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Thomas Tuchel on Romelu Lukaku:

"There was never a meeting where I said, ‘I want this guy out'. Never."
"I was always clear: if he stays we will do everything to put him in a better place, to put him in better shape, to improve my style of coaching, our style of playing, to make him a better fit."
"It was always a possibility he stayed but Romelu made it very clear he wants to leave and the owners took the decision straight away."

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Ibime:
Consider Berlusconi took 9 of those years and you'll see the average lifespan of a Prime Minister is less than one year

Nigeria, Italy, Iraq and Afghanistan are a pointer to the fact that a country where people pledge allegiance to tribal leaders and corruption is rife is better ruled by a strong man who will hold the country together, or a confederacy of some sorts that limits the influence of federal power.

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Koulibaly has been officially announced as the second signing of Chelsea under Boehly.

The LAPO wey Barca collect dey wan use am sign expensive toys wey no give them joy

FirstbornWds:
What are some of the heartbreaking results you experienced as a football fan?

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Losing the final of Nigeria-Ghana 2000 to Cameroon and 2008 UCL loss to Man Utd.

Donjazet look at Seun's critique of your man.


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Tuchel: "The structure is never the problem and never the solution, it is always the input of the players. The structure is fluid, in different structures you find different spaces. It is a lack of precision, not a lack of opportunities. It is the quality in decision-making."

Gabriel Slonina’s agent Jaime Garcia has informed Chicago Fire that they reached an agreement on personal terms with Chelsea. The Blues will submit official bid of 10m plus add-ons. Slonina will stay at Chicago on loan.

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Ethan Ampadu: "Everybody just wants to be on the pitch and thankfully I feel comfortable playing in more than one position. Hopefully I can get onto the pitch this season for Chelsea and help out the side. Wherever Thomas needs me, I’d be happy to play there."

popizaino:
The major problem with this club is that their legends (foreign players) don't depart the club on good notes. No proper send off,more like leaving on bad terms. From Ronaldo to Rivaldo to Riquelme to figo to Saviola to Deco to Ronaldinho to Eto,it is always going to be the usual story of the players and the clubs parting ways on sad terms. I hope the average Ralphina is taking note.

They discriminate a lot and they act all fired up when people from Madrid discriminate against them.

Koundé-Koulibaly automatically gives Chelsea a centre-back partnership that enables Tuchel to use a back 4 system and also implement a high defensive line on the level of Konaté-Van Dijk & Dias-Laporte. It would be a crucial double swoop to help Tuchel cut the gap to the top two. The Premier League Panel

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Omari Hutchinson set for move to Chelsea! The attacking midfielder set to join up with the u23s. The Secret Scout

He is one of the highly rated prospects of Arsenal academy players.

donjazet:
If it is for electoral value, what electoral value did an unknown entity like osinbajo have in 2015? Who knew osinbajo?

So you are saying that among the 100 million northerners, there is no prominent christian that could be selected?
Who knew Jonathan in 2007?
Who knew osinbajo in 2015?
Who knew Alex ekwueme before he was VP?
Who knew namadi sambo in 2011? Where is he now?

VPs rarely carry "electoral value". They are mainly there for representation and visual optics. That Tinubu failed to see this exposes his failure of thought already.

Saying VP rarely or carries not electoral value is being clever by half. In 2015 Osibanjo was brought in to garner votes from the Christians and it worked to some extent, Jonathan was brought in to garner votes from SS/SE and it worked even though the machinery of govt played a hand, Sambo was seen as a moderate person to complement the ticket of GEJ and it worked, I can't talk about Ekwueme I don't know much about the event of that era.
In NE Borno, Yobe have large voting population and they're dominated by Kanuris and Shettima is of Kanuri and a descendant of Mai Idris Aloma him being on the ticked guarantees about 1-2m votes in NE which is Atiku's perceived stronghold.

donjazet:
I was careful not to attack you in my post so that you won't say I was unnecessarily aggressive but here you are, attacking me..

Christians are being killed on the basis of religion. That's the difference. I'm not just talking about the kidnapping and banditry that doesn't look at tribe. I'm talking of religious terrorism.

Or is it not in this same country that an innocent girl was killed because she warned her classmates to stop using their class Whatsapp group as a mosque? Is it not this same country where the now Frontline candidate withdrew his condemnation of the killing and sacked his media aids because they dares to condemn the barbaric act and he faced backlash from his people?

When you look at these, how can you not see that it's an insult to the 100 million christians to not represent them on a national ticket?

