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Manchester City star Erling Haaland wants sensational Etihad EXIT: report

 

I think there may be some truth to this one; if I'm Haaland making runs and not getting the pass would get old.

 

Lol the guy has a gosl a game at city, if he leaves its cause they are found cheats and his prob shit relationship with guardiola

 

The race for Haaland if Man City get relegated pic.twitter.com/avx48tYzQt

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) February 9, 2023

 

That's funny. Bayern paying him in beers. ..

 

Real Madrid: "we don't need him. Benzema is enough + Hazard, Asensio, Rodrygo and Modric can play as striker.


Not even funny, just the cold hard truth about how the club justified its decision on the matter and how we are coping with the decision as a result.

 

BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo scores all 4 goals in Al-Nassr’s 4-0 win at Al-Wehda, passing 500 League goals in his career. He’s now scored 61 hat-tricks, 30 before he was 30, 31 since he turned 30. He’s now 38.
Astounding. Congrats 🐐 ⁦@Cristiano⁩ 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/pCipxbC0DT

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 9, 2023

 

🗣️ Martin Ødegaard: “Maybe if I was Spanish, they would have given me more time to grow at Real Madrid.” @marca pic.twitter.com/kO0ni8dDoe

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 9, 2023

 

CC: Asensio

 

He was the one who kept wanting to leave....

I guess what he actually meant was if he were Spanish he would have gotten lionshare minutes. However that is false because last I checked Ceballos isn't exactly Norwegian and Kroos, Modric, Casemiro and Valverde aren't native to Madrid.


I will say this. The club's laziness in defending Vincius is now having a negative effect on the image because now it seems the club doesn't welcome black players (yet there are probably more black players than Spanish!); and this narrative seems to be turning to "intolerance for all foreigners, not just blacks". Not good and definitely won't help us going after Bellingham or other talents.

 

Maybe. Maybe not.

You would have thought that Odegaard was the most fouled player in Europe and subject to racial discrimination in every stadium while at Real Madrid.

 

Supposedly he was talking about the Spanish press' treatment, not the club, and specifically when he was with Castilla. He actually speaks highly of Zidane in the interview and says he was a big reason why he joined us and then came back from LA Real.

 

Yup, whoever cherry picked that quote knows what they are doing.

 

Here's the full excerpt about Real Madrid:

https://www.managingmadrid.com/2023...eveals-why-he-chose-real-madrid-as-a-teenager

Quite a nice read, actually.

 

I think It's hilarious just due to the fact of the constant whinging, like we are 10th in the league and out of every other comp

 

You know, it is possible to enjoy someone's success without being condescending about it. Football is complicated, I'm glad he found a club where he fits in well. He was the best midfielder of LaLiga the season he played at LaReal - he cut his loan short because we wanted him that bad only to never play him.... The kid's been loaned left and right since he joined us at 15. Of course the kid left, and continues to play at a very high level. I am happy for him. He might even come back one day, you never know in football. Also I've never heard him say one bad word about the club, so a bit of courtesy is well deserved I think.

 

No but for those of us who caring about the best interests of the club who were able to apply reasonable, rational and logical thinking to the striker situation and opined that Benzema was not likely to replicate his 21/22 season and at his age was most likely going to begin a decline that would be irreversible with the club leaving itself a scarcity of alternatives this is a sad caricature of what manifestated and transpired.

 

Yeah this is something we have mentioned on this forum for years..

Free passes for some on relentless bashing for others

 

Asensio has genuine moments of brilliant football, there aren't enough of them to please everyone but they are there

 

Valencia down in relegation spots. The only thing that would make this sweeter is if they somehow get Parejo back before going down to segunda