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Lol 3-0...Arsenal basically being scored on at will now.

 

When you realise you've got to wait another two months before leaving arsenal https://t.co/wBE0Zat6OW

— Ammadutd (@Ammadutd) April 10, 2017

 

Jamie Carragher going all in on Arsenal players this evening. 😳 pic.twitter.com/w3a9E41rd7

— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) April 10, 2017

 

I'm happy as long as the memes keep flowing in.

 

OFFICIAL: AC Milan and Silvio Berlusconi have sold a 99.9% stake in the club to a Chinese consortium. pic.twitter.com/tfgsHz7Wkc

— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) April 13, 2017

 

http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN17G0H2

Italian soccer clubs look to China to bankroll revival


By Elvira Pollina and Adam Jourdan | MILAN/SHANGHAI

Italian soccer is sticking to its game plan to pull itself out of a steady decline: keep passing the ball to China.

The league that runs Italy's Serie A top division is likely for the first time to sell a separate Chinese package of media rights to try to maximise revenues, said a source close to the upcoming rights auction.

Serie A already relies heavily on Chinese investment: two top teams, Inter and city rivals AC Milan, are now in Chinese hands and the competition's media rights are underwritten by a unit of Chinese entertainment giant Dalian Wanda.

Its prospects, though, remain dim as TV audiences for Serie A fall further behind the other big European leagues and Italy's media industry loses one of its most fervent investors in the game, pay-TV tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

In response, Italian soccer is doubling down on China.

Serie A officials declined to comment for this article, but the source said the league was counting on sales of Serie A's overseas media rights, especially in China, to help it avert a heavy slump in revenues at its next auction, for 2018-2021, due to be held by the summer.

The auction is being guided by the league's advisor and underwriter, Wanda-owned Infront Sports and Media, which aims to boost revenues from Serie A's international rights by 50 percent to around 300 million euros ($318 million) per season, the source said. Infront is looking to generate around 80 million euros per season from the China rights alone, the source added.

On Saturday, the league has scheduled a much-anticipated local derby between its two Chinese-owned clubs, Inter and AC Milan, at 12.30 pm -- prime time in Asia but only lunchtime at home. For Italians, it will be a taste of things to come. [nL3N1HL4RR]

Inter, controlled by Chinese retail giant Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd (002024.SZ), will play its local rival just two days after Berlusconi finally closed his sale of loss-making AC Milan to a Chinese-led consortium of investors. [nI6N1H8010]

 

http://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/04/10/schadenfreude-at-arsenal-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/

Schadenfreude at Arsenal: the gift that keeps on giving

The beautiful German word “Schadenfreude” has a dictionary definition of “the act of taking joy in somebody else’s pain or misfortune”. Arsenal this year have given me three courses of Schadenfreude but I get the feeling there will be a few more dishes to be served yet.

Watching the turmoil at the Emirates this year feels like a poorly written tragicomedy. Although the boom and bust cycle is nothing new for Arsenal, this year feels different; this year the peasants are revolting.

 

Heung-Min Son has now scored 12 goals in the league this season; equalling his best ever total in a single campaign.

Through the legs. 😎 pic.twitter.com/6PhlJFX3Xb

— Squawka (@Squawka) April 15, 2017

 

Sarenren Bazee signs a contract extension with Hannover until 2021.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...t_sarenren-bazee-verlaengert-in-hannover.html

 

Lucien Favre's Nice secure a Top 3 spot in Ligue 1, and qualify for CL for the first time in 57 years.

FT SCORE 3-1
93' The Aiglons have secured at least 3rd in L1 with a win!!! There will be Champions League ⚽️to come in Nice! 💪#OGCNASNL pic.twitter.com/92ebmhKdY0

— OGC Nice 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@ogcnice_eng) April 15, 2017

 

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Liverpool's form in the Premier League when Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren have started the game this season:

DWWDWWDWDDWDWW

Unbeaten. 👊 pic.twitter.com/K2w8oWGPG7

— Squawka (@Squawka) April 16, 2017

 

Roger Schmidt is reportedly a candidate for the Holland gig.

http://www.ligainsider.de/roger-schmidt_7510/wunschkandidat-des-knvb-196176/

 

RB Salzburg have won the UEFA Youth League championship after beating Benfica 2-1 in the tournament finals.

http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/

 

Benfica and Salzburg joined forces to tackle the #UYL final skills challenge, featuring cameos from Nuno Gomes and Pierluigi Collina. 👏 pic.twitter.com/7gu6RLPjks

— UEFA Youth League (@UEFAYouthLeague) April 23, 2017

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...head-of-crucial-tottenham-clash-a3526861.html

Arsenal fans light up Highbury and Emirates with Wenger Out protest ahead of crucial

 

Kießling: "Dann hauen wir die Scheiss Kölner weg."
Hat Bayer immer noch keine Pille gegen Minderwertigkeitskomplexe entwickelt 😂🤔 #tradition pic.twitter.com/MWrct1DGkn

— Lukas-Podolski.com (@Podolski10) April 29, 2017

 

http://www.footyheadlines.com/2017/03/liverpool-17-18-home-kit.html?m=1

Liverpool 17-18 Home Kit Released

 

Lol RIP Arsenal

 

Frank de Boer, Lucien Favre and Slaven Bilic being mentioned as options for Leverkusen's coaching position.

http://www.90min.de/de/posts/494079...i-neue-potenzielle-korkut-nachfolger-im-fokus

Jochen #Coenen: "Bei Leverkusen habe ich gehört, dass #Favre und eventuell #Bilic Kandidaten sein sollen." [@SPORT1_Dopa] #Werkself #B04

— Fussballeck (@Fussballeck) April 30, 2017

 

How Nice beat all the odds – and PSG – to challenge for the Ligue 1 title this season

Nice finished 33 points behind Paris Saint-Germain last season but, after a 3-1 win over the champions on Sunday, they are still challenging for the title

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/01/nice-ligue-1-title-paris-saint-germain

 

HSV suspend 3 players including their scrub ex-captain Djourou.

http://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/markus-gisdol/schmeisst-drei-hsv-stars-raus-51560562.bildMobile.html