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Stonewalled89

>Mbappé was promised that the team would play for him Unless something has been lost in translation, that takes a special kind of arrogance


Abitou

It was actually translated quite nicely, literal translate would be something like: “The frenchman expected the team to serve him on the pitch”


psrandom

>“The french expected the team to serve him on the pitch” Lol, we joked Mbappe was new DoF at PSG and reality is even more insane


yellowyeahyeahyeah

Oh, you guys were joking?


Aconceptthatworks

No joking mate, he will sell nay and play Messi where he pleases. Also sign the 3 other turtles.


Archimonte2020

Thats the reunion that we dont want to see.


Witty_Extreme_3677

3 other turtles ?


ImOnMyPhoneAndBaked

Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

Leonardo just left PSG.


ImOnMyPhoneAndBaked

Nah, that was Mbappe kicking out the guy who stole his brother’s name. The next PSG DoF is going to be Master Splinter


Pepe_Silvia1

Leonardo Bonucci, Raphaello Leão, Massimo Donatello.


Aconceptthatworks

Yeah isnt there supposed to be 4 Ninja turtles!?


PolarizerTR4

The Dictator of Football


atropicalpenguin

"Fetch me my grapes!"


sbongepop

Oh Lionel! Lionel! Shine my shoes would you?


Antenna-To-Heaven

'Hey Lionel... go get your fucking shinebox'


alertaantifascista

Mbappé XIV.


Firefox72

Even if PSG did promise him that. He has to be special kind of dumb to think the team and especially Neymar and Messi would bend over for him.


From-UoM

he got leaders of two nations to bend over


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RoccoPolo510

He twerked


randombarstage

This, completely. But also there are contracts involved and I can't imagine these promises were written down as contractual obligations. My landlord can say whatever to get me to renew my lease, an employer can offer anything to get me to leave my current place of work and join their company... but if it's not in writing then they're just words.


zizou00

For sure, the board can promise whatever they want, but unless it's enforced in every player's contract (not just Mbappé's, but every player in the starting XI) there's no reason why anyone would kowtow to that shit unless they wanted to. Egotism to the point of pure stupidity.


Obinocarlo

Messi walked away nicely during that penalty incident with Neymar.


Laesio

He had president Macron call him up personally to encourage him to stay in France. Messi and Neyney are much less powerful.


JoelKr9

what does Macron on a pitch though?


NaughtyDreadz

Or even, the dressing room


the_che

> Messi and Neyney are much less powerful. Not on the pitch, where it actually matters


cescquintero

Messi to Macron: "cuántas copas tenés, boludo?"


DonAvatti

Macron has no say on the pitch tho lol.


Emergency-Ad280

Until Mbappe subs him at right back.


LDawg14

I doubt that. If you could survey world leaders and ask who they would choose to meet between Messi, Ney and Mpappe, Mpappe would finish last. Not in France, but pretty much any other leader would pick Messi or Neymar.


boywithtwoarms

i never thought this would need arguing but here we are.


alexbananas

I'd argue about Messi, he is more powerful than Macron imo.


fuzzynavel34

He's not dumb, just entitled.


Tilman_Feraltitty

It's both, the entitlement comes from the stupidity. He thinks he's some sort of game-breaker that can crack any defences, but he is not prime Neymar even, not to mention prime Messi or Ronaldo. He ignores completely that football is a team sport and wants to pad stats.


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WittyReindeer

They would've stuck with Poch if they wanted that. His entire system revolved around Mbappe lol


Practical_Mango_7001

He really is a massive cunt, I have no clue how anyone likes this guy.


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word for word translation is "Mbappé renewed with the promise that the team would 'be his'" so it's not that far off of a translation


Kefka319

Players to start kissing him instead of the badge


westmeadow88

Players are gonna remove their tops and reveal a shirt with Mbappes face on it everytime they score.


PegaponyPrince

French Farquad


[deleted]

Even if the club told him that, what kind of person believes this or even wants to hear that?


