OFFICIAL FOOTY THREAD ⚽️: Rodri wins 2024 Ballon d’Or

[vtotheinay]

xabi as the potential new manager of leverkusen he always said he could see himself managing bayern in the future. would be a good first step towards that goal

 

[rolaholic]

Same man who criticized Lebron for mixing politics and sport a few months back...

 

[vtotheinay]

 

[mastamind89]

 

[mastamind89]

 

[rolaholic]

Paris boycotting the World Cup is especially rich when Sarkozy was in bed with Qatar for years and helped push and influence their bid years ago

Also helped them buy P$G and BeIN get French league TV rights...

France has been a major partner for Qatar over the years so its a little ironic to see

 

[rolaholic]

Kinda wild how just good they've become after losing Koulibaly, Ruiz, Insigne and Mertens...

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[mastamind89]

 

[tomdiginson]

Well obviously. I thought everyone knew he doesn't speak English. Such a bait headline.

 

[rolaholic]

Barca are currently in a Europa place in the group, that return match with Inter will be huge

 

[DripNick]

Paris boycotting the World Cup is especially rich when Sarkozy was in bed with Qatar for years and helped push and influence their bid years ago

The current Paris Mayor is not in the same Party as Sarkozy was. She is actually the opposite of that pos. She's been dealing with Qatar a lot these last few years tho.
Regarding the boycott, only two cities thus far have announced that they won't have fanzones and big screens, Lille and Paris

 

[jape]

 

[rolaholic]

Apparently a UK - Ireland joint bid was also in the works but it fell through.

Out of those 3 bids I'd love to see the South American bid win.

Would be an awesome way to go full circle on the 100th anniversary of the inaugural World Cup that was held in Uruguay

 

[flyeed]

 

[DripNick]

 

[vtotheinay]

damn

 

[Bantz Lord T]

This explains a lot

 

[sonoftony]

South American WC for 2030 makes more sense logistically IMO

 

[Bantz Lord T]

What has he achieved though? In most other top tier footballing nations losing a final is a disappointment, not an achievement

 

[DripNick]

The current Paris Mayor is not in the same Party as Sarkozy was. She is actually the opposite of that pos. She's been dealing with Qatar a lot these last few years tho.
Regarding the boycott, only two cities thus far have announced that they won't have fanzones and big screens, Lille and Paris

*6 cities now

 

[rolaholic]

What has he achieved though? In most other top tier footballing nations losing a final is a disappointment, not an achievement

Nothing

He gets big upped for them going deep thanks to being gifted some of the easiest draws you could possibly get while still serving up horrendous football despite having exciting talent all over at his disposal.

Nothing they've done under him has been impressive imo especially relative to their talent but he gets treated like Arrigo Sacchi at home thanks to the good luck they've had.

 

[lovehateself]

Yea I'm not touching that subject. Hope the rapist is dead

 

[aepps20]

Well obviously. I thought everyone knew he doesn't speak English. Such a bait headline.

Language barrier is real. Tired of ESPN trying to start stuff.