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Producer, Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist 👑 (Piano Major). Passionate Arsenal Fan, Football Analyst, Crypto Savvy #ScriptNetwork🇦🇺🇺🇸
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Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mark Zuckerberg collectively have a net worth of $312 billion. Yet, zoom in on the phones they are both using. Alhaji Dangote uses a modest Samsung Galaxy, while Zuckerberg employs a Samsung S24 Ultra. Both their phones are believed to cost around $1000 or less. And take a look at their dressing. Like their communication devices, their clothes are minimal and functional. And they repeat outfits. Yet, you mock people for wearing the same clothes they wore last week as if you have never heard of soap! You see, the quality of conversations you have on a phone matters more than the price of a phone, just as what is inside your head matters more than what is on your body. Phones are not a flex. They are not a status symbol: buying an expensive iPhone when you are renting a flat or house is false prosperity. And rocking designers when you are not yet a designer of your success is an excess stress that will depress you. Use your money to get out of debt, or you will forever be out of your depth. Instead of letting fashion own you, own property and investments. Fashion loses value. Fast. Investments gain value. Slowly. In reality, most people are only poor because they make poor decisions with their money, which is why poverty will always pour on them and purr at them!
#RenosNuggets
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Another Beautiful Weekend to Remind you that SEX outside marriage is not called dating; it is called SIN.
REPENT!
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Depuis la derniere exclue sur Rodri, beaucoup de choses se sont passées, énormément de positive pour moi mais comme d’habitude l’humain qui te voyait trop bas hier, te voit maintenant trop haut.
Je vois mon nom utilisé pour salir d’autres collègues, des amis qui sont très compétant, voir plus compétant que moi.
Dans la vie rien n’est tout noir ou tout blanc, personne ne détient à lui tout seul la vérité absolue et personne ne représente à lui seul le mensonge.
On essaye tous d’avancer et de faire du mieux qu’on peut et ça ne me fait pas plaisir de voir mon nom utilisé pour rabaisser d’autres personnes, surtout que je sais ce qui se passera au premier faux pas.
Soyez humain, n’élevez personne trop haut et n’abaissez personne trop bas, c’est que du foot, respectez le travail de chacun, force à vous.
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🚨 EXCL: Arsenal exploring move to sign Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid. #AFC interest early stage + clubs not yet in talks but idea approved at all levels. Much rests on contract process as no breakthrough yet & #RMFC do not want free exit @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7469515…
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If you asked me to choose between Arsenal signing Bruno Guimarães for £80m or Alex Scott for the same fee, I'm picking Bruno every single time, and it's not because I don't rate Alex Scott.
From a tactical perspective, Bruno solves more immediate problems for Arsenal.
One thing I've always believed is that our midfield needs another player who can both dictate the tempo and win his battles physically. Bruno gives you exactly that. He can receive the ball under pressure, progress play through carries and passes, break opposition lines, and still put in the defensive work. That combination is incredibly difficult to find.
Against teams that press aggressively, Bruno has the composure to escape pressure and keep Arsenal in control. Against low blocks, he has the vision to find those risky forward passes that open compact defences. When the game becomes chaotic, he's the type of midfielder who can slow it down or speed it up depending on what the team needs.
He would also complement Declan Rice brilliantly. Rice could continue making those powerful runs into advanced areas, knowing Bruno has the intelligence and discipline to control the middle of the pitch. Odegaard would have another elite passer behind him, meaning Arsenal wouldn't have to rely on one player to create from midfield.
Alex Scott has enormous potential, but at £80m I'm paying for certainty, not just promise. He may eventually become an outstanding midfielder, but Bruno is already operating at the level Arsenal need if the objective is to win the Premier League and Champions League now.
For me, it's a simple choice. Bruno Guimarães doesn't just add quality, he changes the way Arsenal control matches. He gives us another midfielder who can dictate games, resist pressure, progress the ball, and make the entire team better.
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I want Arsenal fans to realize in this same window, Arsenal can still spend £120m+ on a single signing, provided they find the player good and worthy of the price tag. The Declan Rice deal proved that. If the club didn’t think Morgan Rogers was worth £117m, then I trust that valuation. My only criticism is that we need to be more decisive on our other targets. Move quickly, get deals like Bruno done, and have the squad ready before pre-season ends.
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Today, it shows that a midfield or midfielder can beat a superstar team.
