Football fans are hypocrites.
When PSG refused to sell Mbappé and Real Madrid kept trying to convince his family not to sign a new contract so he could join for free, it was fine.
When Diego Simeone called Álvarez 11 times to convince him to join, even before discussing with Manchester City, it wasn’t considered bad.
When Liverpool were doing the same with Isak last season to put pressure on Newcastle to sell him, nobody complained.
When other clubs speak with a player’s camp and agent to know the possibility of signing the player before approaching his club, it’s not a problem.
But when Barcelona do it, everybody starts crying and says it’s a bad way of trying to sign Álvarez.
You guys are hypocrites. Barcelona submitted a bid for Álvarez. If Álvarez is ready to leave Atlético, he’ll make his intentions known publicly. If we don’t sign Álvarez, we’ll simply look for another striker. It’s that simple.
"From my first day, the people took to me straight away when they didn't have to and I'll never be able to say thank you enough."
Go and smash it in Barcelona, @anthonygordon 🖤🤍
🔥 Gordon: “I wanted to speak Spanish because as a kid I believed I would play for Barça. I had a physio at Newcastle who was Spanish and we spoke Spanish every day. I told him I wanted to play for Barça one day, that’s why I speak some Spanish” #FCB 💭🔵🔴
Trump threatened to “blow up” one of our staunchest allies in the Middle East today and I couldn’t find it about it on the homepage of the Times, Journal, or Post
🚨💣 BREAKING: Anthony Gordon to Barcelona, here we go! Official bid accepted now by Newcastle board and Saudi owners.
€70m fixed fee plus add-ons to bring final package over €80m for #NUFC.
Gordon set to travel this week for medical and contract signing at FCB. 🔵🔴✈️
Virginia should just redistrict again because the Commonwealth "unlawfully" created districts under Callais, and be done with it. This would be the easiest way to put @SenLouiseLucas' maps back on a firm footing-- hostile compliance with federal law.
A domestic violence victim in Virginia was afraid to call the police because she feared ICE would find and deport her if she did. Then she was murdered.
We are in deep, deep trouble.
A reader wrote in to me this week saying that they wouldn't read my Trump corruption story because ChatGPT "fact-checked the piece" and informed them most of it was false.
Among other things, ChatGPT told them that there is no Iran war, Jared Kushner is not a negotiator in the war, Qatar never offered Trump a $400 million plane, George Santos wasn't pardoned, the NYTimes did not report on Syrian billionaires lobbying Trump for sanctions relief, Trump never launched a meme coin, and World Liberty Financial (the Trump family crypto firm) doesn't exist.
Of course, all of these things ARE real, do exist, and are happening right now. Apparently, the reader copy and pasted the text of my story into ChatGPT, and without the links ChatGPT couldn't confirm any of it. Once the reader sent ChatGPT the link to the story, it ended up concluding all the facts were correct.
How many people simply don't know how to use AI and are offloading all their thinking? It's a terrifying thought. And a totally new frontier of reality to navigate.