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Rio Ferdinand asks Steven Gerrard why Liverpool have only signed two players despite struggling last season. 🎙️ Rio Ferdinand: “Stevie, Liverpool struggled last season. The squad looked short in key areas, injuries exposed them, and now they’ve only brought in two players. What do you think has really happened?”...

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🚨Steve Holland on Manchester United’s plans for Lisandro Martínez following his recent injury ahead of the transfer window. 🎙️ Reporter: “Steve, what is the club’s position on Lisandro Martínez after his latest injury?” 🗣️ Steve Holland: “First of all, everyone at Manchester United stands behind Lisandro Martínez. There’s no doubt he’s an important player for this football club. His character, commitment, and quality have never been in question, and we’ll continue to support him throughout his recovery. “That said, when you’re building a squad with the ambition of winning the Premier League over the next two or three years, you have to make difficult decisions. We need a squad that can compete at the highest level every single week. “Lisandro is an outstanding footballer, but the reality is that availability is one of the most important qualities in this game. We need players we can rely on week in, week out, through the demands of a long season. “That doesn’t mean we’re giving up on him. It simply means the club has to prepare for every situation. We’ll continue to explore options in the transfer market to strengthen the squad because successful teams need depth and competition in every position. “Our objective is to build a team capable of challenging for every major trophy. To do that, we need quality, consistency, and players who can be counted on throughout the season. That’s the standard at Manchester United, and every decision we make will be with that goal in mind.”

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🚨🎙️Rio Ferdinand & Wayne Rooney Discuss Chelsea’s Sanctions Rio Ferdinand: Wayne, I’ve got to ask you, how do you explain this one? Chelsea admit to 74 breaches, get a £10 million fine and a suspended transfer ban. Yet we’ve seen clubs like Everton lose points and spend months fighting for their Premier League status. Wayne Rooney: That’s what a lot of supporters will struggle to understand, Rio. Everton were deducted points, their season was turned upside down, and the fans paid the price. When people see Chelsea avoid a points deduction despite the scale of these breaches, they’re naturally going to question the consistency. Rio Ferdinand: Exactly. Whether you’re an Everton fan, a Burnley fan or just a neutral, you’re looking at the situation and asking where the line is. Burnley were relegated and later argued that Everton’s breaches had a direct impact on their fate. The consequences for clubs lower down the table can be enormous. Wayne Rooney: Football’s biggest challenge isn’t writing rules—it’s applying them equally. If one club loses points and another receives fines and suspended sanctions, people are going to compare the cases. That’s inevitable. Rio Ferdinand: And that’s not me saying Chelsea shouldn’t get credit for cooperating or self-reporting. They absolutely should. But fans don’t look at legal details first. They look at outcomes. Wayne Rooney: That’s right. They see Everton deducted points. They see Burnley fighting legal battles over relegation. Then they see Chelsea avoid an immediate sporting punishment, and the questions start flying. Rio Ferdinand: Football authorities have got to be careful because trust is everything. The moment supporters think different clubs are being treated differently, every future decision comes under scrutiny. Wayne Rooney: And that’s the key point. This isn’t about Chelsea alone. It’s about making sure every club, from the champions to the clubs fighting relegation, believes the rules apply the same way to everyone. Rio Ferdinand: Because if supporters lose faith in the fairness of the system, that’s when the game has a real problem. (RIOMEET)

