No UCL signings:
Di Maria, Zlatan, Pogba, Bruno, Casemiro, Martinez, Cunha, Yoro, De Ligt.
UCL signings:
Amrabat, Hojlund, Mount, Lee Grant, Onana, Reguillon, Dalot, Fred, Santos, Dan James.
It’s quite clear the aim is to get into the UCL for revenue but not actually compete.
Two and a half years later, FIFA has still taken no action regarding the match-fixing allegations against the president of the Afghan Football Federation, Mohammad Yousef Kargar
Nor has there been any mention of corruption within the national team (he asked a player for $10,000 to be selected) or the false, inflated invoices sent to FIFA
Kargar can thank the AFC, and in particular the deputy general secretary, his Iranian friend Vahid Kardany, who tells everyone that this is a conspiracy
Argentina, Afghanistan, Senegal, Nepal: whatever the continent and whatever the size of the football association, FIFA will always do its utmost to protect you – yet at the same time, it is your vote that enables Infantino to secure his re-election...
https://t.co/bWcTJcRkcw
There are 18 members of FIFA's disciplinary committee but the unprecedented decision to lift Balogun's automatic ban was taken by just one person - the chairman Mohammad Al Kamali of UAE. No one else was consulted.
Full story: https://t.co/DbqEmcPlOT
An eye-opening investigation – and it is this kind of journalism that greatly troubles Infantino and his cronies, who prefer entertainment and talking points (such as FIFA’s ‘independent’ committees) to avoid revealing the grim reality to the general public
🚨🗣 Egypt's Coach Hossam Hassan couldn't control himself after full-time:
"I will say what's on my mind regardless of the consequence, this was clearly a rigged match and the whole world saw it"
"And I want to say one more thing, if they want them [Argentina] to win so bad, why call everyone to come and participate?"
🚨 Peter Schmeichel on Argentina vs Switzerland:
"In my 50+ years of football, I have never seen an easy route like this in the World Cup. It seems like Argentina are playing Europa League version of the World Cup."
😭😭😭😭
🚨Paul Scholes on Mo Salah and Egypt being eliminated by Argentina.
🗣️“This is the greatest robbery in football history I’ve ever witnessed, from the beginning of the game till the end there wasn’t any favorable decision for the Egyptian national team. You don’t have to bring in excuses for such controversial decisions in the end.”
“It’s sad and you can see how emotional and heartbreaking the fans look after the game, it’s not what we expected from the game today. A false penalty and many other decisions that isn’t meant to be taken, we just have to admit the fact that it was rigged and there’s nothing we can do about this.”
“It’s Lionel Messi and we all know why this happened today against the Egyptian team, this wasn’t how football is supposed to be played but they ruin everything with their favorite decisions.”
Jurgen Klopp 🗣️" Today we have witnessed a game where officials are willing to do anything for one side to win , ruling out that Egypt goal was injustice!"
🚨🎙️🗣️: Patrick Viera
“When we won the World Cup in 1998 it was free and fair with no favoritism, but as a player my self I can’t seem to understand the level of corruption going on and it makes the whole competition unpopular.
(@MatteoMoretto)
🚨 José Mourinho on Argentina vs. Egypt:
“This is daylight robbery. It’s a shame what football is becoming. How do you let the play continue, allow the goal to be scored, and only then decide to go back and cancel it? If there was a foul, stop the game immediately. Don’t wait until after the goal.
Then I ask another question—why wasn’t Argentina’s first goal reviewed with the same attention when it looked very close to offside? Why was every incident involving Argentina checked, while Egypt didn’t seem to get the same treatment?
VAR is supposed to bring fairness, not confusion. Today, it looked like every important decision went in Argentina’s favour. Football deserves better.”
🚨🗣️ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Hossam Hassan (Egypt) with a RANT!
"It's all about money. They want Messi to stay in the tournament.
In football, many things happen off the pitch because of interests.
What happened was unfair.
Egypt deserved to qualify. We were the better team against Argentina."
Incredible Egyptian goal is disallowed because of a foul far away, then same situation a few minutes later and goal for Argentina not disallowed! No VAR, nothing? FIFA again looks like a corrupt joke, playing favorites for stars.
🚨CONTROVERSIAL: VAR didn’t call this as a penalty OR a foul in the build up to Argentina’s 3rd goal…
…Egypt had an earlier goal ruled back for a foul in the build up
Trump has just admitted to his government interfering, which is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. 😬