Football (Soccer) Thread

[celedhring]

That would have me root for France. Yuck.

Relax, that is so far fetched. You are no Lucas Hernández.

I have (had ) a French grandad!

[Duque de Bragança]

French law does not recognise jus sanguinis in the case of a grandfather sorry. 

[Pedrito]

It seems that Juventus is seriously interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo, for a horrific quantity of money. 

From a business point of view, it could be a rather smart move for Juventus, to open up the brand marketability with the name of the single most valuable player in the game.

From a fan point of view, I say KEEP DREAMING THE DREAM!!!

L.

[The Larch]

It seems that Juventus is seriously interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo, for a horrific quantity of money. 

From a business point of view, it could be a rather smart move for Juventus, to open up the brand marketability with the name of the single most valuable player in the game.

From a fan point of view, I say KEEP DREAMING THE DREAM!!!

L.

It's being talked profusely over here as well, given that around half of our sport media have a raging hard on for him.

Does Juve seriously have that much money? It seems too much for a publicity stunt.

[Liep]

Which foreign billionaire owns Juve?

[The Larch]

Which foreign billionaire owns Juve?

It's still owned by the Agnelli family.

[crazy canuck]

Funny story about Rooney having no name recognition in Washington.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/03/wayne-rooney-dc-united-signing-mls-soccer

'Is he related to Mickey?': DC sports fans struggle to identify Wayne Rooney

[garbon]

Funny story about Rooney having no name recognition in Washington.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/03/wayne-rooney-dc-united-signing-mls-soccer

'Is he related to Mickey?': DC sports fans struggle to identify Wayne Rooney

Yeah, I mean why would they?

[Valmy]

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny specs
About the size of Mickey Rooney

[Pedrito]

It seems that Juventus is seriously interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo, for a horrific quantity of money. 

From a business point of view, it could be a rather smart move for Juventus, to open up the brand marketability with the name of the single most valuable player in the game.

From a fan point of view, I say KEEP DREAMING THE DREAM!!!

L.

It's being talked profusely over here as well, given that around half of our sport media have a raging hard on for him.

Does Juve seriously have that much money? It seems too much for a publicity stunt.

To be honest, every Juve fan has a raging hard on too, at the simple thought of the possibility.

About the money, juve is doing pretty well financially: a couple years ago they paid in full the €90M release clause of Higuain, the stadium is their own property, and i think they're evaluating Ronaldo more as a global brand than as a simple fooball player.
Don't forget that the guy has something like 130 MILLION followers on Instagram and Twitter...

L.

[Josquius]

Would it really be so awesome for marketing?
Getting Ronaldo in the declining years of his career... A coup for a lesser team for sure but Juve are already rather well known.

[dps]

Funny story about Rooney having no name recognition in Washington.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/03/wayne-rooney-dc-united-signing-mls-soccer

'Is he related to Mickey?': DC sports fans struggle to identify Wayne Rooney

Yeah, I mean why would they?

Yeah, he apparently was mostly asking Washington Nationals fans.  You gotta expect a certain level of stupidity when dealing with them.

[Josephus]

Surprised with the Buffon to PSG move. Always assumed he was retiring

[Maladict]

Surprised with the Buffon to PSG move. Always assumed he was retiring

He's doing horrific ads on tv, so I guess nothing is too low for him at this point. 

[The Larch]

Surprised with the Buffon to PSG move. Always assumed he was retiring

He's doing horrific ads on tv, so I guess nothing is too low for him at this point. 

He has done several other lower things during his career.