Football Daily | Why you would need a stone heart to begrudge Crystal Palace their cup success

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Like Selhurst Park, Football Daily’s local boozer is a fairly ramshackle, rough-and-ready establishment located in a small corner of south-west London that is an excellent place to go when the football’s on. During the FA Cup final, it was full of football fans whose allegiances lie with a wide variety of different teams across various divisions, none of whom happened to be Crystal Palace or Manchester City. You wouldn’t have thought it at the final whistle, mind, when for the first time in living memory this particular pub’s entire clientele was completely united in its celebration of the outcome of a football match shown live on the pub TV screens. With irritation or indifference conspicuous by its absence, each and every person present was genuinely thrilled that Palace had won and denied Pep Guardiola’s state-owned side the opportunity to salvage something from the wreckage of their season.The management and I have the same goals for the future of Ajax, but we have different visions and timeframes. I feel deep in my heart that this is the best moment to part ways” – Francesco Farioli flings himself through the Ajax door marked Doe Een after his side missed out on a record 37th Eredivisie because a late-season choke handed the title to PSV.I find this incredibly disappointing … it’s been an intense season filled with many memorable moments, and we achieved our goal: qualifying for next season’s [Bigger Cup]. This summer was already set to be a challenging transfer window, and it has now become even more so” – it’s fair to say Ajax technical director Alex Kroes does not sound happy with having been given even more work to fit in around his summer holiday plans. Continue reading...

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