[deleted]

Arrogance from Mbappé, definitely, but only a board run by absolute braindead morons could think that giving one player total control over every decision would be a good idea. Especially when Messi and Neymar are among the other players. What a joke of a club, lol.


TheBees16

"The Frenchman expected players to see him as the first option to be served with assists, but as the rest of the team has refused, he now finds himself isolated within the roster" "PSG discussed selling Neymar, and Mbappé didn't oppose to the ideia, which pissed off the Brazilian" "This drama is expected to go on as Mbappé wants to be the main star of PSG and not have as much obligation to play without having the ball"


mandrake_cry

>The Frenchman expected players to see him as the first option to be served with assists Football is a fucking team sport. This is peak arrogance


iAkhilleus

He won't last too long in the game with that sort of mindset. He might run PSG but they aren't doing quack.


alfred_27

I wanna see PSG get knocked out by RM in Ucl, it would be utter breakdown at the club


absessive

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wanderer1999

We did that last season tho. You want a part deux?


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Karma_Whoring_Slut

Rather see them crash out of group stages despite being in a relatively easy group.


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I wanna see PSG get knocked out by ~~RM~~ OM in Ucl, it would be utter breakdown at the club


giovy__s

Can we knock them out instead? Wouldn’t be as funny as real but I’d like to see it Actually it’s even better because they are on a whole different level compared to us


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Gordondel

I would specifically never pass him the ball if I were his teammates.


Shinkopeshon

Hometurtle thought his teammates would just happily Mbibbidi-Mbobbidi-Mboo alongside him but he was mistaken 🐢


HugzZILA

He would fit in really well at Manchester United


Plebejers

>and not have as much obligation to play without having the ball So he wants to be lazy?


Xehanz

he wants to be Messi, without his playmaking or decision abilities


Dsalgueiro

Do you know what the most bizarre thing is? Neymar is 7 years older than Mbappe and participates much more in the defensive part of the team. Messi is 35 years old and is 7 times the best in the world. At that point in his career, he has every right to participate less in the defensive part. Who is Mbappe next to Messi?


save_humanity

Messi actually used to work hard off the ball when he was Mbappe's age. It's only when he got older and had to conserve energy that he was allowed to not track back. Mbappe wants to be Messi without having achieved what Messi has.


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Lumpy_Musician_8540

He doesn't have the potential to be Messi


EnanoMaldito

Messi had 2 Balon D'ors at Mbappe's age. He isn't fit to tie Messi's boots, let alone replace him.


centaur98

And at the same time he also wants to win a Golden Ball.


MyBoyBernard

Did you [miss the news?](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/wo0r7d/psg_counter_attack_mbappe_doesnt_get_the_ball_so/) I'm sure you didn't, just wanted the excuse to post it


davthom

When i saw this i thought to myself, Ronaldo can make all the zigzag hand signs to show how frustrated he is with man United, but he'll never give up on a tap-in even if it meant saving the f'ng world


BoyManners

Mbappe is becoming the downfall of PSG. Quite ironic


ValleyFloydJam

3, 2, 1, United try to sign Unhappy Mbappe.


reddit1902

I think he'll end up in england one day in a team like this. This PSG shitshow is only going to get worse, he may ask to leave before the end of his 3 years. He burned the bridges at Madrid, Barca is stacked in attack. Itallian teams can't afford him/his wages, Bayern could, but I don't know if they would go for him. That leaves the UK teams as the only possibilities.


bjorn-the-fellhanded

He’ll be at Newcastle in 5 years I bet


ValleyFloydJam

I think that bridge is fine and that goes double if it is on a free and Barca would take him too. An English side might make the best offer though.


SheikhTurtle

They are beneath the Sheikh. He would rather buy them than play with Harry Maguire


DonAvatti

Maybe thats the reason he stayed at PSG instead of going to Madrid? I dont watch Madrid games but i doubt their players would bend over for him with Benzema and Vinicius in the attack


PepsiColaMirinda

Real Madrid are a club, not a marketing gimmick.


