The CL money is huge and it's obviously vital to get it with a stadium to pay for etc..... however it still seems that there are a lot of teams in the CL that do not need to comply with any normal kind of business model, you know which goes along the lines of spending what you make, and as such we can never really compete with them - because the competition is simply not fair. And instead of reminding people of this from time to time, all the pundits want to point out is that we haven't won anything. Surely another way of looking at it is why the Citehs of this world don't win everything, because with their finances surely it's a failure not to.
Nice draw for Arsenal. Visit Azerbaijan and Ukraine as well as a tough tie against Sporting. Enjoy! Group E: ARSENAL, Sporting Lisbon (Por), Qarabag (Aze), Vorskla Poltava (Ukr) Slightly less travelling for Chelsea, still quite a lot of time on a plane Group L: CHELSEA, PAOK Saloniki (Gre), BATE Borisov (Blr), Vidi (Hun)
Gerard Pique caught driving without a valid license: Barcelona defender Barcelona was detained Thursday night by Barcelona's traffic police after driving without a valid license and according to the laws in Catalonia, he could face a prison sentence
Remember how, back when ENIC took over the club, there was a lot of hubub about how they owned stakes in several other clubs (Rangers and Vicenza being the two I remember) which was in violation of UEFA rules and they needed to ditch their other football interests? Now would be a good time for UEFA to notice the Taurine FC franchises of Leipzig and Salzburg are both in the same Europa League group...
Here's our Champions League squad Goalkeepers 1. Hugo Lloris 13. Michel Vorm 22. Paolo "Gazinga" Gazzaniga Defenders 2. Kieran Trippier 3. Danny Rose 4. Toby Alderweireld 5. Jan Vertonghen 6. Davinson Sanchez 24. Serge Aurier 33. Ben Davies Midfielders 8. Harry Winks 11. Erik Lamela 12. Victor Wanyama 15. Eric "To Dier Is To Do" Dier 17. Moussa Sissoko 19. Moussa Dembele 20. Dele Alli 23. Christian Eriksen Forwards 7. Son Heung-min 10. Harry Kane 18. Fernando Llorente 27. Lucas "Lucas" Moura
We're three men short, due to a lack of club or association trained players. Something we need to keep in mind for future signings.
Luckily the B List means KWP, Skipp, Oakley-Boothe, Amos and Georgiou are eligible - but not Parrot, who won't be eligible for List B until next season
John Terry is reportedly having a medical at Spartak Moscow I guess Uncle Roman wasn't close enough to Putin for his liking, so he went for the geographical option...
