Pretty sure it was Saliba too, blogs reaction made it really odd. Phillipes got the goods and he didn’t want to share
It was actually Pepe, start at 25 minutes I listen on 2x speed and I could even hear the awkwardness on the original play through. Really strange.
He probably didn’t want to get into the Pepe deal because of the technical explanation and Phillipe realized that he was wandering off point. Wasn’t it reported at the time that a private equity/debt firm was involved? Lille wanted all of the money up front, Arsenal wanted to pay in installments? So a firm got involved to give Lille the funds up front for a fee/percentage. Ex: Transfer fee Arsenal pays is £73 million over 5 years Arsenal pays Lille £20 million up front, third party firm pays Lille £43 million = £63 million total Firm receives payments from Arsenal over next 4 years totaling £53 million Firm makes £10 million on a £43 million “loan” to Lille I am making up the numbers but you get the idea
Not understanding how this is even remotely complicated or off task per the discussion. Pretty sure we all own something like this.
He wanted to talk about William Saliba and said he didn’t want to get sidetracked talking about the structure of the Pepe deal? When he realized it sounded awkward, he said “Nothing illegal, just complicated and unusual.”
I know Wu hates FUT but they released a new set of cards today for their icons (retired legends/icons) where they pick a specific moment or match for each of the icons and they get boosted stats. They introduced it last year but I find it interesting to see which moment they choose for each guy so thought I’d share the Arsenal ones that I could find on YouTube Feel free to guess if you’d like before checking the spoiler. Pires Bergkamp Wright Petit Henry Campbell Overmars The ones they chose for Vieira and Jens weren’t Arsenal moments Spoiler Had to double take on this one since he had 2 hat tricks against Southampton that season https://youtu.be/EK1ylgBQxoo For Sol Can’t find Petit goal vs Derby County from 97-98 but that was his.
I was unaware that your hatred went so deep you opposed posting old Arsenal highlight clips if they had any relation to FUT.
To be fair, lot of great food spots in London. I’d go all out on good Indian and Israeli/ middle eastern food if I were there.
Oh there are plenty of good places you can eat in London, I just meant what you would call “English food”