Zidane vs 2006 Brazil
Rodri and Ruiz vs This France
Never buy into the hype.
No team is unbeatable
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Arsenal Football Club will soon announce the farewell of their Premier League Champion Leandro Trossard.
It also seems the fanbase are not dealing with the noise of the transfer window well.
I will aim to post somewhat of an update on where we are with some deals.
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This sunny afternoon today in Geneva, taking a ride after a busy morning writing a few pages of my next book, Making It Bigger 👀… F.Ote💲
Football matches are played over two 45-minute halves, making 90 minutes in total. But the number 45 wasn't chosen because of science.
In the early days of football, there was no standard match length. That changed on 31 March 1866, when the Football Association and Sheffield agreed on a compromise: Sheffield wanted a two-hour match, the FA wanted something shorter, so they settled on two halves of 45 minutes.
The format worked so well that it became the global standard and has remained unchanged for over 150 years.
But why?
Because, ladies and gentlemen...
It's been 45 days since Arsenal won the Premier League title.
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Important to ensure discussions are not labelled as crash outs. I dont have the privilege of recording a video so Im just going to explain my fair and honest thoughts thus far.
Fans are not angry at Monga going to City its more so the laid back approach of trying to outsmart a market where money talks.
Losing out on a talent who badly wanted Arsenal over £3/4 million is not being “disciplined”its just dithering and stubbornness. He would have gone on loan, a club would have covered his wages and you could have flipped for profit but Andrea took too long and City should have never even had a chance. Its just the truth.
Not paying ungodly amounts to Tonali’s agents is fair and the same can be said about his wages and £100m fee. I find it hard to believe fans would have been angry at signing Fernandes for £85m if that who YOU really want. The market has shifted and we need adapt. Lowballing Newcastle for a midfielder who improves us massively is just a piss take. Make a serious offer and get it done if HE is the ONE. That is what fans are saying.
Villa have told us £130m for Morgan. If YOU believe that is way too much, make a FAIR offer and lets see how they react. Barcola is not any cheaper so just make your mind up.
Rice, Saliba, Timber and Saka are struggling and we need to ensure they are taken care of while having adequate cover to begin our title defence.
Mikel always calls for fair critique and as a fan its fair to express concerns. I personally dont need transfer dopamine but im just asking to move correct and that is based on information I have. Im sure the club will make moves, lets get a move on.
We are Premier League Champions, move like it.
🗣️ José Mourinho blasts the referee and VAR after Belgium’s controversial late penalty.
🗣️ “That’s never a penalty. Never.
I watched the replay five, six, seven times, and I’m still asking myself what the referee saw. Tielemans doesn’t win the ball, there’s minimal contact, and somehow it’s enough to decide one of the biggest games of the tournament.
Football is becoming impossible for defenders. Every slight touch is treated like a crime. If that’s the standard, then we should tell defenders not to challenge anymore because any attacker who goes to ground will expect a penalty.
The most disappointing part isn’t even the referee, it’s VAR. That’s exactly why VAR exists: to correct clear mistakes, not to protect them.
You cannot let 120 minutes of sacrifice, tactics and hard work be overshadowed by such a soft decision. At this level, that’s simply unacceptable.”
#FIFAWorldCup
#BELSEN
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🚨New: Sadio Mane on the controversial penalty appeal for Youri Tielemans against Senegal:
🗣️“This is football, not theatre. Tielemans gets to the ball first, Camara is doing exactly what every defender is taught from the first day, clear the danger. They arrive almost together, there’s only minimal, unavoidable contact after the challenge. That alone is not a foul.
The Laws of the Game don’t punish every collision. A penalty requires a careless, reckless, or excessive-force foul. Simply making contact after both players challenge for the ball isn’t enough. Football is a contact sport, not a non-contact exhibition.
VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious errors, not turn every 50-50 duel into a courtroom trial. Every time the referee is dragged to the monitor for incidents like this, the game loses another piece of its soul. It’s like using a microscope to find an elephant, it makes no sense.
Senegal were fighting like lions, Belgium were hanging by a thread, and then one decision threatens to rewrite the entire story. If this is a penalty today, then defenders may as well stop tackling and start writing apology letters before kick-off.
Modern football is becoming a house built on sand, one soft decision after another. The badge on the referee’s shirt is starting to carry more influence than the players wearing the jerseys. That’s not protecting the game; that’s suffocating it”
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🚨 Pep Guardiola on Belgium’s late penalty:
🗣️ Reporter:
“What did you make of the penalty?”
