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‘Lewandowski Deserves It’ – Nigerians Celebrate ‘Worthy Winner’ Of The Best Fifa Men’s Player For 2020

December 18, 2020 Official Noisemakr 0

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2pMtWxvMpPlH2vJI6xNoaR_eMKJykGf21c9QZeYQTjVcKiRXIg8YWJpL4-6DpiZ_nEuvChAO6ERRdWVtFmNNJ4ke4ZfOkc6WaSwb9vIPagBYNSyLNVWmcA354HTOQXLDorP89XsqdniZ/s600/robert-lewandowski-bayern-munich-2020-21_l1ih0a7dhgmv1028wlfiy5qe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2pMtWxvMpPlH2vJI6xNoaR_eMKJykGf21c9QZeYQTjVcKiRXIg8YWJpL4-6DpiZ_nEuvChAO6ERRdWVtFmNNJ4ke4ZfOkc6WaSwb9vIPagBYNSyLNVWmcA354HTOQXLDorP89XsqdniZ/s320/robert-lewandowski-bayern-munich-2020-21_l1ih0a7dhgmv1028wlfiy5qe1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Bayern Munich star has been recognised as the best player in the world for the year 2020</span></h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nigerians have taken to social media to celebrate Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski after he was named the best men’s player at the 2020 Best Fifa Football Awards.</span></p><div align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski saw off competition from Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award in a virtual ceremony on Thursday night.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The 32-year-old, who also won the Goal 50 prize for 2020, scored 45 goals last season to help Bayern Munich win the Bundesliga title and the Uefa Champions League.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After Fifa President Gianni Infantino handed the trophy to Lewandowski, football enthusiasts in Nigeria did not hesitate to applaud his deserved recognition.</span></p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It’s fair<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />He earned it<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Last year was a blessed one for @FCBayernEN winning 5 major trophies, with @lewy_official playing a key role…<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Congratulations man… https://t.co/pn8D3Tl3Hu— Yomi Daniels I. (@yommy_dee411) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Congratulations @lewy_official<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Well deserved— Adeboye Tunji (@AdeboyeTunji1) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Without a doubt. Congratulations @lewy_official https://t.co/zW5PLHJ9HN— ᶜᵃˡˡ ᵐᵉ Naxstee<img alt="⭕" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/2b55.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> •|• #EndSARS (@junior_owoh) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Well deserved no cap …Penaldo right now <img alt="👇" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f447.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="👇" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f447.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> pic.twitter.com/oVmFRsVSOL— Tfash (@tfashwonder) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski… You deserve it— Oyedeji Samson Abiodun (@Oyedeji01) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That’s it.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />That’s the tweet. #FIFAAwards2020 #TheBest— Concerned Fan™ (@Smart_abbey) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Undoubtedly deserved @lewy_official. The best! #FIFAFootballAwards #fifabest pic.twitter.com/B9P2p52eS3— Prince Oscar <img alt="🇳🇬" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f1f3-1f1ec.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="💪" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f4aa.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@Divineoscar100) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Amazing year it is for @lewy_official …<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Well deserved <img alt="👍🏽" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f44d-1f3fd.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" />— Oluwasegun_Omo ìya aláso (@Oluwasegunrex) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski <img alt="🔥" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f525.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="🔥" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f525.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Well deserved, and I’m happy.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Those Goats can rest for now#TheBestFIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/RfA8prE80v— QUEEN OF DOINGS (@itz_debbie_Gold) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski deserved that tbh. Crazy baller!— David Hundeyin (@jeekmakaveli) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski <img alt="🔥" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f525.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="🔥" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f525.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> No chance for cheats and ojoro this time again.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Well deserved<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Best FIFA Men Player<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2020#TheBestFIFAFootballAwards #FIFAAwards2020— QUEEN OF DOINGS (@itz_debbie_Gold) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewandowski <img alt="😎" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f60e.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="😎" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f60e.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="😎" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f60e.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Man deserves the gong.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />He had a great year.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Now I can move to the next prayer point.