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🚨🔴⚫️ BREAKING: Rúben Amorim to AC Milan as new head coach, HERE WE GO! 🇵🇹 Verbal agreement done on deal valid until June 2028 plus option until June 2029. Amorim has accepted all conditions and will sign this week as new Milan manager. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

Yes United will be saving £9m from the severance compensation owed to Amorim. This is because of the duty to mitigate in football. When United dismissed Amorim, they owed him and his staff compensation for the rest of their contracts. Most people assume that figure is fixed, that a sacked manager simply collects what he was promised in full. Well that’s true but in practice, the law does not work that way. Now, according to the FIFA RSTP, the injured party is owed compensation, broadly the residual value of the contract that was cut short. But that party must take reasonable steps to reduce his own losses. He cannot sit idle and bank the entire payout while doing nothing. He is expected to find new employment, and whatever he earns from that new role over the overlapping period is deducted from what his former club owes. So the moment Amorim agreed terms with AC Milan, the maths shifted. Every pound Milan pays him across the overlapping period is a pound United no longer has to. That is exactly why the saving lands around the £8 to £9 million mark. So in practice, if United owed Amorim 18m at the point of dismissal for example, and Amorim signed a 9m contract with Milan, the 9m Amorim is earning from Milan would be deducted from the 18m United has to pay him. Do you get it? This is why clubs quietly want their sacked managers to land somewhere new quickly. It is not goodwill. It is accounting. A dismissed coach who stays unemployed is the most expensive kind. While Article 17 sits within the RSTP and applies most directly to players, the same mitigation logic governs coaching disputes, whether through the Football Tribunal, the relevant annexe of the regulations, or ordinary employment law principles. My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

Are people still comparing Messi and Ronaldo? You can’t watch both players properly and still compare the two. Either you are doing it for fun, or you simply dislike Messi. Deep down, especially when you are alone and being honest with yourself, you know Messi is the better footballer by far.  Messi is a goal scorer, but when he is not scoring, he creates. He provides assists from difficult situations, whether from the middle, the wing, or the center. He doesn’t just pull out a simple pass or cross, he can dribble past multiple players to create an assist. He can dribble five to six players to score, and he can dribble five players to set up a teammate. He participates in the build-up, drops deep to create chances, and plays for the team. He doesn’t focus only on scoring or put pressure on his teammates to play for him. His priority is the team’s success rather than his individual statistics.  When you watch Messi, you enjoy creativity, passing, dribbling, classy goals, and teamwork. He is naturally gifted. He was born with that talent. His brilliance appears when the team needs him most. On many occasions, he has scored solo goals by taking defenders on one by one. You can clearly see Messi’s impact on a match even if he doesn’t score.  Ronaldo, on the other hand, is a goal scorer, a very good one. He relies more on service and supply. Without goals, it is harder to see his overall impact on a game. If he is not scoring, he often becomes frustrated because he doesn’t influence matches creatively the way Messi does. Most of Ronaldo’s assists came from crosses or pull-backs rather than the type of creative assists Messi produces. Think of the kind of assist Messi gave against the Netherlands at the World Cup. Messi has produced many moments like that.  Ronaldo cannot dribble like Messi, create like Messi, pass like Messi, or beat multiple players the way Messi can. He doesn’t participate in the build-up play to the same extent. Ronaldo delivers when he is being supplied. We have all watched matches where he was largely a passenger because the midfield was not providing him with enough service.  I respect Ronaldo because he has put in an incredible amount of hard work. Without that work ethic, we would probably be discussing Ronaldo alongside players like Suarez, Aguero and Lewandowski. His dedication separates him from that group and elevated him into a different conversation.  If we are talking about impact on a team, Messi had the greater influence. Before Ronaldo arrived, Madrid won the UCL in 1998, 2000 and 2002, three titles in five years. After Ronaldo left in 2018, Madrid won the UCL again just three years later, and again in 2023. It’s almost as if Ronaldo needed Madrid more than Madrid needed Ronaldo. They have proven more than once that they can win the UCL without him.  Barcelona, meanwhile, has not reached another UCL final since Messi left. They even found themselves playing in the Europa League. Before Messi, Barcelona’s only European Cup title which is now the UCL came in 1992. Their second was in 2006, and then 2009, 2011, and 2011, all during Messi’s era.  Even if you remove trophies from the discussion and give the World Cup to Ronaldo, Messi would still outshine him when it comes to actually playing football. They are not on the same level as footballers. Ronaldo is more similar to a Van Basten-type player. Through hard work, he earned his place in discussions involving Messi. Messi’s discussions were always with Pele and Maradona.  If we are talking purely about football, not pace, not jumping ability, not penalties, then the comparison is not close. Ronaldo likes the ball being played into space for him to run into. He scores headers, tap-ins, and shots. You rarely see him creating or dribbling through players to create space. He often performs stepovers in one spot without progressing. Messi’s dribbling is purposeful, it creates space, chances, assists, and goals.  Ronaldo was…next page…

