๐๐๐ฆ๐: Josef Bursik
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Goalkeeper
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๐๐๐๐: Stoke City
๐๐๐๐: Stoke City
๐ Foden, Sancho, Hudson-Odoi, Cooper & more talk about โlife-changingโ event
๐ช๐ธ Taking revenge on Spain after Euros loss
โฝ โUnstoppableโ Fodenโs keepy-uppys in shower
โ๏ธ Anonymous motivational messages to each other
Manchester City vs. Arsenal lived up to its billing in many of the conventional ways.
Yet it also proved that no heavyweight contest cannot be enhanced by a bit of s***housing (or, to be more precise, a whole lot of s***housing)... ๐งต
@SteveMadeley78
@SteveMadeley78 It took just three seconds from kick-off for Arsenalโs Kai Havertz to barge Rodri to the ground as Manchester City shifted the ball back to Ederson and Rodri tried to block Havertzโs route towards the #MCFC goal.
@SteveMadeley78 Havertz is hardly a slight figure, but you would not want to get in the way of Erling Haaland in full flight.
Well, William Saliba did on four minutes. The result, predictably, was Saliba being flattened, although he dusted himself down admirably quickly.
The financial storm around Juventus has battered the reputation of one of European football's powerhouses, catching in its eye some of footballโs biggest names, including Cristiano Ronaldo & Giorgio Chiellini.
Juventusโ change in strategy was signalled by signing Ronaldo in 2018 for โฌ116m.
Fabio Paratici had knocked on the door of Andrea Agnelliโs office; Jorge Mendes had confided in him the desire of Ronaldo to play for #Juve
Paratici told Agnelli to sign him.
Juventusโ executives locked themselves away in a villa on Lake Maggiore to crunch the numbers.
Agnelli flew to where Ronaldo was holidaying on Greeceโs Navarino coast. The deal was completed, and Ronaldo, Mendes and Agnelli toasted it with Champagne.
โช๏ธ Inspections & audits conducted
โช๏ธ Prosecutors in Turin wire-tapped executives & carried out searches
โช๏ธ Disciplinary proceedings brought against Juve & other clubs last April
โช๏ธ UEFA have opened investigation into potential breaches
Proceedings brought by the federal prosecutor of the Italian Football Federation (IFF) prompted punishments: a 15-point penalty, a two-year ban from Italian football for former chairman Andrea Agnelli & a 30-month ban for former sporting director Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham.
The Premier Leagueโs decision to hit Manchester City with more than 100 financial fair play-related charges is unprecedented, surprising & potentially transformative in terms of the football landscape.
This is what has happened, why it has taken place now & what comes next ๐งต
Manchester City are accused by the #PL of the following:
โช๏ธ Not providing accurate financial information
โช๏ธ Not disclosing managerial remuneration for a four-year period
โช๏ธ Breaching profit & sustainability rules
โช๏ธ Not complying with UEFA regulations around club licensing & FFP
Manchester City expressed their โsurpriseโ at the Premier Leagueโs charges & pushed back against claims they had failed to cooperate fully with the investigation.
#MCFC are determined to defend themselves against the allegations & are confident of doing so.
It is 20 years this summer since the Etihad - or City of Manchester Stadium - as it was known opened its doors.
But what happened when #MCFC turned off the lights at Maine Road for the final time?
A thread... ๐งต
Moss Side-born artist Andrew Matthews recalls living around Maine Road:
"You had to be quite streetwise growing up in Moss Side, I suppose. It was a proper community โ and the place would come alive on Saturdays if City were playing.โ
20 years on, it is now a housing estate known as Maine Place, incorporating more than 300 properties and designed around a crescent called Blue Moon Way.
The developers were supposed to paint the crescent blue but, all these years later, nobody seems to know anything about it.