2017 - 2018 Football Thread - Page 2

On August 01 2017 11:29 mAKiTO wrote:
We hope James rocks at Bayern so the tradition continues...

Snider left real won cl with inter
Robben left won cl with Bayern
Ozil left... Arsenalowned lol
James left and !! ??

Players will receive retrospective two-match suspensions for diving this season in a rule change that the FA hopes will deter them from deceiving match officials.

The bans, which come into effect from Friday night when the Sky Bet Championship begins, are only set to apply to incidents that result in a penalty being awarded or the dismissal of an opponent.

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On August 02 2017 01:00 zev318 wrote:
how do u block a loyalty bonus if u wont sell him and he's still on the team??

On August 02 2017 04:38 Pandemona wrote:

I don't do the banners Sneirac does :D this year he did all of the thread tbf i just posted it with HTML rights xD so don't forget to thank him when he posts his usual chelsea are the best and long live bayern messages :D

MIAMI (AFP) - David Beckham is "at the finish line" in his quest to obtain approval for a Major League Soccer expansion club in Miami, MLS commissioner Don Garber told the Miami Herald.

Beckham's expansion bid is on the agenda at an MLS owners meeting on Wednesday in Chicago.

They could vote to approve the deal and end a saga of more than 3 1/2 years during which Beckham has struggled to find a stadium site and secure the land for a venue to house the team his signing with the league in 2007 allowed him to own at a discounted rate of $25 million.

"We are at the finish line after nine years of work to be sure, if we go to Miami, we get it right," Garber told the Herald on Tuesday.

"David had an option, but that option couldn't be exercised without having him satisfy all the things that all team owners need to satisfy -? the right capital structure with his partners, the right stadium plan, the right marketing and business plans -- and we're at that point where I think we are getting ready to make the decisions internally to go forward."

Garber did not say he expected full approval of the deal on Wednesday, when Beckham's group will present the latest details of their privately funded $300 million Overtown stadium project to MLS owners.

While they could approve the deal as it stands and allow Beckham's group to move forward, they might also approve it contingent on Beckham and his partners meeting more requirements, such as zoning changes that local government leaders must still approve.

"It's a vote. Votes can go any which way," Garber said. "We're not there yet. I think we've got work to do.

"And perhaps, coming out of that board meeting is not an approval, but a handful of things that need to happen to get that approval -- at which point, perhaps weeks later, we're able to go down to Miami and talk about what our plans might be."

That would string out the saga of Beckham's quest to start an MLS team in Miami even more after failing to find a waterside venue, then having plans for a location near the Miami Marlins' baseball park fall through.

The newspaper also reported some owners are not happy that Beckham's co-investors are able to benefit from Beckham's reduced MLS club entry fee at a time when MLS is asking $150 million from new investor groups.

Toronto joined MLS in 2007 for $10 million while Seattle and Philadelphia paid $30 million two years later and Vancouver and Portland paid $35 million to join in 2011.

Miami Beckham United hopes to have a 25,000-seat stadium completed in time to start the 2020 MLS season and possibly host 2022 World Cup qualifying matches.

The group recently paid $9 million for the final three acres of land it needed for the stadium site after having bought a six-acre parcel previously.

On August 02 2017 16:42 brinepumps wrote:
Rumour has it that Barcelona will NOT accept PSG money for Neymar even if it matches his release clause. Instead, they will go to UEFA to report them for FFP since Barcelona suspect "financial doping". (read it on twitter)

Well this could turn ugly.


Also, Matic to United, good business by Mou, freeing up Pogba. Gonna challenge the title.

On August 02 2017 18:39 Pandemona wrote:
If he can carry PSG to winning champions league like Ronaldo and Messi have done then he shoots up in the world by a long way for me. However i feel he is far from that level, he is a good, amazing, world class player but i don't think still he is close to Ronaldo and Messi consistently enough anyway. Like 1 game in 10 he will play like Messi/Ronaldo and win games on his own but he hasn't shown that 1 in 2 games or even 1 in 3.
Went about 10 games without scoring last season didn't he?