The 2019/2020 UEFA Champion's League and Internationale Club News Thread

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by devo22

yeah no way that's actually true. Pretty sure those clauses only apply if the player wins it with the buying club.

Ya exactly, thought it was pretty funny how big that rumour got

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by Locke

We have a Canadian Champions' League Winner!

Indeed, occurred the first time 19 years ago, then repeated it 7 years later.

Could’ve been a Cdn Sr Nat too, but the CSF knew better and said he wasnt ready to make the jump. SMRT

[GirlySports]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1297705037460901889

https://twitter.com/user/status/1297644385442639874

[Locke]

Marseilles is a messed up town, lets start with that.

But cheering on the Germans to beat the French team just so they're the only French winners really shows where that City's heart is at.

It is so amazingly cynical that I cant help but respect it.

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Locke

But cheering on the Germans to beat the French team just so they're the only French winners really shows where that City's heart is at.

huh? It's completely normal. You wouldn't see football fans from London or Manchester cheer for Liverpool against a foreign team, or people from Madrid cheer for Barcelona and so on.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

huh? It's completely normal. You wouldn't see football fans from London or Manchester cheer for Liverpool against a foreign team, or people from Madrid cheer for Barcelona and so on.

The thing is you live in Australia which is an entirely different world on your isolated island....but you see in the Hockey World the media inundates us with the mantra of 'your patriotism is determined by whether you cheer for a Canadian team'

If theres only one Canadian team left it becomes 'Canada's Team' and you have to cheer for them. Which I vehemently refuse to do. (Go Flyers)

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Locke

The thing is you live in Australia which is an entirely different world on your isolated island....but you see in the Hockey World the media inundates us with the mantra of 'your patriotism is determined by whether you cheer for a Canadian team'

If theres only one Canadian team left it becomes 'Canada's Team' and you have to cheer for them. Which I vehemently refuse to do. (Go Flyers)

but you've just proven my point. If somehow the Oilers were the last Canadian team in a competition, you wouldn't cheer for them ... but you would cheer for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Arizona Coyotes, the Chihuahua Sombreros, Traktor Chelyabinsk or whichever team might be up against them

it's the same in football, just without the "well, you ought to be a patriot" BS

[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

but you've just proven my point. If somehow the Oilers were the last Canadian team in a competition, you wouldn't cheer for them ... but you would cheer for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Arizona Coyotes, the Chihuahua Sombreros, Traktor Chelyabinsk or whichever team might be up against them

it's the same in football, just without the "well, you ought to be a patriot" BS

Hey! I cheer for Traktor Chelyabinsk on the simple premise that they have fantastic name!

[GirlySports]

Canada's team is a media creation. No fan believes that.

And Marseille hates PSG. If it were another french team like Lyon, they still might not want Lyon to win but they would not be setting flares on the streets.

[Ozy_Flame]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1297702339718062080

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

Indeed, occurred the first time 19 years ago, then repeated it 7 years later.

Could’ve been a Cdn Sr Nat too, but the CSF knew better and said he wasnt ready to make the jump. SMRT

I know we're talking about the men, but Kadeisha Buchanan has won 3 Champions Leagues already.

[nik-]

I cheer for other La Liga teams when they're in European competitions except Atleti. And I would cheer for an extinction level event asteroid over Barcelona.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by nik-

I cheer for other La Liga teams when they're in European competitions except Atleti. And I would cheer for an extinction level event asteroid over Barcelona.

Bilbao, & SSB would gladly,.. happily Sept 11, Madrid.

[nik-]

You're a little behind the times my dude.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I mean obviously a big we'll see here, but it seems more realistic than ever Messi goes elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1298315380444856321

[devo22]

well they've only got themselves to blame.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I mean obviously a big we'll see here, but it seems more realistic than ever Messi goes elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1298315380444856321

I would. That guy could head to PSG or City and demand the Moon and they'd pay him.

Barca is a nightmare right now, I'd GTFO if I could too.

Leave a disaster of a team to be paid outrageous sums of money? Where do I sign?

[GirlySports]

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wonder if the Spanish government will try and illegally funnel Barca some more money to save their mess. But yeah they've been exceptionally poorly run the last few years.

[devo22]

Puyol already saying his goodbyes. Definitely not just a threat.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1298315936592797697