10 hours ago, BellettiBullet said:

From Jamie Carragher's Twitter about VVD.

FFS! Only person at Liverpool who should apologise is the person who fed the story he wanted to come to LFC when no fee had been agreed.

 

Spoken in true ex-Liverpool player fashion. Will not criticise his club for anything and tries to find someone else to blame 

Carjacker coming across as totally ignorant about what 'tapping up' is and why it's banned. Liverpool should face sanctions over this - hopefully a transfer ban - but Carjacker thinks they have nothing to apologise for. 

I'm not saying we haven't been guilty of this in the past, as we were correctly done for it over the Ashley Cole business, but Liverpool shouldn't be let off just because they've said sorry.

22 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

Carjacker coming across as totally ignorant about what 'tapping up' is and why it's banned. Liverpool should face sanctions over this - hopefully a transfer ban - but Carjacker thinks they have nothing to apologise for. 

I'm not saying we haven't been guilty of this in the past, as we were correctly done for it over the Ashley Cole business, but Liverpool shouldn't be let off just because they've said sorry.

Exactly. Carragher really isn't adding any smart analysis to the debate. Just because someone has fed the story to the media, does not give Liverpool permission to break the rules. It's like he didn't even read what he wrote (or he did a John Aldridge and most likely phoned it in from the pub) 

51 minutes ago, BellettiBullet said:

Exactly. Carragher really isn't adding any smart analysis to the debate. Just because someone has fed the story to the media, does not give Liverpool permission to break the rules. It's like he didn't even read what he wrote (or he did a John Aldridge and most likely phoned it in from the pub) 

I think the feeling is that all teams break the rules (to a degree) and bringing it into the spotlight get's Liverpool in trouble when they ought not have been (as generally everyone looks the other way).  Thus why the fans and Jamie are pissed off at the leak, rather than the club.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/08/saudi-arabia-football-team-fail-line-minutes-silence-honour/

52 minutes ago, Zeta said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/08/saudi-arabia-football-team-fail-line-minutes-silence-honour/

I think there may be more to that than it seems. Most if not all of the Saudi Arabia players play in Saudi Arabia - if they "appear" to respect the minute's silence they potentially put themselves and more in danger from extremists.

Edited June 8, 20179 yr by the special one

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/08/saudi-arabia-football-team-fail-line-minutes-silence-honour/

Not saying I approve or disapprove of the teams actions but surely they are entitled in a democratic country to do as they please as long as they aren't laughing/joking or something?

45 minutes ago, LengmanJedi said:

 

Not saying I approve or disapprove of the teams actions but surely they are entitled in a democratic country to do as they please as long as they aren't laughing/joking or something?

 

It's not that democratic over there   But I suspect the special one may be rigbt: it's a complicated political and religious situation for the players, and they might have been careful to seem very, very neutral.

Don't forget Saudi Arabia is the worlds number one supporter of terrorism. 

38 minutes ago, kiwi1691 said:

Don't forget Saudi Arabia is the worlds number one supporter of terrorism. 

Actually it's Iran that's #1 but the "Kingdom" is right up there for sure.

55 minutes ago, Scott said:

Actually it's Iran that's #1 but the "Kingdom" is right up there for sure.

Stop repeating the lies your boy trump tells you. Iran does support some terrorism but Saudi Arabia is number one. 

Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism

http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2014/11/wahhabism-isis-how-saudi-arabia-exported-main-source-global-terrorism

this is a football thread....

Carjacker coming across as totally ignorant about what 'tapping up' is and why it's banned. Liverpool should face sanctions over this - hopefully a transfer ban - but Carjacker thinks they have nothing to apologise for. 
I'm not saying we haven't been guilty of this in the past, as we were correctly done for it over the Ashley Cole business, but Liverpool shouldn't be let off just because they've said sorry.

If this was us, Collymore would be going into overdrive.

5 hours ago, Drogba11CFC said:

 

If this was us, Collymore would be going into overdrive.

 

 

 

Never ceases to crack me the f**k up!
Fair play to the guy for maintaining composure so long!!

Morata has agreed a move to Man United according to the daily telegraph - looks like Lukaku for us then 

That's what the redcafe is saying too, with lots of tweets suggesting this is a done deal.

The fans aren't convinced he is as good as Ibrahimovic who has NOT had his contract renewed.

Jose gave him his debut you know..... 

United seal deal for Lindelof  £35 million 

2 hours ago, Chelsbear said:

United seal deal for Lindelof  £35 million 

Only took them a year...

Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this. An interesting article about the introduction of white balls into football. Also mentions numbering of shirts.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jun/09/forgotten-story-white-ball-football-league

Everton close to agreeing a deal to sign Sunderland's Jordan Pickford for £30m. 

Could be an astute signing in the long term but crazy to think that goalkeepers are now worth so much money. 

 

30M for Pickford, how much does that mean Courtois is worth? 70M?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40262212

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has signed a contract extension until 2022.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40260517

Spanish prosecutors have accused the Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding the authorities of millions of euros in tax.

The prosecutor's office in Madrid says it has filed a lawsuit against the Portuguese player.

He is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m; $16m) from 2011 to 2014.

The world's highest-paid sports star had previously said he was not worried about tax investigations as he had nothing to hide.

On this occasion he is accused of knowingly using a "business structure" to hide income made from his image rights.

In December, leaked documents suggested that Ronaldo had avoided tax on income allegedly held in offshore accounts.

He denied the allegations.

When asked about that investigation, he told a journalist from Radio Television Portuguesa (RTP) "Quien no debe no teme", which roughly translates as "He who has nothing to hide has no fear."

Ronaldo is the world's highest-paid sportsperson for the second successive year, according to Forbes' annual list of the world's wealthiest people.

He earned $93m (£72.05m) from salary, bonuses and endorsements last year.

If you're making 70m in one year, do you really need to avoid the tax on it...