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Thought for today…. I would like to thank Alexander Isak for his behaviour and forcing to leave Newcastle. I would also like to thank Liverpool for the duplicitous way they unsettled him. Why FFS you may ask? Hear me out… 1. The bloke is not a team player as he showed last season with his performances at the start and end of last season and we only want fully committed players at our club. 2. At some point due to the corrupt PSR rules we were going to have to sell a big player to enable us to move to the next level. It might as well be one with the lack of character and morality that he has shown. 3. Isak and Liverpool have handed us a massive windfall that has the potential to transform the club over the next few seasons. Without this we would not be able to move forward as quickly and we would all be waiting for the axe to fall on another star player. That is less likely now. 4. We now, potentially,have the strongest squad in my living memory (with the possible exception of Keegan’s Entertainers but who knows they may surpass even them) 5. The new CEO and Sporting Director (both of whom are top class if reports are correct) will be walking into a club that is united from top to bottom and in a very strong financial position. A club that has qualified for the Champions League in two of the last 3 season and won its first domestic trophy in 70 years. A club that is clearly on the up. 6. PIF will hopefully have learned lessons from what happened this summer and even though it was a little late they acted in the last few weeks and made sure the end to they transfer window could be deemed a big success despite the circumstances (next up get the CEO and Sporting Director in and announce a new stadium) 7. Eddie Howe, Andy Howe, Jamie Reuben and Steve Nickson have cemented their reputations. In particular Eddie’s handling of the whole Isak affair has been a masterclass in diplomacy, hard work, and man management - we truly have an absolute gem and a gentleman leading the team. 8. In summary we have a club that is united from top to bottom, in a healthy financial position, a much stronger squad with players committed to the club, new top class senior personnel to be added very shortly, a second Champions League season to look forward to and hopefully more silverware. Thanks Isak (you are still a rat) and Liverpool (your £135m will move us to the next level head of time) HWTL 🖤🤍🖤🤍

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Rory Jennings on 5 Sporting Directors 🗣️ The size of Chelsea. Liam rosenior isn’t a Premier League level manager and the ownership put him in a role he clearly wasn’t ready for. That’s the reality. What makes it worse is that the same people who appointed Liam Rosenior then sacked him, yet none of them faced any consequences themselves. If you are responsible for appointing arguably the worst manager in Chelsea’s recent history, you should also be under pressure for your job. The worrying part is that it was obvious to almost everyone that Rosenior was not the right replacement for Enzo Maresca, yet the ownership still handed him a six-year deal. After the Graham Potter situation, trying the same experiment again just showed how naive or incompetent the decision-makers at the club have been. Chelsea spent billions building this project, but the structure around the football decisions kept failing. What exposed everything even more was the dressing room. You could clearly see certain players stopped believing in the manager and once that happens, standards collapse. Whatever players think privately, their responsibility is still to fight for the badge, the fans, and the history of Chelsea Football Club. Instead, the lack of leadership, accountability, and belief became obvious for everyone to see. That’s why the appointment of Xabi Alonso feels so significant now because it finally feels like Chelsea have realised the previous approach simply was not working.

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🚨🎙️Ben Foster on Why Jordan Henderson Could Be Exactly What Chelsea Need Ben Foster: “Do you remember when we played Liverpool at Vicarage Road?” Co-host: “Yeah.” Ben Foster: “There was one player in particular who stood out more than anybody else on that pitch. Liverpool beat us comfortably, I think it was 5-0 or 3-0, but the scoreline wasn’t even the thing that stayed with me. It was Jordan Henderson. Honestly, every single one of us came off that pitch saying exactly the same thing: ‘Wow, he’s so important to that team.’ You could feel his presence everywhere.” Co-host: “He was like an on-field manager.” Ben Foster: “Exactly. And that’s the thing people don’t always see when they’re watching on TV. They see the passes, the running, the tackles, but they don’t see the constant communication. He had so much quality, but his leadership was on another level entirely.” Co-host: “Even players like Mané and Salah were looking at him for information. You could see them turning to him for instructions, guidance, reassurance. It was like he was the heartbeat of the entire team.” Ben Foster: “That’s what blew me away. We’re talking about some of the best players in world football, and even they trusted Henderson’s voice. Every few seconds he was pointing, directing, organising, demanding more. To see it firsthand at the highest level was incredible.” Co-host: “At the very top level.” Ben Foster: “The absolute top level. And afterwards in the dressing room, every one of us was talking about him. We weren’t talking about Salah’s goals or Mané’s pace. We were talking about Henderson. That’s how much influence he had over that Liverpool side.” Co-host: “You could tell the players would run through a brick wall for him.” Ben Foster: “Without a doubt. If Henderson told them to push harder, they pushed harder. If he told them to stay calm, they stayed calm. If he told them to jump, they’d ask how high. That’s genuine leadership. That’s something you can’t teach.” Co-host: “And that’s why so many managers value him.” Ben Foster: “Exactly. In modern football, everybody talks about tactics, systems and technical ability, but dressing rooms still need leaders. They still need characters who can hold standards, keep players accountable and drive the group forward when things get difficult.” Co-host: “Which is probably why clubs keep looking at him despite his age.” Ben Foster: “One hundred percent. And if you ask me, that’s exactly why I think he’d be a fantastic addition for Chelsea. They’ve got talent everywhere you look. Young, exciting players with massive potential. But sometimes what takes a talented squad to the next level is having that experienced voice in the dressing room every single day.” Co-host: “Someone who sets the standards.” Ben Foster: “Exactly. Someone who demands excellence in training, someone who isn’t afraid to speak up when things aren’t right, someone who has won the biggest trophies and knows what it takes to get over the line. Henderson brings all of that.” Co-host: “You think that’s why Xabi Alonso was so keen on him as well?” Ben Foster: “Absolutely. Managers like Xabi Alonso understand that football isn’t just played with your feet, it’s played with your mentality. Henderson gives you leadership, professionalism, organisation and belief. Those qualities spread through a squad. That’s why I can completely understand why Alonso would go all in for him. Players like that are rare. They make everyone around them better.” Co-host: “So for Chelsea, it would be about more than just what he does on the pitch?” Ben Foster: “Much more. It’s about culture. It’s about mentality. It’s about helping young players understand what elite standards look like every single day. That’s what Jordan Henderson brings, and that’s why every manager who has worked with him speaks so highly of him. You don’t replace that easily.” (THE FOZCAST)

