The Official 17/18 UEFA Champion's League and International Club News Thread

[nemanja2306]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-EqgHzLz0g
(this is from last night)

Welcome to Belgrade hell, Arsenal! This is going to be amazing, I am so going to the game. Damn, I am so freaking excited!
When they come to Belgrade they should visit Zvezda's museum to see how a CL trophy looks like. :P

A small, fun fact: Red Star eliminated Arsenal in the UEFA Cup in 1978, the deciding goal in London was scored by Dusan Savic whose son plays for Red Star today. Hopefully it is like father, like son.

[devo22]

Dembele to Barcelona is done. €105m initially + €40m in add-ons.

The fact that most Dortmund fans are unhappy with that is just going to show you how crazy the market really is.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by nemanja2306

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-EqgHzLz0g
(this is from last night)

Welcome to Belgrade hell, Arsenal! This is going to be amazing, I am so going to the game. Damn, I am so freaking excited!
When they come to Belgrade they should visit Zvezda's museum to see how a CL trophy looks like. :P

A small, fun fact: Red Star eliminated Arsenal in the UEFA Cup in 1978, the deciding goal in London was scored by Dusan Savic whose son plays for Red Star today. Hopefully it is like father, like son.

That's awesome! Have fun.

Question of ya. You note your location as Serbia. Is that current? How did you find our little forum, as I imagine a Flames fan? Appreciate your wisdom, localized and what not.

[nemanja2306]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

That's awesome! Have fun.

Question of ya. You note your location as Serbia. Is that current? How did you find our little forum, as I imagine a Flames fan? Appreciate your wisdom, localized and what not.

Yes, my current location is Serbia.

Actually, I used to live in Calgary. And, technically, I am a Canadian citizen. I started following the Flames in 2002, about the time Darryl was hired as our coach and I was hooked to the Flames immediately. The cup run the following year certainly helped.

I've been to a bunch of Flames games as well as couple of alumini games as well.


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[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

Dembele to Barcelona is done. €105m initially + €40m in add-ons.

The fact that most Dortmund fans are unhappy with that is just going to show you how crazy the market really is.

I dont know about that, I mean, you're right, the market is insane but the reason Dortmund fans are unhappy is very understandable.

Its not like they get a cut of the money or that tickets and beer are going to be cheaper and they can replace the quality of the player any time soon so their club just got a little richer and their team just got a little worse, for a fan thats a bad deal.

Liverpool fans are similar with Coutinho and its the same reason most clubs hate when Barca and Madrid come prowling around.

Much like the 'Mystery Box could be anything, even a boat' money can be anything but unlikely a better player....otherwise Barca would have bought that better player instead.

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Locke

I dont know about that, I mean, you're right, the market is insane but the reason Dortmund fans are unhappy is very understandable.

Its not like they get a cut of the money or that tickets and beer are going to be cheaper and they can replace the quality of the player any time soon so their club just got a little richer and their team just got a little worse, for a fan thats a bad deal.

Liverpool fans are similar with Coutinho and its the same reason most clubs hate when Barca and Madrid come prowling around.

Much like the 'Mystery Box could be anything, even a boat' money can be anything but unlikely a better player....otherwise Barca would have bought that better player instead.

they're not unhappy because of any of that, they actually think the fee is too low.

Wonder what the the new Barca trio is, now that MSN is gone. LSD? LOL?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

they're not unhappy because of any of that, they actually think the fee is too low.

Wonder what the the new Barca trio is, now that MSN is gone. LSD? LOL?

I cant comment on that as I didnt really follow Dembele that much but isnt that fee in the top 3 or 5 World Record fees?

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Locke

I cant comment on that as I didnt really follow Dembele that much but isnt that fee in the top 3 or 5 World Record fees?

yeah, #2 behind Neymar.

[Slava]

That will be temporary though. Coutinho is still to go and then Mbappe sounds like his 20 games of experience are something like 140m Euros? I don't know what the numbers will end up at, but its a staggering amount of money being throw around in general.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

yeah, #2 behind Neymar.

Yikes.

Originally Posted by Slava

That will be temporary though. Coutinho is still to go and then Mbappe sounds like his 20 games of experience are something like 140m Euros? I don't know what the numbers will end up at, but its a staggering amount of money being throw around in general.

Yeah, it seems like at some point UEFA is going to step in and do something because despite FIFA's best attempts the amount of money being thrown around has become unprecedented.

[devo22]

[Locke]

They sort of had to but at the same time I dont think their restrictions are going to work in the case of PSG.

The Sheikh can just move money around from one loosely affiliated corporation to another and PSG gets the world's most expensive kit deal.

[Slava]

I did laugh at the "UEFA considers FFP to be a crucial governance mechanism which aims to ensure the financial sustainability of European club football" line. But they had to open this for sure. Didn't they spend in excess of $400m this summer? It's really beyond crazy money.

[nik-]

Also conveniently started after it matters and not when they submitted the second insanely high purchase.

[Locke]

Looks like James Rodriguez gets his first Bayern start in front of a very makeshift Bayern squad.

I cant remember the last time Bayern left both Hummels and Boateng on the bench. Its not like Anderlecht are complete pushovers.

[cam_wmh]

oh god, Pogba subbed off early, from what looks like a Hamstring injury.

[Locke]

And here I was hoping that FK Qarabag could pull off the upset.

[cam_wmh]

Ahh, had to get Pogba off for Fellaini to head in that Young cross.

1-0 United.

[Locke]

Celtic are just getting fed...

[devo22]

Marcus Rashford has now scored debut goals in the Europa League, Premier League, EFL Cup, U21 national team, senior national team and Champions League. Simply unbelievable.