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There was most likely a payout. When Arsenal terminated Auba's contract they had to pay him £7m and even then the headlines were 'left by mutual consent' I cannot imagine for one second that Ronnie would have walked without a penny.

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11-24-2022 , 10:21 AM

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mw828

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Wrong thread ffs

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11-24-2022 , 10:21 AM

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sixfour

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yep, it is almost certain they will have agreed some percentage of the wages remaining on his deal that is >0 and <100

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11-24-2022 , 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sixfour

yep, it is almost certain they will have agreed some percentage of the wages remaining on his deal that is >0 and <100

While I agree with this, there is also a chance that both sets of lawyers roughly agree that United have a case for gross misconduct and allowing him the "mutual consent" exit route saves a bit of face for him with no £££.

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11-24-2022 , 11:38 AM

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yep, it is almost certain they will have agreed some percentage of the wages remaining on his deal that is >0 and <100

And only until he signs elsewhere

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11-24-2022 , 11:50 AM

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MindFckr

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Hmm - should we crowdfund some money to buy United?

Think we cannot ruin them too much more than the Glazers (but we can try)

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11-24-2022 , 12:01 PM

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What could be better than watching the Glazers ruin Utd? Ruining them ourselves and collecting fat dividends in the process.

Maybe we could use the Fat&Blokes funds, got to be loads of money left from disrupting the betting market

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11-24-2022 , 12:28 PM

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sixfour

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What could be better than watching the Glazers ruin Utd?

Them taking over City and ruining them instead?

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12-03-2022 , 05:17 PM

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sixfour

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Bunch of clubs moving kickoff times today allowed for a rare double header doing both Warrington clubs basically b2b, three goals, two fights and a red, just about value

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12-10-2022 , 08:21 AM

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Tall Paul

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Good to see Championship football back and Venkys continuing as they left off.

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12-11-2022 , 10:00 AM

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Tall Paul

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Burnley also continuing as we left off.

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12-12-2022 , 08:08 AM

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gotgot123

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Lol riiiiight

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12-12-2022 , 11:14 AM

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PeteBlow

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Luis Díaz now out til March after surgery

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12-12-2022 , 04:38 PM

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Lol riiiiight

I could see them doing something like 10-20m loan fee for half a season with no obligation to buy to get his value back up to the ~100m+ they want for him tbh.

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12-16-2022 , 03:59 AM

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Popbitch:

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Doha has been awash with ex-pro footballers taking their turns to be pundits for various media outlets. Even John Terry got signed up as an analyst for beIN Sports, part of a tournament dream team with Andy Gray and Richard Keys.

Terry's World Cup journey didn't get off to the best of starts though. He arrived at the Qatar Airways lounge in Heathrow to find it full of the BBC on-air team, including Rio Ferdinand. Rio and Terry haven't spoken since the 2012 court case where Terry was accused of racially abusing Rio's brother, Anton – and that position certainly didn't change in the lounge. Nor on the plane.

Qatar Airways' Business Class has fairly discreet seating, giving everyone their own private space. All except for the first two rows – which have one row facing forward, one facing back.

We aren't sure if someone at Qatar Airways has a twisted sense of humour, but Ferdinand and Terry were assigned a pair of seats that faced each other. Which made for quite a frosty flight.

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12-17-2022 , 05:55 AM

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Australian league going off btw.

Tldr. Nice world cup run lots of good coverage.

A week later Australian league decides to sell the right for the championship match to Sydney every year (rather than top team winning the rights to host)

Fans want to protest and agree to walkouts league wide.

For some reason the big derby game in Melbourne fans throw flares and hit a keeper with a flare. Game suspended.

Australian football fans deserve what they get tbh

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12-17-2022 , 07:09 AM

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Looks like Chelsea get to ruin another pacey Leipzig striker starting in the summer

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12-17-2022 , 09:12 AM

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sixfour

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Cool, there's not a single game in London that is both at a new ground for me and also not postponed

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12-17-2022 , 04:00 PM

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******g hell, the Championship is so bad. Middlesbrough supposed to be one of the better teams in great form and we just swatted them away. Then watched Norwich v Venkys and they were both utter shite.

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12-17-2022 , 04:37 PM

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Southgate staying on for the Euros.
Good stuff.

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12-17-2022 , 05:33 PM

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Idiot ultras were throwing flares on the pitch during the Melbourne derby last night, one of the keepers accidentally threw one back too far and into the stands. Ultras storm the pitch, hit the keeper and the referee, match abandoned. Combined with a seemingly corrupt process of awarding the grand final each year to Sydney rather than the team with the higher finish.

So all goodwill and positivity from the Aussies great World Cup run is basically gone