forzagaribaldi
Youth Team
It's good. Not got the romance and views of the Dreisamstadion unfortunately but well worth a visit. Easy to get to by bike or tram from the city centre.
The European Football thread!
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Any Time Now
Jack Armstrong
Bordeaux have given up their professional status, player contracts terminated and facilities closed
That’s tragic news.
The club that nurtured players like Zinedine Zidane, effectively going bust.
Modern football, eh? It’s shit.
Any Time Now
Jack Armstrong
Has to be said Gerard Lopez has the reverse midas touch where everything he gets his hands on turns to shit. Failed at Lotus F1, has now completely killed Bordeaux and is in the process of failing with Boavista too (players often not getting paid on time)
Taking a sizeable club like Bordeaux and riddling it with debt to the point you can't even sell it for €20 million euros takes some serious doing
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
Bordeaux have filed for bankruptcy and have renounced their professional status. That's it they're gone.
The 2. Bundesliga returns tonight, and the fixture-computer throws up an absolute cracker to kick things off, as Hamburger SV start their campaign (their fifth attempt in a row at getting back to the top flight…) by travelling to the 1. FC Köln.
Loads of sub-plots to this one; HSV are coached by former Kölner Steffen Baumgart, whilst Gerhard Struber, recently appointed coach of Die Geißböcke, will be determined to put down an early marker as he seeks to return his side to the Bundesliga at the first attempt.
Müngersdorfer should be rocking!
Loads of sub-plots to this one; HSV are coached by former Kölner Steffen Baumgart, whilst Gerhard Struber, recently appointed coach of Die Geißböcke, will be determined to put down an early marker as he seeks to return his side to the Bundesliga at the first attempt.
Müngersdorfer should be rocking!
Master Yates
Stuart Pearce
Will be a great FM save next year/years after, once they reform as an amateur team
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Berkshire Red
Jack Burkitt
Hopefully they will re-form and return stronger. Les Girondins were an institution in French football. Like Nice and Reims they have suffered since their glory days.
I'm sure that Fiorentina declared bankrupt in 2002. The Italian league allowed the reformed club to return in Serie C2 though, and then incredibly allowed them to jump into Serie B "on sporting merit".
Huxley
John Robertson
Parma are another team who stopped existing but have risen again and will be back in Serie A this year
Berkshire Red
Jack Burkitt
It's funny, so many of us think affectionally of Parma. What Nevio Scala did there was awesome. However, were they a challenger to us in the Premier League we would be slating them. Their success was build on the Parmalat business wasn't it?
Parma itself is a sleepy, very contented, provincial town. Their ground is small so attendances weren't amazing. We would probably look down on them as a Bournemouth type club, with condescension.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Speaking of clubs coming back from the dead. I can't believe Varane signed for newly promoted Como. I know he wasn't amazing at Man United but that must simply be a lifestyle decision (can't blame him for that one!) because you feel like that's well below his level.
Como is looking like a lovely old time. Fabregas their new manager. Varane, Belotti, Pepe Reina, Alberto Moreno all amongst their new signings.
Como is looking like a lovely old time. Fabregas their new manager. Varane, Belotti, Pepe Reina, Alberto Moreno all amongst their new signings.
I have to tell you, the area around there is beautiful and it must be a big draw to go and play there.
I’m stunned at Varane to, I expected him to go to one of the Milan clubs or even PSG as they like to sign a big name. Biggest shock for me is seeing Reina’s name, he’s been around forever.
Huxley
John Robertson
The owners of Como are probably the wealthiest in Italian football.
As for Parma I think we’ve got a bit in common. Small club brushed with greatness from time to time. Some proper legendary former players and European success in the past but in more recent years a succession of dodgy owners with even dodgier financial shenanigans have kept them away from the limelight.
As for Parma I think we’ve got a bit in common. Small club brushed with greatness from time to time. Some proper legendary former players and European success in the past but in more recent years a succession of dodgy owners with even dodgier financial shenanigans have kept them away from the limelight.
From the „About bloody time“ Department:
VfB Stuttgart confirms the signing of striker Deniz Undav from Brighton & Hove Albion, for a fee that could reach €27m.
The German international was on loan at the VfB last season, scoring eighteen goals, despite spending much of the season as second-fiddle to Serhou Guirassy.
The 27-year old has signed a three-year deal, running until 2027.
This is an excellent signing for the club, a player who knows where the back of the net is!
VfB Stuttgart confirms the signing of striker Deniz Undav from Brighton & Hove Albion, for a fee that could reach €27m.
The German international was on loan at the VfB last season, scoring eighteen goals, despite spending much of the season as second-fiddle to Serhou Guirassy.
The 27-year old has signed a three-year deal, running until 2027.
This is an excellent signing for the club, a player who knows where the back of the net is!
Well, he looks happy anyway!
Huxley
John Robertson
De Gea joins Fiorentina on a free.
Well, it’s official, the legend that is Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira, or Pepe to his mates, has finally decided to call time on his storied career after over two decades of beating seven shades out of opposing centre forwards.
He’s announced he’s going to form a charitable foundation which will work towards health issues with kids, which is just as wholesome as you’d imagine:
I always like a defender, and Pepe was a favourite of mine, because he was absolute nails.
He’s announced he’s going to form a charitable foundation which will work towards health issues with kids, which is just as wholesome as you’d imagine:
I always like a defender, and Pepe was a favourite of mine, because he was absolute nails.
Barry
Where's me hammer?
I totally disagree on the nails bit i think he was made a hard man in a time when football is essentially for fannys.... he was as much of a play acting cheat as anyone.... compare him to genuine hardmen like Stuart Pearce who broke his leg and tried to run it off.... no way would you see Pearce showing weakness in even showing genuine injury....
Look at this tackle on him V Brazil
Pepe would have still been down now.
VfB Stuttgart FOUR, Athletic Club NIL.
Good game, played under glorious sunshine, against a slightly weakened Athletic Club (Nico Williams was not in the squad, although Inaki Williams did appear as a second half substitute).
The VfB looked really sharp ahead of next weekends‘ German Supercup against Leverkusen; Silas (with a brace, including a superb headed goal in the first half), Ermedin Demirovic and Nick Woltemende the men on target for Stuttgart, in a match played in a festival atmosphere.
Scorching temperatures, much bier was sunk.
Good game, played under glorious sunshine, against a slightly weakened Athletic Club (Nico Williams was not in the squad, although Inaki Williams did appear as a second half substitute).
The VfB looked really sharp ahead of next weekends‘ German Supercup against Leverkusen; Silas (with a brace, including a superb headed goal in the first half), Ermedin Demirovic and Nick Woltemende the men on target for Stuttgart, in a match played in a festival atmosphere.
Scorching temperatures, much bier was sunk.
GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
OK, I know he's an opponent (not for long, he will almost certainly be sold to Eintracht Frankfurt), but take a bow son:
Tidy finish!
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Huxley
John Robertson
Super cup is shaping up to be a good open game. That said it's 0-0 but La Dea have hit the bar.
Mbappe is busy but rubbish.
Mbappe is busy but rubbish.
First Round of the German Cup starts today, two early kickoffs, and in one, a shock already on the cards, as second-tier Erzgebirge Aue take an eight-minute lead over Borussia Mönchengladbach, with a superbly worked goal!