🚨 Diego Simeone on Julian Alvarez:
🗣️“Let me make this very clear. I would rather sell Julian Alvarez to Leganés, Real Betis or even Everton than sell him to another big club.
We rescued this player from Manchester City when he was pushing for a move because he didn’t want to remain below Haaland.
Atlético paid exactly what City demanded. We believed in him, gave him the responsibility and made him one of our most important players.
And now he wants to force a move to one of our biggest rivals?
No chance.
We are not here to strengthen our rivals. Julian is an Atlético player and he is staying with us.
If he wants to leave, he can wait. He is stuck with us.”
🚨🇮🇪Everton are expected to listen to offers for Jake O'Brien ahead of next week's deadline with interest coming from England & Europe.
Bids are also expected for Beto.
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🚨✍️ 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Anthony Taylor is the new Director of Elite Refereeing at the Turkish Football Federation. 🏴🇹🇷
He will shape the technical development of refereeing, help develop match officials and strengthen the referee programme.
£30,000 a year sounds like decent money... until you actually break it down.
Monthly salary before anything comes off: £2,500.
Then reality kicks in:
Tax: £286
National Insurance: £198
Student loan: £20
Pension: £100
What actually lands in your bank? Around £1,896.
Now the bills:
Rent (somewhere half decent): £1,200
Council tax, utilities & internet: £420
Getting to work (fuel or train): £250
That's roughly £1,870 gone before you've even bought food.
You're left with around £26 to last the rest of the month. Food, clothes, emergencies, birthdays, a social life... everything comes out of that.
And people still wonder why so many are living payday to payday. This isn't sustainable. Something has to change.
Everton are yet to receive any formal approach for Iliman Ndiaye. The 26-year-old is open to a new challenge this summer, despite having three years remaining on his contract 🔵