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Father give this guy a good wife.— Aladeloba Babatunde (@aladeniking) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yes! Lewa deserves the Best award. Congratulations Lewandowski. Worthy winner <img alt="👏🏽" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f44f-1f3fd.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="👏🏽" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f44f-1f3fd.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" />— <img alt="⚡️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/26a1.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" />Thechoco_tribe <img alt="💙" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f499.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@Debbybruno3) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This lewandowski guy actually deserves it , saw some of his mad goals— Sioye<img alt="❤" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/2764.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="😻" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f63b.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@sioye_K) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 178, 178); box-shadow: rgb(179, 178, 178) 1px 1px 1px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Best of Best <img alt="🌎" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f30e.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="👑" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f451.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" />Lewandowski<img alt="⚽️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/26bd.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="🏆" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f3c6.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="❤️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/2764.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="💯" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f4af.svg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> pic.twitter.com/Z4V52lUyyH— jhay-blitz (@jhay_blitzz) December 17, 2020</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">source:- goal</span></p>

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December 18, 2020 Official Noisemakr 0

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWLYYHAtJ9HguYWQJ_pdonolXsxj_K8Ir4bOprVs-PtwsUBLzVKbqstLINJAeW402wvexKEcSZLUt3doZupAaL4SOq6MJXtCymUpePuZs8yreOUPLgdxzKwMaf7n1xCqdp-CRlYm1WcX9/s1024/GettyImages-1268561643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWLYYHAtJ9HguYWQJ_pdonolXsxj_K8Ir4bOprVs-PtwsUBLzVKbqstLINJAeW402wvexKEcSZLUt3doZupAaL4SOq6MJXtCymUpePuZs8yreOUPLgdxzKwMaf7n1xCqdp-CRlYm1WcX9/s320/GettyImages-1268561643.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was asked about Ainsley Maitland-Niles at his <a href="https://www.arsenal.com/news/arteta-everton-red-cards-concussion-subs" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">pre-match press conference</a> before the trip to Everton.</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maitland-Niles started at right wing back for the Gunners during their 1-1 draw with Southampton on Wednesday.</span></p><div class="thefo-content-one" id="thefo-122565938" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That opportunity came because Hector Bellerin was suspended due to picking up five yellow cards this season.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Arteta was asked if the Englishman had done enough to keep his place at Goodison Park.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="GRVAd GRVAdHidden" data-ad-code="33555" data-ad-deferfirstauction="true" data-ad-passbackids="["seedtagInImage"]" data-ad-sizemapping="inimageDesktop" data-ad-status="rendered" data-ad-type="inimage" style="background-color: #cccccc; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); bottom: 600px; box-sizing: content-box; height: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: fixed !important; text-align: center;"><div data-google-query-id="CI_x9M-22O0CFammUQodWzsAXQ" id="div-gpt-ad-33555-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -20px auto 0px; transform-origin: left top; transform: scale3d(1, 1, 1); width: 320px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4658593/thefocus-inimage_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe data-google-container-id="1" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="50" id="google_ads_iframe_/4658593/thefocus-inimage_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/4658593/thefocus-inimage_0" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-pointer-lock allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="320"></iframe></span></div></div></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I think Ainsley had a good game and I think he is evolving really good,” said Arteta.</span></p><div class="thefo-content-three" id="thefo-894706749" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"></div><div class="GRVVideo" data-video-code="IioigYCy" data-video-playerid="22886" data-video-status="waiting" data-video-tag="118" data-video-title="auto" data-video-type="brid:player" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div class="GRVVideo-wrapper brid-player" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="GRVVideo-player-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="GRVVideo-player" id="GRVVideo-player-IioigYCy" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I think he’s made – in this year – big, big progress and he’s in a much better place than what he was a year ago and he needs to keep doing what he’s doing.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some Arsenal fans on Twitter reacted to Arteta’s comments by urging him to keep him in the side against the Toffees.