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[Bantz Lord T]

Colombia will be our biggest test so far. Even without James, that squad is loaded with talent. I’m a little nervous about the potential for an upset, ngl

 

[rolaholic]

Lucho going without a no.9 to start...

Probably didn't feel confident about starting Morata against his old teammates



The XI the last time they played Italy at the Euros...

Alba and Busquets are the only ones left in the XI

 

[rolaholic]

Italy going with their strongest XI minus Spinazzola

Their XI the last time they played Spain on this stage...

Bonnuci and Chiellini the lone remaining starters

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Bonnuci and Chiellini the lone remaining starters

Chiellini recently joked that he knows Bonucci better than his own wife

 

[jape]

It was corrected that's it's a 200 mill problem, not a 200k problem

I thought it’s the wages that’s capped in la liga
Ffp for Europe is total revenue

 

[jape]

If Mbappe is really eager to leave, he'll get one of them super agents involved. If not, send him the pre-contract January 1st.

He’s said publicly he doesn’t want to leave this summer but on a free next summer. My guess is if they win the CL this szn he will stay

 

[jape]

Lucho going without a no.9 to start...

Probably didn't feel confident about starting Morata against his old teammates



The XI the last time they played Italy at the Euros...

Alba and Busquets are the only ones left in the XI

In spain oyarzabal plays as a forward so he’s comfortable there.

Hope my boy Pedri shows out.
If I were Italy, I would just go at jordi alba the whole match. We all know he nuts up in big matches and his defensive prowess is already sus.
Which is also why I think Italy gets the win.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

I thought it’s the wages that’s capped in la liga
Ffp for Europe is total revenue

This was from the thread, fwiw

 

[jape]

This was from the thread, fwiw

Does that mean the whole contract? I don’t get it. Laporta is the goat if he makes ends meet this summer.
Barca pockets so bad I feel like I’m having financial problems
thanks Bart.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Does that mean the whole contract? I don’t get it. Laporta is the goat if he makes ends meet this summer.
Barca pockets so bad I feel like I’m having financial problems
thanks Bart.

If it was just 200k, you could solve that by buying one player out their contract.

 

[jape]

If it was just 200k, you could solve that by buying one player out their contract.

yeah that's what i was foolishly thinking.
does that mean 200 mill for just one szn of wages or 200 mill when looked at from the totality of all the player contracts.?

please say the latter. if not, buy em all out. messi is worth more than every player i just mentioned.
having messi start and end his career at barca will mean much more to the future of the club than those players' szns at barca.

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Yeah, Messi brings more to Barça than he earns in wages. Contracts like Griezmann’s are the real issue

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Once it starts getting to nuances of how much needs to be cut to be within good standing for just this season or more is beyond me. But it seems like you can't sign anyone until you start shedding wages. And idk if it's facts but you're the value of your sponsorships seem to be contingent on having Messi in a Barca shirt. Which is currently impossible because of the wages?

 

[HNL HI]

 

[rolaholic]

Gonna be a part time golfer/part time international footballer then

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Yeah, Messi brings more to Barça than he earns in wages. Contracts like Griezmann’s are the real issue

Their best hope would be for an injury creating a market for Griezmann or a loan, where they probably have to pay some of the wages. I don't really see the team willing to pay a fee and wages for him right now.

 

[rolaholic]

Yeah, Messi brings more to Barça than he earns in wages. Contracts like Griezmann’s are the real issue

Dudes really gave him gradually increasing wages, he's set to earn almost 900k euros a week this season

More than the likes of Neymar, Mbappe etc , everyone besides the 2 aliens

 

[jape]

what's crazy is these are just the numbers reported. we all know there's some other **** going on.
especially with the crazy spanish tax laws.

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

Predictons for today:
Real Madrid-less Spain over Italy 2-1 (Euros)
Argentina over Colombia 1-0 (America)
Haiti over Bermuda 4-0 (Gold Cup)
Guatemala over Guadeloupe 3-0 (Gold Cup)

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Just sell Pedri

 

[rolaholic]

 

[fluid hips]

Ready

 

[jape]

 

[rolaholic]

Got the Azzurri moving on to the final 2-1

 

[AZwildcats]

That Spanish front line looks tame, I hope Italy beat them