Given the number of jobs he's got through recently, if Sam Allardyce's name was changed to Sam Arriva Derci.....nobody would be surprised in the slightest.
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No, because Wenger is leaving the Goons. < Narrative TM >
Real Madrid (yes them) have apparently just signed a 16 year old Brazilian striker for £39m 
In what is a pretty unique bit of legal chicanery, the contract only becomes 'active' when he turns 18, after which he will remain at Flamengo for another season on loan before finally moving to the Bernabeu in 2019-20.
In other words, silly season has well and truly begun
In what is a pretty unique bit of legal chicanery, the contract only becomes 'active' when he turns 18, after which he will remain at Flamengo for another season on loan before finally moving to the Bernabeu in 2019-20.
In other words, silly season has well and truly begun
This isn't unusual: the Brazilian and Argentine leagues have rules that state a player cannot move abroad until their have turned 18, which is in place so that the best prospects actually get a start in their leagues rather than getting poached by European clubs before they've finished their first training sessions, such as the obvious example of Barca poaching Messi when he was just 14.Real Madrid (yes them) have apparently just signed a 16 year old Brazilian striker for £39m
In what is a pretty unique bit of legal chicanery, the contract only becomes 'active' when he turns 18, after which he will remain at Flamengo for another season on loan before finally moving to the Bernabeu in 2019-20.
In other words, silly season has well and truly begun
That being said, the fee is as nutso as a Theresa May press conference - especially when you consider how agricultural some of the defending in the Brazilian leagues can be, which could easily ruin their investment before they've even left Brazil.
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If he means it, then that's a reasonable statement to make from a man of his age.
I suspect that in reality, Sam is the same as Harry, he just can't let it go and we'll be seeing him back somewhere soon.
Fair play to him, some things in life are more important. And I'll wager that after the England fiasco he might have fallen out of love with football a bit. Probably thought jumping straight back in was the right direction only to find that things had changed for him.
I agree with Spurcat, I doubt it's the last we've seen of Fat Sam, but if it is he's both literally and metaphorically one of the giants of the game, and next years relegation battle will be much poorer without him.
I agree with Spurcat, I doubt it's the last we've seen of Fat Sam, but if it is he's both literally and metaphorically one of the giants of the game, and next years relegation battle will be much poorer without him.
Sam is probably the third most famous person from Dudley behind Duncan Edwards and Sir Lenworth Henry.
Incidentally, Dudley is the largest town in England never to have had a league football team.
So there you have it.
Incidentally, Dudley is the largest town in England never to have had a league football team.
So there you have it.
All I read was "You served your purpose, I'm off."
Why work for 12 months when you can get a job in December and all you have to do is keep the team up and probably earn 2 years salary worth of bonus in the process.