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because he finds Manchester boring AF. and gets to be closer to family

 

I get it from his perspective lol

 

He's been wanting to leave since the 20/21. City are ok with it but no team has met their value on him. That's the only thing that has stopped him from leaving.

 

Right. But I was asking “how” because it’s Barca. They’ve already spent more than any other club in Europe and we were told they were broke.

 

Cantona seems a bit old but alright.

 

They’re broke by La Liga FFP standards but not broke by normal business standards. It’s weird. I don’t try to understand it anymore.

Paying 80m for Bernardo is stupid though.

 

Update your fantasy teams

 

That’s been doing the rounds since the de Jong thing started. Fairly consistently said if Frenkie goes they’ll buy Bernardo. Dunno how it is now as I’ve stopped paying attention to Barca cause they just confuse me.

 

Christ that’s bad

 

Udinese

 

It’s the week before the PL starts, so I thought maybe lets get some predictions in.

Winners: Man City
CL qualifiers: Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal
EL: Man United, Chelsea
ECL: West Ham
Relegated: Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton
Top scorer: Kane
Player of the Season: De Bruyne
Young Player of the Season: Bukayo Saka

 

Winners: Liverpool
UCL: City, Arsenal, Spurs
UEL: United, West Ham
ECL: Chelsea
Relegated: Southampton, Fulham*, Bournemouth
Golden Boot: Haaland
Player of the Season: Salah
YPOTS: Does Foden still qualify?

 

Did I mix up which season was whose to bounce? Hahaha

 

Winners: Liverpool
CL qualifiers: City, Spurs, Arsenal
EL: Chelsea, West Ham
ECL: Man United
Relegated: Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton
Top scorer: Kane
Player of the Season: Kane
Young Player of the Season: Michael Olise

 

Oh ok this is cool

 

I’ll take a FdJ to make it cheaper

 

Winners: City
CL qualifiers: Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal
EL: Chelsea, Man United
ECL: West Ham
Relegated: Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton
Top scorer: Haaland
Player of the Season: De Bruyne
Young Player of the Season: Haaland (if he counts still?)

 

No one mentioning Forest for relegation so far is really kind, thanks.

 

I have a feeling you’ll have a strong enough start to the season to survive. One of the relegated teams always starts strong and honestly, I don’t think there’s a chance it’s Fulham or Bournemouth.

I have you finishing 16th actually.

 

Winners: Man City
CL qualifiers: Liverpool, Spurs, Man Utd
EL: Arsenal, Chelsea
ECL: West Ham
Relegated: Bournemouth, Fulham, Leeds
Top scorer: Kane
Player of the Season: Salah
Young Player of the Season: Saka

I've lowered my expectations for Arsenal so it doesn't hurt as much lol.

 

They need to lower the age limit for the young player of the year tbh. It should be 21 max. The fact you had TAA able to win it last year at 23 seems mad to me.

 

Young Player should be based on seasons in the league too. Like if you've played over a seasons worth of games you shouldn't eligible for it.

 

Big fan of Ødegaard. Really underrated coup that Arsenal were able to get him.

 

Was just going to say this. u23 and less than 76 appearances or something. Trent has 161 premier league appearances, he’s clearly not a “young” player in any sense of the imagination. He’s a well established veteran starter.