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; line-height: 1.875; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There was clear frustration that Bellerin has played ahead of Maitland-Niles so much this season and they want to see Arteta backing up his comments by starting the 23-year-old:</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339913636366565379" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339913636366565379&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stop talking and start him over bellerin every league games as well as nelson.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Sally <img alt="🦋" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f98b.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@Rubyjennieisluv) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rubyjennieisluv/status/1339913636366565379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339908070969847817" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339908070969847817&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All arteta does is talk. No actions, just talk</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— afcSSR (@afc_SSR) <a href="https://twitter.com/afc_SSR/status/1339908070969847817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339930009276919810" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-2&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339930009276919810&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lol you've neglected to mention that this was in reponse to a direct question from Hayters on AMN and he was asked immediately after if Bellerin would come back into the team and declined to answer. Not positive on the AMN imo.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Bogan Gooner #FREEAINSLEY (@BoganGooner) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoganGooner/status/1339930009276919810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339914920666693635" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-3&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339914920666693635&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile on matchday, he picks his fav <img alt="😂" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> <a href="https://t.co/9u27jBdu39" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">pic.twitter.com/9u27jBdu39</a></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— AlexIs Arsenal's Hale End <img alt="🔴" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f534.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /><img alt="⚪️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/26aa.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> Gooner <img alt="⚕️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2695.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@AlexIsAHaleEnd) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexIsAHaleEnd/status/1339914920666693635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339937065308446721" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-4&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339937065308446721&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He is been proving that for a year now but you have refused to give him that starting opportunity<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So what exactly are you saying?</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— xhakazette<img alt="🇳🇬" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f1f3-1f1ec.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@AnuoluwapoOwol3) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnuoluwapoOwol3/status/1339937065308446721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339915017924333569" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-5&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339915017924333569&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All this for Arteta to drop him tomorrow for a guy who can't even take throw ins.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— ™️ (@AfcNas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AfcNas/status/1339915017924333569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339913123109724163" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-6" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-6&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339913123109724163&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But he's been benching him.. Arteta doesn't understand himself sometimes..</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Winter_Goonerette<img alt="🔴" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f534.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (@XhakaWinter) <a href="https://twitter.com/XhakaWinter/status/1339913123109724163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339934011959902208" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-7" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-7&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339934011959902208&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yet Arteta will favour Bellerin instead</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Vijay Nirmal (@nationalistINDY) <a href="https://twitter.com/nationalistINDY/status/1339934011959902208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339911148783677440" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-8" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-8&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339911148783677440&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then reward by either playing him in midfield over Elneny or play him over Bellerin at RB.