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I am quite fascinated by the prospect of Barcelona’s 60m euro summer signing being able to walk away for nothing within the next couple of days, while they remain liable to continue to pay the fee.

Deceased Eleven 2024 We round off another year on Beyond The Last Man with our annual tribute to, and recognition of, the great footballers we have lost over the past 12 months. If you are new to our Deceased Eleven fe…

New on BTLM: Deceased Eleven 2024. Our year-end imagined team featuring the footballing greats we sadly lost this year.
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Always enjoy a great musical find and one of the best bands I’ve discord this year is the Canadian krautrockish You Doo Right. Quite the splendid racket they make!

Looking after yourself can be done behind the scenes perfectly well. Bringing private contract talk into the public sphere is unhelpful and so, yes, could be classified as selfish.

Disagree. It’s a dance and the player and his agent are relying on the emotional blackmail that comes with being a fan favourite. For all we know they are demanding ridiculous terms.

The value of controlling the narrative: breathless reporting of Liverpool not offering a new Salah contract fails to appreciate this is more than likely them not offering a contract on the likely onerous terms demanded by the player’s agent.

People might be confused by the opponents but really this is like George Best scoring 6 against Northampton, no?

This was one of the most admirable things about the late Tommy Docherty. He played in a golden age with greats like Matthews and Finney, yet he was never stuck in time. He was
relentlessly fascinated with modern football & thought Messi was greater than any of his esteemed contemporaries.

Alex Ferguson’s International Odyssey, 1967 Arriving in one country just as it was about to explode into war, landing in another as riots were breaking out and told to ‘get back to haggis bashing’ in a third – Scotland’s world tour of …

New on BTLM: Alex Ferguson's International Odyssey, 1967. Craig Stephen returns with the story of Alex Ferguson's brief, but very eventful Scotland career.
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