The Football Thread 2017-18

[PurplePenguin]

Liverpool might be after using him as part of a swap deal for *insert Southampton player here*

[Corazon de Leon]

Liverpool might be after using him as part of a swap deal for *insert Southampton player here*

Virgil, probably.

[bear]

Liverpool might be after using him as part of a swap deal for *insert Southampton player here*

Don't be bitter just because Liverpool have had slightly more success when buying players from Southampton.

[Monkey Man]

Liverpool Football Club have completed the signing of Mohamed Salah from AS Roma.

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-t ... amed-salah

[Irene Demova]

England u21 looked actually good for the first time tonight, although it was against a polish team who are pretty weak.

[bear]

twitter.com/LFC/status/877978766156476416

I can't believe they did this.

[D_C]

Good luck to Sarah (Someone once mis-typed on the Chelsea subreddit, the name stuck there).

That video though

[PurplePenguin]

Why are Liverpool wasting their time buying Salad when there's a talented young English lad called Wayne Rooney available for a mere 250k a week?

I have a feeling he's staying, he's like a stubborn stain that not even Cillit Bang can remove.

[Benzin]

I kinda like that as an announcement to be fair, especially given most football fans on Twitter are arses

Apparently Palace have offered the manager role to Frank de Boer... All the options weren't 100% confident that they'd do well (Pellegrino and Dyche being the other two front runners), but he does seem a decent fit providing some quality investment to the squad happens (and boy does it need to happen)...

[Irene Demova]

No doubt Man City will be all over that given how many teams they already own elsewhere.

Speaking of they're sending seven academy players to Girona next year, a club who just happen to be owned by Pep's brother, last year they made it into La Liga with the help of loanees from city.

Nothing suspicious going on here at all

[Corazon de Leon]

Linfield have refused the option of reversing their fixture of they qualify - as a result no tickets will be made available for Celtic's away support should they qualify to play us.

[Saint of Killers]

Loyal Huddersfield fans can watch home Premier League games for £5.26

• Chairman Dean Hoyle honours pledge made in 2010 to 4,000 steadfast fans
• Hoyle promised Huddersfield season card would cost £100 in Premier League

(...)

“Over 4,000 fans who have had season cards for the entirety of Dean Hoyle’s tenure as chairman will receive mail from the club this week,” the club said on their website.

“The Town chairman made a Premier Pledge back in 2010; that season cards for fans who had a season card in every year of his time as chairman would be £100 if the club reached the Premier League.

“This week, that pledge has been rolled out, with the 4,000-plus eligible fans receiving mail in the post.”

The club said fans who qualified would receive three options: a £99 refund on their 2017-18 season card, which costs £199 for adults; a voucher worth £110 to spend in the club’s shops; or to donate their £99 refund to the Town Foundation charity, with Hoyle adding an extra £26 donation.

“Eligible fans will also receive a special memento from the club to thank them for their continued support,” the club added.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... man-pledge

[Saint of Killers]

Fifa’s anti-corruption efforts criticised after speedy clearing of Gianni Infantino

• María Claudia Rojas cleared president despite only being appointed in May
• Blurring of separation of Fifa and its ethics committee under question

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -infantino

It's as though Sepp never left

[BTB]

Seen a rumour of Swansea bidding £12m for Alberto Moreno...

Not sure where the rumour was from, but good god I hope it isn't true. We have Olsson who has performed really well, and £12m is a fair bit and could be much better spent on our squad.

[Tomous]

Seen a rumour of Swansea bidding £12m for Alberto Moreno...

Not sure where the rumour was from, but good god I hope it isn't true. We have Olsson who has performed really well, and £12m is a fair bit and could be much better spent on our squad.

There's no way we're spending £12m on a LB not as good as the one we already have.

[bear]

Agreed.

The price is £15million.

[Saint of Killers]

Javier Ribalta (former Juve Scouting Manager) is about to/has joined Manchester United.

[Benzin]

Frank de Boer confirmed, now can actually look at improving the squad a bit...

That new sponsor though

[Saint of Killers]

Love that McDonald's 'M' knockoff.

Betting sponsorship deals need to go the way of alcohol sponsors.

[Preezy]

Betting sponsorship deals need to go the way of alcohol sponsors.

Clearly not a Ladbrokes LAD