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Of those Spanish teams, how many were Real or Barca and maybe Atletico? I’m guessing it’s more diverse when it comes to the English sides. the strength of a league is all teams in it, not just the top sides. PSG is not an indication of the French league. The PL is strong because of the TV money, so teams like burnley can go shopping in France or the Netherlands for fun. In Spain or Germany, mid-table teams don’t even have that kind of money. The basis comes (imo) from a large fan base paying Sky a lot of money every year, just because football is so popular in the UK (with even in the championship crowds of 20k). Add the interest from outside the Uk for TV money and you have very wealthy clubs.

doku to Man city for 65m€ apparently

Over a 100 hours in, I still like playing it. The islands and the depths could have been a bit more lively, but other than that I still enjoy most of the quests.

Make sure we know what is ‘big’ and whatvit’ll be in 2 years time. Two years ago we thought 100m£ was extreme, now you get a player with 50 PL games for that money.

They can offer European football

I believe Haaland will overtake him, as said in a previous post. Doesn’t matter anyway. He’s off.

I’m saying it’s more special/unique/rare. what is shearer known for, his goalscoring record or his title with blackburn? Messi is mostly announced with the number of ballon d’ors before the list of titles. Individual honors in sports, even in team sports, are no small matter. titles? Albrighton has one, Drinkwater has one, to name a few. Titles are not the best measurement of how good a player was. A goalscoring record is. that being said, I think he’ll join Bayern to get guaranteed titles, like any player would. I agree with your second bit though. It’s artificial as decades of football are forgotten, but here we are.

The goal record would be an individual trophy, more special than a title imo. On the other hand, how long for Haaland to top it? Lukaku would be a good option. He’s running out of options, Chelsea want to get rid and Tottenham is pretty much his level.

JWP is 28 (which isn’t even the tail end of a Gabby-career) and has been a standout at Southampton. He’s not a superstar, but a good PL player with quite few years left in him. maguire’s 30, so about 4 more years. He is indeed mediocre, but maybe eager to prove his critics wrong. He was good at Leicester.

Such a great sport, baseketball

Carew I suppose good luck to Wesley though. I hope he gets his career on track.

Anderlecht is a mess, he got them to play decent football and a respectable position in the league. Things got way worse after he left. he didn’t do too badly there, which is ok in his first job as manager. we’ll see how he does in the PL, but he’s already miles ahead of Gerrard and Lampard.

Some if these had very good careers. Cahill Albrighton Veretout Gueye all did very well after leaving us.

He has potential but that fee is too high considering his injury record

Why are we being linked to every Belgian looking for a club? De Ketelaere, Lukaku, Doku,…

Would we have gotten Emi if Heaton never got injured? that injury ruined his career imo

Wasn’t a dig at your point, which is true, but at Lampard being incompetent

Like that’s so hard.

I’m starting to look at it as the second phase of botw, which was originally the intention. many Zelda games have you play the same world two times after some event which slightly alters the world. Alttp, OoT, TP, all had you do the same overworld twice. the element of surprise is less, but I still enjoy exploring the world all over again. Haven’t done too much in the main story line though.

On a free, this would be a good signing. Talented player, 26 so with some years left in him, PL/international/europe experience… to me, he is too often a passenger in games. He will not boss midfield. Does have a great shot on him, so can score some goals. A squad player, but good to have on the bench. He has played with dendonker at Anderlecht and for Belgium, so added bonus they already have an on pitch understanding (though both would be subs for me)

De Laet and Engels won the Belgian league with Antwerp. Engels injured of course.

He spent 4 years on their bench. Massive player at Chelsea, but a squad filler in Madrid. he probably will retire, but he could still be usefull at Lille or something, close to home, less pressure, easier league.

He could still be useful for European games against lesser opponents. His experience combined with players like A Ramsey and archer could still take on a lot of teams in Europe. I would have liked him to stay as a squad player.

Only if one of them is Januzaj (sorry, had to be done)