The Football Jockey

I want to apologise to every football club. Florentino Pérez just changed the game again.

€1.2 billion. First club in the HISTORY of sport. 26 years of profit. The Bernabéu they mocked earns twice what the old one did.

No oil. No selling players. No begging anyone.

He did not win another trophy. He changed who gets to win the next twenty years. 🤍

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Imagine Tottenham teaching Real Madrid how to win the Champions League. That is how PSG’s statement about Diomande sounds.

€222M Neymar. €180M Mbappé. Messi. Ramos. Hakimi. For a decade they broke the transfer market.

Now they lecture Madrid about spending? You do not get to create inflation and complain about the price tag.
PSG talked about discipline. Madrid talked to the player. Diomande chose Madrid.

Money can buy players. Real Madrid still makes players dream. 🤍

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A 15-year-old girl told Yan Diomande he would become better than Cristiano Ronaldo. She never got to see if she was right.

Her name was Roxane. His little sister. The one who believed when Chelsea said no. When Crystal Palace said no. When his visa expired and he flew home thinking it was over.

He wrote Ronaldo 7 on a fake shirt because he could not afford a real one. Debuted at 18 against Real Madrid. Weeks later Roxane died at 15.

Every goal is for her. If he ever meets Ronaldo — he says hello for Roxane.

The world is discovering Diomande now. Roxane saw him first. 🤍

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The biggest reason Marc Cucurella joined Real Madrid had nothing to do with trophies, money or even football.

Behind the transfer was a father thinking about his son, Mateo, and trying to give his family a better future.

Because no matter how famous or successful a man becomes, some of his biggest decisions will always be about protecting the people he loves. 🤍

Did this story change how you see Cucurella?

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There is only one man qualified to judge what Argentina did on Sunday. Sergio Ramos.

He wrote the rulebook they were trying to follow. They failed at every chapter.

Argentina lost the football match first. Then tried to win the fight.

Ramos was in the stands. Lucky he had a ticket and not a jersey.

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Ronaldo and Real Madrid gave their fans everything. And somehow — that became their curse.

50 goals and we asked why not 60. A bicycle kick in Turin — moved on by next week. Three Champions Leagues in a row — treated it like routine.

Eras do not warn you before they end. And we know it may never feel that inevitable again.

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Every Real Madrid fan has one reason to support Argentina on Sunday. And it has nothing to do with Messi.

Argentina are carrying something that belongs to us. The comeback DNA of Real Madrid 2022.

Greatness recognises greatness. We have seen this movie before. We know how it ends.

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The best thing that happened to Real Madrid tonight was Mbappé losing.

Spain did not just beat France. Spain just helped Mourinho build his Real Madrid.

Half a billion euros of attacking talent. 0.26 xG. Less than Paraguay created. Stars lost. Structure won.

Mourinho did not need to say a word tonight. Spain said it for him.

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The biggest fraud in football is not a player. It is Portugal’s midfield.

Their new coach just said it. Day one. On camera.
“Best midfield in the world WHERE? Two at PSG. One at United. Where was this for Portugal?”

Then he exposed Martinez. Then he opened the door for Ronaldo.

71 years old. Has not managed one match. Already done more than Martinez did in 3 years.

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Some moments are worth losing your voice for⚽❤️

Football won. My voice didn’t survive this one,