despite being owned by a state with which the UK has many interests economically will it be one of the cases that might go unpunished?

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    Some people have principles. I wouldn’t support Liverpool if they were bought out. I’d probably go non league like my Dad (who went non league after the owners tried to trademark the word “Liverpool” and put prices up). Got a lot of respect for my Dad for that.

    But yeah, being a sportswashing project would be the very last straw. Football is already a soulless entity as it is.

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      Big oily nation’s circling Spurs now. I’d be out and I fucking hate that they can do that.

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      But that’s my point. Why are we expecting the supporters to take the high moral ground here? Why aren’t football authorities held to the same standard?

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      lmao as if you would, mate.

      You don’t just stop supporting a club, if you think that then you never truly supported it in the first place.

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      I wouldn’t support my club if they caused the entire league to be banned from European football due to the disgusting behaviour of their own supporters which resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent people. The fans are the heart and soul of a club and that kind of stain is very difficult to wash away, can’t imagine myself carrying on supporting after that.

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        This justification for your success being due to modern slavery, brutality and authoritarianism is incredible.

        Forgetting that your fans and players sing a song about a man brutally attacked by Roma ultras resulting in brain damage of course. Heart and soul of the club indeed.

        So according to your own logic, you’re well chuffed about all of this.

        chef’s kiss

        It’s good to see you’re such a bunch of scumbags, you’re willing to use a horrific tragedy to justify taking blood money while taking the moral high ground. Impressive.

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          you’re willing to use a horrific tragedy to justify taking blood money while taking the moral high ground

          lol wtf does that even mean.
          Your club sings about the Munich disaster, takes sponsorship money from a terrorism supporting bank, hacks other clubs to steal scouting data, has feral fans who attack opposition team coaches or throw pint pots full of coins in the stadium etc. The list goes on. I’m very happy to not be associated with scumbaggery like that.

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            You seem to carry a lot of hatred inside. I would seek help if I were in your shoes. It’s football and you’re spewing hatred and holds grudges.

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          He is trying to use whataboutism. Whataboutism is often used by people who are mentally set back and lacks empathy. To those people the world basically revolves around them and their choisen. They will do anything to justify their choises even stoop to such lows as snowiestflakes chose to. It says a lot about him, but he is best left alone.

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        Do you feel better about yourself now? You’re the type of person that smell your own farts.