Alone in the Park - it's the Prem 2020-21 thread

Ugh.

https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/08/05/20/PRI193476170%20(1).jpg

Dunno if I buy that story. Villa’s CEO put out a video to the fans last night explaining the situation and he was very clear that the fee was £100m and that was the release clause the club agreed last summer.

There was also a story that Villa offered a contract more money than City’s offer but Grealish wanted the move anyway - I’d be surprised if he’s on much more than half that wage

I saw the Purslow video. It doesn't mention anything about wages

His basic salary will obviously be less than that, as these things always include a raft of bonuses. So maybe Villa offered him a higher basic salary, but I'd even doubt that tbh

I believe his name is Jack, not Jack Grealish

As inevitable as it seems Messi to PSG is comfortably the least interesting way it could have played out

It doesn’t seem to be guaranteed. Not completely clear that even they want Neymar, Mbappe and Messi’s wages on the books, plus whatever they’re throwing at Ramos, Donnarumma, etc. It’s hard to see anyone giving him €75m a season until he’s 39, though.

messi to liverpool is my preference

Levy running the numbers on sponsorship income tbh

pic.twitter.com/x5nXkyvqo1

— Harry Kane (@HKane) August 6, 2021

Well i think we should take him at his word eh

Lmao. I know I currently work for myself but previous times I’ve worked for someone I couldn’t imagine not turning up to work and then tweeting “shut up, I’m still profesh, I’ll turn up eventually”

"how dare you impugn my character. i shall reveal the true course of events in good time"

small time behaviour perfectly befitting of his club

Hes not there yet

he should have gone for the brainyquotes format for this very important social media communique, perhaps a pic of a lone tree under the milky way or a mountain rather than himself!

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— no context tottenham (@nocontextspurs) August 6, 2021

Minion meme imo

xp
lol darragh

Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea, confirmed and here we go! The agreement is set to be completed after further talks. €115m to Inter and no players included. Paperworks to be signed once details are fixed. 🔵🤝 #CFC

Lukaku will sign a long-term contract for €12m + add ons. 🇧🇪 #Chelsea pic.twitter.com/N47ksuRGpM

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 7, 2021

wtf is going on at Inter?

Tottenham agree fee for Inter striker Lautaro Martínez also wanted by Arsenal https://t.co/NYkni1m4ig

— Gary Jacob (@garyjacob) August 8, 2021

Messi incoming

Didn’t Conte leave because they are like 800 million in debt and told him he would have to sell his title winning team?

Lautaro Martinez’ agent Alejandro Camano: “Lautaro is happy at Inter and in Italy. His decision is to stay”, he told to @CLMerlo. Tottenham made a bid for Lautaro days ago, Inter want to keep him. 🔵🇦🇷 #THFC #Lautaro

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 8, 2021

Inter don’t need to sell aiui.

Inter also want rid of Vidal and Sánchez

back in 2017, then Villa boss Steve Bruce was keen to use Grealish as bait to lure Middlesbrough striker Jordan Rhodes to Villa Park.

Bruce had a strained relationship with Grealish for the majority of his spell in the Midlands, with the former boss frustrated by the midfield ace's tendency to complain to referees as well as his antics off the pitch.

Rhodes was lined up to add goals to a Villa side desperately struggling for firepower - even if that meant sanctioning the loss of a future star.

so Bruce was willing to do a Grealish/Rhodes swap deal, that would have been an alltime classic.

"if Ashley Young is worth £9 million then what must Gary McSheffrey be worth?" also a legit Brucey quote

The man knows the price of nothing and the value of nothing

it was his legacy signings that got Town relegated twice and with one spell of administration in between. Any proper manager would have judged Kenny Irons to be a player with some considerable skill in striking a dead ball, but nevertheless an overweight pisshead who would have struggled to be fit enough for 70's football. And perhaps not sanctioned a 4 year contract on 9 grand a week! I could go on at great length about his ineptitude in the transfer market, but also he probably got lucky a few times.

In 2008, Kenny signed for Liverpool Veterans Side Sacre Coeur, who compete in the I Zingari Combination League. However, following the 4–1 defeat on 9 April at the hands of Bootle side Jawbone FC, Irons finally retired.

At the age of 46, Irons helped England win the 2016 Seniors World Cup, for retired professionals, in Thailand.

Any old Iron came good in the end! I used to talk to this bloke in the bookies who drank with him and said he'd often be knocking back the pints at the bar in the George Hotel before a match day.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/callum-wilson-makes-graeme-jones-21201344.amp

Some wonderful glowing praise for Bruce from Callum Wilson here, for balance

“I think Graeme Jones coming in as a coach (in January), definitely complemented the manager because he’s a little bit more tactically aware and up to date, whereas the manager has his different strengths and attributes," Wilson revealed.

If I was a club owner I'd save money by simply employing a manager who doesn't need a ghostmanager to do the job for them. To quote DJ Martian "Systems Thinking can solve this problem"

i wonder if anybody's ready?

Covid's ready!

Someone has to start a new thread. You have 2 minutes or it's me

fobttll!

ahaha JINX

lol I knew you had that thread title primed and ready to post!

ironically it's what they should be telling us whenever we post there lol

I'm amazed that Calzino knows who DJ Martian is.

A meeting of two eras, fully 20 years apart!

someone resurrected that classic thread on here recently and I saw it linked on twitter once as a pisstake in response to some bullshit Dom Cummings sloganeering