Unexpected Encounters and Heated Debates: Inside the Euro Final with Football Yanks!

In this jam-packed episode of Football Yanks, hosts Derek and Ryan dive into the exhilarating world of soccer with analysis, opinions, and unexpected encounters. Ryan opens up about his support for his partner Shannon’s determined race amidst extreme conditions and his critique of the race’s organization.

Shifting gears, the hosts break down the recent soccer clashes, including the nail-biting Spain vs. England match. Ryan's unique take on accountability in the game sets the stage for a deeper conversation on player performance, especially scrutinizing England's Foden and Kane.

Lionel Messi's evolving role in the Argentine team is a focal point, with Derek and Ryan addressing the legendary player's potential move to the bench due to declining form and age. The dialogue intensifies as they discuss Argentina's controversial game against Colombia, which was marked by unruly fan behavior that disappointed the hosts with the Copa America tournament.

Cultural issues take center stage when Enzo Fernandez's offensive chant while streaming from the Argentina team bus ignites a heated discussion on racism and accountability in soccer. Derek and Ryan call for stricter consequences and draw parallels between different cultural responses to such behavior.

The episode is also rich with insights into current soccer politics and team dynamics, such as Chelsea’s internal turmoil and the significant player achievements like Cucurella's surprising rise in form and his critics, including Gary Neville’s hot takes. Player movements, management replacement debates, and Ryan's deep dives into Chelsea's lineup add layers to the conversation.

The hosts explore the state of the US Men's National Team post-Berhalter, speculating on Patrick Vieira's potential appointment and voicing their preference for a more proven, tactically astute replacement. They stress the importance of exciting leadership ahead of the World Cup to boost the sport’s growing popularity stateside.

In conclusion, they highlight their differing views on public soccer figures, revisit their stance on Alexi Lawless, and weigh in on significant transfers within the sport.

Join Derek and Ryan for a thrilling mix of personal anecdotes, in-depth sports analysis, and thoughtful discussions on the evolving landscape of competitive soccer. Remember to subscribe, follow them on social media, and join their updated Discord group to stay connected with the Football Yanks community!

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Everybody, this is the football Yankees podcast with Derek and Ryan this week. No Luke, no surprise there. But we'll let you know when he's back in the mix. I did have run in with Luke this week, so we'll recap that as part of the episode. We'll get into a little bit of the ugly side of the game. Whether it was Gareth Southgate's tactics, any of the regional nonsense around the Copa, whether that was Colombia or in particular Argentina and Enzo net Fernandez. Some things that we need to address there, and then we'll get into. We'll talk about Greg again, the US meds national team. Anything else there, Ryan? No, I think that's it. Like a very light rumor mill for transfers. I think there was a. A lot more that happened, but I haven't been able to keep my. My ear to the streets like I normally do. I'm sure people will be disappointed, but a reason to come back next week. All right, thanks. Yeah, yeah. We'll catch you. Welcome to the Football Yanks podcast. Yeah, we're american, but we're talking about soccer here. Hosts Derek, Ryan and Luke are all football fanatics tracking our fellow yanks in the EPL and abroad. Enjoy today's episode. Sup? How's it going? Good. Coming to see you from the ace coast. You're out in the wild, right? Yeah, yeah. We're in recovery mode. Shannon. Shannon completed the race this year. I was thinking that it is kind of full circle because we had started the podcast, and shortly after that, last year, I was out here. Um, uh, true crewing for Shannon. Yeah. And had to, uh. Or I had to, like, talk through, like, what had happened, which she got. She got the, um. The water poisoning last year or, like, electrolyte imbalance. And, um, we had to pull her out, like, around two thirds of the way through the race. This year did not go great, either. I just don't think our race. I don't know. It's very hot, it's very dry. It's kind of silly for us to think that we can fly across the country two days ahead of a race and channel be it at peak performance. But she looked worse this year through the first two thirds of the race than she did last year. But she just gutted it out like, she didn't get to the point. Well, she probably got to the point where we should have pulled her, but she was 4 miles out and had pacers this year. If she didn't have pacers, I would have had to. I probably would have had to throw the towel. And she definitely had a heat stroke in, like, by the. So they have a station 4 miles out from the finish line, and she. She was covered in heat rash, shaking, not sweating, was both hot and cold. Yeah, not. Not in good shape. Like, how hot was it? So it was like 100 degrees. Like actual air temperature? Yeah. And then shit. And then it's dry. It's like, you know, kind of a desert climate. It's not exact. I don't know what this climate is, but it's air. It's very, very dry. And you're at altitude, or at least a higher altitude than we're used to. And so the sun beats down on you different. You know that, like, when we go, like, snowboarding and skiing, like people. Yeah. Um, you. You have to put sunscreen on and stuff, too, because the. The, like, um, the sun is closer to you, so it has more of an impact on. On how you. How it feels, you know? Um, and she's like, you know, climbing up one mountain after another, and at the top, there's just nothing but the sun, you know, beating down on you. So, anyway, yeah, very hot. She had issues with keeping food down, which we. I've never seen before, but, yeah, she. So she couldn't eat. She looked. I described it to her. She has a, like, part of her, I guess, her team, her massage therapist was, like, texting me for updates, and I think I said I was just giving him, like, the exact state of things, and I was like, she looks skeletal. She's shaking. She's not sweating. She is. She looks ghoulish, I think, is how I described her at one point. But she was mentally there the whole time. And so, I mean, two thirds of the field had dropped out of 6 hours before. Sorry. One third of the field, it dropped out 6 hours before the race even finished. Yeah. So, like, I guess that gives you a sense of the conditions. I mean, people were just. How many? What percentage completed then? We don't know. They. They haven't. This race sucks, by the way, in my opinion. Like, I've crud for other races, for her, and this is like the worst organized piece of shit race. But she likes doing it because it's like a hometown race to her. Right. Yeah. So she considers it her hometown race. And I think it's a. I think it's. It's because it's. So there's this. I mean, people who do this shit are weird, and I don't like them. Yeah, it's sad. But there's this, I think that as this, like, sport has become more. There's been more eyeballs on this sport, I think a lot of that is more visible. Yeah. Yeah. Who's that psycho? I can't think of his name. He wrote a book. You can't hurt me, David Goggins. And he became this fairly popular figure maybe five years ago, and he's a big ultra marathon runner. And him. And there's some other guys, this guy cam something or other, who's a bow Hunter turned ultra marathon runner. There are some, like, big influencers who have pushed the sport. And so with that has come money into the