Premier League 2021/22

[Twist]

1 hour ago, damhausen said:

Imagine if Man Utd have a poor showing in the Conference League. People will be calling for Ten Hag's head months into his tenure.

They could be top of the table and people would still be calling for him to be fired a few months in. 

[Matt]

14 hours ago, Lineker said:

I wonder what odds you can get on a Liverpool title win plus an Everton relegation... just imagine the scenes.

They're not actually offering it on Sky Bet, but based on the singles prices... About 62/1

[Lineker]

Lasagne-gate 2: Electric Boogalou successfully overcome!

[Twist]

One of these two teams look like they want to be playing Champion’s League football.

[Lineker]

HOWAY!!

[Chris2K]

An own goal, how unfortunate.

Every Arsenal player appears to have an injury at this moment.

 

YES BRUNO, I WON'T INSULT YOU BY TRYING TO SPELL YOUR SURNAME SIR.

[Twist]

I think this is the best performance I’ve seen from Newcastle in a long old time. Incredible.

[lanky316]

This finish to the season is so typically Arsey

[gunnar hendershow]

Newcastle have a realistic shot at European play in 23-24.

I think it's safe to bet everything on Spurs losing 2-0 at Norwich but then Arsenal to draw 1-1 on an 89th minute equalizer that keeps Everton up.

[Chris2K]

One part done, now to spend the rest of the week worrying about who will score Norwich's winner.

[Lineker]

1 minute ago, Chris2K said:

One part done, now to spend the rest of the week worrying about who will score Norwich's winner.

Was going to say - how can we fuck it against Norwich now!!

[DavidMarrio]

That'll be top four secured for Chelsea as well (if they still exist next season mind) 

[Gazz]

The Arsenal midfield were so deep in Joelinton's pocket, they know if he bleached his pubes too.

Going to be interesting to see who gets 4th next season behind us, Liverpool and Man City.

[Colly]

15 minutes ago, Twist said:

I think this is the best performance I’ve seen from Newcastle in a long old time. Incredible.

That was a genuinely enjoyable 90 minutes, and it feels like a sign of things to come. I wish they'd start this ruddy lap of honour quick though, it's late enough.

[Twist]

14 minutes ago, Colly said:

That was a genuinely enjoyable 90 minutes, and it feels like a sign of things to come. I wish they'd start this ruddy lap of honour quick though, it's late enough.

As important as surviving has been this year, these kind of performances are the sort that will make that next tier of player look at Newcastle and go ‘hang on, maybe there’s something here’.

Can’t quantify the value of nights like this.

[Szumi]

Arsenal going full Spurs is absolutely hilarious

[Kaney]

Strongly disagree.

[Colly]

 

[Matt]

I really hope that's Arsenal saving themselves for the weekend and Newcastle just keeping up the good form to take into the weekend 🤐

[Lineker]

Some more on Chelsea:

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The government is concerned that the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea could collapse because of the alleged refusal by Roman Abramovich to accept a new sale structure proposed by ministers.

With the deadline for the deal to be completed less than a fortnight away Whitehall insiders have said there are fears of Chelsea going out of business. The government is determined that none of the proceeds from the club being sold to Todd Boehly’s consortium go to Abramovich, who put the European champions up for sale when he was hit with sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Chelsea, whose special operating licence expires on 31 May, require government approval before the deal goes through. But talks over what will happen to Abramovich’s £1.6bn loan to the club have stalled, heightening concerns over the deadline for the sale being missed.

The government’s proposal is for a two-stage process in which the £2.5bn from the sale to Boehly’s group would go into an escrow account, where it would be held until it is satisfied the funds will go to a charity for victims of the war in Ukraine.

But Westminster sources have said the deal has been held up by the club’s ownership structure. Chelsea’s parent company, Fordstam Ltd, owes £1.6bn to Camberley International Investments, a Jersey-based company with suspected links to Abramovich. The government has claimed that Abramovich and Chelsea want the loan repaid and then frozen before it goes to a charitable foundation.

The government is insistent that would break the terms of the sanctions imposed on Abramovich. Whitehall insiders also say they are yet to see legal assurances that the money will not eventually end up going to the Russian oligarch and need guarantees the funds will reach good causes. Chelsea and a spokesperson for Abramovich have been approached for comment.

Abramovich’s camp have previously denied claims that the billionaire could hold up the deal by reneging on his promise to write off his loan to Chelsea. Abramovich has insisted the charitable foundation will be an independent organisation and will be run by the former head of a United Nations organisation with no previous connection to him.

Chelsea have been represented in talks with the government by the club’s chairman, Bruce Buck, and the powerful director Marina Granovskaia. Buck and Granovskaia, both of whom have long-term ties to Abramovich, are expected to be retained by Boehly’s group.