the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past week
Latest posts:
[Samuel Luckhurst] Gary Neville on Sky News: 'I'm just reading your breaking news and it says "PM condemns racist abuse of England players"... the prime minister said it was okay for the population of this country to boo those players who were trying to promote equality and defend against racism.'
[Jack Grealish]: I said I wanted to take one!!!! The gaffer has made so many right decisions through this tournament and he did tonight! But I won’t have people say that I didn’t want to take a peno when I said I will…
Mancini and Bonucci watching memes during post-match press conference
Jose Mourinho : "For Saka to have the destiny of a country on his shoulders, I think it is too much for a kid to have everything on his shoulders in this moment...In reality, it is very hard for Rashford and Sancho to come and take a penalty after one touch of the ball."
Monday Moan
Daily Discussion
LaLiga: Barcelona at risk of not being able to register new signings if they don't reduce their squad wages from 347M€ to 160M€
[Antoine Griezmann] I have always been committed against any form of discrimination. For the past few days, some people have wanted to pass me off as the man I am not. I firmly refute the accusations made against me and I am sorry if I offended my Japanese friends.
[Ousmane Dembélé] The scene happens to be in Japan. It could have taken place anywhere on the planet, I would have used the same expressions. So I wasn’t targeting any community. I sometimes use these kinds of expressions in private, with friends, regardless of their origin.
[The Athletic] Relations between Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and Harry Kane are pretty much broken at this point after Kane let it be known publicly that he wants to leave this summer
Thomas Delaney: "I am color blind. The other day on the field it was difficult to see who was on my team and who was on the other side."
[Jose Felix Diaz] Tottenham are asking Real Madrid to play a friendly match this summer, because of a clause included in Gareth Bale's transfer in 2013, that forces Real Madrid to play the friendly against Tottenham
[The Athletic UK] Anelka on Mbappe:"If you want to win the Ballon d’Or, which is what you should be looking at to echo Ronaldo & Messi, you’ll have to compete with the best.You can’t say you compete with the best all the time when you are at PSG."
Antoine Griezmann mocks Asian language as 'Ching Chong' in a leaked video.
Monday Moan
Italy announces that, on friday against Belgium, they will kneel only for solidarity with the opponent and not for the Black Lives Matter campaign which they don't share.
Turkish national footballer Taylan Antalyalı wears a "Powered by Pride" t-shirt. He is widely praised and criticized by supporters and opponents of LGBTQ rights respectively on social media
Aymeric Laporte on his nationality switch: "People who treat this as if it was so, so important have other objectives. You don’t need to decide anything. ‘I feel this’, ‘I feel that’. No. I feel both. I’ve been here eight years. They can say what they want, I don’t care. I’m here. I’m happy."
[VIDEO] Cristiano to Courtois: "Lucky, Eh? - The ball didn't want to go in today"
[VI.NL] The Netherlands were as bad as Wales, and that is not even a real country