🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: After losing the World Cup Final, Lionel Messi chose to spend time with his father, Jorge Messi, who is battling an undisclosed illness, before returning to Inter Miami training.
— @Telegraph
A young midfielder whom every club is after, turns down big money offers and joins one of the biggest clubs in the world.
As soon as he joins, the main man of the team leaves. The club goes through one of the WORST periods in its history. He remains a starter and keeps turning down offers from other clubs just to play for his dream club.
When the club finally starts winning trophies under a new manager the fans and media turn against him.
Frenkie De Jong they will never make me hate you.
anyone who defends Deco and Laporta after this should be ashamed, I mean you knew that you would be getting back to 1:1 , so why not prepare for all signings and backup plans in advance? Still waiting for Alavrez while not addressing other positions is a failure
Meanwhile at Barça:
-zero sales
-paying MATS 90% of his wages to leave
-dragging on with Cancelo
-a legal battle with Atleti
-don’t want to pay more than 6m for Salinas
-no midfield signing
-no CB signing
One month to go, but A LOT has to change.
If Madrid get Rodri and Espi, they’ve essentially upgraded every part of the squad - from back to front - and done so significantly.
Cucurella, Konate and Dumfries are the back. Rodri to control. Diomande for that RW spot. And Espi as the box threat.
Gotta commend it.
UEFA rejects it , CONCACAF rejects it , Africa will also reject this. this is the perfect opportunity for India to qualify, but they will still bottle it
🚨 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: CONCACAF nations have strongly rejected Gianni Infantino's World Cup proposal; here's their statement:
"Concacaf is a confederation united by the love of our game, where football comes first. Guided by this philosophy over the past ten years we have built, from the ground up, an organization founded on service, transparent governance, and the long-term stewardship of football."
"History has shown FIFA and the football family what happens when the custodians of the game lose sight of these values."
"With this in mind, Concacaf today convened a meeting of the presidents of its 41 Member Associations, together with its President, Council members, and its FIFA Council members, to discuss a proposal developed and presented by the FIFA President to establish ‘FIFA Forward Enterprise’ and sell interests in the FIFA World Cup to private investors."
"During the meeting, the membership expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies. In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history was questioned. The discussion reinforced the need for greater transparency and proper governance."
"For these reasons, Concacaf and its 41 member associations have:
· Rejected the proposal;
· Tasked their FIFA Council Members with engaging FIFA to determine how existing FIFA reserves could be used to increase FIFA Forward funding for football development across our region;
· And, tasked their FIFA Council Members with instructing the FIFA President to ensure that any matter follows the proper governance processes via staff and FIFA Council, in accordance with the FIFA Statutes.'
"Through these actions, Concacaf reaffirms that football's future, and its greatest asset, must remain in the hands of our football family."