Jacob Abraham

Manchester United 🔴
Real Madrid ⚪
2001

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Bradley Barcola on Iraola: “When I spoke to him before signing, it was about playing out wide, doing what I do best and playing with lots of pace”.

“That’s why he thought I was a good fit for this team!”.

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Jose Mourinho on choosing between Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola:

“Carlo Ancelotti.

And I'll tell you why.

People look at Carlo's career and count Champions Leagues.

I look at Everton.

Yes, Everton.

This man had managed Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli.

He had worked with Maldini, Pirlo, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Modric, Drogba and Lampard.

Then one day, Carlo Ancelotti decided to manage Everton.

I remember hearing the news and thinking, ‘Carlo, what happened?’
Not because Everton isn't a historic club.

But I imagine somebody explaining the project.

‘Carlo, we want to compete with the biggest clubs in England.’

‘Good.’

‘But we cannot promise Champions League football.’

‘Okay.’

‘And we cannot promise you the players you had at Real Madrid.’

‘I know.’

‘So why are you interested?’

And Carlo probably just smiled.

That's what fascinates me.

He didn't arrive at Goodison Park behaving like a man doing Everton a favour.

He took the job seriously.

And he brought James Rodriguez .
James Rodriguez !

A footballer who had played for him at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Imagine being James.

‘James, I have a project for you.’

‘Where, Mister? Real Madrid?’

‘No.’

‘Bayern?’

‘No.’

‘Where?’

‘Everton.’

I would have loved to hear the silence after that.

But James went.

That tells you something about Carlo.

His reputation doesn't disappear when he leaves a famous club.

He can walk into Everton and convince a footballer who has played at the Bernabeu that Goodison Park is worth experiencing.

That's a different kind of power.

Now compare that with Pep Guardiola. I've competed against him enough to know he’s tactical.

But Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City are environments where winning major trophies is already expected.

Carlo has experienced that pressure too.

Then he voluntarily walked into a club where finishing 7th might be considered progress.

He went from trying to win the Champions League to trying to qualify for European football.

And Everton wasn't even the end.
He returned to Real Madrid and won 2 more Champions Leagues.

Imagine that.

One season you're trying to get Everton into Europe.

A few years later you're standing at Wembley with another Champions League trophy.

Then Brazil calls.

And Carlo goes to manage Brazil.

At some point, you have to appreciate how extraordinary that journey is.

🗣️ Reporter: ‘So you believe Carlo is greater than Guardiola?’

‘I believe Carlo has answered questions Pep hasn't been asked yet.’

And Sir Alex Ferguson is another manager I admire enormously.

Ferguson proved himself at Aberdeen before building Manchester United into an empire.

Carlo proved himself at Europe's biggest clubs, then showed he wasn't too big to manage somewhere else.

Pep has achieved great things.

But I'd love to see him accept a job where the first question isn't, ‘Can you win the Champions League?’

It's, ‘Can you get us into Europe?’
Because Carlo did that.

And the remarkable thing?

When Real Madrid called again, Carlo didn't need to rebuild his reputation.

He'd never lost it.

That's why I choose Ancelotti.

Not because he won trophies at Everton. He didn't.

But because he could manage Everton, return to Real Madrid, win two more Champions Leagues and then become Brazil's manager.

And somehow, Everton doesn't even look out of place on his CV.

It looks like something only Carlo Ancelotti would do.”

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Jose Mourinho on Bruno Fernandes being named among the 30 Ballon d’Or nominees:

🗣️ Reporter: “Surprisingly, Bruno Fernandes has been included among the 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or….”

🗣️ Mourinho: “Sorry. Surprisingly?”

🗣️ Reporter: “Well, considering Manchester United didn’t win…”

🗣️ Mourinho: “No, no. You said surprisingly. When somebody tells you water is wet, are you surprised?”

Bruno broke the Premier League assist record. He was Premier League Player of the Season, PFA Players Player of the Year, Football Writers Player of the Year. How many times must football tell you the same player was very good before you believe football?

If you tell me Bruno should not win the Ballon d’Or because another player won the Champions League, okay. Then we are discussing team success.

But this is a list of 30 footballers.

If the Ballon d’Or was judged only on individual performance, Bruno wouldn’t be hoping to enter the top 30. The other 29 would be hoping to finish above him.