sport. And so a lot of the big events, I think this is. I'm just like. This is just from listening to Shannon talk through, like, what's happening with the sport. They're being, like, scooped up by these commercial enterprises, and this one is independently held still. It's, like, organized, like, primarily by this one woman who's also an ultra runner. And it feels like sometimes there's benefit to having money to provide good infrastructure to something like this. And this is clearly a very bare bones operation. And so there were. I mean, without getting too in the weeds on all of this, there were hours where I couldn't get any information on where Shannon was. And I would talk to the aid stations, and, like, they don't even have walkie talkies to talk to each other, so that, like, I couldn't get any information. Like, I didn't know if I needed to because I knew the race was going bad. Like, in terms of what our initial goals were, at least. But she was still there. Like, it wasn't, like, last year where she was clearly out of her mind, but it was. There was, like, definitely a heightened level of concern where I needed more info than I was able to get. Sure. And then, you know how, like, shannon's actually right next to me, like, sleeping, and I think, like, listening in, but she knows how I feel about the types of people who are into this. Like, Shannon is unique. Shannon, I was saying this morning, Shannon is. Yeah, thank you for processing that. Just. Yeah, well, because I. You know, I love Shannon, and I know what she puts. I see what she puts into it, and I want her to succeed at it. And hopefully, like, with her and her goals, like, I'm very supportive, I think, hopefully, obviously very supportive of, like, what she wants to accomplish. But for everyone else that does this, I. There's this, like, toxic positivity element to, like, I. They just seem. That must not jive well with you. Yeah, no, it does not sit well with me. There's. There's something wrong with all these people where it. They just, like, I don't know. It's so even taught, like, the people who are crewing for these races are, they're also ultra runners, and I don't like talking to them. And there's kind of this element. Honestly, that's how I would probably be interacting with those people, too. So there's, you know how, like, when you go, we go to ski resorts or, like, beach towns. There's this, like, there's this detachment from reality for the people that are working at those resorts where, like, I don't feel like we're having the same conversation. I don't. I get that same feel or, like. The townies that were just, like, free skiing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I get the same vibe when I'm having to, like, communicate with the people who are organizing these things. But, yeah, the way I described it to Shannon is, like, she is, she is, like, alone and, like, like, I'm, like, so stoked for her, but everyone else, I'm like, I'm like this guy, like, at one, at one of the stops, he. We were on the path. Like, the people had to park on the path that the runners would then run up, and the aid station was down at the bottom of this, like, gradual incline. And so, like, runners were hitting the aid station and then running up past us. And this was at, like, two in the morning and this. So they've all got headlamps on, and we see this guy kneel over and just projectile vomit. And so it's the headlamp, and you're just seeing the stuff come out this, like, shadow. And if you told me that he had evacuated two quarts of liquidity, I would believe you. And then he just jogged past us, and we're all, like, sitting at the car cooking breakfast sandwiches, and we just stopped, and we're watching this go on, and we're like, dude, what the fuck? And then he walks. He runs, jogs by. After that, it went on for, like, five minutes, and he jogs. Bye. And I'm like, hey, dude, are you all right? Like, do you need a Gatorade or anything? And he goes, nope. All part of the fun. And then just jogs away. And there's so there's, like, a level of, like, suffering and, like, goal setting and idiocy that I can find. I can find appreciation for and. But there's a point where I actually just think you're, you're whatever you're doing is just so stupid that I lose respect for you, and it's somewhere between, like, a 50 miler and a hundred miler for me, like, where that. That falls off a cliff. I don't understand why anyone does it. I just. Yeah. Anyway, so that's. That's how the race went. She. She just, like, absolutely gutted it out. I don't know anyone tougher than her. Yeah, I'm glad she finished. That's awesome. Yeah. Fucking ridiculous. Like, I don't. Yeah, I'd be. I'd be interested in, like, how much of the last 20 miles of that she even really remembers because of the amount of pain and suffering she was going through. Yeah. So, yeah, anyway, yeah, we should probably talk about soccer. You had a run in with Luke, who's not here today. Yeah. You know, you think you're not gonna see Luke for months at a time, and then you just walk into a liquor store, and there he is. You hear his voice. You turn around, you say, hey. And he says, hey, fuck you. And, you know, you just have a conversation from there. So, yeah, Luke, you know, obviously, Luke was not expected to run into Luke, and that was literally. Why would anyone with the store owner. In front of him would say, fuck. Yeah, exactly. So imagine my shock and his shock, and he's like, oh, yeah, you know, I know this guy. You know, we play soccer together, and I was like, hold on a fucking minute here. You introduced me as some guy you play soccer with. We have. We're friends, and we have a fucking podcast together. And he's like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The owner's like, you have a podcast? And Luke's like, yeah. I forget, like, the name of it half the time, but I show up when I feel like he's, like, telling the guy about the podcast. He's like, oh, okay. It looks like, what. What are you doing here? I'm like, dude, what do you mean, what am I doing here? Who do you think told me about this random ass liquor store 20 minutes from where I work? He's like, oh, yeah, that was probably me. Holy shit, man. Just, like, the level essential Luke experience. Yeah, we love the guy, obviously, but the level of dysfunction is real. Like, it's not a joke. He is. Yeah, it's pretty. Pretty remarkable. His ability to, like, his life seems to generally. It's generally, like, going in a good direction, but, like, there doesn't seem to be a lot of strategy around. It's all. Yeah, it seems very chaotic for me. I don't know that I would sleep if, if, like. Well, yeah. The last I had heard from him, right, was that he was in North Carolina and then he was like, he already been clear he wasn't going to be around for weeks of the podcast, so I expected he was like, on some other part of the planet. And then I run the first place I walk into after work, you know, he's. There he is swinging again. Yeah, just, just gone like that. Gone like the wind after that. Yeah. So, yeah, we'll see when the next time we run into Lucas. Maybe I'll be playing soccer with them tomorrow night. Who knows? Yeah, you will not be playing soccer with Shannon, so that's. Yeah, that's probably the best for Shannon. Yeah, yeah. She's not moving well today. Well, let's get into it. So, Spain. Spain beats England, which I predicted and hoped for. Luke. Luke probably not happy about this one. He was, he was team Southgate. Yeah. I don't know. What were your thoughts around this from an accountability standpoint? I appreciate yours or ball or whatever stupid name is. Scoring the game winner after ice said he was dog shit. