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good game this real 1- barca 1 at half time. Real scored offside goal and should be down to ten
 
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BREAKING: Theresa May set to appoint Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha to help assist with a quick exit out of Europe
 
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Majiball

Majiball

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200M upfront and 550K a week after tax (whats tax 40-50%, so 1.1M a week ish?).

I don't care who he, is it is absolutely bonkers and high time football finances come under serious and proper scrutiny.
 
Drog

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Just cancel your sky subscription Maj. Everybody does likewise and it's job done.:cool:
The only plus that I can see from football currently, and it is quite significant is that all the dosh those arabs in OPEC have extorted from us over the past 50 years is coming back to Europe.
 
Majiball

Majiball

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I did that long ago and mainly use bet365 now to watch games. The money has gone mad this summer, lukaku 75m??? Wow. How long before we have our first billion pound player?? 10 years and it will happen me thinks.
 
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Majiball said:
I did that long ago and mainly use bet365 now to watch games. The money has gone mad this summer, lukaku 75m??? Wow. How long before we have our first billion pound player?? 10 years and it will happen me thinks.
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I loved the other day that Mourinho was moaning about average players going for huge amounts of money.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/25/jose-mourinho-dangerous-fees-pose-major-threat-game/

I get the feeling this might bite me on the arse this season, but Pogba looks like the best example of this on the planet currenlty.
I've watched him and watched him and watched him since he arrived back to United, and I see very little to suggest he's ever going to be considered a seriously world class talent.

A world record transfer fee used to buy you Zidane or a Ronaldo - now it gets you a bit of a plodder with a bad hair cut.

He just doesn't grab games by the scruff of the neck and I don't think he ever will do. The other thing is, I'm not sure he or anyone else knows his best position. I think Mourinho is going to play him in an advanced role behind Lukaku this season (hence Matic coming in) - he might improve if he has less defensive responsibilities.

Or perhaps £90m just doesn't buy you a world class player anymore.
 
Drog

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Said it many times..... The new Carlton Palmer (without the lungs and the tackling ability).
 
Majiball

Majiball

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He's superb in a central two in a supporting role as an advanced playmaker on FM17. Haha. I am keen to see how he does this year, despite living here, he never played prem football before. He has talent but perhaps now he's adapted his game may improve. He wasn't anything special last year so needs to step up this season and drive United forward to be considered worthy of that fee.

I paid 150m for him on FM and he was worth every penny as Rovers won the champions league in his 1st season.
 
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