Class Captain

Finding the narrow path ... ⛪️🇳🇬🤵🏿

[Oloye Akin Alabi @akinalabi]

1. Those companies did not build those stadiums; they simply paid for the naming rights. For example, Mercedes-Benz pays an average of $12 million per year to have its name on the stadium.

2. The disparity between the cost of maintaining such facilities and the income they generate is so vast that they could easily become white elephants.

Maintaining the Mercedes-Benz Stadium costs about $5 million monthly. There is simply no market for such facilities here.

3. What we need are small arenas (with capacities of 5,000 to 10,000) that have well-maintained playing surfaces and other decent facilities in every Local Government Area across the country.

4. Local Governments (not the president) across the country should be doing (thats if their governors allow local government autonomy to thrive)

5. We can also encourage companies and individuals to build such facilities. For example, I built full-sized pitch (personal funds) at Urban Day Grammar School, Ibadan.

Guess what? We have already unearthed some talents who are now on their way to trials abroad.

Imagine what we could achieve if we all joined hands and did this at scale.

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

Trevor Omo Ológò Chalobah!

[Trevoh Chalobah @TrevohChalobah]

Believe

[tyro @DoubleEph]

As my review was for a US audience, I didn't end up using it but I followed the particular case of a council worker in Lewisham by ordering the court transcripts (not one of the victims in Carlos' book but a typical one). She was spared prison but only just.

I liked Carlos' book because he attempts to look into the pipeline that is producing these boys out of Nigeria at scale. It is ugly and uncomfortable, but it is also very revealing.

I have always said these boys are doing immense damage to whatever reputation Nigeria has left in the world. It will be good for Nigerian government officials to read it and start to think of a policy response that tackles the problem at its root.

[🅱️ASH-AAR🛑 @YesItsBash]

“You go enjoy ball, your salary fit no complete o but you go enjoy ball”

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

It’s Rayan Cherki for me. What’s that pose!

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

L’équipe !

[𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳 @Ivan_Schwakoff]

Only Game Of Thrones fans will know 😂😂

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐️

[Josh Hart @joshhart]

You couldn’t teach the type of Hate Watch I’m on today

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

Now Gabriel will know how John Terry felt on that rainy night in Moscow, 2008

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

A bad day for Arsenal;
A good day for me;
A lovely day for Football!

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

Not a good day for Haram football!

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

Love this trio!

[Blue_boy @BlueboyNk]

One of the worst decisions in football

[Ewgi @Ssaasquatch]

For a long time, I couldn’t hear very well with my left ear. One day at MFM Youth Church, the pastor who had never met me before described my exact condition from the pulpit. As he prayed, I suddenly felt a rush of air pass into my left ear, and in that exact moment, my hearing was restored. Since then, my conviction in the existence of God has been unshakable.

[David Miliband @DMiliband]

Right now, there are three warning signs that this Ebola outbreak could be particularly difficult to contain:

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 BREAKING: José Mourinho back to Real Madrid, HERE WE GO! 💣🤍

All terms have been verbally agreed between José Mourinho and Real Madrid, waiting to sign all documents.

Plan for initial two year deal, JM to travel to Madrid after Real-Bilbao game.

The Special One is back.

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

3/3
Alonso is a breath of fresh air. He is a winner. He will attract winners & make sure we buy winners. Hopefully he has a role in transfers cos we have been abysmal for a team that wants to compete. I hope he stays for some time. We need stability in this Todd Boehly chaos

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

My thought exactly. 1/3

The last 4 managers Chelsea hired had never won anything. No record of success, no record of managing top players in a demanding club, no record of coaching a team in a European final (except Poch);

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"Best decision Chelsea have made since Abramovich, a guarantee of success"

Sky Germany's Uli Kohler says Xabi Alonso is an "incredible manager" after he was appointed Chelsea manager today 🔵

[Class Captain @b_ehig]

2/3

No record of leading a team in the top European leagues or competing for a league title; and

No ‘recent’ record of winning multiple trophies as a top class player such that the club players would look up to him.

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Xabi Alonso as Manager of the Men’s Team.

The Spaniard will begin his role on July 1, 2026, having agreed a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge.

Welcome to Chelsea, Xabi!