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, I mean, this one kind of played out the way you and I forgot about that, I think largely, right, like, yeah, I think Nico Williams Lamenia mall had great games. England looked inept tactically or Southgate looked inept tactically. Um. Man, what a, what a terrible tournament for Foden. Um, Palmer comes in and immediately shows that he probably should have been playing a lot more of Foden's minutes in this, in this whole tournament. Yeah, yeah. I mean, to be honest, there wasn't a lot of anything, anything new here. I mean, Kane again, just, just useless. Right? Like, um. Yeah, yeah, somebody, Tony or Watkins should have been taking a ton of his minutes. Yeah, I think maybe, maybe that's. And then, you know, again, Shaw out there. Yeah, I thought Shaw was pretty bad defensively. The. I'm trying to think of that was the first goal or the second day. It was the first goal, right, that Nico Williams scored. I thought Shaw and Walker both looked terrible. Walker was out of position. Shaw just gave away a passing lane in a way that I. It's tough for me to explain other than he's just fucking lost out there on the left. So, yeah, I think England definitely deserved to lose this one. Southgate deserved to lose it. And. Yeah, the worst case scenario still possible, right, which is he comes to the us men's national team and. I don't know, I mean, I guess I just stopped watching the us men's national team at that point and just double down on the Chelsea debacle. Yeah, we should talk about that in a minute because I actually. Out of the options that are on the table for the us men's national team. I am not sure that that's even the worst one. Which is fuck. Which is. Well, okay, fair. We'll talk about that in a minute. What a tournament for Lamina Mall and Nico Williams. Spain have their wing wingers sorted for ten years, the next decade. Kukurea assisting the game winner. It was just like the chef's kiss. True. Yeah. With Gary Neville starting the tournament and giving his assessment, his appraisal of this spanish squad was that mark, like that they were going nowhere because Mark Kukureya was their starting left back. And then for Kukureya to, I mean, he was in the best eleven for the tournament and he deserved to be. And him getting the game winning assist against Gary Neville's, presumably Gary Neville's England, I assume that that's who he was rooting for to seal a tournament for them. That was pretty spectacular. And Kukureya, he. I don't know if you saw he made a. He took a shot at Neville on Instagram. Isn't Neville the one who that somebody tried to punch or was that carrier? I don't. I remember that happening. I don't remember which. Yeah, I think anyways, I think both of them are 50 year old dudes that I wouldn't mind taking a crack at. Just cuz, you know, I don't like their face and you didn't. Neville just needs to stop talking. But. Yeah, no, you're right on that. Well, I hope in that scenario that he takes a crack back at you and breaks your nose so that you can. I can't play on Monday night soccer for a couple weeks without a mask. Paradox. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Ku Korea posted to his Instagram story the quote from Gary Neville, which I now have right in front of me. He said, I think Kukure is one of the reasons that I think Spain probably can't go all the way. So Kukure has that quote on the screen with a picture of him lifting the trophy. And he said, Kukureya said, we went all the way. Gary, thank you for the support. With a heart emoji, which is so good. Ku Korea has talked about being wrong. I wouldn't say that I was wrong about Kukureya with the velocity that you were wrong about. What's his name? Arizabal or. I don't know, yeah, whatever. That'll be the last goal of meaning for his career. But, yeah, I mean, I was very wrong about Kukurea and very difficult to imagine Chelsea living without Kukurea coming into next season, particularly with Enzo Mareska's system and his reliance on, well, I will. Say this, I'm stealing it from somewhere else, but, like, he, objectively speaking, he wasn't playing well initially for Chelsea. Right. Until he was somehow, like Pochettino managed to just get the best out of him. When he changed his roll around, he just carried that into the euros. Right. And it actually is interesting because it was doing more like his role expanded and he grew into that rather than just doing laughs. But, yeah, I don't know. It's just different. It's a different role. I don't know that it's like a more or less thing, I guess. Like when you're inverting into the middle, you have a broader array, excuse me, of responsibilities. I think he's definitely running more. Right. He's covering more ground, however it's working out, you know? I don't think so. Do you think? I actually have no idea. Like, does, does he, I thought he. Was really getting up and down for Spain. I think he started getting up and down for Chelsea. Yeah. I just don't think that was like, he was just kind of hanging back in the other and then, you know, Malo Gusto was probably primarily getting forward on the other side and then they kind of just got, let him be more pushed, pushed him to be more aggressive and fill different spaces, but, yeah. Well, so that's, yeah, that's why I, so I'm thinking about, so, like, if you think about the Tuchel era and, and then Potter kind of carried a lot of what they had set up into the way he was playing. Chelsea were very reliant on the strike force, on the, on the, from the wing backs of, of Reese James and Ben Chilwell and they, like, they really get up and down the pitch, right? Yeah. Like they're covering tons of ground. So when you're employing wing backs in that way and you're keeping them out wide, like Kukure, that's what I think the key has been with Kukure. If you look at how he was used at Brighton and how Spain use him and how Chelsea wrapped the season up using him and the way he'll probably be used by Chelsea next season, he is not a, like, hug the line and bomb up and down the wing of style of player. He's a lot better. Yeah, yeah. Covering, like, more as, like, a ball winning midfielder attack and then coming in. Between the lines rather than going outside, to your point. Yeah. So, I mean, it's just. It's very different and, like, kind of fucking silly that we were using him. Like, we. The re. I think I said this at one point when we. When Kukure started to come into form and we were using him in the. In the way that worked for him, like, when we started inverting him. Yeah. I was like, I was thinking about it, and City wanted Kukurea specifically because of his ability to invert, and then we overpaid for him to rip it just because he was a city target. And at the time, Todd Bolly was making all the acquisition decisions and he was like, well, city wants him, so now I want him and I'm going to pay more for him. But, like, he didn't fit the system at all. And now that he fits the system, he's playing well. And when you say it like that, it's like, well, yeah, fucking obviously, like, buy players that fit the system you want to play. But, yeah, I'm happy. It's like, he seems like a really good dude. He's like, really. He doesn't take himself seriously and, yeah, he's pretty. Interviews are always really funny. Yeah, yeah. Very good natured. That's a good way to put it. And. And so it's cool to see him doing well again. And, like, now, like, dude, if you asked me who if I. And it sounds like this might be the case, like, the Chelsea are. And it makes sense, right? Like, Chile and Kukurea are of a similar age, so if you're thinking of, like, a succession plan for the team, you don't need both of your left. Back probably at this point. Yeah. And so if you're, like, asking me who I want to keep, it's. It's Kugaray and it's not even close. Like, Chillwell should move John. So, yeah, I