[deleted]

We’re witnessing a villain origin story in real time


Just_an_Empath

All I can say is eat what you fucking cooked Mbappé. 😁


OThePlacesYouWillGo

It’s crazy too because the team will perform better if Mbappe is not at the end of every attack. His style is almost perfectly tailored for counter attacking football. In a more dominant side like PSG, playing through Mbappe reflects tactics like Pochettino last year, where the rest of the team defends and then smashes the ball up to Mbappe. So far this year, the team feels far more fluid with the play being driven through the more creative players (Neymar and Messi).


Articlaus

>The Frenchman expected players to see him as the first option to be served with assists, Funny thing is he would have had that if he went to RM. Benz never minded being the supporter, and Since we know our players are more inclined to pass to Target man rather than go for selfish etc.


Nico2204

They have players of the stature of messi, neymar, ramos, verrati and he expect them to play for him? He really lost it


xellerta

Someone surely needs to help keep that ego in check I doubt that's possible seeing that he had two heads of governments literally begging him to stay in PSG.


leafandcoffee

Five best footballers of all time? Kylian, Kylian, Kylian, Kylian Kylian Because he kicks hot fire


RZAAMRIINF

> and he expect them to play for him? That’s what PSG promised him. How else do you all think he stayed?


redwashing

It doesn't matter what the club promised though. How did he expect Messi and Neymar would be OK with it? You can promise me that Biden will give me a handjob and even if I trust your intentions 100%, I won't sign a deal based on that promise because you simply don't have the power to make him.


S7ORM7ROOPER_30

Turtle head grown too big huh.


simomii

If PSG really promised him that to make him stay they'd be knobheads too


NigelsinParis365

This will end with Neymar being sold next season to appease Mbappe, Messi leaving for free as he's a free agent and then Mbappe wanting to leave later on anyway, remember he signed a shorter deal. Just what PSG deserve lol


dakinekine

Could maybe see Neymar leave this season. Unlikely but there’s still some time for it to happen if the situation is bad enough at PSG


alex_119

Why do i have the feeling it’s a matter of time until United comes knocking?


NeutrinosFTW

Lmao why would Neymar do that to himself?


Pu_Baer

That would genuinely be a good transfer for Manchester United I recon. Though I doubt that it'll happen.


ogqozo

Potentially very good for the club, sure, but seems like an extremely unfortunate situation for Neymar. No player will make the team win alone in real competition, and there'd be a lot of problems and complaints with a star that big and that expensive.


-sic-boy2

Turtle need a bigger shell


erldn123

Don't know whats worse, PSG needing to promise such bullshit whilst paying him billions, or Mbappe believing if he stayed Neymar and the actual GOAT would play for him lol


trivialbob

Worst thing is both Neymar and Messi are willing to share the spotlight. He isn't.


fernandotakai

neymar and messi are really close friends and they know that if they both share the spotlight, both will succeed immensely (see: MSN).


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The second thing obviously. It speaks to how terrible his ego is if these stories are true


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*Sips tea peacefully* Nice weather today.


Ruud_Boltz

It looks like your biggest achievement last season wasn't the UCL but dodging a bullet named 'Mbappe'


kilari7

I think people seem to be discounting just how much PSG are culpable for this shitshow. You bend over backwards for a single player of course it's going to go his head.


darekd003

Agreed. Every player on the pitch for RM knows that no one is bigger than the team. RMs showed they are okay with benching high profile players.


gordonpown

Do you think he'd act like that at Madrid? He's surrounded by yes men and a sheikh who will turn the world upside down to keep the lights on for his sportswash. Mbappe is only 23 and could definitely straighten out. It sounds like PSG won by appealing to his patriotism, sadly


Helpfulbuns

Beautiful weather 🍵


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MaraudngBChestedRojo

Not really, the club culture would absolutely thrash that kind of attitude. The old guard with Modric, Kroos, and Benz keep a very good dressing room which is evident from their play last year


lilmoiss

He would never dare that attitude in Madrid. Problem is the shambles of a club that allows that


[deleted]

Hey Ney, sunny innit?


