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Agent’s column: The FA’s silence has appalled me, VAR is a necessary evil, Man United takeover will happen, I’m with Pep regarding striking players and more

In his fortnightly unique column for CaughtOffside, Jon Smith, one among soccer’s first-ever brokers and a person who was an integral determine within the forming of the Premier League, discusses his help of participant strikes, the silence of the FA over the tensions between Hamas and Israel, the long-running Man United takeover saga, golf equipment getting used as automobiles for large cash – and extra!  The FA have let themselves down with their silent remedy on Hamas bloodbath I used to be tweeting about this the opposite day. I’m appalled, completely appalled that soccer has not come out in opposition to the actions of Hamas. The clarion name, even now, at present, 48 hours earlier than the England recreation on Friday, and never a phrase from the Soccer Affiliation. There’s additionally some very siren voices that come out about plenty of social points however not a phrase on this. As my spouse has simply jogged my memory, everybody was fast to take the knee, and it’s all very nicely popping out speaking in regards to the boat individuals and the whole lot else however what occurred on the weekend was an unholy bloodbath, the phrases of…

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Jurgen Klopp’s VAR response will bring Liverpool together says Carragher

The perfect managers on the planet have at all times labored with a siege mentality, and Jurgen Klopp’s response to the unbelievable VAR error within the Tottenham v Liverpool recreation final weekend will make sure the Reds will all come collectively in the identical method in response to Jamie Carragher. Each Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho had been masters of the ‘us in opposition to the world’ kind standpoint, and had been at all times searching for methods and technique of intimidating opposition groups or officers. Klopp hasn’t been backwards in coming forwards in his condemnation of Luis Diaz’s onside purpose being chalked off due to a scarcity of communication between the VAR, Darren England, and on-field official, Simon Hooper. He has introduced the inaccuracies of the present course of to the entrance and centre of each dialogue about soccer, and it’s seen a collective ‘what about X resolution’ doing the rounds on social media accompanied by video or footage of PGMOL errors of various descriptions through the years. I assume the disallowed Liverpool purpose at weekend cancels out this one in opposition to West Ham. You win some, you lose some pic.twitter.com/CvLTgVXoEV —…

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