I didn't attack you I attacked your lies and stripped it naked for others to see, you claimed that Christians are being killed which I countered with the fact that majority of those caught up in the security challenge are Muslims without excluding the Christians.
Anyone who doesn't submit to the dictates of BH and other groups are targeted irrespective of their faiths and most people who ascribe to Islam reject BH and other similar groups except when they're coerced by the group and for fear of their lives they do summit just like how some in Anambra are observing sit-at-home despite their opposition to IPOB and UGM. For others who chose not to summit become targets, and in this case they are still killed irrespective of their beliefs; some were assassinated during prayers, while others were killed at their homes and farms. A colleague informed me he was targeted alongside his brother while he was in Maiduguri for not supporting the group back then.
As for what happened in Sokoto vast majority of Muslims condemned the killing including yours sincerely, Atiku did what he did just like how Peter Obi and Senator Abaribe identified with IPOB, politicians are not a people you usually identify with good moral compass, they will pander to parochial sentiments no matter how unpopular it may look.

donjazet:
No matter how you people want to twist and turn around this issue, running a Muslim Muslim ticket in this period where we can see christians in Nigeria being killed by the hour is highly insensitive.

And when you look at the candidates you only feel more fear. People are terrified of such a combo winning the election. Former drug dealer and Boko Haram apologist and founder. That is what the ruling party has just fielded. That is unacceptable.

It is highly insensitive and disingenuous of you to insinuate that Christians are the sole victims of insecurity when the killings follow an indiscriminate pattern. Most of the casualties of insecurity in the North are Muslims I'm not saying that Christians aren't victims as well.
Telling lies unprovoked is your forte so I'm not surprised that you have started another round of lies in labeling Tinubu and Shettima as drug lord and BH apologist and founder, you are also fond of projecting yourself onto others.

Tinubu who couldn't Islamise his wife of over 30years is the one many are accusing of Islamisation agenda, the same empty rhetoric oft-repeated in election cycles yet churches keeps expanding across the country. This is the same message that made SE lose out on SP by voting against Ngige a ranking Senator who would have been the SP by zoning principle agreed b4 2015 General Elections, and the purveyor of such message later decamped to the same party they tagged Islamist Party.

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Tuchel was asked if he would like to be a legacy manager:

"Yeah, I would like to, but I have to earn it. Pep and Jurgen, they didn't get it offered to them, just like this. You have to earn it.” [BBC]

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi says he will tender his resignation this evening - despite winning a vote of no confidence in his country's Parliament today. Source: Sky News

Chelsea will not be signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Man U. The Athletic

Reece James on Raheem Sterling:

"Playing against him is a nightmare so I’m pretty happy that he’s here now and I don’t need to play against him anymore!"

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larride:
Haba, this is not true. Shettima was vocal about equipping the army and talking about how our military are under equipped to fight the scourge.

From 2013 to 2019 when he left as Governor, he was the one paying for the Civiliaj JTF that number in excess of 20k force without a dime from the FG.

The deradicalisation of terrorist started under GEJ and it's a worldwide known counter terrorism ways. Why kill those that want to surrender and lay down their arms instead of deradicalising them after going through the necessary procedures?

In Borno, CAN President, Catholic leaders and the likes still appreciate Shettima for the work he did in that state. Every church that those bastard burnt during his tenure were rebuilt.

This is what I said that earned me the title, "Terrorist Sympathiser" from those who are supposed to know better. Everything is not black and white when dealing with security and other critical challenges. Truth is eternal

If De Jong doesn’t leave, Barça will have problems with fair play. His departure would free up €30m-€35m in salary mass

OhBritannia:
True but unfortunately there is one problem Nigeria is facing now which is the north.
If 50% of people from the north are given orientation then 70% of our election problem is solved.
And then the security challenges in the North has greatly discouraged mass orientation of the north.
Sometimes i think these security challenges in the North were purposely Orchestrated to keep people from the south from coming into the north to liberate them. So they use insecurity to keep northerners in bondage and In control because they know they holds the power to election.

The problem of Nigeria is too complex.
It requires both the revisit of the constitution to fix.
We need to allow each states manage their resources and be independent just like USA and by so doing, people from different states can check and balance their state rulers and then maybe the north will wake up from their slumber when they realise other states are doing better than them.

We need to revisit the constitution.

So the cannibals eating their kinsmen down in SE are from the North too right? Reducing the problem afflicting Nigeria to be a Northern problem is pure ethnic bigotry disguised as solution. Every region is faced with its own problem, this is how the Southern states were missing out on funds meant for out of school children because the donors were meant to believe that out of school children is a Northern problem, not until Seyi Makinde made a strong case that close to his office they're out of school children wandering around the corner

Darren Lewis: "Napoli colossus Kalidou Koulibaly is a terrific defender and an outstanding replacement for Antonio Rudiger. Good luck to Premier League strikers trying to find space between him and the highly-decorated Thiago Silva"

Koulibaly is the type of CB that allows Tuchel to switch to a back 4. He also looks most natural at left-sided CB.Chelsea should use him as reference point for Colwill to learn off & strengthen right-sided CB with an option who can succeed Thiago Silva (contract expires in 2023). Premier League Panel

Chelsea are working to sign both Nathan Aké and Presnel Kimpembé after Kalidou Koulibaly. Negotiations in progress for both with Man City and Paris Saint-Germain. �� #CFC

Koulibaly will sign soon, Kimpembé and Aké are Tuchel priorities as de Ligt is close to join Bayern. Fabrizio Romano

I don't like Kimpembe he is as the spirit leads kind of defender the only positive about him is his passing ability.