mean, what a tournament for him. His stock is through the roof and then all know didn't have, you know, the best game per the standards that he set throughout this tournament, but he still was critical. He had that goal line clearance that, you know, was every bit as important for this win as scoring a goal. Yeah. So, yeah, all those stock way up as well. He'll probably go. Like I read this morning, his release clause is 60, I think, but it expires soon, and then I guess it would be an open negotiation. I don't know. I think he plays for Leipzig, right? Or is it. I was just trying to take a look at that. Yeah, he's at RB Leipzig. Yeah. I can't really google things without like, this hotel Internet connection is hanging on by a thread, but yeah, so Leipzig, I don't know if it benefits them to like, leave it to the release clause being triggered. Like, is he worth more than 60 million because of a good tournament? I don't know. He was a fairly unknown coming into this and wasn't even the starter until Pedri went down with injury for Spain. Right. So his stock is way up. But is it like, this mistake happens all the time? You buy a player based on a good tournament and then they're, they never, they never hit those highs again, you know, so. Sure, but I don't know, 60 million is not unreasonable. I mean, it's a lot, but it's not unreasonable, given to your point. Like, his performance here, so you could see him moving, but yeah, and then. Yeah, like you said, Southgate, the last note I had here, Southgate's finally gone. I think this guy. Yeah, I didn't even talk about England because, like, who, who, like, I don't. It was all the same. Like, his guy's just unable to make. So it's unfair to say he's unable to make a tactical, like, he did try to tweak things with the system, but not enough. And you need to be able to pick up on things like, okay, Foden's not, not having a good tournament and every time I put Cole Palmer on, he's, he's changing the game. He's, he's clearly more informed than Foden and like, you need to be able to make that call and sure, I don't know, like, it's a gutsy call because Foden Wonde, you know, the, I think, fa player, like, he was the EPL player of the season, right, but, and he did have a great season, but if, if the FA player, if the EPL player of the season was Cole Palmer, I would have, I think it would have been justified. I think he led the league in goal involvements and I think Ollie Watkins was second and maybe that was flipped. Like, maybe Watkins Washington was number one and, and Palmer was number two and Southgate has both of them on the bench. Um, sure, yeah, yep. It's, uh. Yeah, I don't know, he deserves. Just never address the problems. Yeah, yeah. Really happy for Palmer to get that goal. Uh, the xG on that goal must have been basically zero, but, um, he, I mean, he is just. Chelsea would have been. Chelsea might have been relegated if they didn't have Cole Palmer this season. And for two thirds of the season, Chelsea was a completely dysfunctional team and was being completely carried by Palmer. So, like, I'm not surprised at all that he scored that goal, but I was. I was surprised he just came on and made it happen. To your point, it wasn't an easy goal to score. Um, no, it's just. It's weird because when. I don't know, like, there's something about him where I'm like, he's not like this super athlete and there's not necessarily, other than his penalty taking, any, like, attribute that, like, is like, top 99.5 percentile. But he. He puts it all together and it's, you know, I don't know, he's. He's having a Frank Lampard level impact on every team he's playing on right now. Yeah, I think that's a great parallel to draw is between him and Frank Lampard. They're different players, but what they have in common is that they are not the greatest athlete. But so what? Sure, he is where he is. Like. Like, so, yeah, you were saying he's not. He doesn't have, like, a top 1% attribute or however you just phrased it, but I think that he does. But it's hard to quantify in statistics. It's. It's mentality, and that's what Lampard had, like, the ability to know where to be and to not give a fuck. Like, yeah. Watching him tonight. Yeah, yeah. Watching him come into these games, like, Southgate's only bringing him on in, like, when things are bad, you know, like. There'S too late fucking solve anything. Yeah. Yeah. England. England are down a goal again because Southgate, you know, put them in that position and he's subbing palmer on and you can just tell he doesn't give a fuck. Like, when the camera's on him, it's like, yeah, okay, I'll have a crackhead. You know, like, yeah. I keep thinking it doesn't to him, like, coming in that late in the. Game, but yeah, no, and I mean, he scored a penalty when they. The match against. Oh, no. Who did they go to? Pens? Was it Netherlands? No, who they go to Pens against anyway? Whenever they went to penalties, they. They, like, Palmer scored that. He scored this goal. He assisted the Ali Watkins goal. So with very limited minutes, he produced so much for this team. I think that was. That was Switzerland. They went to penalties. Watkins scored the game winner against Netherlands. That's right. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, yeah, it's just, Southgate, we. I mean, we've talked about this at length. Not an impressive coach, I guess. You know, you do have to recognize how he turned around the sentiment surrounding this England, like, the experience of playing for England and making it desirable again. And I know that he did a lot to put. I hate, I don't want to say pushed inclusivity, but he made that the norm, I guess, in a time where that wasn't the norm for England and all of. Yeah. This is a team that was dysfunctional until he came along for decades, basically. Right. So I think, yeah, I think it's fair to give him some credit there, where it's due. Yeah, but you're never winning a final with him and. No, it's. It's weird because you look at this roster, Kane still will be 32 for the World cup. Right. You have all this young talent. I don't think anyone else ages out in, like, this team could be a favorite for the World cup again. Yeah. Well, from a talent standpoint, but, yeah. Yeah. So that's. That's his and legacy. Right. He. He broadened the appeal of playing for England and has, you know, has been a key piece of. Of how the entire youth system of England has developed. And so now, like, this sort of pipeline that he's overseen, I mean, it's not just him, but, like he's been a key part of for the last eight years, you know, this. This is his legacy. They have a team where practically every position has a top 15 in the world player, and in many of them it's top five or ten. Like Bellingham, probably the best player in the world, but he is. You have to recognize that he's not the guy who's going to take that level of talent and get them across the line. He's just clearly not that. Yeah, I read. I don't. I don't know, like, the inner workings of how England is set up, but I read that he doesn't even. He's not even responsible for the tactics, like his assistant coaches. He really is just a vibesman, like a face of the operation. And the tactics are deferred to somebody on his staff and that's important. I mean, like, your coach also needs to. Your manager needs to also. Yeah, I know. Fucking system that is for a top four national team. But. Well, yeah, true. I'm saying they need to have that also. They shouldn't be separate, but, like, whoever is leading the England team needs to be. Have, like, a good media presence and, like, be a good personality and a steward, for sure. Yeah. Program. Yeah. So, like, there's a lot of coaches. Yes. Yeah, I think they'll get it. So who would you pick for the spot? Like, we'll wrap up on that. Who do you think. Who would you pick for the England manager spot? I don't. I don't care what goes on with the national team. I don't actually. Yeah. I haven't even thought about it, to take a guess. Yeah. I don't know. Who do you. I think I. I think the, like, windmill dunk pick would be Thomas Tuchel. Yeah. He's a great tournament. I like that. I like that. Great tournament coach. Certainly be down with Kyle Walker's lifestyle they get. