🚨 Jürgen Klopp has launched a scathing attack on the cooling breaks being used during this World Cup. 👊
"Football is being held hostage by executives sitting in air-conditioned offices.
These breaks are being presented as a shield for player welfare, a noble weapon against the heat. In reality, they are nothing more than a golden cage built for sponsors.
When I saw players standing around during cooling breaks while television timeouts dictated the rhythm of the match, I couldn't help but ask myself: who is the World Cup really serving?
The supporters? The players? Or the advertisers?
A World Cup match should flow like a river. Instead, we are building dams in the middle of it so commercials can be shown.
It's dangerous for the spirit of the game. Football used to be the main event, but it now risks becoming background music for an advertising show."
He didn't hold back. 👏👏
This Matheus Fernandes discussion is exposing how football fans completely lose their heads over hype.
£85m?
For what exactly?
No seriously.
What are we actually paying for here?
Two Premier League seasons.
Two relegations.
And somehow people are screaming “EPL proven.”
Proven at what?
Getting relegated?
Because if we are being brutally honest, there is not a single elite club on earth spending £85m on a midfielder whose biggest achievement is “he looked good while his team sank twice.”
The Vitinha comparisons are honestly insulting.
Vitinha was technically superior, smarter, more polished, more complete — and PSG got him for around £35m.
Thirty five.
Not eighty five.
So please explain the math.
Not emotions.
Math.
What exactly makes Matheus Fernandes worth over double the price?
And don’t give me “potential.”
Football is full of graves built on potential.
United alone have donated hundreds of millions chasing “the next big thing.”
Sancho.
Antony.
Højlund.
Every single time fans convince themselves:
“This one is different.”
Until reality hits.
Here is the uncomfortable truth people are avoiding:
Matheus Fernandes is not special.
Talented? Yes.
Special? No.
There is nothing he does that football has never seen before.
Nothing revolutionary.
Nothing worth £85m.
He is not prime Modrić.
Not Pedri.
Not Rodri.
Not even close.
He is a good young midfielder with hype inflated by social media clips and desperation in the market.
That’s it.
And please stop pretending £85m is normal money.
£85m buys world-class players.
Champions League players.
League-winning players.
Players who dominate Europe.
Not a back-to-back relegated midfielder heading into the Championship.
At some point clubs need to stop paying for fantasy and start paying for certainty.
Because if this kid is genuinely worth £85m, then football has completely lost its mind.
RSS worker and primary school teacher Bandhu Prakash Pal, along with his pregnant wife and child, were killed in cold blood in West Bengal.
Never forget. Never forgive.
Remember today victims like Shova Majumdar, 85 yr old mother of bjp karyakarta
When TMC animals came looking for her son & couldnt find him, they beat her up instead, a helpless aged woman
She never recovered & passed away few days later
Hope her son gets justice now
🚨 NEW: INEOS, owned by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, is talking about selling some parts of its business (especially from its Inovyn vinyls/PVC unit) to raise money. The company has over £18bn in debt, which grew by £3bn last year, and the chemicals industry is struggling badly due to high energy prices, cheap imports from Asia and the Middle East, and expensive European carbon taxes.
Credit agencies have downgraded Ineos and warned it must reduce debt quickly and refinance loans due next year. Ratcliffe says conditions in Europe are “unsurvivable” because of high carbon costs and weak trade rules. The company recently got £175M from shareholders and £260M more in financing, and is focusing on cutting costs and staying stable rather than growing.
[@guardian_sport]
Fan Coalition 58 FC58
The Greatest Club in the World
NEEDS
the Greatest Fan Representation
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This year we received an unprecedented mandate to represent our fanbase in matters of great importance. We are not going to let you down.
Whilst we closely monitor the potential for Sir Jim to remove the Glazers from the club, we will create the organisation to forcibly make it happen if that is necessary.
Currently everyone is in a state of limbo and it’s pragmatic to let things play out and run a natural course.
However, we see this as a window of opportunity and a lot of works been going on behind the scenes. We have not been sitting idle.
Today we announce the creation of FC58 an alternative supporters collective and representation. A true independent fan coalition.
This will be the largest, active, passionate and independent fan coalition on the planet.
This is founded on our values, credibility and integrity we have built from nothing and doing the right thing for our club and fanbase, no matter what the consequences.
The demands of our supporters that are in the best interests of everything Sir Matt Busby created, will no longer be ignored, patronised or silenced.
This will be outlined in our Supporters Charter of what we stand for and represent, which hasn’t taken us 18 years to release.
Further details will be released outlining all the information over the comings weeks.
We have big plans. We have big ambitions. We will succeed.
Stay tuned and follow our new website for how you can get involved.
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There is work to be done.
PURPOSE-ACTION-RESULTS
The 1958🇾🇪
Our standadrs are now Ndidi to replace Casemiro 🤦🏻♂️
Manchester United deserves owners who prioritize trophies over dividends. The only path forward is a complete exit. Demand a FULL SALE 👊🏼
#MUFC#INEOSOUT#GlazersOut#UnitedIsBroken#ARSMUN
You lot will never change. When I say these big accounts they don’t use their platforms for something better. And this was one of those accounts I regarded.
Under Amorim was Bruno not doing the same things. Under the same Amorim , Bruno came out as the only premier league player to have most chances in one game. Do you guys gain anything in not trying to sound sensible. Mtsewww
Let's make this go VIRAL. Let's show how many supporters want the current owners OUT 👊🏼
We want Glazers OUT
We want Ineos OUT
#MUFC#INEOSOUT#GlazersOut#UnitedIsBroken
Michael Carrick is at the wheel! 🧠
🗣️ 'Get the contract out. Put it on the table. Let him sign it. Let him write any numbers that he wants to put on there given what he has done now 🔴⚪⚫
Let him sign the contract and go ✍️
O̵l̵e̵'̵s̵ Carrick's at the wheel, man. He's doing it, he's doing his thing 🛞
Man United are back!' 😅👏