Do you know there are so many offices in this Abuja where nothing happens? These offices are properly registered,you go into them and you see one or two staff doing nothing. They come to work everyday just to sit down and gist. The owner of these places never comes to work,sometimes they come like twice a year. Yet oga is very very rich,but nobody knows what gives oga the kind of wealth he has. Most of these our big plazas in Abuja have offices like this. Their rent is not cheap at all,very expensive. Nigeria is really an interesting country.

🚨NIGERIAN POLICE: Just imagine being threatened by police officers simply because you're a young woman driving a car and running a successful business. In a country where young people are constantly encouraged to work hard and become self-reliant, it's troubling when success is met with suspicion instead of support. Owning a car at a young age should not be treated as a crime, nor should entrepreneurship become a reason for intimidation. No citizen should face harassment for achieving success through legitimate means. 🇳🇬💔🚔

This same Morocco team could not beat the Super Eagles in 120 minutes on home soil, yet they went toe to toe with Brazil and even deserve to win.. The Super Eagles under Éric Chelle would have been a serious force at this World Cup if they had qualified. Better days ahead 😩

I can't say don't take your loved ones to UBTH, but if you don't have a very, very close senior medical or administrative officer there as a family member, PLEASE don't go there. Two years ago, it was my friend's mom a student doctor gave the wrong drip that took her life, the hospital didn't know he was a lawyer, then after they got a legal notice, they invited him for a marathon of begging, garnished in crocodile tears.

My wife’s convocation is today, and I also have a ticket to the Mexico vs South Africa World Cup opening game. I have to miss one so if you need a ticket, the convocation is happening at Downtown Toronto 😮‍💨

If you are in Abia, Please Join Abia the AAC Governorship Candidate, Doris Ogala to the Protest Against Insecurity in Nigeria. My Incoming! 🙌🏼 Ya Kpotuba!

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In life, there are incredible moments and experiences that words alone cannot perfectly describe. At the opening of the new head office of Inibehe Effiong Chambers yesterday in Lagos, we had the pleasure of hosting Hon. Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie (Rtd), a reputable and foremost jurist who retired from the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, as our Special Guest of Honour. We were equally delighted to host my mentor, respected human rights lawyer and former President of the West African Bar Association, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, as the Chairman of the occasion. Mr. Olumide-Fusika, SAN also registered his presence. The Chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Quadri Adeniyi, was in attendance. The Head Steward of the Layers of Truth Church International, Pastor Adedoyin Akerele came all the way from Kaduna and prayed for the firm. Mr. Geoffrey Uzono of Channels Television was also with us. Popular political cartoonist, Mike Asukwo also graced the occasion. Our courageous Precious Oruche, popularly known as MamaPee, came from Abuja to celebrate with us, amongst other respected and prominent friends of our firm. We were only able to invite a handful of people due to time constraint. Oga Yenne is the brain behind this video. Contact him if you need a reliable videographer in Lagos. He’s available to travel to other places. We are eternally grateful to all our esteemed guests for making the event memorable. History will vindicate the just.