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Gooner Michael (@GoonerMichael) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoonerMichael/status/1339911148783677440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339920484117471232" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-9" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-9&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339920484117471232&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That's difficult when you hardly play. Come on Mikel!</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Vilmar (@VesNL) <a href="https://twitter.com/VesNL/status/1339920484117471232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339912569675415552" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-10" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-10&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339912569675415552&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All this praise and Bellerin gets a start on Saturday <img alt="🤦‍♂️" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f926-200d-2642-fe0f.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Avin Shetty (@avinshetty94) <a href="https://twitter.com/avinshetty94/status/1339912569675415552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339908103119233024" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-11" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-11&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339908103119233024&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Start him then 🥲</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Joe (@JoeLovey_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeLovey_/status/1339908103119233024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339907878719791104" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-12" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-12&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339907878719791104&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Start him against Everton then.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Stoicism Health Wealth (@dovakiinv) <a href="https://twitter.com/dovakiinv/status/1339907878719791104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">December 18, 2020</a></span></blockquote></div></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1339908252465815554" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-13" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SamJPreston&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-13&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1339908252465815554&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefocus.news%2Ffootball%2Fsome-arsenal-fans-react-to-mikel-artetas-comments-about-ainsley-maitland-niles%2F&siteScreenName=GetTheFocus&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i1608325277689850806="true" data-width="550" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 5px solid rgb(0, 90, 140); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.875; margin: 40px auto !important; min-height: 71px; padding: 30px; quotes: "“" "”";"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Play him then</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— khatab_22 (@khatab02) <a href="https://twitter.com/khatab02/status/1339908252465815554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; 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December 18, 2020 Official Noisemakr 0

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6AjKd5GzPkqee3VZO5mb1xS5zj0gUwll_JjXXtqePIDDj4xNhiopl1oH5NPx8VX8gN8RYzOytM5J60XPkRWPct5xtu2lqxfuQZpWhNjR05IV3q9l-l0QX_IN-uslMgUn9MClvPlnCIII/s615/0_West-Bromwich-Albion-manager-Sam-Allardyce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6AjKd5GzPkqee3VZO5mb1xS5zj0gUwll_JjXXtqePIDDj4xNhiopl1oH5NPx8VX8gN8RYzOytM5J60XPkRWPct5xtu2lqxfuQZpWhNjR05IV3q9l-l0QX_IN-uslMgUn9MClvPlnCIII/s320/0_West-Bromwich-Albion-manager-Sam-Allardyce.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">West Brom have gone full circle in three years – from functional to fantasy football and back to pragmatism again.</span></h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But as Sam Allardyce takes on his latest project as a firefighter, and puts his record of never being relegated on the line, you have to wonder if, this time, he has picked out the dud bulb in the fairy lights on your Christmas tree.</span></p><div class="gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label" data-config="{"componentType":"gpt","targeting":{"index":4,"hivis":"n"},"injectionConditions":[{"condition":"stopONAffiliateContent"}],"referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(2)","sizes":[[8,8]],"hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"relativePos":"after","additionalClass":"in-article","name":"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot","type":"VIP"}" data-google-query-id="CJajr4v81-0CFcIx0wodLywHXA" data-gpt-placeholder="" data-rendered-height="1" data-rendered-width="1" data-requested="52872.75499998941" data-response-end="157135.36499999464" data-response-start="8638.865000000806" data-timer-slot-rendered="62767.42000000377" data-type="gpt" id="div-gpt-ad-vip-slot" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; color: #141414; height: 1px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/5293/mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news_2__container__" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); border: 0pt none; left: 0px; margin: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe data-google-container-id="3" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1px" id="google_ads_iframe_/5293/mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news_2" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/5293/mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news_2" sandbox="allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" style="background: transparent; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="1px"></iframe></span></div></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First of all, I have to say I feel desperately sorry for Slaven Bilic.