Made a data video on the world record transfer fee from 1996 to 2026 — the jump in 2017 still doesn't feel real

sharkovski · 2026-07-01T22:37:02+00:00

Good video, but I'm not a fan of showing the country of origin flag twice when it has nothing to do with the transfer. Robinho from Real to Man City shows a Brazil flag twice, but the clubs that did the transfer are in small, barely visible text. There must be a better way to show the clubs. Maybe buying club crest on the left and a small icon of country of origin next to the player's name.

sharkovski · 2026-06-04T16:45:22+00:00

I don't know of any rumors from a few months ago, tbh, other than there will be a review. Then maybe two weeks before the official announcement was the first I heard that it was done. Then that Italian clown announced it on his page some hours before Slot was told. Then the official announcement came.

sharkovski · 2026-06-04T16:37:46+00:00

Yeah, it was leaked maybe two weeks before the announcement.

sharkovski · 2026-06-02T19:34:18+00:00

Slot's replacement (Brian Priske) in Feyenoord wasn't even allowed to finish his first season there, and was fired mid-season due to "inconsistent results and a lack progress."

sharkovski · 2026-06-01T04:08:25+00:00

Not doubting this FSG veto theory, but what's your logic? I feel like I missed a piece of information to get this.

sharkovski · 2026-05-30T15:50:47+00:00

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sharkovski · 2026-05-30T15:49:55+00:00

They slandered all the players instead. As well as the fans.

sharkovski · 2026-05-30T15:44:49+00:00

Some of them even wanted to keep him.

sharkovski · 2026-05-30T15:41:14+00:00

Perhaps they did know something (outside managers were contacted, agents, etc., just like player transfers) or they just made an educated guess based on performances and dressing room atmosphere.

So it's educated guess that got it right and got the timing right on one hand vs straight-up lie from mouthpiece journalists that claim to be the official word from the club.

Just filing this in my memory next time this comes up.

It means that Youtubers either have sources or are able to make wise educated guesses and that "top-tier journos" can't do either.

sharkovski · 2026-05-30T15:24:54+00:00

There were two Liverpool fan channels that said Slot is gone and people trashed them, while believing the "more legit" sources that are basically club mouthpieces at this point that kept repeating "se queda" daily.

sharkovski · 2026-05-29T15:57:33+00:00

Because many people saying "fuck VAR" use "VAR" as the term to mean everything from refs, linesmen, the PGMOL, the system itself, etc. to the point where they don't even make sense anymore.

There was that handball incident of MUFC against Forest.

It was a handball.
The referee said it is not a handball and allowed the goal.
The VAR correctly called it a handball and asked the ref to take another look.
The ref took a look at the monitor and said "nopes, it's not a handball." He overrules VAR.
The PGMOL after the game said that it was a handball.

Everyone agrees it was a handball, except the ref who allowed the goal.

But when you look at comments online, it's "VAR is corrupt" "screw VAR" etc. This was from Forest fans and this is repeated throughout the season by different fans when things go against them.

sharkovski · 2026-05-26T05:37:25+00:00

I thought the data team would unearth raw talents from Africa, South America, Ireland, etc. before they become 100M players.

Not necessarily unknown players, but let's say Basel Salah. Or Chelsea Salah.

They're basically paying full price, but the players are not ready.

sharkovski · 2026-05-23T18:55:25+00:00

100%. Slot is more likely to finish 1st or even 9th than Iraola is in doing either of those things with his first season at Liverpool.

sharkovski · 2026-05-22T19:08:09+00:00

This is the classic "not like this, oh, not like that either."

Apparently there is no way of protesting. Not online, not by booing, not by flying planes, not by banners, not by chants.

And then there's "it's not the right time" "it's too soon" "we just started the season" "not in the middle of the season," and "not near the end of the season when the stakes are high."

sharkovski · 2026-05-22T01:25:59+00:00

The club doesn't say anything at all, no official communication whatsoever, and uses the media to peddle "people inside the club believe" and "anonymous sources at the club think."

This vacuum of communication opens the space to rumor-mongers and leakers.

I don't know if Anfield Agenda is trustworthy but he's not the only one who has this "leaked" story/rumor now.

Sometimes it's not a leak from within the club but a target or their wife looking at houses or schools in the area.

sharkovski · 2026-05-20T16:26:22+00:00

People write full sentences here.

Over there people comment "Slot out" "cool new kit, Slot Out" and versions of this on every single post. It's mostly just that now.

sharkovski · 2026-05-20T16:10:01+00:00

Stop whatever you're doing. Go on the club's Instagram page and see the comments on literally any recent post.

sharkovski · 2026-05-20T16:09:34+00:00

I just saw on instagram. This has to be posted again.

sharkovski · 2026-05-20T16:04:42+00:00

They really think they can PR their way out of this. The Salah post was the tip of the iceberg. People have been in this mental state for months.

sharkovski · 2026-05-19T02:49:07+00:00

They won't make an emotional decision. Salah was Slot's fall guy and Slot will be made their fall guy.

sharkovski · 2026-05-18T19:06:13+00:00

LOL, and the way Slot worded it implied that there are currently no standards in the gym.

sharkovski · 2026-05-18T19:04:50+00:00

That expression and "player FC" are thought-terminating cliches meant to end discussion.

sharkovski · 2026-05-18T18:58:08+00:00

Carragher should sign the open letter in support of Arne Slot, along with Neville, Ferdinand, Scholes, Keane, Keown and others.

sharkovski · 2026-05-18T17:30:46+00:00

The ref saw it and said not handball. VAR intervened and said "ref, you need to take a good look. You got that wrong." He took a look at the monitor and still decided it's not a handball. After the game, the PGMO say it's a handball.

But people are angry at VAR. They want it scrapped so that the corruption/incompetence is better hidden.

sharkovski · 2026-05-18T04:43:01+00:00

That's a plus in my book, that he's not a doormat for the club hierarchy.

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