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's being down for that. Um, he'd also know a lot of the players from his time at Chelsea. Um, yeah, he. He plays a system that would work for the wingback options they have. He's a great media personality. Good tournament coach. Yeah, that's a. Yeah. Very good tournament coach. I think he'd be the perfect pick. But he's not english and I think that. I don't know how that would sit with. Yeah. So. Yeah, everybody's talking about what's his name? The Newcastle coach. But I think Tuchel would be a better coach. Yeah. It's fair. A better manager. Excuse me. Yeah. All right, well, so that's the wrap up for the euros. I don't even know who got third place. Like, I didn't look into it. I don't care. No idea. Yeah. So third place playoff was between Netherlands and France. I have no clue who won. Probably France. Fuck Netherlands. Let's see. Netherlands, France. I still have no idea. Was there a third place game in this or. Yeah, I think there always is. Right? I don't know. I don't remember seeing it. I don't see it listed here, but I could be wrong about that. Oh, no. There were no third place matches between France and Netherlands. I just assumed there was and I didn't care. All right, all right. So anyway, that covers the euros. So let's talk about Copa America. The other. The dysfunctional stepbrother to the earth. Yeah. I wasn't sure where you even wanted to start with this one. I mean, we can talk about the final. It just keeps getting worse, too, it seems. Which day in the media nearly went to pens and then Lotaro Martinez, I think in the 117th minute or something. I don't have the. Who scored up in front of me. But very late in the game, he. Late at night, too, because the game had to be delayed, which we'll explain why that was. Yeah. So he scores the game winner. It makes Messi the winningest player of all time, I think, with like 45 trophies for club and country, and I'm trying to think of what else. I mean, I watched this a while ago, but I just, like, sort of didn't have the level of interest in Copa America that I had in the euros, especially after how uninspiring the US's performance was in it. I was sort of interested in whether or how far Canada could push it. But they exited against Argentina and the eventual winners. Argentina, I guess. Speaking of Messi, I'm sure you thought he should have played on from that ankle injury. I think it's unfortunate given that it was a, you know, given the attendance and, you know, the stature of the game that he had to come off and hadn't really done a whole lot at that point. You know, just from a. I'm sure they. I think. It's not that I gave a shit, but I think for most fans, people obviously want to see Messi play. So that was unfortunate to see him come off. Yeah, he. He came into the tournament injured. They were sort of managing his minutes. He didn't look like himself. He's probably never going to look like himself again. That's just the phase of his career that he's in. I assume he's going to try to make it to the World cup and at that point he's going to be like a player coach. Like, I can't imagine that Messi is starting in the World cup even as much of an icon as he is. If you, like, extrapolate the decline in his career out to another two years, it's not going to look good, in my opinion. But, yeah, I don't know. I mean, they've seen players change roles that were that good and, you know, I don't know. Yeah, I think he'll be there, to your point, but is he going to have a role or is it going to be just. I think he'll come off the bench. He'll be like what Shaqiri was for Switzerland, this euros. I think I could be wrong. And it's hard to, like. It's hard to bench Messi if you're Argentina. Like, it's almost like, you know. Well, you saw with Cristiano Ronaldo. Yeah. When, like, in the year, like, Cristiano Ronaldo had no business. Well, I would say it's different in the sense that, I don't know that there is an obvious alternative to Ronaldo on that team that was better. Whereas you, obviously, Martinez, for one, should probably be starting over Messi at this point, if. If striker is the position you're trying to fill. Mm hmm. Which it kind of has to be because Messi doesn't run anymore. So wherever you. Yeah, I guess that, yeah. The only thing I could see him doing is playing behind one or two forwards and just basically standing there receiving the ball, playing passes, set pieces and stuff. Right. Like a more limited role, but, yeah, obviously, he's not. Never been my favorite player, but I think there is value in having him out there, even in diminished role. If that's what they want to make work, that's the best option. Yeah. I mean, as it stands, there's obviously value. I'm just saying. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. It looks to me like his. His. His abilities have fallen off of a cliff after. Over the last season, and he's. He's not playing in a competitive league as much as I want the MLS. Well, like, so you. You take two more years of him in the MLS and, like, father time is undefeated. Sure. You know, I'm almost 40. I tweak my fucking Achilles crewing for Shannon. So, like, yeah, I mean, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not Lionel Messi, obviously, but, like, he's. Yeah, he's not playing competitive soccer anymore. You. You pushed that and, and, and, you know, age decline from age out. Another two years, he'll be 39, I think. Is he 37 right now? Yep. Yeah, you're right. That's. I mean, yeah, and they've already made a lot of. They've made these tweaks to how they're using him over the years to where he's, like, he's. He has no defensive workload. He's basically only expected to run once he has the ball at his feet and otherwise, he sort of, like, wanders around and ghosts into positions where he can receive the ball. So, like, I don't know. We'll see. But, yeah, that was unfortunate. That injury looked horrifying. Like I said, he came into the tournament injured. He left even more injured. Probably good thing for him that he wasn't on that Argentina bus, which we can talk about in a second, but, yeah, he was obviously getting medical treatment and not part of that debacle. Yeah. What else did you want to talk about? And then we can, like, pivot to the Senzo Fernandez. Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, there, I will say that, yeah. Messi's decline aside. Right. I think Argentina was still clearly the. The more talented team, you know, based on the players and on paper and all that, if you look at it. So Columbia, I thought Columbia rose the occasion, played a good game, had obviously a great tournament overall. James kind of did less in this than he kind of did in the rest of the tournament. Diaz couldn't kind of break through. So, you know, I think it was good to see a competitive match, though, um, in. In Columbia. You know, I think kind of exceeded expectations and really grew into this game. Now, the unfortunate thing about that is you have the backdrop of them. They're bullshit in the Uruguay game with the fans, and then just a complete debacle in this one in terms of basically breaking into the stadium, stampeding into the stadium. Some of it comes. Yeah. Hanging. Yeah. Going die hard through the vents and, you know, some of it comes back to, like, what we talked about. Yeah, I was pissed off about the whole kind of level of, you know, oversight and planning for this tournament and in the, you know, just the preparedness. And I think some of it does come back to that. But there's also this very bad. And we'll talk about Argentina, you know, this very bad aftertaste of kind of the beautiful game that's kind of became a, you know, a shitty version of it. And some of the off the field stuff that. That went on here, whether you look at Colombia or whether you look at Argentina, I don't know how at fault I think Uruguay was for going into the stands at Columbia, but all this kind of crap going on. Right. That. Yeah, part of me worries that there's a whitewashing aspect to it because I do think there was. If you look at, like, Croatia and I think it was Serbia and some of the, you know, basically talking about murdering Algerians and chants and stuff, and there's some stuff that was overlooked in the euros, but aside from that aspect of it, just such a bad fucking look for. For Copa America in the end. Yeah. The amount of controversy around Copa, like, you know, even if you're calling out every little thing, like, not a little thing, but all the things that were unsavory about the euros, it's not even close. And I know that Konnobal would like to position Copa America on the level of the euros, but, guys, it's not even close. Like, it's clearly corrupt in a number of ways, and then the product is. The product itself is a mess, and, yeah, I don't know. I don't want to call it cultural differences. I mean, we'll talk, like, let's just pivot into the Enzo Fernandez stuff. So, yeah. After the match, Enzo Fernandez live streamed footage from the argentina bus, where they were singing a chant that I think they, like, originated when they were in the final against France in the World cup. This is a chant that has been around for a little while, and it contains undertones of racism and homophobia, maybe other things. I don't know. I actually haven't watched the video. I haven't. I wouldn't understand the chant. Like, it's not in English. Um, so, like, I just haven't bothered, like, listening to it. I haven't seen the video. I have seen the fallout. It's clearly upset a lot of people. Um, and this is not a defense of, uh, it happening, but we talked about this with the Benticher, the statement that Benticher made or the. The quip that Benticher made about. Yeah, son. And this has been the defense that I have seen carted out by Argentina, which is that I don't like how they have phrased it or how they've positioned this defense, but basically, like, the culture is different and that this is acceptable there. And I think that, like, I'm willing to extend an amount of charity to them on that, but there has to be, like, for me personally, anyway, there has to be a plan to change. I guess there needs to be progress being made on that and the way that we had to show progress over the years with our programs. So. Really bad. Look, it's upset. I mean, it's caused a ton of friction on Chelsea, which, I mean, doesn't. You know, it doesn't matter that much other than it's, like, good to acknowledge those players who have stood up to Enzo Fernandez, like, and shined a light on this. So, like, the internal turmoil at Chelsea is not as. Not that important when it comes to this, but the players sort of unifying against who is the second most expensive player in EPL history. You know, that takes some guts. And, yeah, he's got a. He's got a long road ahead, I think, to fix his relationship with those players. And I guess, the damage to his reputation from this. Yeah, but it tells you a lot about where the game and where the culture, you know, the cultural aspects of the game stand in North America versus Europe versus South America, and obviously not being around the bush. Like, North America and Europe have terrible, much worse histories. I think, in terms of racism than probably South America does in so many different ways. Right. But that doesn't just absolve them of this behavior and to your point, require there be some progress there. And I wasn't going to call them out by name back when it happened, but when I went and looked at who the, who it was that was racially abusing on social media, Baligan as an example, earlier in the Copa, at least one of the guys was argentinian. And so, you know, at the time, I thought where there's smoke, there's probably fire. And this just kind of reinforced that. Right. There's, there's, there's a problem. There's a lot of acute problems across the game, and this is another one that raised its, its ugly head. It's not the only one. But to your point, I'm glad people are calling out and there's not just this acceptance of it. Yeah. What I hope to happen is, so I am, I'll stick my neck out there and say that independent of anything else happening, I don't think you're going to see Enzo Fernandez play for Chelsea for a while like you might in preseason. So they're about to leave for their North America tour. I'm sure Enzo Maresco wanted this like, he wanted a hole in his fucking head as, like a brand new coach to Chelsea. But I think that you're going to see, independent of anything else happening, I think you're going to see a, like, silent ban on Enzo for a while. I don't know how many games it'll be, but you've, Chelsea at least in the previous ownership even, which was a, you know, problematic ownership for sure. They, there was a willingness for them when their players did shit like this, they would, they would bench them for, like, you know, and it would be like a silent benching, but everybody knew what was going on. And so I'm, I will say that I'm virtually certain I'll be shocked if Chelsea doesn't do something like that. But what I would like to see is that one, like the FA or FIFA or all of them come out with a ban for Enzo. Like, I'd like to see there be some, some, like, concrete consequences for this from the governing board so that the message gets across to other players. Yeah. The government, because they're such complacent fucks at this point. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think, you know, building on what you said, right. Like somebody had a good point, which is there's other people in that video. There's people off screen right that are participating and, like, what are the. What are the consequences for them? Right. And shouldn't, you know, I think there probably should be visibility, um, in transparency with who else was there and who else was participating. Now, maybe that's hard to get to. Right. But there should be some uproar about that as well, I think, to the extent people are aware of it, but. Yeah, because then, you know, part of me makes it feel like we're, you know, you're making ends of the pariah for them, but that doesn't, you know, granted, again, he. Life's full of choices. He's on the video, the on screen doing it, and it wouldn't. I'd be fully behind him being sanctioned, whether it's by Chelsea or by the governing board. He was streaming it. Yeah. And, like, sometimes it doesn't matter who else was doing it. You go for the highest profile person, you know, and Enzo, I think. I mean, there's a lot of high profile players on Argentina, obviously, but Enzo is up there. You know, he's starting for Chelsea. He's starting for Argentina. He won young player of the tournament at the previous World cup. He was at one point the most expensive player in EPL history. He's a. You know, he's very young, but he's a global icon at this point. And if you. You know, sometimes you. You make a big, big. You take a harsh position on someone with that level of influence, and that's how you get the message across. And so you've got to send a. Message at some point, right. Otherwise, it just becomes, like, all this stuff. It just kind of keeps