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He won promotion at the first time of asking, and although seven points from 13 games is not a great return, the Baggies are not miles adrift of the dotted line.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When you analyse their performances this season, their defeat at Manchester United was a cruel result, they were only undone by Harry Kane at the last gasp against Tottenham and, on Tuesday night, Bilic's players fought for their lives to get a point at Manchester City.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Normally, when a tide is going out on the manager, there are tell-tale signs that the players have lost belief in what they are being asked to do.</span></p><div id="popup-parent-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wrapper-eplayer-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527 abovevideo="0" belowvideo="0" class="player-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7" data-current-script="https://player.daznservices.com/player/v4/player4.js#6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7.y34vu6acsp9x1pu8t337ybx5r$s=1" id="wrapper-eplayer-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527" style="clear: both; direction: ltr; display: block; position: relative;"><div id="adwrapper-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527" style="background: none !important; border: 0px; bottom: 0px !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; top: 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"></div><eplayer-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527 class="needsclick" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: block;"><div class="player" id="app" style="color: white; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 0px; justify-content: center; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 688px;"></div></eplayer-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527></wrapper-eplayer-6345b443e2192e5564ba30abc7-3527></div><div class="placeholder" data-config="{"name":"perform-placeholder","componentType":"placeholder","referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(6)","type":"performPlaceholder","relativePos":"after"}" data-placeholder-placeholder="" data-response-start="8640.319999991334" data-type="placeholder" id="perform-placeholder" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But after just 546 days in charge, I watched that team put their bodies on the line for Bilic at the Etihad. He has been harshly treated.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Having said that, I wish Allardyce all the best at the Hawthorns. I've never jumped on the critics' bandwagon to slate the way his teams play – because his record speaks for itself.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Down the years he has saved Bolton, West Ham, Sunderland and Palace from relegation – and you could argue he did the same for Everton, who were struggling when he arrived in 2017.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In his 512 matches as a Premier League manager, Allardyce has won 174 and lost 200 with a 34 per win ratio.</span></p><figure class="in-article-image" data-init="true" data-mod="image" data-observed="false" itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 18px 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 688px;"><div class="outer" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="spacer" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; content: ""; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 457.516px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 0px;"></div><div class="mod-image" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" content="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article23174852.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Manchester-City-v-West-Bromwich-Albion-Premier-League.jpg" height="419" src="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article23174852.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Manchester-City-v-West-Bromwich-Albion-Premier-League.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 688px;" width="513" /></span></div></div><figcaption class="publication-theme-indicator" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.07px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="caption" itemprop="description" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It comes after the Baggies brutally dismissed Slaven Bilic</span> <span class="credit" itemprop="author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Image: Getty Images)</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If he applies the same ratios to West Brom's remaining 25 games, they will finish on around 37 points – which would probably be enough to keep them up.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And while managerial change can be unsettling, if the players buy into Big Sam's methods from the word go, Bilic will be forgotten after one game: That's the cruel nature of football.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The king is dead, long live the king.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some of them will probably have relegation clauses in their contracts – and nothing exercises the minds of footballers more than the prospect of a possible 50 per cent pay cut, or whatever the wage decrease may be.