Fulham taunted Joao Felix after his red card in the derby – meaning Chelsea are throwing millions down the drain. At the same time, successful Shakhtar Donetsk players continue to court Arsenal uncontrollably.
Here are the headlines for today’s English football news.
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Fulham’s official Twitter account couldn’t help but poke fun at new Chelsea signing Joao Felix last night. a mockery that was later deleted.
Making his debut for the London club at Craven Cottage, the Portuguese was shown a straight red card after tackling home team player Kenny Tete.
Fulham quickly tweeted “#AdiosJoao”, which alluded to one of Chelsea’s welcome posts saying “#HolaJoao”. Then some proponents pointed out that the Portuguese “olá” would be more appropriate.
With Félix now suspended for three matches, The Sun of course calculated exactly how much this would cost Chelsea. In addition to Atletico Madrid’s direct loan fee of nine million pounds (around SEK 115 million), the Premier League team also pays the player a salary of £250,000 per week (around three million SEK).
Altogether, the bill came to £1.8 million (about SEK 23 million) for a month’s play.
– I didn’t think there was so much malice in the intervention. BT coach Graham Potter said it was an unfortunate situation and that we had now lost it in three games.
– He was very good and you could see his qualities in the match, so without a doubt it’s a big disappointment.
As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Chelsea have won just once in their last ten league matches.
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Yesterday’s victory for Fulham was Fulham’s first victory over Chelsea since 2006. The smaller west London side won four consecutive top-flight matches for the first time since April 1966…when they finished 20th.
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They feel that (the referees) don’t want us to win. Should we start breaking bones to get penalties? Midfielder Ruben Neves wonders after Wolves were unlucky with results in cup matches against Liverpool (2-2) and Nottingham Forest (knockout on penalties).
Silly Day: Mydryk’s flirtation with Arsenal
No one can miss that Mykhailo Medric desperately wants to join Arsenal. The Shakhtar Donetsk player had been keeping a low profile on social media for a few days when he re-posted a mysterious message after reports claimed the London club had made a third bid.
Earlier on Thursday, Mydryk also uploaded a photo of a video of himself wearing the Arsenal kit, Metro wrote. Just over SEK 790 million, plus bonuses, the Premier League side is said to be willing to pay.
Silly Swedish day: Everton improve their offer to Elanga
Daily Mail says Everton really want Anthony Elanga. According to the newspaper, coach Erik ten Hag is still trying to decide whether to allow Sweden to leave Manchester United this month. Everton want to take the winger on loan but may have to cut players like Abdoulaye Doucoure and Michael Keane out of the squad first.