The Club World Cup

A belated congrats to Chelsea on winning the Club World Cup, 80 million pounds banked, that’s the real cookie surely. The derided cup arrowed straight ahead to impact on players health and umbrellaed into welfare rights of which there are none. Ambushed by the FIFA president, Giovanni Infantino, staging the next FIFA money creation without sensitivity and respect, FIFPRO, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, representing 65,000 footballers, the voice for the players, but Infantino shuts them down, one man ruling football with freedom, unchallenged, surfing on corruption, where’s the FBI? Manero has called out this man’s danger to football and will continue to do so, too many media outlets stay quiet, stay cufflinked, too many in attendance at these events, two headed chickens, fit for purpose, many are not.

It has to be the case that clubs’ first priority is money not players’ welfare, so in part they are culpable. Matches played in extreme heat, a tournament of fiction in part, the trumpeted one Donald Trump and Infantino’s presentation of the trophy added more bile, the catch of the day was Melanie Trump’s huge white rimmed sunglasses all in 3D perhaps, cinematic, why not indeed, it’s all part of the fair. Chelsea’s plundering of PSG 3 to nil to make them a happy bunch for their month’s work, but that’s not the real story here.

Arsene Wenger

The titled chief of global football development, FIFA’s Arsene Wenger to be FIFA’s muzzler on players welfare, to suppress to a degree. The club World Cup where players welfare was hung out to dry in the midday sun. Wenger stated that clubs would want to be involved in the Club World Cup again, Chelsea’s reported take from the tournament was 80 million pounds, but to the players they would want to dodge the tournament, but contracted they are, and silence is bestowed, to speak highly of the tournament would be their brief. Wenger’s gone rogue, that’s what corruption does to prevail at FIFA HQ.

Oleksandr the Great

Oleksandr Usyk reclaimed the Heavyweight belt defeating Daniel Duboi with a 5^th round stoppage. The post fight debate was where does this place Usyk in the pantheons of the sport (the heavyweight division) Muhammed Ali is revered as the greatest, but should that be the case? Akin to Ali, Usyk is a great technician, has fast feet to gauge on sublime movement to enable Usyk to work the angles within his ring craft, to impose his jab (south paw) and combination punches at lightening speed, alongside mental resilience, with enduring stamina into the jaws of the beyond.

During the Ali era, the opponents were of a higher calibre, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, George Foreman, Ernie Shavers to name a few. So how would Usyk have competed against these boxers, having all the skillsets and attributes of Ali, therein lies the answer. A case for the great Rocky Marciano to be cemented as being the only undefeated heavyweight with a record of 49 and 0 with Usyk currently sitting on a 24-0 record (active). The Manero claimer for Oleksandr the great.

The Manero Quiz 5

1. Which club was the last to claim the old First Division title in season 1991-92 before the inception of the Premiership?
2. English Champions in 1990, Blackburn Rovers strike duo were nicknamed the SAS. Can you name the two strikers?
3. Barry McGuigan’s first defence of his WBA Featherweight belt in 1986 was in the heat chamber of the Nevada Desert, the ring located on a car park. Who was McGuigan’s American opponent who ended the Irishman’s brief spell as champion?
4. The year 1999, the British Open (golf) at Carnoustie, this French player entered the 18^th hole on the final round with a three shot lead, but blew the gaff and lost the title. Who is the player with the meltdown?
5. Snooker, how many times did Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins win the World Championship in Sheffield,1, 2 or 3?

Manero on X

@chestermanero
Seems Novak has a history of tirades against his various coaching teams, no wonder Murray got his kilt in a twist and did a runner.
On Novak Djokovic

@chestermanero
He seems to have got rid of the ‘yeah’ lingo, that’s good, it proves it was fake, correctional type speak. Football needs a fresh pundit and if he wants the job, I will tick the box, impressed indeed Gareth.
On Gareth Bale’s TNT punditry role

@chestermanero
Terry could not land a manager’s job, perhaps that’s the problem, all gone sour puss. I’m sure he tunes int o Chelsea.
On John Terry’s claim that football has become boring

The Manero Parody Videos
Videos to be released on X, late July and into August, the film Seven, What’s in the Box, Spacey, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman. The film Heat clip, DeNiro, Al Pacino. Two pop entries, the Pasadenas and Kajagoogoo number 5.

Further down the pipe, Unlawful Entry, film, Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta. Training Day, Denzil Washington and the King of New York clip, What’s in the Cup, Christopher Walken, a second return is on the agenda for the Pasadenas, plus the monthly feature of the Manero blog chat, ‘Let’s go’.

To be Featured in Septembers Edition
A blast from the past, Manero revisits a boxing classic, Bugner v Bruno, October 1987, London. Wimbledon champions 2025, imposters? The Manero call outs, Jannik, sinner and Iga Swiatek and the British tennis player Tara Moore.

Manero Quiz 5 Answers to July’s Quiz

1. Renee Richards
2. Ingemar Johansson and Gerry Cooney
3. Viv Anderson
4. James Hunt
5. Eddie Charlton

Chester

The Chester Manero website was formulated on the 01.08.2018, the 7 year itch? Over 370 articles have been produced. On the 26.04.2024 the Chester Manero parody videos were added to link to the football blog + other sports. The Manero would like to thank David and Claire from Webmedia Chester for their professionalism and to the Manero followers for logging onto the web.