going on perpetuity, whether it's Mexico or Argentina or things going on in Europe. Yeah, yeah. So, like, yeah, I don't know. Just to wrap this up without getting, like, too preachy, I'm also. And also recognizing that we're both, like, white dudes and. And, like, I don't. I don't know. Like, I don't. I have no experience. Yeah. It's tough to imagine being one of his. One of his teammates that's affected by this. Right? Like, I can't really. Yeah, I can. Yeah. I don't. Like. Yeah. Wesley Fafana and Datro Fafana and, you know, baddie shield. Like, I have no idea what that feels like. And, like, yeah, but, yeah, I mean, it, like, the sport is a global sport, and regardless of how Argentina feels about people's sensitivities around their football culture, you have to account for the, you know, how broad the appeal of the, of the sport is. And you have to, you have to snuff this sort of thing out of the culture. And he's not like, again, I guess like I thought that it was kind of crazy how much of a pass bent occur got. And I saw that that's resurfaced and that. What's his name? Why can't I think of the Ange pasta Kaglu? He was asked about that in his press conference this week. And Ange said that he's not commenting on it because the only thing that matters is how it made son feel and that they're, they're just, they're in listen mode and they want it like they're listening to sun and, yeah, you have to. Yeah, you have to imagine that and just probably pretty pissed off. Not from it like a team perspective, but just from like he, you know, you know, what's that? What's the word? Right. Like an integrity standpoint. Like, yeah, he takes that very seriously. I'm sure was not happy with what that says about Bentincker or what it says about bentincure as a member of that team from a, from an integrity standpoint. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, he was obviously unhappy, but I thought his, his like, way of handling that where he's like, it doesn't matter how I feel. Like, like I'm not happy about this and like, I'm just listening to son. He's, he's who's important here. But, yeah, I thought Benticher got kind of got a pass on this and Enzo doing what he did, that like, brought that back to light. There's also, not to just pick on Tottenham, but like, I've read a lot about there's, they apparently have a chant at their club that has a slur against jewish people that like, is commonly chanted at their stadium and it makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable. So there's definitely things to address across the board here. Yeah. Well, anyway, moving on from that, the last topic we have is Greg, our favorite topic on this podcast. Have any thoughts there? What are we talking about with Greg today? He's. Greg. Greg. He left. He got sacked. Yeah. Berlhalter. Yeah. Well, no, didn't I call that? I said he got deported to Canada last episode. Yeah. So he's, oh, maybe Halifax in Nova Scotia. I assume he's living in a double wide next to Ricky and Julian at this point. Yeah. So Greg Berlhalters out. I guess maybe we did cover that on the last podcast, but, yeah. You want to talk about the Ryan rumor mill of who's going to fill that position. Right? Yeah. How. Well, my comment about Pochettino aged. Right? Yeah. So Pochettino is in the mix. What I'm. What I'm hearing and the actions around the guy would indicate is that Patrick Vieira is the most likely manager to take that. Yeah. Take on that role. Which tells me he's probably the worst option. Just at face value. If he's the most, I can tell you he's terrible. He is a very bad impression. Like, I don't understand where this kind of, like, backing for him came from as a coach. His record at Strasbourg and, well, his record at palace was really bad. And then at Strasburg, he's been very mediocre. And so, like, I heard about this because I'm a Chelsea fan. So Straussberg is owned by Blue Co, who owns Chelsea. And they have preemptively sacked Vieira because of how strongly link, like, he's apparently in, like, final negotiations for the us position. And so Chelsea, because they've got a player, blue Co. They have to plantain for, like, you know, we're a month away from. Which is crazy because all these players just wrapped up playing in the euros and stuff, but. And the Olympics still have to be played. But we're a month ahead, away or so from most of these major leagues kicking off and Viera is about to leave to go to the us team. So Chelsea just, like, got ahead of that problem or Bluco got ahead of that problem and sacked Viera and are looking for that. Yeah. A new coach there. So, like, all of that, to me, indicates that Vieira is very likely going to be the manager of the United States. And I couldn't be any, like, he's better. He has to be better than burl halter. But I would rather Southgate than Viera, and that should say it all. As harsh as I've been on Southgate. Yeah. The only positive I see from this coaching candidate pool that's been suggested is that at least that means we were looking at a diverse group of candidates. But nothing about his coaching profile gets me excited or any less depressed about the situation. Then again, I don't know if there's many people on that list that would be willing to take the job that would. I think Pochettino again, I think he actually would bring something tactically to the national team. It may be it cuts out, like, some of his. His fuckery of training and stuff like that, but, yeah. Good. What? His talent. So his. His t. I don't know how, like, we haven't seen. He's not been a terribly successful tournament coach. Right. I mean, I guess he took Tottenham all the way to the CL final. He didn't get there with PSG. I don't know, like his tactics, I guess intuitively they would be good. Like they would be fine for a national team set up. I don't think they're there. Like there's like a deep tactical philosophy there that would take like hours. Yeah, yeah. So, but it is like a very, like, obviously a much more physical system, physically demanding, like, you know, press high work for turnovers, high up the pitch. And honestly that's what I'd like to see us push more of. Right. And I think we're actually set up to do that from a talent and athleticism standpoint. Yeah. Yeah. So maybe, I mean, he might not be the worst option. Um, the one concern being his record of injury with players and our star, you know, our star player is, is fragile as, you know, as much as I love Pulisic, but that's only a. Couple cycles throughout the year, right. So I think you minimize the damage he can do. Yeah, yeah. I'm just thinking of like COncAcaf, like if you're listening to this and you're not in the United States and you don't watch CoNcacaf, it is, it's like, it's like the UFC. It's, it's, it's a, it's so, it's so the reffing is terrible. I honestly think that a lot of the team's strategy is to injure players and they know, I think we saw. That in this tournament. Yeah. And they know that they can get away with it because the reffing is so bad and potentially corrupt and it's like, it is brutal just to be in that mix. And then if you, you pour on top of that Pochettino having players do wind sprints, you know, 18 hours, lost. The trinidad, get out there and run. Yeah, yeah. It's hard to imagine like, you know, players like, I mean, Tyler Adams just had to have surgery on his back again and is going to miss the beginning of the season with Bournemouth again. Pulisic has to be wrapped in bubble wrap after every match. So it's not the most robust team in terms of their ability. Like, at least in key positions, their ability to stay healthy. Like Raina doesn't have the best track record with injury either. Balagan Baligan went down and in Copa, I mean, players get injured, but it does seem like as talented as the us squad is there. They've also. They also struggle with. With injury and so, yeah, I don't know. There'd have to be some accountability around that and being like, dude, you cannot run these players into the ground. They have to be managed. So. Yeah, but beyond that, I guess I'd be on board with potch. It might work for, like, maybe. Maybe that's his power zone. International coaching? I have no idea. We haven't really seen it. I'm convinced that Tuchel would be a great international coach just because of how good he is with. In tournaments. The Chelsea team that he won the Champions League with was not a great team. He just got the most out of them in that tournament and won. And they beat. Very difficult team. They beat Real Madrid and they beat Man City on the way to winning that with a. With a, like, not the most talented team. