Nunes was the alternative to Paqueta, Phillips was a back up, Nico Gonzalez was signed as a back up. There was no Fernandinho size hole, Rodri was there. Kovacic won the league, Reindjers was the biggest midfield signing that season. Notice you didn't say anything about Cherki
Infantino claims he can't do anything about Referees, players, journalists and fans being banned from the World Cup because in every country there are Governments.
In 2023 Indonesia refused to let the Israeli U23 squad have visas
FIFA instantly moved the tournament to Argentina
@benjimk Oh about this? If he doesn't stop he will get better at it. But the point is he can just do this beside the Zimbabwean. Other Africans don't have to leave before the S.Africans can do businesses.
Norway said that they are not going to play in World Cup in Qatar even if they qualified (they didn’t). Denmark left it until the last minute to confirm their participation in the World Cup 2022Germany forced their players to make political statements before the match in FIFA WC 2022 even though some players didn’t want to do it.
BBC literally disrupted the coverage of one of the best opening ceremonies of the World Cup in Qatar just for virtue signaling.
but for World Cup 2026, the whole media is silent other than a few token articles here and there and Norway and Germany aren’t protesting anything when there’s so much to protest about 🤡
Suddenly all the people who cared about human rights when Russia and Qatar hosted the world cup and suddenly quiet. .. No fancy documentary from the BBC on immigrants rights. No expose on Crime in inner cities (as we saw in South Africa)
Just silence.
What's going on in Nigeria?
Terrorists demanded Sharia law while holding citizens captive and suddenly Muslims are all over my timeline explaining the benefits of Sharia?
Are you guys finally agreeing that terrorists are the military arm of your religion? I don't understand.