European Football Thread

[9 to 5]

Good job proud, English football teams like Man Utd would never resort to trying to make money with foreign investment then.

[MDK]

1 minute ago, 9 to 5 said:

Good job proud, English football teams like Man Utd would never resort to trying to make money with foreign investment then.

Or little teams like Orient would never have an owner that might be extradited to Albania for some dodgy dealings. Totally squeaky clean.

[9 to 5]

Don't get me started on the chicken farmers from India.

[MDK]

Racist 

[Gazz]

Or Barcelona and Real Madrid, sponsored by the nationally owned airlines of those human rights utopias of Qatar and Dubai respectively.

[MDK]

You could probably find something wrong with any owner of any club if you wanted to. But not Bazza when he still owned us 

[GoN_]

It's that time of the year again!

Benfica beat Nacional 3-1 to complete a 13 game winning streak, conquering our first three-peat in 39 years and shattering the league's point record (previously held by Mourinho's Porto team). Here some photos of the celebration of our 35th championship win:

 

 

 

 

 

[Adam]

That's insane, looks awesome.

[Lineker]

I think BT Sport might have aquired the rights to Turkish football; they're showing the cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce tonight. 

[Just Joe]

@Lineker Who you cheering on? 

[Lineker]

Whoever @Matt is I suppose. 

[9 to 5]

31 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Whoever @Matt is I suppose. 

Wow. You troll.

[METALMAN]

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. 

[King Ellis]

Maybe Kaney is watching, that way he can celebrate POLODSKI  once more.

[Lineker]

Laurent Blanc’s position as the manager of Paris Saint-Germain looked in jeopardy on Friday when the club president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, described their season as a failure, despite PSG achieved a domestic quadruple.

[Baddar]

[Lineker]

Elsewhere, it looks like Inter Milan could be changing hands again - from Indonesians to the Chinese!

[Adam]

Whilst I get that the French Ligue 1 is a formality for them with their financial clout, and the big prize is cracking Europe like it became for Abramovich at Chelsea, saying that the season is a failure having won literally everything else still comes across quite ridiculous.

[FestiveJack]

Not if the expectation is something more. PSG are expected to win at least 3 or 4 domestic trophies a season, to not do that would be unthinkable, but failing to make it past the Champions League quarter-finals - and not being all that impressive in either of the knock-out rounds - is failing for a club that measures itself more on its stature in Europe than how it does domestically.

It's similar to how Pep's failure to win a Champions League with Bayern kindof means his tenure there wasn't all that successful, despite their domestic performances, especially this season.

[Lineker]

Chinese retailers Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd have agreed to buy a 68.55% controlling stake of Inter Milan. President Erick Thohir will cut his stake in the club to nearly 31% and become the sole minority shareholder, while former president Massimo Moratti will sell off his entire stake of just under 30% and will leave the club.