No Hands...the Everything (Football|Soccer|Footie|Futbol) Thread

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Our players will look fabulous in Zara.

Probably would fetch more money if they didn’t spend years making a mess of it

Beckham is rebuilding prime Barca from 10 years ago.

Sergio Cookies.

Rumors from Brazil has been transferred to palliative care.

Hard to say whether this is another round of hoaxes, but it might have something to it this time.

Still the greatest footballer to have played the game in my eyes…

I agree 100%.

Of course one can’t compare eras, and those who favor Messi and Maradona will say that the game has advanced since then. But I don’t think it detracts from his greatness; while defenders have gotten better, attackers were less protected back in his days, and pitches were far worse.

6 goals in quarter final, semi final, and final of a World Cup before the age of 18 and then going on to win three Cups out of four is just insane. And that’s on top of ~ a goal per game throughout his career.

One can’t complain, to have lived in the era of Messi/C. Ronaldo, but Pele is the one player from the past I would have loved to see play in real life.

I think that’s a really good point about the protection players now get compared in back in Pele’s day. He was pretty much kicked out of the '66 world cup for instance by Portugal.

Jesus out for at least 3 months. Congrats City.

I’ve seen estimates of the crazy amount of money in this contract that are all over the place, and that’s due to image rights which have not been fully negotiated yet.

Looking at his condition I don’t think he is going to rise in three days.

60m for a 16. Every talented young player on the planet is desperate to play for Real Madrid.

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Completely missed this last week. :/ Farewell to one of the greats and best free kick specialists of his era.

The World Cup being over means that now when I think of this silly game, I’m reminded of distressing things such as both the clubs I like facing relegation and Arsenal being atop the Premier League. Grim times.