</span></p><div class="converse-re-wrapper" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe class="converse-re cre-bottom" frameborder="0" height="0" scrolling="no" src="https://get-latest.convrse.media/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2Fhiring-big-sam-no-guarantee-23189731&cre=bottom&cip=21&view=web" style="background: transparent; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;" width="100%"></iframe></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But it is strange that, as recently as November 2017, West Brom sacked Tony Pulis – another man unfairly derided for his methods, even though he has never been relegated in 28 years as a manager – and turned to Alan Pardew, Darren Moore and Bilic for a more expansive approach.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Three years later, the owners have squared the circle and gone back to pragmatism as their preferred option.</span></p><div class="article-body" itemprop="articleBody" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #141414; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Premier League survival is now worth at least £100 million a year to clubs, so you can understand the business acumen behind their thinking.</span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But the fans are not happy at the way Bilic was given only 13 games – after a modest sum to spend last summer – to establish a bridgehead between the Championship and top flight.</span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And although Allardyce is taking charge of a record eighth Premier League club, there is absolutely no guarantee of a happy ending to this changing of the guard at the Hawthorns.</span></p></div>

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December 13, 2020 Official Noisemakr 0

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBsPGmEEZl4DTerHlCNggyVE9vy_GkSK9cMAbmVSlkWk9s-0IfaO-Xtol817aq68sbD9WEQvcrMU0g4rIOvSMS2O_LGlkgd_QxgU1_wVuqSqC0YFehOI_qZN3n38cfSP7ovQPsM7Qyaic/s600/kadewere-toko-ekambi-of-lyon_hwucjkcs9soh1nwuwjdmb0rm0-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBsPGmEEZl4DTerHlCNggyVE9vy_GkSK9cMAbmVSlkWk9s-0IfaO-Xtol817aq68sbD9WEQvcrMU0g4rIOvSMS2O_LGlkgd_QxgU1_wVuqSqC0YFehOI_qZN3n38cfSP7ovQPsM7Qyaic/s320/kadewere-toko-ekambi-of-lyon_hwucjkcs9soh1nwuwjdmb0rm0-1.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span color="var(--font-color-black)" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Both forwards are looking to oust the dominant Parisians and could record a statement result at Parc des Princes on Sunday</span></h2><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There’s always that unconscious tendency to root for the underdog; the pony in a contest, due to the subtle joy derived from seeing the little guy get one over the favourite.</span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While many will scoff at the idea of Olympique Lyon being the competitor with little chance of success — particularly because they’ve won the sixth-highest number of Ligue 1 titles — when you’re without a top flight victory since 2008 and a trophy of any kind in almost a decade, the ‘little horse’ tag is probably suitable.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Les Gones</em> may have owned the noughties when they won seven league titles on the trot from 2002 to 2008, but Paris Saint-Germain are clearly the dominant team in France right now, having claimed seven of the last eight Ligue 1 crowns since 2012/13.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AS Monaco were the last side to stop the relentless Parisians when Kylian Mbappe played a central role in supplanting Unai Emery’s team in 16/17.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-660003" height="338" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/moise-kean-kylian-mbappe-basaksehir-vs-psg-champions-league-2020-21_1c2aglhq9bdoi1ua8po7hmrbc8.jpg" srcset="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/moise-kean-kylian-mbappe-basaksehir-vs-psg-champions-league-2020-21_1c2aglhq9bdoi1ua8po7hmrbc8.jpg 600w, https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/moise-kean-kylian-mbappe-basaksehir-vs-psg-champions-league-2020-21_1c2aglhq9bdoi1ua8po7hmrbc8-300x169.jpg 300w" style="height: auto; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since then, however, no side in the division has challenged the super-rich club in three campaigns on the trot.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">PSG had a 13-point lead in at the end of 17/18, and it was a 16-point chasm the following year. While last season was curtailed early due to the pandemic, Thomas Tuchel’s team held a 12-point advantage over Olympique Marseille having played a game fewer and were awarded their ninth crown.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This year, though, has a different feel to it.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With the Paris outfit inundated with a range of issues from injuries to key players, coronavirus-enforced absences and an unsettled head coach at the helm, others have sensed their opportunity.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">13 games have been played in the league so far but Tuchel’s men are two ahead of Lille and Lyon, who visit Parc des Princes on Sunday night, and one in front of Marseille who have played a game fewer.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Central to Rudi Garcia’s team are Karl Toko Ekambi and Tino Kadewere, who have netted 11 goals combined so far. The pair’s joint-total goal contributions stand at 15, which constitutes 62.5 percent of the team’s entire return of 24.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-660004" height="338" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-alphonso-davies-lyon-bayern-munich_5enue9ws4e6x18rqglup484r0.jpg" srcset="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-alphonso-davies-lyon-bayern-munich_5enue9ws4e6x18rqglup484r0.jpg 600w, https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-alphonso-davies-lyon-bayern-munich_5enue9ws4e6x18rqglup484r0-300x169.jpg 300w" style="height: auto; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the Cameroon star, the integral part he’s played in this year’s seeming title challenge hasn’t only reflected in the raw numbers but the sheer importance of his goal and assists. He’s overcome a slow start in which he fired blanks in the opening four league games of the season, failing to score or set up any in almost two months of top flight action.