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Leicester have appointed Wish.com Arteta as their new manager.
Enzo Maresca has spent a fair bit of time coaching at City and last failed as a manager for Parma.
Lasted from May to November in 2021. Won 4 of his 14 matches, losing and drawing 5 each.
 
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Interesting and potentially important appointment.
Had a few mixed years, but very good before that.
 
Ruben Neves pocketing the Saudi blood money

It's one thing if a player is in Pension Mode, as most of the players headed over there this summer have been, but Neves has a good 3-4 years of top flight football at least in him

Hakim Ziyech is apparently close to doing the same.

It's a sad state of affairs but I guess it does show who is playing for love of the game (and money), and who is doing it for money alone.
 
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Irony, it would seem, is a dish best served in a waistcoat.
 

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Might be worth noting that the original article in The Scum doesn't say manager.
The word is notably absent throughout.
Boss could mean director or possibly even owner. It's suitably vague.
 
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So, it turns out the PIF (Saudi Arabia and Newcastle's owners) and Clearlake Capital (majority owner of Chelsea) have an 'excellent relationship' with PIF investing billions into Clearlake in the past.

Now Chelsea need to offload players to comply with FFP, I wonder who/where the majority of these sales are going to? Oh what's that? Koulibaly, Kante, Ziyech & Mendy all going to Saudi Arabia? Chelsea getting £100m in transfer fees + wages off the books for that lot? Yep, totally above board, nothing to see here.

<doh>

Honestly, I know this can be said for so many people and owners, but this makes a mockery of this whole 'fit and proper person test' the Premier League have. How exactly has this been allowed to happen? We're a playground for nation-states and billionaires to do whatever they want. It's just anti-competitive, corrupt and wrong in so many ways.
 
So, it turns out the PIF (Saudi Arabia and Newcastle's owners) and Clearlake Capital (majority owner of Chelsea) have an 'excellent relationship' with PIF investing billions into Clearlake in the past.

Now Chelsea need to offload players to comply with FFP, I wonder who/where the majority of these sales are going to? Oh what's that? Koulibaly, Kante, Ziyech & Mendy all going to Saudi Arabia? Chelsea getting £100m in transfer fees + wages off the books for that lot? Yep, totally above board, nothing to see here

If all said players do as you have claimed, perhaps
Nemesis will ensure that for any season that
Kings Rd FC qualify for the CL, the Toon cannot
qualify for the CL by any possible route.
 
So, it turns out the PIF (Saudi Arabia and Newcastle's owners) and Clearlake Capital (majority owner of Chelsea) have an 'excellent relationship' with PIF investing billions into Clearlake in the past.

Now Chelsea need to offload players to comply with FFP, I wonder who/where the majority of these sales are going to? Oh what's that? Koulibaly, Kante, Ziyech & Mendy all going to Saudi Arabia? Chelsea getting £100m in transfer fees + wages off the books for that lot? Yep, totally above board, nothing to see here.

<doh>

Honestly, I know this can be said for so many people and owners, but this makes a mockery of this whole 'fit and proper person test' the Premier League have. How exactly has this been allowed to happen? We're a playground for nation-states and billionaires to do whatever they want. It's just anti-competitive, corrupt and wrong in so many ways.
It does look dodgy, but the Saudis do appear to be signing a lot of high-profile Muslim players.
Chelsea just happen to own quite a lot of them.
Koulibaly, Kante and Ziyech are all Muslims and I think Mendy is, but I can't be 100% sure.

They've also been linked with Aubameyang and Lukaku, though.
They're both Christians.
Big names on big money who aren't wanted by Chelsea, but they fit your model better, for me.
If they clear the lot out, then they'd be far healthier financially and FFP-wise.

The other Chelsea story is Abramobitch blocking the use of his billions.
Who didn't see that one coming?
 
It does look dodgy, but the Saudis do appear to be signing a lot of high-profile Muslim players.
Chelsea just happen to own quite a lot of them.
Koulibaly, Kante and Ziyech are all Muslims and I think Mendy is, but I can't be 100% sure.

They've also been linked with Aubameyang and Lukaku, though.
They're both Christians.
Big names on big money who aren't wanted by Chelsea, but they fit your model better, for me.
If they clear the lot out, then they'd be far healthier financially and FFP-wise.

The other Chelsea story is Abramobitch blocking the use of his billions.
Who didn't see that one coming?
Anyone know which religion Ndombele is? Asking for a new DM...