If anyone want to watch some football Telekom Cup is happening now, atm it's Bayern vs Augsburg in semifinal, whole tournament will be today matches 45 mins and evnetually penalties, oither semifinal already finished HSV won against Borussia Monchengladbach in penalties.

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

July 12 2015 15:39 GMT

#16405

More FIFA facepalm: Apparently fiji qualified for the olympics as a consequence of this.

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

July 12 2015 16:00 GMT

#16406

On July 13 2015 00:39 Mafe wrote:
More FIFA facepalm: Apparently fiji qualified for the olympics as a consequence of this.

how is that FIFA fault ? rules are rules :o if they arent breaking any rules im sure they will get their place back

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

July 12 2015 16:18 GMT

#16407

It's a rule applied to a situation for which it was never intended. He may not have been born in New Zealand, but there is no question whatsoever of his nationality.
The rule is intended for someone that was never chosen for his national team and then discovers his true love for Qatar after a change in his bank account.

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

July 12 2015 17:48 GMT

#16408

So basically if you move to a country when you are 1 year old but don't have an ancestor from there, you aren't allowed to play for that national team until you are 23?

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

July 12 2015 18:04 GMT

#16409

According to this rule yes.

Any Player who ... [assumes] a new nationality and who has not played international football [in a match ... in an official competition of any category or any type of football for one Association] shall be eligible to play for the new representative team only if he fulfills one of the following conditions:
(a) He was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
(b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
(c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
(d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant Association.

It is possible to get an exception to this and that is apparently where New Zealand fucked up.

Aceace

Turkey1305 Posts

July 12 2015 19:08 GMT

#16410

Did Man. City really buy Sterling for 69 m?

I'm speechless.. In my country there is a saying "You can buy a god damn donkey with that money"

I just cannot believe it. I understand he is very fast, young and very talented. But 70m?

BeaTeR

Kazakhstan4130 Posts

July 12 2015 19:15 GMT

#16411

On July 13 2015 04:08 Aceace wrote:
Did Man. City really buy Sterling for 69 m?

I'm speechless..

i heard the price is 49 mil pounds

lprk

Poland2249 Posts

July 12 2015 19:26 GMT

#16412

On July 13 2015 04:15 BeaTeR wrote:

Show nested quote +

i heard the price is 49 mil pounds

Which is 68.8 mil euro.

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

July 12 2015 20:05 GMT

#16413

It's probably because he's English and young.. they have this rule in England that you need to have some local players in your team so young decent-ish English players' prices are massively inflated.

Carroll €45M never forget.

sharkie

Austria18704 Posts

July 12 2015 20:08 GMT

#16414

On July 13 2015 05:05 Twisted wrote:
It's probably because he's English and young.. they have this rule in England that you need to have some local players in your team so young decent-ish English players' prices are massively inflated.

Carroll €45M never forget.

Or another reason could be that EPL clubs are just crazy and stupid. Because those high inflated prices not only occur with English players.

Torres £50M never forget.

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

July 12 2015 20:45 GMT

#16415

Good for Liverpool.

Getting that much cash for an overpriced brat is a good move for them. Hopefully they invest it wisely.

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

July 12 2015 20:46 GMT

#16416

69 million Euros? I don't even...wat

Crushinator

Netherlands2138 Posts

July 12 2015 20:56 GMT

#16417

I wouldn't be thrilled if I were a Liverpool fan at all. Once again the only player of interest for top clubs has left and you can bet anything that he will be replaced by one that has "good workrate". With every player they sell and every player they buy Liverpool solidifies their mediocrity. They could have held on to Sterling if they had any sense or tact at all, and it would have been worth a lot more than 50 mil to them.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

July 12 2015 21:12 GMT

#16418

City are bankrolled by oil-money. £50M is an easy investment to them, especially as the enforcement of FFP doesn't seem to have much bite. City are starving for Englishmen, especially if the home-grown registration rules are getting harsher (I heard it'll go from 8 required home-grown to 10 or 11). And the consensus is generally that Sterling has incredible potential.

This is a fucking dream sale for Liverpool. Sterling didn't want to stay for whatever reason (I buy that it's for sporting reasons, but the salary he'll earn at City probably won't hurt). They've already got Firmino, who looks like a fantastic player and according to former team-mates has no attitude problems, for a little more than half of the Sterling fee.

I just wonder what formation Liverpool will play next season. Surely they'll ditch the 5 at the back, at least?

Mignolet
Clyne - Skrtel - Can - Moreno
Milner - Henderson
Firmino --------- Coutinho
Ings - Sturridge

Would be fun to watch, at the very least.