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The turnaround since October has, in some way, coincided with Garcia’s switch to a 4-3-3, abandoning the usage of three at the back to stunning effect. Having won just one in their opening six games, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Les Dogues</em> have accrued 19 from the last available 21 points, largely down to their Central African forward.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ekambi netted a brace in the 3-2 win over Strasbourg which began the team’s impressive run of results, before netting another pair the following week as Garcia’s men thrashed Monaco 4-1. The former Villarreal man then went two games without scoring and missed one match at Angers through suspension; but Kadewere made sure to take up the mantle, netting three times in as many games.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All three strikes were hugely important, too: the Zimbabwe international netted a brace in Lyon’s second-half turnaround vs Saint Etienne, having come on as a substitute with about 30 minutes to play, while he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Angers the following week.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since returning from suspension, Toko Ekambi has been extraordinarily talismanic for the Kids, having a hand in all six goals vs Reims and Metz last time out. It led to the Lyon website using superlatives like ‘formidable’ and ‘unstoppable’ to qualify the growing influence of the Indomitable Lion.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He’s only behind Mbappe for Expected Goals this season and tops the non-penalty xG table in Ligue 1 so far, while he sits fifth for Goal-Creating Actions per 90 in the league after the last round of games. Only Memphis Depay (nine) has fashioned out a higher volume of big chances than the Cameroon forward (six) which ranks the attacker joint-sixth in the whole division.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-660005" height="338" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-lyon-2019-20_cidapzn237hg1m915m1dkslso.jpg" srcset="https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-lyon-2019-20_cidapzn237hg1m915m1dkslso.jpg 600w, https://9jaflaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/karl-toko-ekambi-lyon-2019-20_cidapzn237hg1m915m1dkslso-300x169.jpg 300w" style="height: auto; margin: 2px 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 320px; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite already hitting seven goals this season, only Mbappe (10) and Reims’ Boulaye Dia (eight) have more this term, Ekambi could and should have netted more, but for a combination of poor finishing — he’s missed the most clear-cut chances this season (seven) — and bad luck — having hit the woodwork on four occasions already.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However, there’s also been an element of fortune in Lyon’s run, especially in games vs Saint Etienne and last week vs Metz. The former missed an 88th-minute penalty to equalize while the Kids had an early Anthony Lopes save from the spot to thank before running riot at Stade Saint Symphorien.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Furthermore, a major determining factor in this year’s title race may be continental participation or otherwise and Lyon have seemed to benefit from their non-involvement in Europe. PSG on the other hand have had their squad stretched with the series of games amid injury problems and players contracting coronavirus.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It doesn’t look like Tuchel’s team will run away with Ligue 1 this year as they search for a record-equalling 10th top flight crown, but teams hoping to unseat them will have to prevent the favourites from gaining an advantage from now till mid-February, as they are without European distraction for the next couple of months.Lyon’s four-game winning run and supposed growth will face its litmus test in Paris on Sunday, and Garcia will look to the talismanic Toko Ekambi to cement their reputation as Ligue 1 contenders with a statement performance and, hopefully, a result to match.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">source:- goal</span></p>

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<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe64P23GHdsbUPFTarVp86XIbmfdVA_imnzJ0wXvpEKUKIeAMA3ap3FTBp2TgLoYtueZar5eVglp1iRt_zWZY0KXdgcDDOWdU6QNRwibQGWPLtRw1ApeyfmWN6hz_OqDKQhIwSGxDwhyphenhyphen1t/s620/1263007436.0.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe64P23GHdsbUPFTarVp86XIbmfdVA_imnzJ0wXvpEKUKIeAMA3ap3FTBp2TgLoYtueZar5eVglp1iRt_zWZY0KXdgcDDOWdU6QNRwibQGWPLtRw1ApeyfmWN6hz_OqDKQhIwSGxDwhyphenhyphen1t/s320/1263007436.0.webp" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><div class="c-entry-content " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There were days during the summer transfer window when it legitimately looked like Luis Suarez was going to be the answer to Juventus’ search for a new No. 9. It was something that essentially became a three-man race between Suarez, Edin Dzeko and, in a late-summer entry, Alvaro Morata.</span></h2><p id="0Fp7SL" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> The first two names in the previous sentence had their logistical challenges — especially Suarez since he was a non-EU signing where Juve had already maxed out on their two non-EU spots in the transfer window.