Bayo Salau

Talk-active by nature ..

Shaping narratives and managing reputations

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Something different is coming...

No noise. No gimmicks. Just football, honest takes, big debates, and a community where every opinion counts.

If football is your language, you're going to feel at home here. #TheBayoOfficial

Watch. Question. React.

Coming soon. ⚽🔥

[Lawverse Magazine @LawverseM]

Spotlight on Edidiong Odukanam Umoh

[F O L U🚀 @FOLVSHO]

Welcome to Class.

Course Title: Tinubunomics 402 - Total Financial Autonomy of a Subnational - Lagos As A Case Study.

Topic - Fiscal Federalism aka How To Efficiently and Effectively Run A Government With No Money from Abuja.

Lecturer - Professor Emeritus Bola Tinubu.

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Paolo Maldini: “I found my club and stayed there for 25 years.”

Daniel Maldini: “Dad, I respect your approach. Anyway, I’m off to Cagliari.” 😂

7 clubs at 24? This man isn't building a career, he's doing a European football tour.

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

Maldini is officially a Cagliari player 🔴🔵

This is Daniel's 7th club at just 24 years old

📸 @CagliariCalcio

[Stake Football @StakeFootball]

🚨🚨🎙️| TRABZONSPOR PRESIDENT Ertuğrul Doğan: "We sold 𝟏𝟖,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 in 3 days after signing Salah, if we reach 25,000 total, the full signing cost is covered." 🇪🇬👑

[EF @EURASIAFOOTBALL]

🇮🇷🇷🇺Iranian defender Nader Mohammadi produced a spectacular assist for Spartak Kostroma against SKA-Khabarovsk — using a somersault throw-in to launch the ball into the box. 🤸‍♂️⚽

The flip throw was famously used by Estonia’s Risto Kallaste and Newcastle’s Steve Watson in the early 1990s.

Spartak won 3–1.

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

🇮🇹 MALDINI REVEALS ALL.

• Guardiola was already writing down Italy XIs
• Why Pirlo was his choice
• How the project collapsed
• Why he disagreed with bringing back Mancini

Some of the biggest revelations from his first major interview with Corriere dello Sport:

1️⃣ Guardiola was closer than anyone realized

💬 “We spent an entire day with Pep in Barcelona. He was very close to accepting. He was even writing formations on paper.

It’s not true that he asked for €20 million. Money wasn’t even a topic. Pep told us: give me one euro less than the last manager and I’m good.

He ultimately rejected because he was tired. He comes from ten exhausting years in the EPL. He just had back surgery. He wanted to rest.”

2️⃣ Why Pirlo was the choice

💬 “Our idea was focused on the technical side, on attacking play, on changing things.

We wanted a young coach who had a history with the Nazionale.

Along with Pirlo we also thought of De Rossi and Grosso, all world champions.

But Malagò told us one of the conditions from Serie A was that we couldn’t touch their coaches.

Pirlo not being a winner is a personal opinion. Whenever I speak with Pirlo he always seems very prepared.

If he was supported by a technical director, he would be the ideal manager.

What résumé did the last two coaches to win a major international trophy have? Scaloni and De La Fuente.

If you only look at the coach, you’re only thinking of today, not tomorrow.”

3️⃣ Pirlo’s Russian contract

💬 “Pirlo was open to getting out of his contract with the Russian company, he’s a good person that didn’t deserve all this.

If there really was the will to have him as Nazionale manager they would’ve found a way to do it”

4️⃣ On Mancini & Conte

💬 “It’s not like I don’t admire Mancini. Mancini and Conte are two great coaches. It’s not a question of friendship. We simply had a different project.”

5️⃣ The project was bigger than the coach

💬 “Reforming Italian football takes time. Creating talent is a long journey.

We wanted to create a new movement that involved all the federal divisions: Serie A, Serie B, Serie C, amateurs, coaches, referees and players.

We had to prepare for both today and tomorrow.

8-10 years are a lot? This is the only point that Serie A was doubtful about. But that was our estimate based on other nations, not only big nations like England, France, and Spain, but even smaller nations like Switzerland”

6️⃣ The turning point

💬 “The first thing I asked Malagò was who would choose the national team manager. He told us that we would choose the manager and he would back our choice. Then the events happened that led to this changing.”

[MILAN DEPRÊ @milandepree]

Ver Maldini chorando no funeral de Franco Baresi é entender que algumas conexões vão muito além do futebol.

