https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/athletic-hiring-spree Interesting article on the athletic aggressively branching out into British football. Should see some really good content on there this season for the main clubs and the premier league in general.
https://www.thstofficial.com/thst-news/thst-attends-premier-league-var-session Interesting article about VAR in the EPL, how it will be applied differently from UEFA in some cases, decision making of the refs, a video or two with live mics of the refs and the VAR ref. Very cool to get that perspective.
Difference being that basically all their major performers from last season were loanees. Buying El Ghazi and Mings is just a follow up from their period on loan. Fulham were just spending money on insane things last season
The buying too many players being an inherently bad thing seems like a myth that is driven by correlation vs. causation.
Asked about the remarks, Guardiola said: ‘Did it bother me? Of course it bothered me, because it’s not true that we spend £200m every transfer market. That is not true. ‘So it’s Liverpool, you’ll never walk alone, so it’s not a small team. It’s Liverpool. ‘So of course I don’t like it because it’s not true. Last season we spent £17m on just one player. So when I said two season ago when we spent a lot it’s because I took over a team with 10, 11 players who were more than 30 years old. You have to do it. Maybe I am confused but wasn't Mahrez £60m?
Mahrez did cost that much but maybe he needs net spend because they sold off a lot of nothing for 4-10 mil here and there. Also that last quote is hilarious because he's spent a lot every single place he's gone. Everyone that has to turn over 10 players on a roster needs 600 mil to do it
Pep is a spin master, but that roster was old and bloated when he took over. especially in defense. Hart Sagna Clichy Zabaleta Kolarov Nasri Yaya Navas
yeah idk about a full rebuild but the team he inherited wasnt great. had to win last day of the year just to qualify via GD for the champions league play-off round
This really doesn’t refute that Pep has to spend excessively to win. That’s why his feelings are hurt.
ManU looking at a serious influx, if rumors pan out. Outbound only Valencia and Herrera, inbound Maguire, Wan-Bissaka, Dybala (Lukaku would go the other way presumably), Bruno Fernandes, Daniel James... Interesting stuff.