</span></p><p id="0Fp7SL" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And now, the lingering effects of the Suarez pursuit — one that ended with the Uruguayan striker going to Atletico Madrid after Morata signed with Juventus — are coming out as part of an investigation involving the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Perugia.</span></span></p><p id="zm64AP" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Juventus Chief Football Officer Fabio Paratici, namely, has been informed that he and the club are being investigated for their role in trying to rush the Suarez transfer through since the former Barcelona striker needed to pass an Italian passport exam to gain citizenship and be considered an EU player. The Prosecutor’s Office cites “irregularities” in the process, with “more investigations ongoing” regarding the effort “to accelerate the recognition of Luis Suarez’s Italian citizenship,” according to a statement released Friday. Juventus lawyers Luigi Chiappero and Maria Turco are also reportedly being investigated, <a href="https://www.corriere.it/sport/20_dicembre_04/caso-suarez-l-esame-fu-farsa-sospesa-rettrice-dell-universita-stranieri-perugia-3684361a-3618-11eb-ab19-bbfa6037f17b.shtml" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010102; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;">according to the Corriere della Sera</a>.</span></p><p id="kdACvl" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The statement by the Prosecutors Office is as follows:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-left: 3px solid rgb(1, 1, 2); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.2rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><p id="LL3CAW" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“It emerged that the contents of the test had been communicated in advance to the player, in order to arrive at a predetermined outcome and examination score to meet the requests that had been made by Juventus, with the aim of achieving a positive image return, both personal and for the University.</span></p><p id="43YgGg" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Investigations have also allowed us to understand how, in the first days of September 2020, the management of the Turin club was activated, even at the highest institutional levels, to accelerate recognition of Italian citizenship of Suarez. This suggests new hypotheses of crime against persons other than those belonging to the university, still in the process of study.”</span></p><p id="Ahi8p3" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Via <a href="https://www.football-italia.net/162992/juventus-management-under-investigation-over-suarez%E2%80%99s-citizenship" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010102; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;">Football Italia</a>)</span></p></blockquote><p id="2RklG9" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Juventus issued a statement late in the day Friday regarding Paratici’s involvement:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-left: 3px solid rgb(1, 1, 2); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.2rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><p id="PjZXqI" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Juventus Football Club confirms that today Fabio Paratici has been notified of information regarding the guarantee and the right of defense. The crime alleged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Perugia is exclusively Article 371 bis of the Criminal Code.</span></p><p id="vXv1E9" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Club strongly reiterates the correctness of Paratici’s work and is confident that the ongoing investigations will help clarify his position within a reasonable time.</span></p></blockquote><p id="b6IRWu" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Suarez was the third non-EU player Juventus tried to sign over the summer after acquiring midfielders Arthur and Weston McKennie. Because of that, Suarez — <a href="https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2020/9/6/21423950/luis-suarez-bareclona-juventus-2020-la-liga-serie-a-summer-transfer-rumors" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010102; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;">who had reportedly agreed to join Juventus</a> — was forced to attempt to get an Italian passport in quick fashion since he was eligible as a result of his wife’s ancestry and it was his only shot of moving to Turin in the summer after he was deemed surplus requirements at Barcelona. However, after it was reportedly discovered that Suarez was tipped off to answers on said September test, the Perugia Prosecutor’s Office decided to open up an initial investigation into the matter.</span></p><p id="27WfT1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Early stages of the investigation did not involve Juventus, with the early stages of the investigation centering around the University of Perugia’s role in the controversy. That, as you can clearly see, has changed.</span></p><p id="SaNqBC" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paratici, according to the Corriere della Sera, has provided inaccurate information to the Prosecutors Office. Chiappero and Turco could also end up being officially involved with Paratici in the investigation, the newspaper reported Friday.</span></p><p id="1YRnS1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What’s a risk with all of this?</span></p><p id="efb4d3" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It ranges anywhere from fines to possible relegation from Serie A — the latter, obviously, would be the absolute hammer coming down on Juventus if the FIGC investigation’s determines that the club’s role in this was about as guilty as it could get.</span></p></div>

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