⚽️The Footy Thread: German Super Cup, International Champions Cup, Copa Libertadores

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Thierry Henry said:
Giovinco looks to be byke in the Azzurri squad.

SN: Just an observation.... Giovinco seems to be shorter than Insigne, and Verrati is taller than Insigne

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Bruh... Italy puts those 3 out at the same time against a Belgium or somewhere with trees for players and it would be straight comedy
 
Holy ****
Damn near the whole Belgian league is under criminal investigation.

10 club offices getting raided, top referees involved, the Club Brugge manager (won title last season and currently #2 in league), ...



 
I suppose the positive since my domestic club's (AA Gent) offices are also being raided in the investigation is that maybe we weren't really this bad and were just losing on purpose or getting screwed by a paid off referee. :lol:


Edit: 57 known property search warrants executed so far. 44 domestically and 13 abroad.
From what I can tell the highlighted foreign countries on this crappy excuse for a map are of course France to the left, the small island of Corsica to its right and what appears to Servia on the right.
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Hate to sound so cynical, but most sports are rigged... Here in the states, niffle is definately rigged. Lots of niffle players are into the betting oligarchs for dough...
 
Lukaku went on social media to tell everyone on social media how much he doesn’t care about people talking ****.

Sounds legit.

I always get on social media to talk about things I don’t care about
 
Edit: Police also confirmed that all individuals who were taken into custody are being held as suspects, not witnesses.
A total of 24 individuals have been taken into custody, ranging from club executives, player agents, referees and a former attorney to jewelers and a few journalists.

Mogi Bayat has been arrested and will presumably be indicted. He's the top player agent in Belgian football and has a strong influence at pretty much every club. Almost all transfers from our league go through him. He became an agent roughly 8 years ago and now handles 90% (no exaggeration) of transfers within and from the Belgian Pro League.
One of the clubs that got raided said that the police were confiscating all records on Bayat.

One of the allegations against Bayat claims he was able to somehow acquire and sell loads of players whose clubs found it almost impossible to get rid of them due to lack of interest or price demands. He repeatedly managed to swoop in and get a good deal that was satisfactory to both the player and selling club. Those particular transfers often went to the same handful of clubs such as Udinese.

The Club Brugge manager was taken into custody for interrogation early this morning (GMT+2) and is still being interrogated as far as we know.
Edit: It's confirmed he will spend at least tonight in jail.

One of the referees in custody was supposed to oversee a Nations League match this weekend between Georgia and Andorra. UEFA has taken swift action and replaced him.

The foreign search warrants as part of the investigation took place in France, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. Serbian authorities confiscated €800.000 in cash from 6 properties, allegedly from suspicious transfers.

Another agent, Christophe Henrotay, is confirmed to be under criminal investigation as well, though not specifically related to the larger corruption, money laundering and match fixing investigation. He's accused of withholding millions of euros in foreign shell company constructions off transfers from players like Lukaku and Youri Tielemans.
He's also Thibaut Courtois' current agent.
A professional trainer who worked with Henrotay filed a criminal complaint against him, which resulted in the current investigation against him.
 
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Belgium said:
Edit: Police also confirmed that all individuals who were taken into custody are being held as suspects, not witnesses.
A total of 24 individuals have been taken into custody, ranging from club executives, player agents, referees and a former attorney to jewelers and a few journalists.

Mogi Bayat has been arrested and will presumably be indicted. He's the top player agent in Belgian football and has a strong influence at pretty much every club. Almost all transfers from our league go through him. He became an agent roughly 8 years ago and now handles 90% (no exaggeration) of transfers within and from the Belgian Pro League.
One of the clubs that got raided said that the police were confiscating all records on Bayat.

One of the allegations against Bayat claims he was able to somehow acquire and sell loads of players whose clubs found it almost impossible to get rid of them due to lack of interest or price demands. He repeatedly managed to swoop in and get a good deal that was satisfactory to both the player and selling club. Those particular transfers often went to the same handful of clubs such as Udinese.

The Club Brugge manager was taken into custody for interrogation early this morning (GMT+2) and is still being interrogated as far as we know.
Edit: It's confirmed he will spend at least tonight in jail.

One of the referees in custody was supposed to oversee a Nations League match this weekend between Georgia and Andorra. UEFA has taken swift action and replaced him.

The foreign search warrants as part of the investigation took place in France, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. Serbian authorities confiscated €800.000 in cash from 6 properties, allegedly from suspicious transfers.

Another agent, Christophe Henrotay, is confirmed to be under criminal investigation as well, though not specifically related to the larger corruption, money laundering and match fixing investigation. He's accused of withholding millions of euros in foreign shell company constructions off transfers from players like Lukaku and Youri Tielemans.
He's also Thibaut Courtois' current agent.
A professional trainer who worked with Henrotay filed a criminal complaint against him, which resulted in the current investigation against him.
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This **** is crazy man.
that agent though. How did he get so much pull?
 
jape said:
This **** is crazy man.
that agent though. How did he get so much pull?
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For starters he is very intelligent and an incredible negotiator but there's obviously the question of illegality.
One thing he does is charge significantly less in agent fees, at least from what we know officially, than any other agent in the country. Basically undercuts every other agent and not just by a little.
It's not very clear to me when exactly he started doing so but other agents have long complained about it. By undercutting everyone else he just keeps expanding his influence.
Aside from that he also manages lucrative transfers of unwanted players that just don't really make sense, especially when you see the same handful of clubs over and over again in those deals like Udinese. There almost has to be some shady backroom dealing involved there. He'll get rid of just about any unwanted player and get a deal that is somehow favorable to both the selling club and player.

In short, he gets much better deals than any other agent in the country by a fair distance, even when it comes to unwanted players that struggled to get any interest prior to his involvement. On top of that he does it for significantly less agent fees than anyone else.

Clubs and players in our league have virtually no reason to not use him as an agent other than taking issue with him as a person. I assume most are well aware there has to be at least some shady business involved.

From what has been reported, it appears that the investigation started from a lead about financial fraud in Belgian football transactions but along the way they expanded their inquiry to money laundering and potential match fixing due to what they found. Some of the activities are apparently being investigated in the context of a larger criminal enterprise.

If anything this is just the tip of the iceberg.
 
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Jamaica putting together a more respectable squad at every turn :pimp: Would love to see the Reggae Boyz pulling up for a spot in the next WC.
 
noskey said:
Is it too late for Raheem to file for a one time federation transfer? :nerd:
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I wish this was allowed. Too Western countries been showing their true colors lately. Nothing makes me happier than watching USA, Italy, Germany, England, etc. get relegated to trash status/stay trash

Makes no sense for players like Balotelli to only be allowed to play for Italy while he hears monkey chants and "My captain is not black" chants from their own fans every match
 
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Marca reporting Hazard can leave to Real with just a year left on his contract for the low next summer, like Courtois did.

Between washed Benz, injury prone Bale, and if Asensio continues struggling to put it all together, RM’s forward options can undergo a massive overhaul next summer. Their interest in both Neymar and Mbappe isn’t a secret either.

This is a season that can define much of Asensio’s career. Either he’ll ward off galacticos and keep his place safe by showing he’s a star, or Flo will be forced to buy reinforcements and Asensio might never get the minutes to fulfill the potential he’s shown.
 
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