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, if England aren't taking too Cole, I don't know why we. We wouldn't. This should be a very attractive role for a coach, especially if you're just like, if I was the director of football for the us national team, I'd be like, look, and I think I said this on the last episode, we are in the most important two year window in us soccer history. Like. Like, the popularity of the sport is trending up. We're getting more eyeballs on the MLS even. We have the most talented pool. We have the best pool of talented talent we've ever had on the us team. And the amount of pr like this is a two year job. We need a high profile, tactically sound coach manager to take us, to carry us through this World cup and drum up a lot of publicity, a lot of. A lot of excitement around this through the World cup, and that's it. Like, we'll find someone else after that and just back the brinks truck up to whoever will take, like, just. Just aim high and then gradually work your way down the list. And eventually someone will be like, yeah, I'll do like, you know, it may. It might not be, but you should be able to find a very high profile coach to take this on because, I mean, it's going to be very lucrative for them where the two is. Probably interested in picking up a mistress in the United States still, too. Yeah. Especially good fit for him. Yep. Yeah. So I would just. I would. I would shoot for the stars with this one because, yeah, I mean, it should be a very attractive package just for this window. If it was like, hey, do you want to come manage this team indefinitely? Type thing. Like, the circumstances would be different, but for. Yeah, for the set of circumstances that we have with the World cup being hosted in America, it should be really easy to pull in a great coach for this, but, yeah, this is my two cent. Yeah. Any other thoughts on the Greg. Greg's replacement search? I will say that I should. I should apologize for what's his name. I have, without a lot of. A lot of research, I've defended Alexi Lawless a little bit on this podcast, and I happen to read about what a piece of shit he is this week. I think, like, on the plane, I had no idea, actually. I just thought, I mean, my position on him was, like, with all sports, or, like, most sports that I watch, there's. There's, you know, in terms of the announcing team, there's usually the guy who is. Who is, like, the tactician who's explaining what's. What's happening and whatever you're watching, the guy or girl. And then there's the other announcer who is the color commentary guy. And Alexi Lawless seemed more like the color commentary type. And he did, like, when. When, like, amped up. He. He was, you know, very, like, America fuck, yeah. You know, type, which, if you're the guy who is broadcasting to Americans. Yeah. You know, that. That's good. It's good to have that. And, you know, he's very energetic and. But then I read and, yeah, that guy is just like a huge. A huge piece of shit. And I didn't know that. So my. My defense of Alexi Lawless will not persist. I'll put that in a wind column for the rest of us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I posted that in the discord. I think I took, like, multiple l's this week. I don't know what, what, I forget what the other ones were, but at. Our age, that's kind of what life is about, Ryan. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Oh, the Lenny Yoro to Man united. That was the other one where I was like, there's no way this guy. There's no way that train wreck of a club is going to pry a target away from Real Madrid. And they did. So I hope that Lenny Euro enjoys the sunshine of Manchester and the tutelage of Harry Maguire. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He'll get to learn under the greatest offensive mind that we've ever seen. And, yeah. So, yeah, Man United kind of cooking in the offseason. It looks like they're going to pull Manuel Ugarte from PSG, which is. Which is a. That's like a hilarious dumpster fire to me because I don't know if you remember this, but prior to Chelsea being in for quesado, their number one target was actually garte. He was, he was a more affordable option for that holding mid, that defensive mid position, but he was more affordable until PSG came in and absolutely dumped the bag on him. And so that just made it a non starter to where Kiseto was a more affordable option in terms of total compensation between the transfer fee and the player compensation than Ugarte was. And so Chelsea backed out of that deal. He went to PSU. He's been there for less than a year or maybe like right on about a year. And he. I looked at his playing stats and he, you know, for being such a marquee signing for them, he only started in like half their games. And I did read a little bit tactically about how he was just such a bad fit for what's his name. What they're trying to do. Yeah, yeah. The Luis and Enrique. His tat. Tactically what he wants from his holding mid is, you know, obviously turnovers. But more important for that than that is them being a like a deep lying playmaker type and is not that. He's not. He's not like a line breaking passer of the ball. Yeah. So he just like went unutilized and I don't know what. I don't know how that deal is going to look because I can't imagine United will be able to match the wages of PSG. So there may have to be like some wage contributions from PSG just to move them on. I don't know. But what a mess. Like what a bad transfer that was. That, like, that will be. That is a worse transfer. If, like, if Mudrick sucks next season and. And Chelsea have to take a loss on him, that, like, that will be completely eclipsed by how upside down PSG is on Ugarte. Sure. Like, it won't even be close. So. Yeah, so as bad as we've talked about, the Mudrick deal has the potential to be for Chelsea Mudrick at the end of the day is on like 75 a week. So, like, getting someone to assume those wages will be very easy. Yeah. Now, and we talked about before, PSG is a circus and it just keeps kind of going that direction. Yeah. And then I'll leave you with this. Napoli and Lukaku have agreed terms. There's not a deal between the clubs. Yeah, there's not a deal between the clubs yet, but they have agreed personal terms. On a three year deal. It looks like AC Mandez. There might be this, like, musical chairs that goes on where Asiman is going to go to PSG. One of the french strikers at PSG might come to Chelsea and Lukaku would go to Napoli. I forget which of they have, like, two pretty promising young french nines at PSG, if I remember right. And I don't remember which is potentially coming to Chelsea, but we'll see. Yeah. Chelsea might be willing to work out the deal at this point. Yeah. So. Yeah. Yeah. Well, for Lukaku. Yeah. Yeah. Lukaku. Yeah. Yeah. Don Conte will bail us out once again. Well, that's all I got, man. 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