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Great FT piece on FIFA shenanigans. - Kushner and co discussed the deal at Sun Valley. - Part of a non-AI assets play - the World Cup will survive any coming crash - No transparency on where valuations come from. Insiders will profit. - FIFA finance guy says no need for deal.m, quit.

Chickening out of relegating Chelsea last season is very bad news for the City case

I had this at a 40% chance when the news broke. What is it now. 50? Higher?

I’m both glad we’re getting Bruno and worried that it’s an overpay that’ll cause us problems down the line.

The three-strikes law in California was terrible. But it should absolutely apply to Chelsea.

Really good piece explaining the practicalities of the UEFA vote. It strikes me that it would really help if one of the other confederations gets on board - not just to stop privatization, but to ensure this doesn't lead to the creation of UEFA world football, with new inequities.

To me how Howe has been handled reveals a lot about both Saudi ownership - they are the ultimate decision-maker - and relative disinterest.

Feels like this guy kinda doesn't get the boundary between journo and fan

Didn’t get too negative about this. Not getting too excited by today either. These are the negotiations between Vini and Real Madrid. Nothing surprising has happened yet.

What the Spanish press are saying about Vini . @rgunners.bsky.social

Enya is just naming places

A period of World Cups without all the member associations - particularly UEFA - suddenly seems very possible. Europe has many of the best teams in the World, UEFA is opposed to how FIFA is being run and increasingly in competition with it www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

FIFA plans to raise $4.2 billion via stake sales in new subsidiary, angering UEFAFIFA said on Tuesday it plans to create a new commercial subsidiary valued at $20 billion, offering a stake of up to ​20% to external investors in a move that faced immediate sharp criticism from Euro...www.reuters.com

Sky say Vini stays. But story is just about contract negotiations. www.skysports.com/football/new...

Real Madrid transfer news: Vinicius Junior to stay at the Santiago Bernabeu beyond this summer despite Arsenal interestVinicius Junior had been a target for Arsenal, but looks set to stay at Real Madrid beyond this summers transfer window; Jose Mourinho is understood to value the Brazilian highly; Sky Sports News reve...www.skysports.com

I think we win by having a good relationship with Real. They need to show players there is a pipeline after the club. We benefit from being a favored sale choice - see Ozil and Odegaard.

I know LANS is a meme. But our best players next season will almost certainly be players we already own. And Arteta's biggest task will be getting more out of the squad we have. Including adjusting our tactics.

The question for me becomes - would you risk Martinelli and Tzolis being your two options on the left in order to pursue until the end of the window? It might be what it takes.

I hope Wellbz and Hendo are on 10 year contracts