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@indykaila So you mean the same stuff that happens every year?

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@TheKopHQ Gakpo has to go if minteh and barcola arrive, or at least another foreign player. Otherwise we can't register one of the incomings

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@DaveRichardsLfc @JamesPearceLFC yeah but realistically you dont need more than 4 senior defenders that can play that position. That's without counting Szobozlai. 4 is plenty of cover.

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@DaveRichardsLfc @JamesPearceLFC Gomez too, and szobozlai at a push. He counts as foreign player, so we need to free up that spot for barcola

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@KopWire @JamesPearceLFC Araujo can play RB

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@_onlyshaun Sadio Mané, Ryan Gravenberch, Luis Díaz, Xabi Alonso, Xherdan Shaqiri, Emre Can, Pepe Reina

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@DaveOCKOP This is so much better to watch than last year

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I don't even care if we come 4th this season, at least I'm going to enjoy this football #lfc

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@Watch_LFC Araujo is on 200k a week

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@Dom_Szoboszlai1 Feels like a Wharton profile, which might be why that link has gone completely cold

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@LfcNuel City?

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@roberts_katz Think that rule only applies if there are players going both ways between clubs, from a ffp perspective. Hence why the Morgan Rodgers/garnacho stuff is structured as a buy and the other a loan with a buy option/obligation.

[UEFA @UEFA]

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@indykaila Whatever is happening, Szoboszlai and frimpong seem to be good leaders in that situation, calming whatever is happening down

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@Themansdream @DaveOCKOP Rodgers had just signed a new deal, and Anderson was arguably the best in his position in a much stronger league. Barcola is neither of them, and has just 2 years left on his dela

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🚨 BREAKING: RBFA issues a new statement accusing FIFA of making their appeal "inadmissible" adding they have no choice but to "challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match".

"After learning through media reports of FIFA’s decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter to FIFA requesting a copy of the decision, an explanation of the process that had been followed, and setting out its position regarding the applicable regulations.

"As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA.

"For an appeal to be admissible, FIFA’s own regulations state that the reasoned decision must first have been communicated to the appellant. While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible.

"All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFA’s legitimate requests.

"Furthermore, during the match coordination meeting, FIFA deliberately removed the section concerning the automatic suspension of players from its presentation. This topic had nonetheless been part of all such meetings before each of the previous four matches. The RBFA questioned FIFA, both orally and in writing, about the reasons for this change, yet once again received no response.

"To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match.

"Regardless of the sporting outcome of this match, the RBFA is deeply saddened by the course of events and will continue to fight in the coming hours, days and months in defence of the fundamental principles of ethics, fair competition, and the interests of football as a whole."

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🗣️ UEFA says the decision to suspend Flo Balogun’s red card “crossed a red line” and it an “unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.”

“Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.

“Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not.

“A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted.

“It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension.

“When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition.

“Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws.

“A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole.

“We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.”

[Billy Talks Ball @BillyTalksBall]

@cmsdrums @Scaife51 Disagree, he generated 0.37 xA and 0.26xG. Kane was the only player to get a higher expected goal involvement. He was busy, yes sometimes wasteful, but did a lot of stuff right too

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@RealMattLeggett @Scaife51 Yeah after watching the Ghana game, I was begging for someone to play like he did yesterday

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@Scaife51 I dunno, I think he did more yesterday that Gordon has the entire tournament. Yes he lost possession a bunch, but he tried something often, which we've been lacking