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Romance / Re: Ladies, Is This Fashion Or Madness by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:08am On Apr 11, 2023 |
Not real piercings. Just makeup. But that doesn't mean there aren't people who have such piercings.. and not just ladies alone. |
Politics / Re: How I Knew That Leaked Phone Call Between Obi & Oyedepo Was Fake – Chuks Akunna by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:06am On Apr 11, 2023 |
Ngl, the ringtone at the start is a bit suspicious. Abi Shey them add am as bonus ni? That part no clear |
NYSC / Re: Your NYSC Questions Answered by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:03am On Apr 11, 2023 |
coldzobo: I've joined tho. |
NYSC / Re: Your NYSC Questions Answered by AsaBlackheart(m): 6:53am On Apr 11, 2023 |
coldzobo: Case in point.. i opened a new acct to help someone with something.. random people don dey message me lmao |
NYSC / Re: Your NYSC Questions Answered by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:03pm On Apr 10, 2023 |
coldzobo: Oof i don't do telegram anymore. That app needs Jesus |
NYSC / Re: Your NYSC Questions Answered by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:37am On Apr 10, 2023 |
Tolifefun: Can I get added please.. 09033102856. Thanks |
Sports / Re: How Much Referees Get Paid Per Game by AsaBlackheart(m): 9:44pm On Apr 09, 2023 |
internationalman: Different contracts. Player wages are calculated per week. Not per game. Keep in mind that players also have to undergo training sessions, special diets, commercial deals et cetera. They don't just play ball weekly |
Politics / Re: Okowa Deports Anambra Woman For Constituting Nuisance In Asaba by AsaBlackheart(m): 10:00am On Apr 08, 2023 |
Taba21: Yorubas like me looking at y'all like No offense but i see everyone from the south and east as Igbos. I don't even know the difference between the SW, SE and co. Bruh |
Politics / Re: Beautiful Obident Ladies Rock "Yes Daddy" T-shirts To Spite APC Supporters by AsaBlackheart(m): 6:26pm On Apr 06, 2023 |
Massiveglory: You forgot to add that your daddy isn't the president elect. |
Investment / Re: Paxful: Bitcoin Platform Shuts Down - Ray Youssef by AsaBlackheart(m): 6:32am On Apr 06, 2023 |
YorubaSamurai: Once upon a time, there were people that preferred coins (kobo) to the paper notes Likewise, there was a time when people preferred cowries to the coins.. See my point? The future is crypto. Eventually crypto will also become obsolete. So don't stick to the old ways. Improve |
Pets / Animals Are Savage by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:52pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
So i saw this this morning. A hen feeding on egg yolk. Talk about cannibalism lol
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Events / Re: People And Bad Birthday Attitude by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:40pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
Op don para 2 Likes |
Crime / Re: Court Remands Man For Defiling 9-Month-Old Baby In Lagos by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:37pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
Damn this is disgusting. Also that lady ain't 16 years lol Jail that mf and let him see how it's like being raped. Make he go drop soap for prison |
Crime / Re: Murdered UNIBEN Student, Desmond Obukobo, Was A Cultist, Killed By Rival Group by AsaBlackheart(m): 9:59am On Apr 05, 2023 |
Bahamas95: Apparently they derive joy from oppressing other people. Apparently that makes them real men in their eyes. Stupid |
Crime / Re: Murdered UNIBEN Student, Desmond Obukobo, Was A Cultist, Killed By Rival Group by AsaBlackheart(m): 9:58am On Apr 05, 2023 |
Creditalerts: Receive sense. And learn English. 5 Likes 3 Shares |
Crime / Re: Two Nigerian Men Arrested In India For Duping 50 People By Posing As Americans by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:32pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
VulgarVulvas: They didn't edit their names out. Look well |
Crime / Re: Two Nigerian Men Arrested In India For Duping 50 People By Posing As Americans by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:30pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
paymentvoucher: Your point? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Inside Mason Mount's Contract Standoff With Chelsea: Exclusive From The Athletic by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:26pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
Ignored post. Sadness |
Business / Re: FG Approves 173 Loan Apps, Bars Illegal Online Banks by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:25pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
jaeyking: I read all terms and conditions. Even so, it's hard to find the hidden charges. One i saw called it "Service fee". Imagine. Technically it should be illegal. How can you offer me 10k and then remove 3k as service fee? And the interest is calculated based on 10k as principal. Most of the loan apps on playstore are just scams. Only legit ones are fairmoney and co. Rest are just thieves hiding under the law |
Business / Re: FG Approves 173 Loan Apps, Bars Illegal Online Banks by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:22pm On Apr 04, 2023 |
