They say they dont rate our players until their club is linked to one of ours. Then its think pieces and 7 hour tactical break downs how X player would enhance their system and life ๐
A lot of people abusing Havertz and Kepa but the truth is there is no control in midfield and the defense looks like theyโre playing together for the first time. Doesnโt help when Havertz and Calafiori are making lazy passes in the final 3rd.
Listen carefully and perhaps you can hear the sound of wine glasses being clinked in celebration in Chelseaโs boardroom.
Itโs some result for them if you consider the scale of offending โ financial chicanery, dodgy deals, cheating, whatever you wish to call it โ that was brought before the Football Association without, ultimately, leading to anything more than a ยฃ10million fine.
There will be no points deduction, in other words, for the secret payments in the Roman Abramovich era that, rather awkwardly, helped to put Chelsea into such a position that ยฃ10m is the kind of money inside Stamford Bridge to be shrugged at. Because, as we all know, if there is one way to punish a ยฃ2.5billion behemoth such as Chelsea, it is to fine them the equivalent of what they might pay one first-team player in wages per season.
It is hard to figure out how the appeals board could overturn the verdict of the independent regulatory commission, namely that Abramovichโs Chelsea had sought, and gained, a sporting advantage.
Because, well, just think about it for a second. What other reason was there if not to get an advantage? Chelsea, lest it be forgotten, won three Premier League titles and their first Champions League during the relevant period.
We can safely assume that Manchester City, facing 115 charges relating to alleged financial breaches between 2009 and 2018, will have been taking a keen interest in what has happened to Chelsea and, in particular, the absence of any sporting sanctions.
๐ @DTathletic
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Chelsea have been fined ยฃ10million ($13.4m) and given a suspended transfer ban following an investigation into 74 alleged breaches of the English Football Associationโs regulations.
The west London side were also initially hit with a suspended six-point deduction by an independent regulatory commission, which handed out the punishments, before this was overturned on appeal.
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Newcastle fans begging City to buy Bruno.
Liverpool fans begging City to get involved in the Vini deal.
The game is gone, cucking for City is normalised if it is to spite Arsenal in any way.
every jersey has a story. โค๏ธ
introducing the Arsenal FC Away Jersey 26/27, available now. ๏ฟฝevery jersey has a story. โค๏ธ
introducing the Arsenal FC Away Jersey 26/27, available now. ๏ฟฝevery jersey has a story. โค๏ธ
introducing the Arsenal FC Away Jersey 26/27, available now. ๏ฟฝevery jersey has a story. โค๏ธ
introducing the Arsenal FC Away Jersey 26/27, available now. ๐
Arsenal to make ยฃ70million offer for Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes. Brazil international viewed as a key midfield target but #AFC unwilling to overpay in inflated market. https://t.co/0MhatBOfi7
๐จSzymon Marciniak on refereeing the 2022 World Cup final:
โIn the second minute, Rodrigo De Paul barged Adrien Rabiot to the ground from behind. I considered a yellow card but decided against it. An early yellow for something this soft would have set a line the players would have expected me to follow, leading to a cascade of bookings.โ
๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช: The only stat Messi leads in at the 2026 World Cup is possession lost per game (19.4). โจ ๐ฆ๐ท