๐ฎ๐น๐คฏ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ in the last U17 EUROs:
โข 2024: Champions ๐
โข 2025: Semi-Finals โ
โข 2026: Champions ๐
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STICK A FLAKE IN IT!
Luke Littler produces a delightful 99 finish to race into a 4-1 lead against Cor Dekker!
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๐ฎ๐น Italy U17 advance to the EURO Final, beating Spain on penalties!!
Every single one of these players should be on a Serie A pitch within 2-3 years.
No Serie C loans, no too young, no nothing.
The quality is there. The time is now.
If anyone remembers, Andoni Iraola was the captain of that outstanding Athletic Bilbao side featuring Iker Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martรญnez and Fernando Llorente under Marcelo Bielsa.
Much of Iraola's tactical identity was forged during his time playing under Bielsa. As captain, he was immersed in a style built on relentless intensity, aggressive pressing, positional discipline and proactive football.
It's no surprise that, as a manager, Iraola has become one of the game's leading advocates of high energy, front foot football. The foundations were laid long before he stepped into the dugout.
Iโll tell you something for free.
At the highest level of football, there are certain things you cannot fluke.
Glasner won the Europa League with Frankfurt, this was a time big teams use to drop from UCL into Europa, so he had to face teams like Barcelona on the way. Still, he won the Europa.
He came to Palace, with a small budget compared to the other English teams, he won the FA Cup, the first trophy in Palaceโs history, he beat Man City to win it. You canโt fluke that, heโs a winner.
He qualified them to Europa by winning the FA Cup , but they dropped to Conference league because of the multi-club ownership saga with Textor. Despite the setback, he has just won an European trophy for a South London club.
In 2 years, he has changed a clubโs history and won 3 trophies for them if we add the community shield. He did this while losing big players, lost his captain January, lost his best player to Arsenal in summer, lost Olise.
This guy is a winner.
๐จ The math behind Anthony Gordon's transfer to Barcelona:
- Assuming a โฌ70m fixed fee, over a 5 year contract, would mean โฌ14m in amortization
- Around โฌ11m in gross salary, would be a total of โฌ25m in FFP space per season
By comparison, Marcus Rashford:
- โฌ30m fee over 3 years, โฌ10m in amortization
- Assuming he earns the same as he does in the loan contract now, โฌ14m gross, meaning โฌ24m in FFP space per season
Anthony Gordon and Marcus Rashford would cost around the same in financial fair play space for Barcelona.
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Ruben Amorim- history will be kind to you.
The ones who understand football beyond sentiment and attachment to useless players know exactly what you tried to do ๐ซก