bigcee: Abi o I have no sympathy for wankers like that. Daylight robbery. They know most Nigerians don't read through terms and conditions... Even then, they make that particular condition hard to find. Twats and wankers |
Business / Re: FG Approves 173 Loan Apps, Bars Illegal Online Banks by AsaBlackheart(m): 8:55am On Apr 04, 2023 |
Justpd: the contacts Dem dey call sef don't give a shite lol 3 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: FG Approves 173 Loan Apps, Bars Illegal Online Banks by AsaBlackheart(m): 8:54am On Apr 04, 2023 |
jaeyking: The problem is most of the loan apps have hidden charges. For example, you get offered 10k to repay let's say 12k in 1-2 weeks. that's fair right? well that's until you realize that the 10k you're offered actually has a hidden charge and you'll be credited like 7k. now how will you lend someone 7k and expect him to pay back 12k in a week? that's really wrong and just means of extortion. 7 Likes |
Agriculture / Re: Strange Yam Looking Like A Hand Harvested In Ekiti (Photos) by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:36am On Apr 02, 2023 |
We go still chop am. |
Nairaland / General / Re: Happy Birthday To Me. This Is How God Transformed My Life by AsaBlackheart(m): 4:02am On Mar 31, 2023 |
Happy birthday bro. Congratulations on making it out of the trenches. Pray for us too so we can also make it. Things hard. Many more years |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Inside Mason Mount's Contract Standoff With Chelsea: Exclusive From The Athletic by AsaBlackheart(m): 3:22am On Mar 31, 2023 |
The future of Mason Mount is already in focus well ahead of the summer transfer window. The England midfielder is still no closer to agreeing a new contract at Chelsea, whom he joined at the age of six, and the suspicion is growing that this will prove to be his last season at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool lead the list of domestic suitors. The former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel, newly installed as Bayern Munich’s head coach, is also credited with an interest. And Chelsea have not entirely given up hope of retaining a player who has been a mainstay of the side since breaking into it in 2019-20. So what is the current situation with Mount? And where is he likeliest to be playing his football next season? The Athletic has spoken to sources close to the situation, who have been granted anonymity to protect relationships, in a bid to determine what might happen next. Let’s deal with the suitors first — which clubs are interested in him? Mason Mount is 24 years old, a Champions League winner and an England international boasting 36 caps. Successive Chelsea head coaches — Frank Lampard, Thomas Tuchel and now Graham Potter — have recognised his importance to their teams. And his current contract expires in the summer of 2024. In that context, it is no surprise that Mount is coveted. Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United and even Tottenham have been monitoring his situation since last summer. The current league leaders, Arsenal, may well seek to strengthen their options at No 8 in the summer and will be well aware of Mount’s pedigree — even if, at present, that is as far as their ‘interest’ has extended to date. Rather, among rival Premier League clubs, it is Liverpool who appear in the strongest position when it comes to pursuing Mount’s signature. Liverpool will attempt a midfield revamp in the next window. Of their current midfielders, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all on course to be out of contract this summer and Arthur Melo will return to Juventus at the end of a season-long loan, while Jordan Henderson and Thiago will be 33 and 32 respectively by the start of the next campaign. With that in mind, the interest in Mount from Anfield is serious. The Athletic has been told that significant conversations have taken place over a prospective move, with Liverpool already giving proper consideration to what kind of contract they could offer to persuade the player to join them — a reality which Chelsea accept is commonplace. They will not countenance him running his contract down and departing on a free transfer at the end of next season, so would look to sell him this summer if there is no prospect of him extending his stay. That said, and given his qualities and age, they would still seek £70million ($86.2m), even though he is entering the last year of his deal. Whether Chelsea recouping that kind of fee for Mount is realistic remains to be seen. What about overseas interest? Italian giants Juventus are looking to rebuild their team and are keen on him, but it was the reports of serial German champions Bayern Munich’s interest, and a potential reunion there with Tuchel, that got chins wagging again. Tuchel loved working with Mount at Chelsea, and the feelings were mutual. If the German felt there was a chance of linking up with him again, it would actually be more surprising if he chose not to pursue it. But the reality is that Tuchel has only just been appointed, replacing the sacked Julian Nagelsmann, and will still be assessing the quality of the players he has