Almost 300 million people and you still need foreign imports and distant heritage claims to field your national side and STILL lose. Indon forever the embarrassment of southeast asia.
Tomiyasu is probably one of the only players we’ve had where I feel emotional and happy for him seeing him sign for another Premier League club. He’s had to fight so hard to get back to this point.
Only Arsenal fans know we were robbed of a PL great defender with this man
Would’ve easily been a massive part of our project if he wasn’t plagued with injuries
Technically/athletically/physically, the guy legit had no weaknesses defensively + on the ball 😂
He deserves this
Madrid fans trying to chat shit today is so funny, acting like they're still in Ronaldo and Benzema era
I've seen Bukayo Saka shush the Bernabeu and Merino look like Zidane against Tchouameni
🚨 Arsenal nearing total agreement with Newcastle United to sign Bruno Guimaraes. Desire among all parties to bring situation to close + deal now on course for completion - 28yo awaiting #NUFC permission to undergo medical & seal #AFC switch @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/FA65Uh0Nfr
🗣️ Arsene Wenger statement on Gianni Infantino’s failed FFE plans. “The recent events at FIFA deserve some clarity from my side.
“At FIFA, I am the Chief of Global Football Development.
“Together with my team, I oversee the data analysis of the game, the FIFA online training centre, the development of youth education through 60 academies across 60 countries where they are most needed, and youth competitions around the world.
“In addition, I am a technical adviser to IFAB.
“I was not involved in this strategic plan and first became aware of the project through media reports.
“The decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question, because I firmly believe in an independent FIFA that serves our game with commitment, transparency, and integrity.”
I needed to move a sofa.
I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"
I did not know anybody with a truck.
He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.
"You gotta know somebody with a truck."
I asked how one acquires such a person.
He said, "You just do."
This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.
He said, "Ask Kevin."
I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.
I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.
Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.
Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.
I had not asked for a second man.
The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.
They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.
I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.
I asked what I owed them.
Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."
That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.
Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.
We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.
Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."
I still think about that.
Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.
"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."
He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.
Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.
I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.
Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.
I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."
I have a guy.
I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.
He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."
I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.
Such a painful read.
Zubi gave his all to Arsenal to the extent of playing < 30mins for his country in the World Cup
Madueke stepped in for Saka - something that we missed in the previous seasons
Gyök scored goals Arteta has never seen from a striker
And we won the PL. SMH.
Time and chance.
He spent just a year. Won the Premier League. Played in the UCL. All for the first time, and he’s past 30 already. He left captaincy at Brentford to sit at Arsenal, clear of his role.
Everyone who’s spoken about Arsenal’s title said he was an important voice in the dressing room. That was his role in that story.
He’s on his way out now. He’s probably built relationships vital to everything he’d become in his future. He’s connected with a club that’s always open to people like him.
He’s worked all his life and that one year may be the year everything eventually became.
I like it.
Egypt conceded 3 valid goals in just 15 minutes and the fault is “the world cup is rigged for argentina” please watch football don’t larp if u don’t know