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2019-2020 La Liga & Serie A Thread

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Three way race for Serie A. 1 point separates Inter, Juve, and Lazio. A three horse race that could come down to the last day.


Also, watched the Milan Derby over the weekend, what a game. Inter 4 - Milan 2.
 

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Three way race for Serie A. 1 point separates Inter, Juve, and Lazio. A three horse race that could come down to the last day.


Also, watched the Milan Derby over the weekend, what a game. Inter 4 - Milan 2.

These leagues are really good except the EPL.

Bundesliga is tight as well.

Good stufff
 

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What is this crap Barcelona gets to sign an emergency striker from Leganes now? What a rule. Leganes is fighting regulation but they are not being allowed to find a replacement. More bias to the big clubs a rule like that!
 

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What is this crap Barcelona gets to sign an emergency striker from Leganes now? What a rule. Leganes is fighting regulation but they are not being allowed to find a replacement. More bias to the big clubs a rule like that!
It's a rule in LaLiga, it's the same for all the clubs.

From an article about it:

"But how did it come to this? The Spanish champions have been bailed out by relegation-battling Leganes, a side which was forced to sell their other starting striker to Sevilla weeks ago, after the Andalusians paid Youssef En-Nesyri’s buy-out clause.

Barca were free to steal Braithwaite away from Leganes because of a La Liga rule that permits clubs to sign players on an emergency basis if one of their existing squad members is ruled out for five months or longer, so long as the transfer target is either a free agent or arriving from another team within Spain.

Ousmane Dembele’s recent hamstring tear ruled him out for six months and, after the Spanish FA ratified his injury report, Barcelona were, thus, given the green light to make a move outside of the usual transfer windows.

However, the deal has caused a great deal of controversy in Spain because Leganes will not be able to replace Braithwaite.

The Pepineros are 19th, level on 19 points with bottom-of-the-table Espanyol, and losing their first-choice forward will be a brutal blow to their survival hopes. Under new coach Javier Aguirre they had shown signs of improvement, but this may strike them down once and for all, and through no fault of their own.

Spanish sides are required to give all players a buy-out clause and some insist upon a low figure when joining a new club so that they can easily move on if an inviting opportunity comes along.

However, usually the selling club would have some chance to replace the man they lose. Leganes, though, have been left with a group of forwards without a single goal between them this season."


Leganes can't replace him as they have forwards and non that fit under the "five months or longer" rule.


Personally I think it's a shitty rule, and though it at least on paper looks to apply equally across the board, it was clearly made to benefit the big teams like Barca and Real. Not sure how it works for European play, but IMO he should be ineligible for Champions League matches.
 

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Real Madrid with 1 point out of their last 2 games allowing Barca to pass them before the huge game this coming weekend
 

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La Liga got the ok to return. Should be back 3 weeks from today
 

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In case you missed it, Naopli beat Juventus on penalties to win the Coppa Italia. The scenes in Naples were amazing.
 

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Great kid, infectious attitude, tons of potential, but is he good enough to play consistently at Juve? Just maybe US Soccer is finally on the rise :noidea: But we do need this kid to play regularly

 

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Wow - lots of competition for places at Juve. Looks like it's initially a year long loan which is weird.
 

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Wow - lots of competition for places at Juve. Looks like it's initially a year long loan which is weird.
Not as much as you'd think. They are ending Khedira's contract, and are trying to offload Ramsey. That leaves Cuadrado (32), Rabiot (25), and Bentancur (23). Rabiot and Betancur are young and the future, Cuadrado is still good but aging. Between Serie A, UCL, and Coppa Italia, he should get plenty of playing time.
 
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