Big Gabi is signed through 2027; unless he wants to leave, we should be getting him a new deal. He and Saliba are immense and easily the best CB pairing in the league right now.
Calafiore is an upgrade on Kiwior, so in that regard it’s a good deal. We’re dowm to fine margins of improvement. There’s two more CL group stage matches, in addition to the cups, so more depth is always needed.
Boy, passing on Marsch for GGG keeps looking better by the moment. Every MNT player should be forced to watch every Canada match from the Copa every fucking day.
100%
So it was a John Terry & Wayne Bridge-type situation, which broke a few months ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/03/betrayal-and-bombast-surreal-story-terry-v-bridge-scandal
I saw this old quote pop up again on Reddit, and it's on-point.
Before Zlatan was Zlatan, he was the son of poor immigrants who moved to Sweden, developed a love of the game, and got noticed. I doubt his parents had the equivalent of $3500/yr to get him in a good club team.
The response is funny, but the original quite from Weston... Well... obviously not.
The fact that they are so rooted and attached to the MNT boss is absolutely part of the problem. They needed a new voice after the 2022 WC. Everything that has happened since is just further proof (wins vs La Tri aside, because fuck La Tri).
Like with Locatelli... Juve know most Italians (likely) want to stay in Italy and (likely) play for Juve, they'll agree personal terms with the player, get the player to go public (even if it's "liking" a tweet/x/snapface post from one of their preferred journalists) with his preference of a move to Juve, and then force the selling club to accept 2m/yr for 20 years.
Same as it ever was.
Gasley reups with Alpine, "multi-year deal."
And, shocker, Daddy Stroll keeps his kid on the payroll.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-gasly-commits-future-to-alpine-after-agreeing-multi-year-extension.2fTOrdhn0AgZa4r4UVkktt
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-aston-martin-confirm-stroll-to-remain-as-alonsos-team-mate-after.2jFNF8IKenDvIeDXEpblBD