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Yes someone can. Or you are welcome to read the following:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44378346

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.
 
Yesterday: football official jailed nine years for taking bribes.

Today: two clubs bursting with petrodollars get very easy CL groups, while the poorest top team (arguably) gets, for the second consecutive year, the hardest group possible.

I'm sure this is just a coincidence.

We will just have to "Real" them!
 
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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)
 
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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...
 
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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...

Looking forward to a near-perfect repeat of Austria vs Germany
Spain 1982 stylee.
 
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
We know someone who won't have a license very soon.....
 
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
 
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.
 
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...
Spartak Moscow's owner:
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He's the one on the right, Leonid Fedun.