Football 2023 Discussion Thread

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[thepharoah 2,405]

 

 

 

Dejan Lovren joins Lyon UNTIL 2025 

Edited January 2, 2023 by thepharoah

[heywoodu 15,145]

Cameroon's 'under 17' team has a bit of a problem....21 of the 30 players turned out to be too old  

https://fecafoot-officiel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PRESS-RELEASE-U17-OK.pdf

 

Not really a surprise that they're not all actually under 17, I assume, but 21 out of 30 is quite a high number  

[Monzanator 4,503]

Word is Enzo Fernandez will move to Chelsea for 120+ million Euro. @konig@LDOG

[thepharoah 2,405]

32 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Word is Enzo Fernandez will move to Chelsea for 120+ million Euro. @konig@LDOG

 

that's definitely crazy , those people at Benfica know very well how to market their stars they received at least 350 M Euros from only 3 players Joao Felix , Nunez and now Enzo Fernandez , Chelsea under this American management reminds me of Glazers'era at Man UTD where trillions of Pounds spent for nothing , they already spent a whole lot of money in summer    

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile Ronaldo has landed in Saudi Arabia , there're also talks in Saudi Media that Al Nassr will bring Firminio from Liverpool and Al Hilal will bring Tomas Tuchel ! 

[Dragon 1,844]

"The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has threatened to boycott the upcoming African Nations Championship unless host country Algeria agrees to its requests

 

FRMF President Fouzi Lekjaa is demanding that a direct Royal Air Maroc flight is set up from Rabat to Constantine, where the Moroccan national team is due to play its group matches.

Algerian authorities have previously closed its airspace to Morocco and remains adamant in its stance.

"We are only obliged to provide transport for the participating teams within the national territory," said Organising Committee President Rachid Oukali, explaining that it was not the body's responsibility to provide direct flights, as reported by Atalayar.

"Most of the African countries coming to Algeria will have stopovers."

The Moroccan National Press Council has also sent a letter to President Patrice Motsepe of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) asking for Algeria to guarantee Moroccan journalists the freedom of the press, freedom of expression and human rights at the Championship."

[heywoodu 15,145]

32 minutes ago, Dragon said:

"The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has threatened to boycott the upcoming African Nations Championship unless host country Algeria agrees to its requests

 

FRMF President Fouzi Lekjaa is demanding that a direct Royal Air Maroc flight is set up from Rabat to Constantine, where the Moroccan national team is due to play its group matches.

Algerian authorities have previously closed its airspace to Morocco and remains adamant in its stance.

"We are only obliged to provide transport for the participating teams within the national territory," said Organising Committee President Rachid Oukali, explaining that it was not the body's responsibility to provide direct flights, as reported by Atalayar.

"Most of the African countries coming to Algeria will have stopovers."

The Moroccan National Press Council has also sent a letter to President Patrice Motsepe of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) asking for Algeria to guarantee Moroccan journalists the freedom of the press, freedom of expression and human rights at the Championship."

Well alrighty, no Morocco at the event, I'd assume. Barely a month later and their 4th place has already gone to their heads  

[Quasit 865]

Nice strategy, in their absence they could still claim they are the best African team.
Wish a Subsaharan team would have been the first to reach a semifinal.  

[hckošice 14,834]

51 minutes ago, Dragon said:

African Nations Championship

Never really understood the point or sense of this tournament to be fair Africa is really not famous for excelling thanks teams from local clubs

Edited January 4, 2023 by hckošice