General Football Nonsense

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Deli Alli

97mill

Must be because of all the trophies he's delivered.

Some of the more hilarious estimates in bold, plucked from a genuinely hilarious list. I guess this is what insanity looks like when you quantify it. 217 mill for Neymar - a fifth of a billion. 120mill for Kane - LOL. Historians will look back at this period in our history with utter condemnation. Time for this game to collapse so we can turn it into a game again.

THE TOP 100 MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD
1. Neymar (Barcelona and Brazil) - £217m
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina) - £150m
3. Paul Pogba (Manchester United and France) - £136.5m
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid and France) - £132.2m
5. Luis Suarez (Barcelona and Uruguay) - £127.7m
6. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur and England) - £122.4m
7. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal) - £111.2m
8. Paulo Dybala (Juventus and Argentina) - £100m
9. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur and England) - £97m
10. Eden Hazard (Chelsea and Belguim) - £89m
11. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus and Argentina) - £86m
12. Anthony Martial (Manchester United and France) - £81.3m
13. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City and England) - £75.2m
14. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid and Wales) - £73.8m
15. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Atletico Madrid and Belguim) - £73m
16. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina) - £70m
17. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City and Algeria) - £68.7m
18. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan and Argentina) - £68.3m
19. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City and Belguim) - £67.5m
20. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal and Chile) - £67.1m
21. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea and France) - £65.5m
22. Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid and Spain) - £64.1m
23. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid and Germany) - £62.8m
24. Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund and France) - £62.4m
25. Romelu Lukaku (Everton and Belgium) - £62.3m
26. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur and Denmark) - £62.2m
27. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland) - £61.9m
28. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal and Spain) - £61.8m
29. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur and England) - £61.1m
30. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund and Gabon) - £60.5m
31. Koke (Atletico Madrid and Spain) - £59m
32. Diego Costa (Chelsea and Spain) - £58.3m
33. Leroy Sane (Manchester City and Germany) - £57.4m
34. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid and Spain) - £57.2m
35. Mohammed Salah (Roma and Egypt) - £57m
36. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid and France) - £56.3m
37. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich and Germany) - £55.9m
38. Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City and Argentina) - £55.5m
39. Sadio Mane (Liverpool and Senegal) - £53.5m
40. Shkrodan Mustafi (Arsenal and Germany) - £53.2m
41. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid and Colombia) - £53.1m
42. Virgil Van Dijk (Southampton and Holland) - £52.9m
43. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia) - £52.5m
44. Andre Gomes (Barcelona and Portugal) - £52.2m
45. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool and Brazil) - £48.6m
46. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea and Belgium) - £48.5m
47. Willian (Chelsea and Brazil) - £48.4m
48. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool and Brazil) - £48.3m
49. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool and Holland) - £47.2m
50. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus and Bosnia-Herzegovina) - £46.2m
51. Bernardo Silva (Monaco and Portugal) - £46.1m
52. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City and England) - £45.9m
53. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid and Spain) - £45.4m
54. Radja Nainggolan (Roma and Belgium) - £44.5m
55. David Alaba (Bayern Munich and Austria) - £44.4m
56. Lucas Moura (PSG and Brazil) - £44.3m
57. John Stones (Manchester City and England) - £43m
58. David de Gea (Manchester United and Spain) - £42.9m
59. Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid and Croatia) - £42.8m
60. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea and Belgium) - £42.3m
61. Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona and France) - £41.9m
62. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal and Germany) - £41.8m
63. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal and Switzerland) - £40.5m
64. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich and Germany) - £40.3m
65. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon and France) - £40.1m
66. Andrea Belotti (Torino and Italy) - £39.7m
67. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany) - £39.6m
68. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona and Croatia) - £39.5m
69. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea) - £39.4m
70. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona and Spain) - £39.2m
71. Antonio Rudiger (Roma and Germany) - £39.1m
72. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund and Germany) - £38.2m
73. Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich and Germany) - £38m
74. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus and Italy) - £37.8m
75. Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany) - £37.7m
76. Daniele Rugani (Juventus and Italy) - £37.5m
77. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli and Poland) - £37.4m
78. Nathan Redmond (Southampton and England) - £37.3m
79. Isco (Real Madrid and Spain) - £37.2m
80. Konstantinos Manolas (Roma and Greece) - £36.8m
81. Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid and Argentina) - £36.5m
82. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United and France) - £36m
83. Fabinho (Monaco and Brazil) - £35.9m
84. Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan and Italy) - £35.8m
85. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur and Belgium) - £35.7m
86. Alex Sandro (Juventus and Brazil) - £35.6m
87. Denis Suarez (Barcelona and Spain) - £35.5m
88. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea and Spain) - £35.4m
89. Marco Verratti (PSG and Italy) - £35.3m
90. Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City and England) - £35.2m
91. Pedro (Chelsea and Spain) - £35m
92. Douglas Costa (Bayern Munich and Brazil) - £34.6m
93. Emre Can (Liverpool and Germany) - £34m
94. Felipe Anderson (Lazio and Brazil) - £33.5m
95. Marquinhos (PSG and Brazil) - £33m
96. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France) - £32.9m
97. Kevin Gameiro (PSG and France) - £32.8m
98. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli and Senegal) - £32.6m
99. Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich and Portugal) - £32.2m
100. Michail Antonio (West Ham United and England) - £31.8m