Juntos, formaram a maior dupla de defensores da história. Os títulos impressionam, mas a amizade, a liderança e o amor ao Milan os tornaram imortais.

Baresi eterno ♾️

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Milan pays tribute to Franco Baresi ❤️🇮🇹

Thousands gathered for the funeral of the AC Milan and Italy legend, with club greats and footballing figures coming together to remember the legendary defender.

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

@ChampionsLeague That 33-pass move is the longest leading to a Real Madrid goal in the #UCL on record, a longer sequence than all 434 of Real’s goals in the competition since the start of 2003-04 (as far back as data is available).

https://t.co/9oRxoDe87y

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

A lesson in possession that ends with a Hazard ⚠️

#UCL

[ヴァンヌッキWCCF @vannucchi_wccf]

偉人バレージの引退試合に集まった豪華過ぎるレジェンド達

ダーヴィッツ🇳🇱
デサイー🇫🇷
イエロ🇪🇸
アンチェロッティ🇮🇹
ジョージ・ウェア🇱🇷
ライカールト🇳🇱
ロマーリオ🇧🇷
フリット🇳🇱
ジーコ🇧🇷
ロベルト・バッジョ🇮🇹
ファン・バステン🇳🇱

豪華絢爛な世界選抜vsACミラン

[AC Milan @acmilan]

United in remembrance ❤️

In Perth, Rúben Amorim, his staff and the entire team observed a minute of silence in memory of Franco Baresi ❤️

[90s Football @90sfootball]

The day Franco Baresi retired from football ❤️�

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Danny Welbeck to Chelsea*?

It's one of those transfer links that would have sounded unbelievable a few years ago, but Chelsea are now being strongly linked with a move for Brighton striker Danny Welbeck.

The experienced forward enjoyed another impressive campaign with the Seagulls, and with Chelsea looking to add proven Premier League quality to their attack, his name has emerged as a surprise option.

Nothing is signed yet, but it's certainly a rumour that has caught plenty of fans off guard.

Would Welbeck be a smart signing for Chelsea, or should the Blues be aiming higher?

[Shooting Stars SC @ShootingSc]

WARRIORS STEEZE 👕🔵

Built for the badge. Built for the journey.

Introducing our 2026/27 Jersey.

#WarriorSteeze | #3SC | #UpShooting

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

France have finally handed the keys to Zinedine Zidane as their new Manager

The World Cup-winning legend returns to lead Les Bleus, beginning a new chapter after the Didier Deschamps era.

The pressure is immense but so are the expectations.

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Claudio Ranieri has been appointed Technical Director of the Italian Football Federation, bringing decades of experience to help shape the Azzurri's future.

Meanwhile, former European champion Roberto Mancini is being strongly linked with a sensational return as Italy's next head coach, with talks gathering momentum following Andrea Pirlo's departure.

With Ranieri upstairs and Mancini potentially back on the touchline, could this be the fresh start Italian football has been waiting for?

Stay with #TheBayoOfficial for more football updates.

[SIR1⭐️ @sa10nee]

Paolo Maldini has just dropped a bombshell in a recent interview, explaining why he and Leonardo are resigning from their roles as the Italy national team’s technical director and advisor just 10 days after signing their contracts.

Paolo Maldini 🗣️: “One of my biggest mistakes was ever accepting the role in the first place. Italian football has fallen so far, and it’s all because of the federation. When we were appointed, we drafted a three-man shortlist to take over as manager of the national team. Pep Guardiola was obviously our first choice, while Andrea Pirlo was our third.

We negotiated well with Pep, and we reached an agreement with him. However, when we informed the federation about our agreement, they told us they couldn’t afford to pay him and said we needed to find a cheaper option.

We then reached an agreement with Andrea, who we believed would have been a good choice to lead us back to the glory days since the federation couldn’t afford to pay Pep. But President Malagò went against the appointment, using his association with a Russian brand as an excuse.

This is a sad day for Italian football because it has fallen lower than ever before, all due to the incompetence of the federation. We will continue to remain a low-level football nation if Malagò is still the federation’s president. That is the truth. We both tried our best, but believe me when I tell you that we can’t be saved again.”

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Congratulations to @SidnyLopesCabra on this feat.

[Bayo Salau @TheBayoOfficial]

Good Move or Bad Decision for John Stones ?

RT for Good Move
Like for Bad Decision

#TheBayoOfficialReact