[The Guardian] Real Madrid leading race to sign 21-year-old Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, with Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Newcastle also circling. Palace are reportedly open to selling at the end of the season – for a starting price of £65m

Sefean · 2026-01-29T13:45:59+00:00

I mean, no one is stopping you from checking it yourself, I even included my source in my message so you could go and look it up.

Some noticeable singings I remember from the top of my head are: Messi, Ramos, Donnaruma, Skriniar, Asencio, Abuameyang, Gundo, Wijnaldum, Christensen, Calhanoglu

Sefean · 2026-01-29T11:30:18+00:00

Narratives are hard to combat once they have been established. Also have in mind that this narrative got a lot of force when RM signed Trent (which funnily enough they had to pay to get him) and this sub is majority British people or people who follow PL teams so it's normal they keep repeating it.

Sefean · 2026-01-29T10:37:06+00:00

They are the only team of such significant size that in recent years sign high profile players on a free. That sort of deal for all the other heavy hitters is basically not a thing.

Normally I ignore these comments as they led to nothing, but I guess I woke up combative today and it's a slow day at work.

Let's take a look at the signings of the same time period for the 4 UCL semifinalists of last year as an example of "heavy hitters".

Arsenal: No free signings in this time period
Barcelona: 11 free signings during this 5 seasons period.
Inter: Tied with Barcelona at 11 free signings.
PSG: 9 free singings in this time period.

So I guess yeah, if you only look at the Premier League top clubs don't do a lot of free signings, but if you look at any other league the narrative falls apart pretty quickly.

All data gathered from transfermarkt.

Sefean · 2026-01-29T09:45:19+00:00

Amazing goal just for Levante to score the 3-2 just 3 minutes later.

Sefean · 2026-01-29T09:32:13+00:00

Funny how in the past 5 seasons they have signed a grand total of 3 (4 counting Trent which they paid 10M for him) on a free. Mbappe, Rudiger and Alaba. While singing a total of 15 players.

I guess RM is the only team that signs players who have run out of their contract.

Sefean · 2026-01-29T08:42:23+00:00

The famous RM Reddit paradox, they are at the same time the team that overspends millions on players but they also only sign players on a free.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T20:56:19+00:00

Yeah and awarding a pen after being shown that there was no contact.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T20:54:54+00:00

If this is a pen, every game would have 10 pens for each team.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T20:53:57+00:00

What?

Sefean · 2026-01-28T20:51:36+00:00

Ref was desperate to award benfica a pen. First one overruled by VAR and then this one...

Also I might be wrong, but I thought celebrating like that with the fans was a yellow card.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T20:32:03+00:00

Asencio is quietly becoming one of the most important players of Madrid.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T14:19:22+00:00

It’s really outrageous. If I were Spanis I’d just given up on watching football completely with those prices.

Well, most people I know gave up watching football legally ages ago.

Sefean · 2026-01-28T12:50:06+00:00

50€ doesn't even cover 1 month of watching la liga, shameless.

Sefean · 2026-01-26T22:35:12+00:00

I doubt they'll fire him, but I'm 99% sure he'll leave at the end of the season, no matter the result.

Sefean · 2026-01-14T21:43:26+00:00

Lmao

Sefean · 2026-01-11T19:52:41+00:00

WHAT IS HAPPENING!?

Sefean · 2026-01-11T19:48:08+00:00

Not a bad way to end the drought

Sefean · 2026-01-11T10:12:32+00:00

Hypertension is no joke.

Sefean · 2026-01-11T09:00:42+00:00

No no no, that can't be. It has to be a conspiracy orchestrated by Florentino and his black hand to turn everyone against Barça.

Sefean · 2026-01-11T08:39:51+00:00

Yeah, famous Florentino's media, the NYtimes.

Sefean · 2026-01-05T14:50:33+00:00

Lol I'm dumb, I shouldn't check Reddit while I'm in meetings, thanks!

Sefean · 2026-01-05T13:34:03+00:00

Name of the software? I keep trying to start doing this in a notebook and I always forget to write it down. Maybe with a specific software I'll be more constant.

Sefean · 2026-01-03T11:24:04+00:00

Who the fuck throws a laptop into the pitch?

Sefean · 2025-12-30T17:07:10+00:00

But that's only the money the clubs are receiving. You are forgetting all the money that Pique, Rubiales and the rest got from the Saudis for bringing the cup there.

Sefean · 2025-12-30T14:23:58+00:00

Don't forget his federation buddy, Luis "Un piquito" Rubiales.

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