inherited. It would be too premature for him to be making demands already on what kind of players he wants signed at the end of the season. Besides, the structure in place at Bayern tends to dictate that it’s the recruitment team who usually identify the players they pursue. Then there is the question of whether they actually need Mount. Bayern have Thomas Muller, Sadio Mane and Jamal Musiala to play the No 10 role. In midfield, Konrad Laimer has already signed to join from fellow Bundesliga side RB Leipzig as a free agent for next season. Laimer will add to the competition for places provided by Ryan Gravenberch, Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich. Of greater importance to Bayern is the purchase of a centre-forward. All of which suggests an interest in Mount would be some distance down the Bundesliga club’s list of priorities. the purchase of a centre-forward. All of which suggests an interest in Mount would be some distance down the Bundesliga club’s list of priorities. If Mount’s qualities are recognised so widely by other elite clubs, how have Chelsea allowed it to come to this? Before any fingers are pointed at the Todd Boehly-Clearlake consortium which bought the club last year, questions should be asked of the previous regime and why the people in charge at Stamford Bridge then did not try to discuss fresh terms sooner. Mount agreed his current deal in 2019, when he was joining Chelsea’s senior squad for the first time having impressed on a season’s loan at Derby County in the Championship, English football’s second tier. Naturally, the salary involved — comfortably below £100,000 per week — reflected his relative lack of experience at that time. The fact he remains on those terms means he is one of the lowest-paid players at the club, despite having long established himself as one of the team’s most important players. Chelsea fans have voted Mount their player of the season in both of the past two seasons and he was in the starting line-up that won the Champions League final under Tuchel in May 2021, setting up Kai Havertz to score the only goal that night. The repercussions of the club’s inability to agree improved terms with the player immediately after that win over Manchester City in the final are still being felt now. The sanctions imposed on then-owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government 12 months ago in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine did prevent Chelsea from entering into negotiations over player contracts. By the time the new owners were at the helm, Mount’s agreement had just two years left to run — and all clubs start to become vulnerable when a player’s deal is within that range. However, that is not to say either party has set out to run his contract down any further. Things just have not worked out so far. But there have been talks, surely? Yes, multiple meetings have taken place since last summer — initially between Mount’s father Tony and Chelsea’s co-owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali. Hopes were high after a minor breakthrough just before the World Cup started last November but, since the turn of the year, Chelsea’s new co-sporting director Paul Winstanley has led the club’s pitch and nothing has progressed. Offers have been made over the past nine months, but they have been rejected. There are a number of reasons why, although The Athletic has been told suggestions Mount has been demanding £300,000 a week are wide of the mark. Nevertheless, the issue is complicated. There is confusion over how long a contract would have to be to satisfy each party. Mount does not want to limit his future options by locking himself into a deal that would take him into his 30s. Chelsea, though, would not be seeking to replicate the length of contracts up to eight years handed out to recent signings such as Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Wesley Fofana — younger players on far lower basic salaries than Mount would demand. There have been suggestions Chelsea offered a much shorter commitment after the World Cup ended in December — the midfielder started two of England’s five games — but on the proviso of Mount accepted a smaller salary. Even so, no compromise has been reached on the length of deal that might be acceptable. Similarly, there has been no agreement on wages at any point. The new Chelsea hierarchy favour highly-incentivised contracts, with a portion of the player’s salary tied to playing time, starts, honours won and the club qualifying for UEFA competition. Players’ wages under the previous regime were guaranteed, whereas the new structure is far more variable — and this is at a time when Chelsea are out of both domestic cup competitions and sit 10th in the Premier League, 11 points off the top four and with hopes of involvement in next season’s Champions League appearing to hinge on going on from their current place in the last eight to win this year’s version of that competition. With Mount also heavily used in the club’s promotion work through their media channels, sponsorship deals and marketing, both domestically and abroad, the subject of image rights will also have to be addressed in any discussions. None of these negotiations is straightforward. Does