Football The 2025-26 Football Thread

[Raven]

2 bald men fighting over a comb.

Northampton Town rely on free transfers, for the most part.

 

[Scouse]

Daniel Levy: Tottenham executive chairman exits role after 24 years in charge

Daniel Levy has left Tottenham after almost 25 years as executive chairman of the Premier League club.

www.bbc.co.uk

Fans might regret this.

 

[Scouse]

This puts Isak's behaviour in context:

Raheem Sterling & Chelsea: What is going on?

BBC Sport analyses Raheem Sterling's situation at Chelsea after he failed to find a new club before the transfer deadline.

www.bbc.co.uk

So, Chelski have 30m in wages left to pay Sterling, but they're freezing him out and they don't want to pay him his contract value to let him walk.

Isak got vilified for treating Newcastle like he did. But clubs do that to their players all the time. But that's somehow OK.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

[Raven]

Well, he should have lowered his salary expectations to his ability. A 30-year-old bang average player, on 350k a week?

As it is, Chelsea have shot themselves in the foot by taking him on. He was average and over paid long before he signed for them, he had a good few seasons, years ago. I don't think any player has had CROSS! FOR THE LOVE OF FUCKING GOD CROSS THE FUCKING BALL shouted at them, before running straight into a tackle, as many times as he has.

 

[Scouse]

Well, he should have lowered his salary expectations to his ability. A 30-year-old bang average player, on 350k a week?

Why? Chelski agreed to the contract. Whatever happened to the "you've signed a contract, you have to stick to it" - shit that Isak got in the neck?

Sterling made salary demands that Chelski were happy to pay. They've signed a contract - they should stick to it, no?


I'm not a fan of Sterling. But the double standard is ridiculous. People jealous and raging when players act like Isak, but nobody blinks when clubs act like cunts. And it's the clubs with all the money.

 

[DaGaffer]

Well, he should have lowered his salary expectations to his ability. A 30-year-old bang average player, on 350k a week?

Literally not his problem. Chelsea took him on at that salary and he gets paid as long as he's in contract. If they want to get him off the books (for FFP reasons etc.) it's their problem to solve. Everyone knew Chelsea were facing this when Todd whatsisface came in and bought loads of players on mad long-term deals; they're really lucky that Sterling and couple of others are the only ones they haven't managed to unload without too much pain; it could have been a lot worse.

 

[Embattle]

He has every right to take his money, I just don't want to hear the pathetic excuses footballers/agents use when they do so instead of playing football elsewhere.