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2 days ago
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Who are the European transfer window winners so far?
Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros explain why Liverpool and Chelsea are the winners of the European transfer window. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript The transfer window isn't over yet, but as of right now, you have to say Liverpool is the transfer winner. They are absolutely putting in work. I have a list of their transfers right here because I didn't want to make any mistakes and let her check and let the comments go crazy. Uh, but they've absolutely put in work. Obviously, we are you know Floriverts, incredible Kirke, incredible Frimpong, incredible. They've also brought in some additional bodies like Harvey Davies, Woodman, Pepsi. I hope I pronounced that correctly. The basic point is though, when you look at it, and we talked about this last week, Liverpool said, all right, we won the league easily, right? In pretty easy fashion we won the league. Well, yeah, we didn't do that well in Champions League once we got to the knockout stages, right? They got bumped out, they were on top of the the league phase. How do you, how do you make yourself better than you were last year? And that's, you gotta make yourself better on a global stage versus just in the Premier League. In the Premier League, well, you have to do is keep pace with everyone else cause you're already better than everybody else. How do you, and they're gonna retool to try to beat you. How do you get better in Champions League? How about you go out and get pretty much the number one wonder kid in all of the sport in Florian Virts, and you pay in ungodly amount. I mean, what is it? 120, 125 million, which feels like too much. It's a lot of money for. I mean, even seeing that, like Virts is good. Am I crazy for thinking that it's a little too absolutely incredible 125 million. It seems like a lot of money. My winner is Chelsea, the best club in the world, I guess right now. For the moment, winners of the Club World Cup and watching them play in person as well, you see the, I mean, John Pedro, I think might end up being the signing of the of the season, as far as how effective he was and he came from vacation and was like, hey, I'm already in form to be playing, so I think he's gonna end up being probably the one of the better transfers of the season. Close
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2 days ago
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European transfer window winners & losers + Cavan Sullivan trains with Man City — is he Premiere League ready?
Subscribe to The Cooligans Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros break down the transfer window so far and give us their winners and losers as we pass the halfway point of the European transfer window. Have Liverpool been the clear winners or do Chelsea have a reason to be optimistic? Can Arsenal turn their window around? Christian and Alexis then recap a busy weekend in Major League Soccer. Inter Miami continue their dominance of the Red Bulls but Messi steals the headlines with his insane goal that left the Red Bulls goalkeeper embarrassed. Cavan Sullivan also heads to Manchester to train with Man City for the week. Is he progressing well enough to be ready for a move to the Premier League giant in 2027? Later, Christian and Alexis preview the Women's EURO semifinals including who their favorites are to win it all. Can England overcome their inconsistencies or will Spain continue their European dominance? (5:45) - European transfer window winners & losers (23:00) - Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi spotted at Bad Bunny concert (29:15) - Messi leads the way as Inter Miami destroy Red Bulls (35:30) - Cavan Sullivan progressing well enough for move to Man City? (38:30) - News around Major League Soccer (45:30) - Women's EUROS semi-final preview 🖥️
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5 days ago
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What is the confidence level in Mauricio Pochettino after Gold Cup final loss?
Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros discuss their confidence levels in Mauricio Pochettino after the Gold Cup Final loss. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I said at the beginning of the Gold Cup, I said, I, I, I thought the US would only reach the semi-final. I didn't think they would win it. So, for me, this is, uh, a great result. Uh, just getting to the final, I think is good for this particular group. If it was Weston McKenna, Eunice Moussa, Christian Pulisic, and losing the final, then I'm like, yo, I'm, I'm to get to a semi-final, that's successful. So you think this was a successful tournament for the US men's national team? I do, I do. But with, with, with this Rockets fitting that you're wearing a Mexico shirt when you say that because I can't, I can't find where. You picture this as a positive for the US national team because all the winning the trophy does is, uh, build the confidence of the team. It doesn't, it doesn't give us any competitive matches in these 341 days. It doesn't change what the next 12 months are going to look like. I disagree. I want to go back to a comment that was put in early, and I believe it was Ben Skolnik. So if it wasn't, I apologize, but Pochettino had one test, one test on his way to the World Cup. This was it, and he failed it. I mean, I would argue he had two with the Nation's League, but OK, one test left. Yeah, OK, maybe that's what he meant, but I, I'm trying not to paraphrase, but I completely agree with that sentiment. This was a moment to prove that what you do raises the value of the player, raises the level of the American player. That maybe it's your tactical genius that was what was missing before when we had Greg Burhalter. Maybe it's your knowledge of how to put your arm around a player and get them to play above their pay grade, get them to play at a level that we couldn't, we didn't have before. I did not see that. Granted, if you were to show me the list of these players, and say this team made it to a Gold Cup final, I'd be shocked because I don't think this list of players is on, for the most part, 90% of these players aren't on your list of players that should be in the World Cup. So I'm surprised. He's got a 106-0 record. Damn, we don't have not one draw with this guy. Jesus. Uh, so, I mean, I'm, I'm not looking at this and saying Mauricio Pochettino's doing a job so much better than what Greg Burhalter did. Uh, have you seen anything? No, no, uh, but, but again, the mismanagement of the roster, we have to at some point we have to ask those questions. What actually went down with you and Christian Pulisic? Who's to blame him? A win, a win makes us not ask those questions, right? You're not even broaching that subject. It's like, man, Pochettino, you got it right again, you know. Close
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6 days ago
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Is Liverpool gearing up to be the next European powerhouse?
Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros highlight Liverpool's recent success and discuss how they're making moves to turn themselves into a European powerhouse team. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript So as far as Liverpool and the moves that they're making, it does feel like they are planning for the future. Staying at the top is clearly what they're trying to do. These moves, can they go on a similar run to what Manchester City did in England, try to dominate England and maybe Europe as well with the signings that they have? Right, because it's an interesting point because if you look at last season, Manchester City very clearly showed a few, a few sort of dents, if you will, in the whole system, right? They took a step back; they left a bit of a gap for someone else to take that place. Arsenal, at the beginning of the season, you would have if I would have told you, hey, Manchester City is gonna have a struggle even getting back into a Champions League spot, I think we all would have said, oh, then Arsenal probably wins the league. They finished in second to a resurgence. Liverpool under Arneat, a new manager, can they repeat that? Can they not only move on from that to being in the upper echelon of the European conversation? Right, like we talked about your Real Madrids, your PSGs. They're clearly making the signings. And they're clearly moving in the direction of that being the case. So that means that everyone else has to get as strong, and that's the big problem with the Premier League. Can you get stronger than the strength that is gained by other clubs in the league? I think from looking at the signings, you're talking about a club that finished first easily, getting better. I still have to see how everyone else is handling that, and that's everyone else in Champions League. I have to see how Arsenal's handling that. I have to see how Manchester City's handling that. I have to see how some of the newcomers, you know, your new Nottingham Forests, if you will, some of those folks are handling that. To me, looking at the way Liverpool are making signings, they're clearly hoping that they become, they're making signings with the plan to be one of the biggest teams in Europe. Close
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6 days ago
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Liverpool are gearing up for European Domination + can Rodrigo De Paul fix Inter Miami?
Subscribe to The Cooligans Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros break down Liverpool's busy summer including their rumored move for either Alexander Isak or Hugo Ekitike. Can a new striker on top of the 200 million euros they've already spent put them amongst the other European giants? They also react to Steve Parrish's blunder that may have lost Europa League football for Crystal Palace. Christian and Alexis then recap a busy week in Major League Soccer. The boys break down Inter Miami's reported move for Rodrigo De Paul and whether or not this will help Inter Miami and Lionel Messi contend for an MLS Cup. The boys also take a look at Patrick Agyemang's move to Derby County and the potential risk attached to it. Later, Christian and Alexis take a look back at Lamine Yamal's birthday and all the drama that surrounded the event. They also break down Donald Trump's shenanigans at the Club World Cup Final. (4:30) - Liverpool setting themselves up for European domination? (18:00) - Crystal Palace in trouble of losing Europa League football (25:30) - Can Rodrigo De Paul fix Inter Miami's issues? (36:30) - Midweek MLS recap (45:00) - Controversy around Lamine Yamal's birthday party (51:45) - Donald Trump's CWC Final attendance spurs drama 🖥️
