Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

Xabi on the 3 man shortlist to replace Pep

with Maresca and Cesc.

 

I think there could be a coach-switch between City and PSG..

 

Yeah, Man sh!tty have plenty of former Barca employees in their organization? even beyond Pep. Beguiristain brought a lot of colleagues from the Camp Nou with him that are still there.

So, I can't see Alonso being a candidate for that job, but I could see Enrique being one. That story seems to be a bit of bullsh!ttery, combined with manufactured speculation.

 

🚨 BREAKING: Benzema to Al-Hilal: HERE WE GO! @FabrizioRomano pic.twitter.com/THNzInXEnz

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 2, 2026

 

I heard that Ronaldo is on strike because the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns Al Nassr and Al Hilal are favoring the latter in the title race.

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 'goes on strike, refusing to play' for his Saudi club in row over the country's investment fund's lack of spending… even though they pay him £488,000 PER DAY! https://t.co/LeqehSRFrW

— Daily Mail Sport (@MailSport) February 2, 2026

🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo is BLOCKING the transfers of Benzema, Kanté and En-Nesyri! ❌🇸🇦

The potential move of Karim Benzema to Al-Hilal was set to trigger a domino effect:

➡️ N’Golo Kanté to Fenerbahçe 🇫🇷
➡️ Youssef En-Nesyri to Al-Ittihad 🇲🇦

However, Cristiano Ronaldo is opposed… pic.twitter.com/PWndpnI5aq

— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 2, 2026

Damn, I thought you were trolling.

 

I think CR7 forgot what the downside of going to the Saudi league is. You don't go there and still expect to be in the global spotlight chasing prestigious trophies and awards. To people not living in the middle east, you might as well be playing on Mars.

 

Kante and Neves would have been a massive upgrade on this trash midfield what a fall

 

Two guys that would instantly upgrade the team and possible turn it all the way around right back into the dominant favorites rather than pitiful Mbappe water carriers.


Lots of people refuse to acknoweldge that signing Mbappe was a mistake but in hindsight its easy to see that the club should have been focused on filling in the areas of need instead of spluring on a novelty items from the gift shop.

 

Maybe Ronaldo can give up some of his £500k a day salary so his club can actually make some transfers.

 

The funny thing is his team were leading the league up until January this year where they lost 3 games in a row; they blew it themselves.

 

🚨 Iturralde (Former referee) on Joan Laporta talking about Real Madrid and referees:

"I would advise Laporta that the climate we're living in comes from his club paying Enríquez Negreira."

"He must apologize to Spanish football and to refereeing." pic.twitter.com/QRShiW0fk8

— Madrid Universal (@MadridUniversal) February 4, 2026

 

Atleti with some good signings. Lookman is very good.

And apparently that Rodrigo Mendoza kid they signed for midfield is very very special...

Don't mind me...I'm just bitter other teams are actively trying to improve ..when we need it the most lol

 

Okay, thanks for the side story (which is you basically confirming he's fairly neutral). What is your view on what he actually said in relation to Negreira?

Just to be sure: I am not interested in a "both sides are bad" discussion. We know. I want your view on what this former referee (a big name btw) is saying here.

 

Not only has he not retired, there is reasonable possibility the 35 year old Ngolo starts over the 23 year old Camavinga in the 2026 World Cup. Lol

 

Seems like a step backward, luckily Florentino will already know that Kim Kardashian is basically like a magnet for money and if he can bring her around the club from time to time money will start magically appearing.

 

He is not near neutral, he is attention whore , was during refereeing times as is now as sort of expert. I think he is worst ref to ever referee La Liga and thats quite a \n achievement.