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Egypt should go deep so Salah will be a big loss
Fuck this shit. Why can’t we just refuse to release them?
The club did last month. But unless you physically restrain the players how do you intend to stop them getting on a plane? The club reportedly fined them, because they weren't available for games they are contractually obliged to be available for (I guess). But beyond that the clubs' hands are tied.
They could sack them, but what good would that do? Then you lose a player and all transfer value.
Clubs are being shit on and being told to get over it.
They could be asked to retire from international duty
Wonder if Sanchez could delay longer
Yup, and they would refuse. And what could the club do about that? The fact is players dream about playing for their countries.
And we pay their wages, this whole episode is ridiculous.
It certainly is to fans and club owners / management. But to national associations and the players it's just football. And I for one am over it. They are incumbents in the shirt. As a fan of Spurs I Love The Shirt.
The 7 countries still on the red list are, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela).
Columbia play Brazil at home on Saturday, so I assume any British based players will have to quarantine (Sanchez and Emerson?)
The good news is that Argentina have two home games during this break, so Romero and Lo Celso won't have to quarantine.
They play on the Friday, I'm fairly sure. Our game is on the Sunday. Apparently too quick of a turnaround for them to travel and be in decent condition to play vs Newcastle. (Hopefully I'm wrong)
Lo Celso quite good last night. Romero good first half, not so much in the second. Argentina should have been a few goals up at the break, ran out of puff as the game went on and I felt the manager really messed up with his substitutions. Argentina probably win the game handily enough if Lautaro is fit to play, but as it was Paraguay looked as likely to score a winner in the last 30mins.
