Barnes is very good, but Saint-Maximin is coming off a very good season. Maybe Howe thinks this is as good as he can be and to sell him while his value is maximised? I rate Howe's judgement in general, but this seems a peculiar move.
They're saying one option is to bring back sausage kerbs, FFS! Haven't we had enough evidence of how dangerous they are? I'd rather have time penalties than more broken backs.
Obv I don't want to get too deep into privatisation weeds as we don't want to get into the dreaded (whispers) politics in this comm. But I'm interested to know if other people are noticing the postal service deteriorating....
Given his age, Man City were probably right not to match the contract length that Barca were offering. Gundogan has made the sensible choice for himself, but Man City will miss him.
There's apparently quite a few of us subscribed to this magazine. Yet at the moment, it's getting very little engagement. What can we do about this? Is it just that it's the off-season and there's not a lot going on?
@snugglesworth Thanks. Splitting communities across instances is a problem that is going to have to be worked out by the developers, at the moment it's way too confusing.
So what happens if it's found that Saudi Arabia do in fact own Chelsea? How does it work with Newcastle competing in the same league? I know the Saudis are claiming that Newcastle are not state-owned, but nobody actually believes that.
'Sports Is Politics': Ukrainian #Soccer Star Turns Military #Medic
Vladyslav Vashchuk played for Dynamo Kyiv and represented his country in international soccer before quitting the game in 2011. Now, he's joined the army.
Plex Amp is now free!! (techcrunch.com)
TV & Tunes Tuesday
Thread for TV, film and music recommendations! What have you been feeding into your eyes and ears recently? What have we missed and should know about?
Newcastle United look to sell Allan Saint-Maximin to fund Harvey Barnes move (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Richard Hammond and his daughter Isabella Hammond at the RedBull garage ahead of the British GP! Pic by Mark Thompson (lemmy.world)
New Reprints confirmed for CMM (lemmy.world)
Couple of good reprints here. I’ll definitely be getting Selvala. The art seems to be divisive but I’m alright with it, it’ll grow on me.
China says it will start limiting 2 key raw metals needed for chips (www.upi.com)
Put the gravel back, FIA tells Red Bull Ring after 20 track limits penalties in race · RaceFans (www.racefans.net)
The FIA has again called for more gravel traps at the Red Bull Ring following an "unprecedented" spate of track limits offences today.
Is it just me, or has Royal Mail gone downhill badly?
Obv I don't want to get too deep into privatisation weeds as we don't want to get into the dreaded (whispers) politics in this comm. But I'm interested to know if other people are noticing the postal service deteriorating....
Harry Kane keen to join Bayern Munich after opening offer of £60m (www.theguardian.com)
Harry Kane wants move to Bayern after holding talks with club, who have made an opening bid of £60m
Wilfried Zaha and Stormzy set to become joint owners of AFC Croydon (www.theguardian.com)
Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha and rapper Stormzy are set to become joint owners of non-league club AFC Croydon
David Squires on … Chelsea going across the multi-club-iverse with Strasbourg (www.theguardian.com)
Our cartoonist looks at the latest lucky club to ascend into another’s corporate structure
[David Ornstein] West Ham have tonight received formal offer from Man City to sign Declan Rice. #MCFC proposing deal worth £80m + £10m add-ons after 2nd Arsenal bid of £75m + £15m rejected last week. #AFC pursuit of main target ongoing (twitter.com)
Details of Ilkay Gündogan deal 🔵🔴 ◉ €400m release clause; ◉ Contract until June 2025; ◉ Clause to extend until 2026; ◉ Picked Barcelona despite Man City attempts to keep him, Arsenal intererest and Saudi’s huge proposals. (twitter.com)
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community (aussie.zone)
[Fabrizio Romano] Sergio Busquets joins Inter Miami as a free agent, deal signed and completed (twitter.com)
Premier League demanded extra assurances Chelsea were not owned by Saudi Arabia (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Exclusive: New owners provided detailed information to Premier League who were satisfied there was no conflict of interest
David Squires on … Jack Grealish and his week-long treble celebrations (www.theguardian.com)
Our cartoonist on the freewheeling Manchester City player gobbling up the chance to have another good time
Sheff Wed host Saints to start Championship season (www.bbc.co.uk)
Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday welcome relegated Southampton to Hillsborough for the EFL season opener on Friday, 4 August.
New Zealand abandon Qatar friendly at half-time over alleged racial abuse (www.theguardian.com)
The All-Whites refused to come back on the pitch, alleging official inaction on racial abuse of player Michael Boxall from an opponent