So my friend, your English is better than mine. Explain ‘surprisingly’ to me, because now you have made me surprised.”

[zeal @Smzeal1]

@FabrizioRomano Don't bring God into this man

[Stunner @invertCucurella]

🚨 For Cristiano Ronaldo to equal Messi's achievements, He needs:

• 1 World Cup
• 3 Ballon D'or Award
• 2 French League titles and
• 1 Human Hormone.

🚨 But For Lionel Messi to equal Ronaldo's achievements, He needs:

• 3 Premier League titles
• 2 Champions League titles
• 1 Puskas Award
• 2 FA Cup
• 2 English Super Cup
• 2 Italian League titles
• 2 Italian Cup
• 1 Club World Cup
• 6 Globe Soccer Award
• 1 UCL All Time scorer Award
• 1 Diamond YouTube play button.

Any disrespect to Cristiano Ronaldo from all Messi fans will not be tolerated anymore... 🤔

[H 𖦏 @hugoknowball]

Sold Garnacho
Sold Antony
Sold Rashford
Sold Sancho
Sold Hojlund
Sold Onana

Bought Cunha
Bought Mbeumo
Bought Sesko
Unlocked Amad

Called out Wilcox
Called out the board
Eradicated player power
SET THE STANDARD

He actually rebuilt the club HIMSELF 🇵🇹

[centredevils. @centredevils]

🚨🚨🎙️| Rúben Amorim on Lisandro Martínez being captain:

"He spent a year recovering from the injury, but during that time, he was always there, always in the meeting, always helping the players, always pushing.

"He's an example in every training session, so I think he deserves to be a captain in Old Trafford in this kind of game.

"And also, he has the characteristics that we need for a game like this."

[JAMES @JamesTactics]

After finishing 15th, Amorim got 4 transfers:

1. Cunha (injured vs City)
2. Mbeumo
3. Lammens (no matches played yet)
4. Sesko (first Premier League start vs City)

I get all the outrage, but it feels like a lot of the media and X accounts had already made up their minds after the Grimsby match. Everything points to the fact that they were never going to give him a fair chance to have a pre-season, bring in new transfers, and then be judged from there.

For context, here are the first five fixtures since the summer:

1. Arsenal: 0-1 loss after being the better side, and an encouraging performance against a title contender.
2. Fulham: 1-1 draw (poor match, missed a penalty)
3. Grimsby Town (Carabao Cup): Lost on penalties, and frankly, you shouldn’t need tactics to beat Grimsby.
4. Burnley: 3-2 win (it should have been a 4 or 5 difference).
5. Man City: 0-3 loss (another poor performance, but again, against a title contender).

Now it’s only GW4, and both the media and the fanbase are on a witch hunt. Most of it is based on last season, when he took over a squad that was 14th (I think?) in November, and he only got one left-back from Lecce in January to implement his system (which is what he was brought in for.)

And let’s not forget: in his first half-season, he managed to reach a European final, something that gets completely overlooked in the current narrative.

I get that his record is extremely bad, but it was already extremely bad in the summer. That’s not new. What happened to “I’ll give him time to show what he can do with a pre-season and new transfers?”

I’m not going along with the hysteria. I really want to see a run of games before making a judgment. Bringing in a new manager in September is insanity, in my opinion.

If this run is already enough for you to start a witch hunt, just admit you wanted him gone in the summer. Let’s not pretend this is about four matches.

[Jacob Abraham @Jackhyper35]

Yo @SonyLIVIntl, pls help india find some proper pundits that kinda know football and kinda what they talk about rather than being social media football fans

[Shuffle FC @ShuffleFC]

If Cristiano Ronaldo missed 3 big chances like this we would never hear the end of it.

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made)

I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

Cristiano Ronaldo, the most iconic villain in football history.

“ 😂😂😂😂”

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Make it make sense

[TC @totalcristiano]

🚨 BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the MOST goals in 2023.

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: "People need to realize that Bellingham is not a striker. He's a midfielder."

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨 BREAKING: The 2030 World Cup final will be at the Santiago Bernabéu. @jfelixdiaz, @RM4Arab

[Manchester United @ManUtd_Es]

Blindado ✅

[Jude Bellingham @BellinghamJude]

A place like no other. Mi Casa!🤍
#HalaMadrid

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Cristiano Ronaldo 🤝 Michael Jordan

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