European Football Thread

[Lineker]

Francesco Totti has agreed a new one-year contract with Roma! He has now confirmed that he will play on into a 25th season.

[METALMAN]

I read somewhere that Francesco Totti is the only player from Fifa 96 still playing. Don't actually know if that's true, but pretty cool if so.

Oh yeah, here we go - http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/08/francesco-totti-is-now-the-only-active-player-who-was-on-fifa-96-5551935/

[MDK]

On 5/26/2016 at 19:18, metalman said:

See whoever is sat there watching Turkish football on BT Sport? They need to have a look at themselves. Get outside. Go fishing or something. 

Turkish people might want to watch it

[Lineker]

Quique Sánchez Flores has been named as the new head coach of Espanyol on a three-year deal.

[Nerf]

Daniel Agger has retired from football

[DavidMarrio]

 

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A TRIO of Spanish footballers have been linked to a sexual assault scandal.

David De Gea, Isco and Iker Muniain have been accused of assaulting a women, with the Manchester United goalkeeper allegedly acting as a ‘fixer’.

Speaking at the Torbe case – an investigation into minors used by Spanish porn director Torbe – a protected witness said De Gea arranged a meeting in 2012 and forced her to have sex with his U21 international teammates.

She claims that De Gea did not assault her personally but used physical threats to convince her to have sex with others.

 

 

[Lineker]

Carlo Ancelotti has appointed Paul Clement as his assistant manager at Bayern.

[Lineker]

Blanc has left PSG.

[EddieG]

Like.. last week already

[Lineker]

Only just confirmed officially.

[Lineker]

Sevilla have appointed Jorge Sampaoli as their new manager after the Spanish side confirmed that the former Chile coach agreed a two-year deal with the Europa League champions to succeed Unai Emery.

[Lineker]

Emery has finally been confirmed by PSG

[Lineker]

The Milan president, Silvio Berlusconi, has confirmed that he will sell the seven-time European champions to Chinese investors and expects to receive €400m (£338m) over the next two years.

[Lineker]

Lazio have announced that Marcelo Bielsa will be their new coach.

[EddieG]

On 7/6/2016 at 15:21, Lineker said:

Lazio have announced that Marcelo Bielsa will be their new coach.

Aaaaaaand he's gone.

[Gazz]

Barcelona are tone deaf.

[Lineker]

 

[Colly]

I can't read that complicated Greek so I assume he's Zlatan's replacement?

[MDK]

Cuba Gooding Jr has put on weight 

[The Lusophone]

Spain have named Julen Lopetegui as their new coach. Lopetegui played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona in his playing career, and coached both the Spanish Under 19 and Under 21 sides to European Championship success before an unhappy spell as Porto manager which saw him sell off much of his squad and win nothing was ended after 18 months in January 2016.