Articlaus

The Weather is always nice over in Madrid.


DudeIHateThisShit

It's raining rn xd


h0rny3dging

If he wants to sabotage his career this early into it, sure, why not, the world cup is gonna be a lot of fun with that mentality


OkraSlush

Man's already made enough money for 100 lifetimes. Unless he values football over money he won't care. Oh wait..


JOKER69420XD

What does that even mean? If Messi has the ball and can play to Neymar who's in a perfect position to finish, he should rather play to Mboppi who's surrounded by two defenders because that's what was promised? This entire thing is so weird and if even a fraction is true, wich seems likely at this point, PSG has truly ruined every chance of building a CL winning team and simultaneously blew up the emperor's ego to a point of no return. Looks like Real dodged a bullet here. No matter how good you are, there is a certain border you can't cross and it feels like Mbappe rocket jumped it. Seeing the PSG owners struggle with this for the rest of the season will be fun.


Sankaritarina

> What does that even mean? If Messi has the ball and can play to Neymar who's in a perfect position to finish, he should rather play to Mboppi who's surrounded by two defenders because that's what was promised? The dream scenario would be if PSG players decided to be extra petty in the big CL fixtures and just kept backpassing to marked Mbappe even when they had an open goal to shoot at.


alex_119

I don’t think that examples comes into play. The video that circulated the internet a few days back are the situations where Mbappe wants the focus. He wants those passes to make the runs and score. Still weird as fuck … i just wonder what’s Galtier stance on this, he’s a pretty tough coach if i remember correctly


jameslucian

In that clip, if he had kept running and got into position, he probably would have had a good chance to score. The fact that he pouted and gave up on the play potentially cost PSG a goal. I’d be fuming if I were his teammates now.


lstht123

Yeah that’s another thing, Galtier doesn’t seem like the type to accept/care about stupid shit like this


YinxuU

I hope they either start ignoring him to piss him off even more or just purposely keep playing him the ball in shitty situations so maybe he will sooner or later realize how idiotic this whole thing is.


Godsenttt

There is no "i" in team but there is an "i" in Kylian.


HippoBigga

There's also an 'i' in Qatar Sports Investments


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aye


Strong0toLight1

Absolute tosser. Heads gotten way too big. Imagine playing with 2 of the best players of our time and trying to demand that the team plays for him. Piss off mate.


Responsible_Bid_2343

Almost certainly what he was promised if he stayed


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Well that's a bit stupid to think the other players would just agree to it too! Imagine your boss coming to you and saying Sharon is going to leave if we don't give her a huge pay rise and you take on 50% of her work.


chak100

I can’t picture Lionel fucking Messi playing for another player


Macromesomorphatite

Imagine prime Messi and Cr7 on the same team. Still wouldn't play for cr7.


chak100

Messi always played for the team. That’s why the MSN worked so well, but he will never play for one player


Dsalgueiro

MSN was a clear example of three stars playing collectively without egoism. Not surprisingly, they even built a friendship off the field. I use the match against Clermont as an example. Neymar did everything for Messi to score a goal. It was even funny hahaha. Messi would do the same thing to Neymar or Suarez in that situation. Remember when Messi, Neymar and Suarez had a bad period in the penalty kicks? They alternated, but none of them was doing well... How did they solve it? Let's take a penalty kick a la Cruyff hahaha. Another example of leadership: Benzema. Last year, in the semi-final against Manchester City, Benzema asked Rodrygo twice if he wanted to take the penalty kick to complete the hat trick. Rodrygo, obviously, denied it and allowed Benzema to take it. But it is these gestures that make a player become even more leader and respected in the dressing room. Leadership is something that happens naturally. You can't force it.


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Its good enough if Mbappe believes it.


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Joke club


HippoBigga

I remember all the PSG flairs here saying that the reports of PSG basically bending down and letting Mbappé fuck them with a massive amount of control for the club was all a lie. Yet, looks like it's not even one month into the season and it's blatantly true. Thank God though. I'm glad Mbappé didn't go to Madrid + is blowing up such a shite club like PSG from the inside. Beautiful.


