Bluewolf

It would appear so... They have failed on Friday to get their players registered for not meeting the financial requirements to do so... They raised £767Mill off the back of selling club assets and now they are due to sell a further 25% and they still have to offload players to get everything sorted.. What a fucking mess... Barcelona told they must sell Frenkie de Jong as attempt to register signings rejected (msn.com)

And so wise....

I can see you lot coming about 10th or 11th this season...

Given their situation you might have thought a one season ban on bringing new players in might have given them time to steady the ship and work out who to offload and who would take pay cuts etc without going down the asset selling route but wanting to be number one at all costs is driving all this.. The idea that Barcelona might have to play second fiddle was probably too much to bare on top of losing Mercenary Messi... They have not learned a thing from the Messi situation have they... All they are doing is finding ways to shunt the problem a few years down the line for someone else to have to deal with..

Yea, He was one of 6 players not given one... I always had high hopes for Gilmour, he always gave me those Pat Nevin vibes... Hope he gets the chance to come good, I just feel there is a decent player in him and he has just not had the rub of the green so far.. Six Chelsea players have not been handed squad numbers ahead of the upcoming campaign by manager Thomas Tuchel. Levi Colwill, Ethan Ampadu, Kenedy, Billy Gilmour, Ross Barkley and Michy Batshuayi have not been given squad numbers for the 2022-23 season.

In one of the stories I was reading this morning Depay, Aubameyang & de Jong were all supposed to be part of a 3 man package being offered to us for around £116Mill all in... Given the situation there I could see why that would be something that could happen as well.. If the wage bill has to drop to £400Mill I don't see how getting extra finances in will help other than to support further player purchases which they won't be able to register for the first team.. Crazy that they are allowed to carry on in such a reckless fashion...

As it stands now I believe that Barcelona only have 10 more days to get all this sorted.... They currently have 33 players on the first team books and have to reduce that to 25 so that's 8 players they must offload.. In addition to that they have to bring their wage bill down to 400Mill and it currently stands at £560Mill so they need to shave another £160MIll off before the season starts, obviously they would be unable to register any of their new signings for the first team unless this gets done although I understand they could be put them all in the Reserve team squad.. They also want to try and sign 2 more players.. They must be operating some sort of 'Buy Now! Register Later' scheme or something.. "Go fuck yourselves you robbing cunts.. I will kick cans on the sidelines if I have too, Just give me my fucking money!!"

I used to do the Littlewoods coupons with my old man back in the day... You used to have the bloke come round the house with a big pouch full of notes and change collecting the money...

One can dream....

You can imagine my first reaction when I saw it... For a second or two I was like No Way!!! holy fuck!! but then as you say Blam!! back to reality.. They didn't stop laughing about it for about half an hour... they were proper laughing as well, tears in the eyes the lot.. funny stuff really

Ok then... So my Chelsea has just popped into our room upstairs to tell me she had forgotten to check the online Euro Millions ticket she purchased for me on Friday last week, ( She normally does it online if I am unable to get one in person ) Anyway, she tells me that she had a few heart palpitations when checking the Million Pound winning code because she thought she had won but realised it was the wrong day she was looking at.. So I pull up the Lottery checker online and told her to give me the numbers and I can check it online myself.. So she starts reeling off the numbers and this pops up.. Obviously I made double sure and asked her it was for the Friday the 29th draw and she said yes.. Well you can imagine my first thoughts at seeing that... Then she says, "oh, hang on, those were the winning numbers I gave you not the ones I picked"... I told her to get out of our room followed by saying "You are a grade A plum and no mistake" Her and the Mrs are laughing their arses off over it.. My hopes of early retirement dashed once more... What a wally she is...

Not bad at all... How do you think the season will go bedding a lot of those players in??

14 players... Where are you getting all this cash from???

I also think the way Ronaldo's acted this summer has been very poor. If he wanted out of Man Utd, he could and should have let them know earlier. Everyone knew they were getting a new manager, he could have done the new guy and the club a favour by letting him know he wants to move on this summer before the season ended. Then his suggestion that he signs a new contract, goes on loan this season to a CL club, and returns to United once they've qualified for the CL... floated by Mendes... is just an absurd suggestion. Tie him to the club for a year longer and have him return a year older and a year's worth of wear and tear... so he gets a chance to play for United in the CL again... even though he's part of that side that failed to qualify for it this year. It's a bit appalling after returning a year ago to a lot of fanfare, to turn on the clubs, fans, and players like that acting like he's too big to help them fight to where he wants them to be. He's as responsible as any other United player for them not being a CL club this season. He fought hard for this move - he didn't have to turn down City for United - and now he's back at a club he's considered a legend and he's really pissing over his whole legacy on his return. Now they're going to be starting a new season and it's not clear whether his heart is even in it... even though he's probably going to go into the season as United's most important attacking player. It's not great to go into a season with important players not believing in their teammates or in the new manager.

Tuck in everyone!!! plenty to go around..

Define better?? I mean if you really wanted to dig deep I could go all the way back to Glenn Hoddle up to Ranieri to show we improved as a club, then of course came the major change when Abramovich and Mourinho took the helm.. Since then we took that nearly men tag and pushed on over the line to reap what? 5 Premier league Titles 5 FA Cups 2 Champions League Titles 3 League Cups 2 Europa league Titles 1 Super Cup 1 World Club Cup 2 Sausage Roll Plate Trophies... I think that's much better than what went before... I think a lot of fans were hoping that when Abramovich went we would fall into the abyss never to be seen again as a major competitor in football but thankfully our new owners have big boots to fill when it comes to keeping the club successful in it's pursuits.. We are going through a period of adjustment this season and probably next while the long term objectives are being sorted out so can take a little hit in the short term for something better in the long...