when they want to call it a threat.
They are silent when that same religion sends two young men running into a fire.
The book they want to criticise is the same book that commands us to save a life.
"Whoever saves one life, it is as if he had saved all of mankind."
— Qur'an 5:32
Qayyum and Iqbal lived that verse on a Friday in Leeds.
Abdullah lived it in a Manchester classroom.
And the headlines recorded the act, but erased the faith that drove it.
When we are the suspect, our religion is the whole story.
When we are the rescuer, it is not worth a line.
Their names are Maysum Abdullah, Mohsin Qayyum, and Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal.
Muslim men.
Say both.
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I lowkey regret not tuning into La Liga more when I was growing up and appreciating Messi more because we're never going to see anything like him again.
@asim_lfc Brilliant channel with open minded people sharing diff points from different perspectives - the best Liverpool fan channel in my humble opinion
❤️🩹 Arne Slot’s open letter to Liverpool Echo touching also on Diogo Jota.
“That only weeks after celebrating together we would lose Diogo is indescribable. More than anything, I want to remember a team-mate, a friend and an incredible human being who touched the lives of thousands of you every time he wore this club’s famous crest.
"In one of the most difficult moments this club has faced, the love, compassion and support shown by the Liverpool family was extraordinary. As I leave this club, it would be remiss of me not to say that the way you honoured Diogo and stood together in his memory will stay with me forever...
"You made me feel welcome from the start and helped me on the path. That is something I cherish.
"Liverpool’s 20th league title belongs to all of us and it will remain an important chapter in its history. For that we should all be proud...
"This club will always judge itself by the biggest honours. That is how it should be. But I also leave knowing the club is exactly where it belongs: amongst Europe’s elite. Securing Champions League football was an important responsibility and one that ensures Liverpool can continue competing at the highest level next season and beyond.
"I leave with complete confidence in what lies ahead."
Ibrahima Konate 🇫🇷
Gutted about Konate. Yeah, he had a shite season, but so did plenty of others. On his day he’s been elite, and he’d finally got over his injury issues.
As for the contract situation, he’s seen Gakpo and Gravenberch sign deals worth £250k+ a week, so he’s well within his rights to ask for similar.
It’ll be interesting to see where he ends up, but I can see PSG moving for him as a replacement for Marquinhos.
The summer just got busier!
SUMMER IF MADNESS PART II INCOMING 🔥
Once again wondering why a sporting director who has reportedly already lined up another job is the one in charge of making the decision on the coach's future
@AAodu41912@LiamBuchan37488@asim_lfc No one said diomande but clearly you think he’s better hence why you’ve mentioned it - I said there’s better players than Luis Diaz out there the first name that came to YOUR head was Yan Diomande says it all mate
@AAodu41912@LiamBuchan37488@asim_lfc That’s in all competitions mate u said premier league alone so clearly u need to educate yourself first before anyone else, furthermore there’s better wingers out there than can do everything Diaz can do and get better numbers