SgtPepper wrote:Comeback complete 8 mins into stoppage time with a Bellingham orchestrated assist to Carvajal. Reffing was very biased towards Madrid and they got lucky.
lol at the "shoulder" goal
but Bellingham is a **** animal, holy **** he's good
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SgtPepper wrote:Comeback complete 8 mins into stoppage time with a Bellingham orchestrated assist to Carvajal. Reffing was very biased towards Madrid and they got lucky.
MetalFingaz wrote:SgtPepper wrote:^Let's see. There's rumors they'll loan him to Girona next season (https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/girona-favourites-as-man-city-discuss-echeverri-options-4481334). The weighing scale of proof will only come in Dec 24 or future windows as we won't see which clubs the current Girona squad move from/to. From a strategy pov, it makes sense why CIty would want a LL feeder though. One of the big stories of last winter was about their failed bid for Enzo, and the drivers for the failure include slow citizenship timelines and lower odds of protection till naturalization due to competitive squad.
As for the names mentioned - my main point is that they fit within a bilateral view of the continental transfer window. You don't see win-win free market transfers coming out of the City allied clubs outside the cartel anymore, such as when Madrid really needed Cancelo over 2021-2 and Guardiola was underusing him. There is a clear preferenced relationship between City to Barca like Benfica to a bunch of the continental clubs, and if UEFA didn't have such a consistent history of corruption or if this was a different market this would be enough of a basis for anti-trust lawsuits since it hurts the competitiveness of Europe and player mobility.
The citizenship/naturalization point is a very interesting one! It's unfortunate that ownership is moving in this direction, especially with teams leading La Liga acting as feeders for the Premier League. Very bad long term.
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