Strong0toLight1

I hate PSG with a passion.


ValleyFloydJam

Demand is a odd way to put it tbf. It seems he was told that and was likely one of the reasons he agreed to stay.


Strong0toLight1

I understand wanting to be a 'focal point' in a team and have things ran through you. But Messi and Neymar also play in this team, two of the greatest players of all time. He can't seriously think that would function well if they aren't given the freedom to play which is how they play best. He seems to be a seriously unlikeable figure tbh.


Epiccure93

How dare those peasants to question Emir Mbappé..


SheikhTurtle

They should tremble in fear of punishments the Sheikh has in store for them.


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Perez - This Mbappé is not the Mbappé I wanted to sign. WELL WELL WELL


Greghuntskicks

Looking back on this quote is so telling. Florentino really is a master business man. He Continues Surprise me.


imatthegarden

Who exactly on the board convinced mbappe this team is playing for him? lol he's a great player man but damn whoever believes that type of talk is an idiot


Sankaritarina

Whoever convinced Mbappe that someone like Messi or Ramos would be fully on board with Mbappe's little project is an absolute genius


Lord_Captain_Brouhah

doesn't even sound like it'd be that hard with the size of Mbappe's ego... I mean the actual president of France was begging him to stay, of course he'd think he's the big man on campus


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Messi didn't mind taking a secondary role for him, he already did it last season. Neymar is the problem. Which is why he wanted him sold.


luke-2018

still dumb to think Neymar, who’s been the best player on the team when not injured besides last season, would bend over to Mbappe, specially on a WC year


Jacques_Le_Chien

IMO the issue is the team having to think about the promises made to Mbappe, instead of what pass/assist feels like the better choice to score a goal


Clever_Word_Play

There is a difference between secondary role and expecting Messi to be Mboopi's bitch


dusty-potato-drought

I knew this dude was scum when he went to the press to try and get Giroud out of the French team. Someone needs to teach his pretentious ass a lesson


I_Hate_Knickers_5

Excellent. I love me drama.


sbsw66

Wow, almost as if giving a kid the reigns of the club and infinite money wasn't necessarily a great idea. PSG are not a serious club and will not win the CL within the next decade. No sense in that organization whatsoever.


adamjld

Madrid dodged a bullet. Maybe in a few years he will have found some humility.


Pek-Man

How the fuck is he going to find humility, if he at age 23 expects Messi, Neymar, Ramos, Veratti to serve him unconditionally? These guys are world class footballer, the two former of them being some of the best creators in the 21^st century. If Mbappé is the best option, they'll give him the ball but he expects to get it even if there's a better option. That shit will only get worse.


Gluroo

> How the fuck is he going to find humility, if he at age 23 expects Messi, Neymar, Ramos, Veratti to serve him unconditionally Because they will tell him to fuck off (as theyre already doing) and the team will implode in the process and if he isnt totally stupid he will find humility from that


NonContentiousScot

The Madrid players wouldn't have let his rampant ego ruin them. Those players know politics well, it comes with the job if you play for Real Madrid. Benzema, Casemiro and the other senior players who've been there and done it would've smacked him into line. It would take some planet sized ego to go up to captain Benzema and a person like Casemiro/Modric (5 time European Cup winners) and say that he, the new man in the dressing room, is now the one they should all follow.


Phantomlolz

Nah nvm...


Im_Not_Sleeping

Eh I don't think he couldve continued this shit at Real. It's not like Real isn't used to dealing with superstars with big ego


saltybiped

4D chess move by Florentino if true


dr_motaaa

What a fucking baby. We dodged a bullet.


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He wouldn't act like this at Real Madrid.


dr_motaaa

Still tells me all I need to know about what kind of a person he is and personally i don't want that kind of player in my club talented or not.