🗣️ Pep Guardiola:
“I always say football should be decided by football. Senegal had defended with incredible discipline for almost the entire match. To see such a soft contact become the defining moment is very difficult for everyone to understand.”
“If the contact is not absolutely clear, I don’t think you decide a World Cup knockout match with a penalty in the final moments. Let the players decide it themselves.”
“Senegal earned the right to keep fighting. Belgium earned the right to keep attacking. In games like this, I prefer the result to come from the quality of the football, not from one controversial decision.”
“When two teams have sacrificed so much, one whistle should never become bigger than everything that happened over ninety minutes.”
“Of course the referee has to make decisions, and I respect that. But these are the moments that leave people talking about officiating instead of the football. Nobody wants that.”
“If you cannot say with complete certainty that it is a penalty, then don’t give it. At this level, every decision carries enormous consequences.
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A beautiful day at home in Monaco with my bestie, Africa’s greatest industrialist. $200 billion man in the waiting @AlikoDangote
Friendship remains one of the greatest investments 🫱🏿🫲🏾… F.Ote💲
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How can anyone watch Noni Madueke's performances at this World Cup and still question why Thomas Tuchel picked him ahead of Palmer and Foden?
Against Croatia, Madueke was absolutely electric in the first half. Every time he got the ball, he looked like he could make something happen. His pace, directness, willingness to attack defenders one-on-one, and ability to drive the team up the pitch caused Croatia all sorts of problems. He wasn't just keeping possession or playing safe passes. He was constantly asking questions of the opposition defence.
This is exactly why managers sometimes choose profiles over names. Football isn't always about picking the most technically gifted player or the biggest star. It's about balance and having players who offer something different. Madueke gives England a level of explosiveness and vertical threat that neither Palmer nor Foden consistently provides from wide areas.
Palmer is a fantastic creator. Foden is a superb technical player. But when you need a winger who can stretch a defence, beat his man with raw speed, carry the ball 30 or 40 yards up the pitch and create chaos in transition, Madueke is currently offering more of that.
The debate shouldn't be about disrespecting Palmer or Foden. They're top players. But on current World Cup evidence, Tuchel's decision makes perfect sense. Madueke has been rewarding that trust with performances that directly impact games.
Sometimes football is as simple as this: pick the player whose qualities best suit what the team needs. Right now, Madueke is showing exactly why he deserves his place.
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Bradley Barcola Situation
• Moussa Sissoko has been trying to renew Bradley Barcola’s contract for the best part of 9-12 months. Talks have been difficult, and it reached a point where both parties agreed to put negotiations on hold so that Barcola and PSG could focus on important fixtures in April and May.
• Soon after the UEFA Champions League final, talks resumed and remain ongoing. The player reportedly told people close to him that he was disappointed not to start a number of important fixtures.
• PSG’s position is clear: renew or we will sell, as his contract expires in June 2028. Personally, I think that is a significant stance for the club to take.
• Barcola’s agent also represents Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué and maintains a good relationship with PSG. The club is also in serious talks regarding Yan Diomande and Maghnes Akliouche, which could further influence the situation surrounding Barcola.
Both Arsenal and Liverpool are interested, but I want to explain Arsenal’s side of the story.
• Andrea Berta made serious enquiries into Barcola’s situation last summer. At the time, Arsenal were informed that the player would stay for at least one more year. Since then, Berta has remained in constant contact with Sissoko and has made it clear that Barcola is of serious interest to Arsenal. He has also asked to be notified if PSG become open to a sale. Should Arsenal make an official approach towards PSG, there will be a further update.
• Arsenal also hold an interest in Morgan Rogers and one other player(sensitive info currently). More on that in due course.
• As always, Andrea Berta is willing to agree personal terms with multiple targets and make a move when the timing suits Arsenal.
Before I sign off, there is something worth noting. Berta is very happy for misinformation to circulate publicly. Berta & Co are busy behind the scenes, and many details remain unknown as Arsenal move silently.
Allow me to provide a free exclusive as an example of that which is unknown. Arsenal made standard checks on Nico Paz. Nico was reportedly left confused following a recent call with Mourinho, although another conversation may be scheduled. Arsenal have also made serious checks on Christos Tzolis, the Greek winger.
My point is that a great deal is happening behind the curtain. Embrace the silence and, as always, choose your sources of information carefully.
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