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[Irishnev]

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[Irishnev]

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[Fosterbloke]

Crazy money for such young players but they really are the real deal.

Mbappe, Felix, De Ligt, TAA - Four players that will rise to world class status in a few years (Mbappe is arguably already there).

Anyone else?

[Irishnev]

Crazy money for such young players but they really are the real deal.

Mbappe, Felix, De Ligt, TAA - Four players that will rise to world class status in a few years (Mbappe is arguably already there).

Anyone else?

It’s hard to say with players that young if they’ll make it but those 4 (Felix less so) have been doing it for a couple if seasons now.

Mad punt by AM as Felix has really only had one season behind him.

[Bender]

It’s hard to say with players that young if they’ll make it but those 4 (Felix less so) have been doing it for a couple if seasons now.

Mad punt by AM as Felix has really only had one season behind him.

Have to agree it'a really a huge risk for the fee they have paid....

[Bender]

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[Cormack74]

Good, ACM will bank enough to buy Lovren.

[Tee]

Good start by England’s women v Norway, impressing again and one up after 2 mins

[Norbs]

Pretty elaborate dummy in the run up to the first goal, these women players are full of skillz

[Kenneth]

We've all done it. And I remember Suarez doing exactly the same for us.

[danperkins]

It’s hard to say with players that young if they’ll make it but those 4 (Felix less so) have been doing it for a couple if seasons now.

Mad punt by AM as Felix has really only had one season behind him.

insane money. Only thing I would say is that when Athletico lose a striker, they tend to be amazing at replacing them. As far as I can gather since the 90's it's has gone Veiri, Hasselbaink, Torres, Aguero, Forlan, Falcao, Costa, Villa, Manzukic and Greizmann. Incredible business really as every single one of them has been a success for Athletico, now it's Felix whom I don't really know much about to be honest. They are due a flop

[fah-q]

Sad but inevitable - it's been in a terrible state in recent year by all accounts. The surrounding area needs regeneration too.

Not totally connected but in the same vein. The stadia built for the 1990 world cup were only paid off in the late 2000's (2007 I think).

There's never been a more costly world cup, it ended up costing about 1,250 billion Lira which converts to about £500m (which you'd have to then adjust for inflation £1,1bn I think).

Also some of the stadia were built by people who had never been in a football stadium before which is nuts.

[Kenneth]

Probably Mafia related.

[Bender]

AC Milan are excluded from the Europa League 2019/2020 for non-compliance with Financial Fair Play.

[Cormack74]

Not totally connected but in the same vein. The stadia built for the 1990 world cup were only paid off in the late 2000's (2007 I think).

There's never been a more costly world cup, it ended up costing about 1,250 billion Lira which converts to about £500m (which you'd have to then adjust for inflation £1,1bn I think).

Also some of the stadia were built by people who had never been in a football stadium before which is nuts.

IIRC only 2 new stadiums were actually built but they got a bit carried away with some of the other refurbs resulting in the costs and issues that you mention.