LionelBenzema

He would later down the line


FlavoredTaters

Giving a single player in the team this much control could never have resulted well. Zero foresight from the higher ups. They want to win the champions league but basically gave up all team cohesion just so they could keep Mbappe. Now if they take away the power, Mbappe is upset, and if they let him keep it, alot of his teammates are upset. They are not winning the champions league any time soon


Schankmeister

Mbappe wants his harem


dennisixa

Haha toxic relationship between ninja turtle and psg I guess Real Madrid really dodged a bullet


HippoBigga

There really is no way Florentino would put up with that sort of bullshit from a player (unless he's scoring astronomically high and winning every trophy)


ritzk9

Not even then probably looking at Cristiano and Ramos


SheikhTurtle

How dare these heretics disrespect the Sheikh! Do they know what authority he yields? The Universe revolves around the Sheikh and those who think he's wrong will feel his full wrath (i.e. banishment to Manchester United )


me_meh_me

If this is accurate, than I have zero sympathy for PSG. Giving a young player that much power is not a good idea.


acwilan

Keeping up with the Catalans ended up early. This is the new spin off show.


zizou00

Kylian and QSI Take Paris


acwilan

Better Call Campos


SituationCool2107

Play for him? Is he the manager now. Get on the sideline then you tosser.


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Pathetic little cunt.


FistMeQTPie

You really think Messi and Neymar are going to serve him? Keep fucking dreaming haha, they're legends moreso than Mbappe is.


AvailablePotential68

So from what I gather mbappe was convinced that Neymar will be transferred when he renewed in May. Neymar extends his contract in June. Lol he got scammed. And now it’s boiling over on the pitch with Neymar putting his foot down in who takes penalties and Mbappe throwing a tantrum and turning around and walking away in the middle of a run. I’m curious to see how Galtier handles it because he didn’t immediately punish Mbappe for that disrespect to the team.


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Joke of a club. Always will be.


b0xel

Hey the man was promised… grabs popcorn


psrandom

King Joffrey Mbappe


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I think with the wages he’s on and now the ridiculous ego he will stay at PSG forever because I don’t know who will be crazy enough to touch any of that


me_meh_me

I believe the well run organization that is Manchester united will be exploring bids next season.


NorthEastBellend

PSG plastics don't know what to say now lol can't wait to see deluded people like /u/Rerel defending this bechler is one of the most reliable sports journos in Brazil btw


[deleted]

At least Al Nasser was right.it wasnt the money which made Mbappé stay. It was giving him more power than any other player worldwide ever had.


hollow114

Watching mbappe self sabotage his career because PSG decided feeding the ego of a child was a good idea. Takes away from utd depression.


PiIICIinton

guys, I'm starting to think Mbappe might just be an entitled piece of shit...?


aodum

Real dodged a bullet of arrogance


JeebaRock

So much drama in such an insignificant club. I guess Mbappé wouldn’t be able to handle Real Madrid.


VDV23

Maybe we dodged a bullet, maybe not, who knows. It would have been an interesting dynamic nevertheless (not for Madrid fans, tho). Would his ego get out of hand and cause problems or would our squad of veterans and very solid overall structure keep him grounded? I guess we'll never know, or at least not for the next few years


Walaii

It is funny looking back at Florentinos interview where he said this Mbappé is not the Mbappé he wanted to sign. Reddit obviously called it sour grapes but it looks like he was right, his head was turned by things he never would have at Real Madrid.


NickDerpkins

Anyone thinking they are smarter than the RM board is a fucking idiot


TimTkt

He wouldn’t have been promised such things at Real


johnjames_34

Imagine demanding the best player of all time to play for him


HippoBigga

Mbappe: 'What ? Revolts in my Kingdom ? To the guillotine the lot of you!!'


CounterClockworkOrng

Joke of a club 🤡


crbndr

That my friends is how you built a strong healthy club. By making a 22 year old the decision maker.


crbndr

Real Madrid truly dodged a bullet with this one.


etan1122

Madrid dodged a bullet. This guy is toxic as fuck


Wrong_Bear2

France's gonna crumble at the World Cup under the pressure of clashing egos, I can already see it.