🚨 FIFA are facing possible legal action after suspending Cristiano Ronaldo’s ban and letting him play Portugal’s first two World Cup games.
The 40-year-old was due to miss them after his red card against Ireland, but FIFA have changed his three-match suspension into one match — a move that’s sparked huge backlash.
Opponents drawn against Portugal in the World Cup group stages could now take the case to CAS to try and reinstate the original ban.
(Source: @MailSport)
🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪? Back in 2020, Barcelona sold Marc Cucurella to Getafe for just €12M… choosing to keep Junior Firpo instead. 😬
Since then:
🔸 Junior Firpo left Barça, got relegated with Leeds, and now barely gets minutes after joining Real Betis on a free.
🔸 Marc Cucurella, meanwhile, took off:
🔸 Became a standout at Brighton, earning a huge move…
🔸 Joined Chelsea for €65M 💰
🔸 Became Spain’s starting LB and won EURO 2024 🇪🇸
🔸 Lifted the Club World Cup
🔸 And last night? MOTM vs. Barcelona after destroying his former club and pocketing Lamine Yamal at Stamford Bridge. 😳🔥
What a sliding-doors moment.
The Japanese yen is falling, it's at around $155 per dollar, the weakest level since mid January (save this).
There's a massive interest rate gap between the US and Japan. The Fed is holding rates around 3.75%-4.00% while Japan's rates are basically zero at 0.5%. This creates an insane opportunity for traders. They borrow yen at nearly 0%, convert it to dollars and stick those dollars in US Treasury bonds earning around 3.75%+.That's free money, so everyone piles into the trade. The more they sell yen to buy dollars, the weaker the yen gets
The Bank of Japan could raise rates to make yen borrowing more expensive and defend the currency but they're completely boxed in. Japan's economy just shrank 1.8% annualized last quarter, the first contraction in six quarters. Raising rates now would kill what little growth they have. So traders know the BOJ won't act which means they keep selling the yen with confidence.
Prime Minister Takaichi is about to announce 17-20 trillion yen in fiscal stimulus to prop up the economy. This actually makes the currency collapse worse. The bond market is already freaking out pushing Japanese government bond yields to multiyear highs. Why? Because everyone sees what's coming, massive deficits,more debt and a weaker yen to pay it all back. The real issue with Japan isn't a lack of spending, it's all structural. The population is aging, growth is stalled and deflation expectations are baked in. You can't print your way out of that. Spending more just signals you're desperate which tanks the yen further.
so what happens next? The yen keeps falling which makes imports more expensive pushing inflation higher. Also, wages aren't keeping up, they only grew 1.9% last month. So ordinary Japanese people get poorer. The government then feels pressure to spend even more stimulus to cushion the blow which weakens the yen again. It's a doom loop. If we hit 160 yen per dollar, the government might actually step in with currency intervention but that's just temporary market theater. The fundamentals don't support yen strength until the Fed cuts rates significantly or Japan gets its fiscal house in order and neither is happening soon.
Much low iq nigga still not appreciate how much trouble their buthole be in.
I explain.
> Japan people believe inflation soon increase
> sell Japan treasury bond and buy other asset with more higher pay
> lower treasury price mean treasury yield go higher
> bank loan out money, calculate interest with equation: Treasury yield + premium/risk
> this mean higher treasury yield = higher interest for bank loans
> much investor take out Japanese Yen loan for buy America asset
> now bank interest much higher. Investor need sell America asset for pay back Yen. Also, investor no money for invest company’s operations expense
> tomorrow your company fire you because no money
> you go home, tell wife, “Hello wife, we broke, no money.”
> your wife disappoint, tear fall from face. She yell. “BUT WE HAVE BABY TO FEED”
> you be determined make money
> you set up camera, open legs
> your buthole now on only fan
NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
When Messi was losing all those finals, he didn’t compare himself to anyone
He didn’t belittle the Ballon D’or when Ronaldo equalled him. He didn’t talk down on tournaments, leagues and trophies
He blamed himself for the failure, retired and came back to win it all. GOAT 🙌
🚨 Leo Messi: "When I won the World Cup, I had the same feeling as when my children were born.
"It’s a feeling that’s hard to explain, so special and so immense that whatever I say about it will always fall short.” @abf_forum
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Cristiano Ronaldo in 2015🗣️- "Xavi plays in Qatar. He has no Relevance"
But now scoring goals in a Camel league which is not even in Europe should win him a european golden boot? 😭
If being a hypocrite was an Art, Ronaldo would be the Picasso of it 🤡
Zlatan 🗣️ "The difference between Messi and Ronaldo is that interviewers tell Messi he's the GOAT, while Ronaldo tells the interviewer that he's the GOAT."
All those years Messi lost the World Cup final
Lost back to back Copa America finals
Was called a failure because Ronaldo won an international trophy before him
And he never for once downplayed any of those tournaments. You just have to respect him 🙌