We can decide to not watch qatar 2022. That's one thing. But as you said geordie will.dance about like fools and engurlund scum fans like the Shrewsbury lot will sing sweet caroline and footballs coming home out there until england flop in the last 16.
By then they'll have re-invested their wealth, so they won't be going away. I'm not on a vendetta against all Arab nations, btw - they, like everyone else, deserve to be looked at on a case-by-case basis. We can all be accused of hypocrisy to varying degrees, but whataboutery is no defence. The current Saudi regime is thoroughly reprehensible and no amount of misdirection can change that.
Speaking of morals , wonder how many players who are currently taking the knee will trot off to play in the world cup in Qatar?
You can reinvest in airlines and buying up real estate but nothing can replace the oil billions. The sooner nobody props these despots up the better.
Kneeling for one issue cant be conflated with another even if serfdom and virtual indentured servitude has built the blood stadiums. Qatar and Russia World cups were all about rampant corruption. Not that most others have not been bought as well. The South African one was awarded after they were patently robbed before.
Ridiculous rumour of the week. jules kounde for 75mil. Another cb when we have 4. All to get chelsea to hurry up and pay the man his new big wage.
Mohamed Salah: Liverpool know what I want – I’m not asking for crazy stuff new Paul Joyce, Northern Football Correspondent Tuesday January 11 2022, 10.30am, The Times Liverpool Football Club Football please log in to view this image Salah has 18 months to run on his deal at Anfield CATHERINE IVILL/GETTY IMAGES Share Save Mohamed Salah has further increased the pressure on Liverpool to reach an agreement over a new contract after insisting that he is not demanding “crazy stuff” during negotiations. The striker delivered his latest public pronouncement on his future by reiterating that he hopes to extend his existing deal, which expires in the summer of 2023, but that the situation was in the hands of the club’s owner, Fenway Sports Group. “I want to stay, but it’s not in my hands, it’s in their hands,” Salah said in an interview with GQ magazine. “They know what I want. I’m not asking for crazy stuff.” please log in to view this image In an interview with GQ, Salah said a new contract with Liverpool was in the hands of the club’s hierarchy FANNY LATOUR-LAMBERT Discussions with Salah and his representative, Ramy Abbas Issa, started prior to this season but have so far been unable to reach an accord. Liverpool recognise that they will have to make Salah the highest-paid player in the club’s history, with the forward having scored 23 goals this season to continue his blistering form since signing from Roma in 2017. ADVERTISEMENT Yet while Salah does not believe his contract demands are excessive, there is clearly a different train of thought at Anfield that has so far prevented new terms from being finalised. Salah, who is 30 in June but rarely misses a game through injury for Liverpool, said it was not about money but recognition of what he has contributed on the pitch. “The thing is, when you ask for something and they show you they can give you something, they should,” said Salah, who is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt, who face Nigeria in their opening match of the competition today. “Because they appreciate what you did for the club. I’ve been here for my fifth year now. I know the club very well. I love the fans. The fans love me. But with the administration, they have [been] told the situation. It’s in their hands.” Liverpool agreed new contracts with a number of players in the summer, including Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Trent Alexander-Arnold. In addition to Salah, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita also have 18 months on their existing deals. In a wide-ranging interview, Salah discussed quitting Chelsea, for whom he signed from Basle in January 2014 ahead of Liverpool. Salah seldom featured under José Mourinho, who was the Chelsea manager at the time, and said: “It was so tough for me, mentally. I couldn’t handle the pressure I had from the media, coming from outside. I was not playing that much. I felt, ‘No, I need to go.’ ” please log in to view this image The GQ Global Sports Issue cover FANNY LATOUR-LAMBERT The transformation in his status since then has been nothing short of remarkable. He has helped Liverpool to win the Champions League and the Premier League and is fuelled by a desire to be viewed as the best player in the world. “If you asked me if this was a drive for me to be here? Yeah, of course,” Salah said. “I can’t really lie and say honestly I didn’t think about it. No, I think about it. I want to be the best player in the world. But I will have a good life even if I don’t win [the Ballon d’Or]. My life is OK, everything is fine.”
Footballers frequently look a sight in mufti. Too much money and not enough taste - though presumably this particular get-up would have been chosen for him.