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Here’s the full Sky Sports Football clip Bit of a rant because of the waffle these lot have been producing We sorted that Courtney and her dribble. Mackie is another one. Why on earth do we wanna focus on buying league one players?! We don’t want to be in this league we want to go up, you buy a squad of league one players if you wanna be stable and maybe fluke promotion via the play offs, if that happens…guess what we have to do again next season….rebuild We lost one way or another 17 players this summer, we needed to rebuild this season, we have been skating on thin ice because of our yellow sticker transfer activity for the best part of 7 years. Why on earth would we use this summer to pack the squad out with journeyman league one players? F that!! We want to go up so we only need to add a handful of players to be able to go again next season. Stop using Wrexham as a comparison to us, they did exactly what we have done this season when they were in the national league. Jobi FYI we ain’t a league one team we’re a team in league one, we haven’t been in this league for 30 years and with this summers transfer activity we won’t ever be in league one ever again (no disrespect to league one) This summer was the owners first chance to flex their muscles and show their commitment to the club. Do you really think we would have gone down if they were allowed to spend this money last season….no way In short, F-ing research before spouting crap because you sound proper daft #KRO // #BCFC

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Michael Ballack on Chelsea signing Morgan Rogers for a reported £117m. 🗣️ “Chelsea are making the same mistake over and over again. Every transfer window, they walk into negotiations with a blank cheque, and then people wonder why the market has become completely ridiculous.” “Let’s be honest £117 million is a massive overpayment. Morgan Rogers is a talented footballer, but when you pay that kind of money, you’re talking about players who have dominated Europe for years, not players who are still proving themselves.” “This isn’t criticism of Morgan. It’s criticism of Chelsea’s decision-making. They’ve made Aston Villa’s job incredibly easy. Villa must be celebrating because they’ve negotiated a phenomenal deal.” “The worrying part is that Chelsea never seem to learn. Every time they overpay, the next club asks for even more. They’ve become the benchmark for inflated transfer fees, and everyone in football knows it.” “A transfer fee like this doesn’t just buy a player it creates impossible expectations. The first poor performance, the first missed chance, the first defeat… the £117 million price tag will be brought up immediately. Chelsea have put that burden on the player.” “Big clubs are supposed to dominate the market with intelligence, not desperation. If these reports are accurate, Chelsea haven’t outsmarted Aston Villa Aston Villa have outsmarted Chelsea. That’s the harsh reality.”

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