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Eberechi Eze

thfcsteff said:
...this could be the start of a long and off-topic conversation where we celebrate the likes of Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, and so on :)...

...I think what makes Eze so right for our shirt (aside from his rare talent) is the way he glides around the pitch, almost floating an inch off the turf with the ball...
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I’m not sure even seeing Eze plus Kudus lining up for us would elicit as many smiles around WHL as Jayne did that day 🤩

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SissokoWasGood (BoL) said:
I love how we’ve clearly agreed personal terms with Eze and yet with Forest it was the crime of the century that we’d done that apparently, that whole saga was completely bizarre.
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IMO, that entire saga boiled down to Levy being a regular, law-abiding bloke (as much as one can be a 'regular' bloke while being a multi-millionaire), going up against a gangster who has previous for shipping heroin into Europe and almost certainly has had a hand in multiple murders. It came down to ego, intimidation, and a couple of professionals (Levy on our side, Gibbs-White on theirs) deciding it wasn't worth it to try and get one over an enraged, probable criminal. No blame for anyone involved.

If anything, the only lesson to take from that saga is that the Premier League's fit and proper persons test clearing people like Marinakis is just one more example of why strict external regulation was needed decades ago - whatever the league's coterie of owners think.

Palace's owners strike me as straightforward, and at least lawful - unlike Marinakis. Doubt they'd do to Eze what Forest forced upon Gibbs-White.
 
DubaiSpur said:
IMO, that entire saga boiled down to Levy being a regular, law-abiding bloke (as much as one can be a 'regular' bloke while being a multi-millionaire), going up against a gangster who has previous for shipping heroin into Europe and almost certainly has had a hand in multiple murders. It came down to ego, intimidation, and a couple of professionals (Levy on our side, Gibbs-White on theirs) deciding it wasn't worth it to try and get one over an enraged, probable criminal. No blame for anyone involved.

If anything, the only lesson to take from that saga is that the Premier League's fit and proper persons test clearing people like Marinakis is just one more example of why strict external regulation was needed decades ago - whatever the league's coterie of owners think.

Palace's owners strike me as straightforward, and at least lawful - unlike Marinakis. Doubt they'd do to Eze what Forest forced upon Gibbs-White.
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It's their last chance to get a big fee for him too. Parrish cannot afford to do a Marinakis and throw money/his weight (no pun intended) around. I think they'll do the deal shortly so as they have a run at the replacement(s) they have in mind for the sale(s) they make.
 
Daisuk said:
Sounds like he got badly hurt by scum when they released him as a kid. Hopefully he's got a bit of ill will towards them because of that.


fudging hell I hope we get this one over the line. Such an archetypical Spurs player. So silky to watch. Get it done, pretty please!
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Love that.
 
DubaiSpur said:
IMO, that entire saga boiled down to Levy being a regular, law-abiding bloke (as much as one can be a 'regular' bloke while being a multi-millionaire), going up against a gangster who has previous for shipping heroin into Europe and almost certainly has had a hand in multiple murders. It came down to ego, intimidation, and a couple of professionals (Levy on our side, Gibbs-White on theirs) deciding it wasn't worth it to try and get one over an enraged, probable criminal. No blame for anyone involved.

If anything, the only lesson to take from that saga is that the Premier League's fit and proper persons test clearing people like Marinakis is just one more example of why strict external regulation was needed decades ago - whatever the league's coterie of owners think.

Palace's owners strike me as straightforward, and at least lawful - unlike Marinakis. Doubt they'd do to Eze what Forest forced upon Gibbs-White.
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The Premier League's (and football league's for that matter) fit and proper person's test and ownership rules are a total joke.

Saudi Sportswashing Machine are a perfect example of this:

PL: No state ownership of our clubs
Saudis: Hmmm, what about a sovereign wealth fund?
PL: *looks confused* whats one of those?
Saudis: its a private investment vehicle created by states to invest state funds in private assets for the benefit of the state.
PL: So, Saudi Arabia won't own Saudi Sportswashing Machine?
Saudis: Oh haha no my friends, PIF will own Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
PL: Oh...well in that case....sounds fine....wait .....hang on....who owns PIF?
Saudis: *nudges and whispering* Have you met my friend Amanda?
Amanda: "hello boys! Waiter? Your best champagne over here please!"
 
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Silly McSilly Face said:
The Premier League's (and football league's for that matter) fit and proper person's test and ownership rules are a total joke.

Saudi Sportswashing Machine are a perfect example of this:

PL: No state ownership of our clubs
Saudis: Hmmm, what about a sovereign wealth fund?
PL: *looks confused* whats one of those?
Saudis: its a private investment vehicle created by states to invest state funds in private assets for the benefit of the state.
PL: So, Saudi Arabia won't own Saudi Sportswashing Machine?
Saudis: Oh haha no my friends, PIF will own Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
PL: Oh...well in that case....sounds fine....wait .....hang on....who owns PIF?
Saudis: *nudges and whispering* Have you met my friend Amanda?
Amanda: "hello boys! Waiter? Your best champagne over here please!"
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There were no pl rules against states owning clubs.
The saudis were having a big spat with the qataris at the time. Bein sports owned the rights to pl games in the middle east but the saudis were pirating the games and showing them for free.
The saudi's agreed to pay the qataris compensation and stop pirating and the pl allowed them to buy Saudi Sportswashing Machine.

The fit and proper person test is has the person been to prison or charged with fraud? Have they actually got the funds to buy the club?
 
What I’m impressed with is his clear intelligence. Kudus too. Clearly bright analytical people. And when you’ve dedicated your life to physical skill, development of your intelligence, especially in some footballers, suffers.

Eze a chess champ and clearly analytical as well as a physical specimen.
 
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