Hmm Ozil not worth very much but then again I guess you wouldn't be if you looked like a cross between Marty Feldman and Jeff Goldblum post transformation in the Fly.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38802113

Whilst I agree with the sentiments fans have about Red Bull Leipzig, throwing cans and bottles at away fans is nothing but incredibly thinly veiled thuggery.

I like the way German clubs are run and how beholden they are to their fan bases, and Leipzig is nothing more than a corporate entity. But using that dislike as a front for violence, pathetic.

[Marc Overmars]

Using football as a front for any kind of violence is the hallmark of a knuckle dragger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not up to speed on Leipzig, but as far as I understand it they haven't done a chav or gypo routine by buying up everyone's playas. Or am I wrong in that?

Seems to me that the real story here is Dortmund should be doing a hell of a lot better than Frankfurt and Hoffenheim, but they aren't. Maybe the Dortmund fans should throw cans at their own team, or get them to start drinking Red Bull so they have a bit more energy for the fight.

What about Volkswagen and Bayern and Wolfsburg, particularly Wolfsburg. Hasn't that team seen a ton of cash being pumped in by a corporate?

[Niall_Quinn]

Using football as a front for any kind of violence is the hallmark of a knuckle dragger.

Not in all cases. It now turns out that Fergie throwing a boot in Beckham's face was highly appropriate.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Not in all cases. It now turns out that Fergie throwing a boot in Beckham's face was highly appropriate.

Total lies, he kicked it in his face. That way he was able to claim it was a fluke

Jesus that game was almost 14 years ago. Everyone thought United were favourites because Henry was rested but that Giggs sitter aside we actually won quite comfortably.

[Niall_Quinn]

Total lies, he kicked it in his face. That way he was able to claim it was a fluke

Jesus that game was almost 14 years ago. Everyone thought United were favourites because Henry was rested but that Giggs sitter aside we actually won quite comfortably.

Provided it hit him in the face I'm not sure it really matters how it was propelled.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Provided it hit him in the face I'm not sure it really matters how it was propelled.

well if you throw a boot at someone you can less credibly claim not to have meant to do it

It was obvious Ferguson did mean to do it, but he couldn't make the defence that he hadn't meant to do it had he thrown it unless he had an attack of muscular dystrophy.

[LDG]

Not in all cases. It now turns out that Fergie throwing a boot in Beckham's face was highly appropriate.

Ahem....that's Sir Beckham

[Niall_Quinn]

well if you throw a boot at someone you can less credibly claim not to have meant to do it

It was obvious Ferguson did mean to do it, but he couldn't make the defence that he hadn't meant to do it had he thrown it unless he had an attack of muscular dystrophy.

??? Why would you want to avoid taking credit for smashing Sir Beckham's face in? Wouldn't that be a tad much on the modesty front?