BREAKING: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has scrapped plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup
Sky's @RobHarris reports
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When you’ve got Sepp Blatter speaking as the voice of reason, you know the game is fully gone.
Infantino is a genuine stain on the sport, you’ll struggle to find anyone in the sport’s history who’s been so nakedly desperate to secure the bag by any means necessary.
Alejandro Garnacho's loan move from Chelsea to Aston Villa will be the sixth deal between the two clubs since the BlueCo takeover in 2022.
Chukwuemeka, Kellyman and Rogers from Villa to Chelsea. Maatsen, Disasi and Garnacho from Chelsea to Villa. Combined cost of around £200m.
There is no satisfying explanation here. Either Saka was fit and Tuchel opted not to play one of his best players in a World Cup semi-final. Or else there are still fitness doubts and he played fast and loose with the player's health for a meaningless third place playoff.
🚨🥶 L'Équipe gave Cristiano Ronaldo a 2/10 rating and destroyed the Portuguese star:
“Goodbye and no thank you.”
“The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is 41 years old, and it’s easier to carry that off against Uzbekistan in the first round than against Spain.”
“The weakness of his performance in Dallas, in a match Portugal otherwise controlled fairly well, brought back only distant memories of his glory days.”
“Portugal played without him.”
“Even in the air and inside the box, where he is supposed to be at his most effective, he was of no use.”
Just staggering to listen to.
He even calls into question the integrity of a FIFA referee. Will Infantino say something? Of course not.
Urgh, just awful. What a shame.