🚨 Ousmane Dembélé: “Lionel Messi is the best player I’ve ever seen”. 🇦🇷
“He’s 38 but he’s still fantastic, dangerous… his quality never gets old. We have to be all very careful, Leo can still win the World Cup”, told @marca.
🚨🕷️ No active talks are taking place for Julián Álvarez new deal at this stage.
Simeone: “His future? He’s old enough to know what he wants to do and I imagine he has already made his decision”.
Barça, PSG and Premier League clubs are still on it.
🎥 https://t.co/LdyheZl65W
🚨 Thomas Tuchel: “Phil Foden was excellent in the camp but he struggles to show it on the pitch”.
“It’s not a guarantee he will come to the World Cup”.
The hypocrisy in this piece is staggering.
The Athletic asserts it could not name Partey for legal reasons until he was charged… But then asserts Arsenal should have undertaken actions prior to charging him that would have identified Partey.
They’re basically saying we wouldn’t break the law… but Arsenal should have.
If the Athletic had named him, Arsenal would have been in a position to suspend him. Don’t throw stones in glass houses.
They then selectively include information without balancing context to try and paint individuals in a bad light. For example, it shares that Arteta praised Partey for his performance despite “what he’s been through” implying Arteta had the full context and was defending his actions.
Yet they don’t mention that when Arteta was explicitly asked what he meant by this in follow up, he stated he was referring to Partey’s inconsistencies in performance due to repeat injuries. Excluding this context makes the column a hit piece. Disgraceful.
It then wrongly compares the situation to those of other clubs without clarifying why they were different situations legally.
It then implies this as being an issue specifically within football and simply ignores the challenges that exist in English law with regard to right to privacy and how it directly affects decision-making in this domain. This is not just a football issue. It is an issue in English law.
If you read my posts, you will know I am disgusted by the actions of club and I explain precisely why. What they actually did which was wrong.
But this constant misinformation and point scoring is grotesque too and not helpful in any way - especially when it comes from media outlets.
Get it right and don’t be a hypocrite or sod off.