Football (Soccer) Thread

[Tamas]

Time for some silly season stuff:

Chelsea agreed a loan with Inter to take Lukaku back for a one year loan for a minor fee. In essence, Inter loaned Lukaku to Chelsea for the 2021/2022 season and received like 90m from Chelsea in return

Amazing. Chelsea is usually quite smart with transfers. They're the most well known of the buy up all the kids, loan them out a bit, then sell for big money, crew.

Sure but signing terrible past their prime strikers is what Chelsea do. Have been trying to replace Drogba ever since he left.

[FunkMonk]

Another silly Worlde knockoff but for foot:

https://footdle.com/
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I'm bad.

[Josquius]

That's mega nerdy, really got to know players. I got down to a non Spanish centre back in la Liga and drew a blank so had to Google top cbs in la Liga.

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[FunkMonk]

Yeah it's for people with like encyclopedic knowledge of every league, but still a dumb little time waster for the rest of us.

[The Larch]

Yeah it's for people with like encyclopedic knowledge of every league, but still a dumb little time waster for the rest of us.

I found it quite easy. 

I mean, it was not a truly obscure player. It's from Real Madrid, come on.

[FunkMonk]

I just don't know la liga at all though

[The Larch]

I just don't know la liga at all though

There's an entire football universe outside the Premier League. 

[FunkMonk]

I just don't know la liga at all though

There's an entire football universe outside the Premier League. 

Man I barely got to time watch Arsenal implode every season and you expect me to follow Betis  

[Sheilbh]

Larchie doesn't, but Bellerin does

[The Larch]

I just don't know la liga at all though

There's an entire football universe outside the Premier League. 

Man I barely got to time watch Arsenal implode every season and you expect me to follow Betis   

I don't expect you to follow Betis, nor Cádiz or Getafe (wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy!), but knowing a Brazilian international that plays for the European champions is not niche knowledge. 

Larchie doesn't, but Bellerin does

Why the sad face? AFAIK it's a family thing, as his father is a lifelong Betis supporter.

[FunkMonk]

Bellerin insists on only playing for Betis which is problematic for Arsenal because they want to offload him anywhere they can but Betis doesn't have the money.

Everything comes back to Arsenal getting owned, in other words.   

[Sheilbh]

Why the sad face? AFAIK it's a family thing, as his father is a lifelong Betis supporter.

Oh it was meant as a "don't let him down" sad face.

I think it's a wonderful move that I love a lot from a player I like (never watched him play very much I just like his opinions and fashion).

[FunkMonk]

Btw larchie I will shortly be brushing up on my knowledge of Brazilian internationals because apparently Arsenal are buying all of them

[The Larch]

Btw larchie I will shortly be brushing up on my knowledge of Brazilian internationals because apparently Arsenal are buying all of them

Isn't that a bit risky, btw? It's not as if Brazilians have been wildly successful in the Premier League historically speaking.

[crazy canuck]

Yeah it's for people with like encyclopedic knowledge of every league, but still a dumb little time waster for the rest of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9myHhpS9s

Monty Python did it first