he want to stay? Mount’s priority from the get-go has always been to remain at Stamford Bridge. Obviously, people will question that sentiment while negotiations remain at an impasse. Yet a footballer’s playing career is short and any one of them is entitled to ask for what they think they are worth, no matter how much they love their club. Players within the game talk to one another and he will be more than aware of how much counterparts at other clubs are earning, while the reality that Mount is attracting interest from some of the biggest teams in England and on the continent also strengthens his bargaining position. And that enthusiasm has not waned through this difficult, stop-start negotiation? How much Mount wants to be part of things at Chelsea long-term now is much more up for debate. His camp have become aware of the club’s stance that they intend to sell if he does not agree a new contract, which has hardly improved the relationship. Mount’s affection for a club he has been part of for almost two decades and their fans still leaves the door open for the situation to improve, but the number of interested clubs coming out of the woodwork suggests a belief within the game that he can be persuaded to leave. Does Graham Potter rate him? Yes. He has spoken about Mount in glowing terms since replacing Tuchel in September and consistently selected him despite the player’s struggles for form this season. Over recent weeks, Mount’s absence from the team can largely be explained by his struggles with a muscle injury next to his pubic bone. However, the England international is back in training this week and, while the game against Aston Villa on Saturday may come too soon, Potter will be planning to use him during a busy April schedule that includes seven more fixtures, including two meetings with Real Madrid. When asked by The Athletic recently whether he had impressed upon Mount his desire for him to stay, Potter confirmed that was the case. But, like his predecessors, the head coach at Chelsea only has part of the say, and there are other factors at play. So what is likely to happen next? A decision is not expected until a final round of talks takes place at the end of the season. Mount wants to focus on the important games coming up, including a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid and, next Tuesday, Liverpool’s visit in the Premier League. For their part, Chelsea are seeking to implement a policy whereby internal contract negotiations do not take place during a season and, instead, are primarily undertaken during the summer window. They will attempt to stick to their valuation of the player. Even so, Chelsea have their financial position to consider, having announced losses for the financial year up to June 30, 2022 of £121million ($149m) — a period affected by the government sanctions imposed on Abramovich. Any sale of a youth-team graduate developed in the club’s academy would count as pure profit on the books and help Chelsea comply with UEFA’s financial fair play regulations. If they cash in on Mount before the end of June, the transfer fee will be included in their accounts for the year up to June 30, 2023 — a factor that cannot be underestimated given the club have spent in excess of £500million on signing players in the past two windows. All that will have to be taken into serious consideration. Things can always change in football but, as it stands, it does feel that Mount’s time at Chelsea is coming to an end.
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Politics / Re: An Imperfect Democracy Is Better Than A Perfect Military Dictatorship - Omokri by AsaBlackheart(m): 3:28pm On Mar 30, 2023 |
Ashez: Stfu. Who *still* your mandate sef. Na your family title? |
Romance / Re: Lady In Shock After She Got Dumped By Boyfriend For Not Flushing The Toilet by AsaBlackheart(m): 2:50pm On Mar 30, 2023 |
Disgusting pig And she even get mind post am for TikTok Abeg can anyone find out her username? I wan bash am personally Rubbish and nonsense |
Health / Re: FMC Umuahia Conducts 11th Successful Kidney Transplant In 4 Years (PHOTOS) by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:53am On Mar 30, 2023 |
Kidney transplant is a fairly routine operation though. Just 11 in four years? Meh |
Crime / Re: Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping 9-Month-Old Baby In Lagos by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:51am On Mar 30, 2023 |
Castrate that dog. Men get arrested. Dogs get put down. |
Politics / Re: APC’s Gawuna Accepts Defeat, Congratulates Kano Gov-elect by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:49am On Mar 30, 2023 |
iykofias: Your wishes ain't everyone's wishes 1 Like |
Health / Re: Nigerian Father-Son Doctors Perform Surgery Together (Photos) by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:47am On Mar 30, 2023 |
IyaebeTheGreat: You didn't need to mention that here for us all to know. It's totally and completely irrelevant and nobody cares why you don't like doctors as a partner. |
Romance / Re: I Had Sex With My Own Son - Lady (pix/video) by AsaBlackheart(m): 7:41am On Mar 30, 2023 |
jasent: Na why context matters be that lol |
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