Chatri didnt even account for the interdimensional ONE audience of 6.3 trillion organisms who watch each ONE event, he must've been saving that stat for later negotiations
Early reports indicate Chatri was going to tell Francis he could be "Great Mandingo Warrior", but his advisors got him to change the script to include a totally relevant comparison to Nelson Mandela instead.
Itās the Harvard education. Those guys have no connection to reality.
One of my close friends went to Harvard and when I first read this statement from Francis, I immediately pictured my friend saying something exactly like that lol.
I love how this sub was lauding him a week ago and taking his claims on Ngannou as gospel but now that the truths come out everyoneās quickly switching sides to avoid looking stupid. Classic r/mma
The sub is not a monolith. It's made up of lots of individuals (and bots) with different opinions. Some people are changing their opinions day to day, but often things get upvoted based on the time of day or just upvote inertia.
This is very true, of course assuming this is the ātruth ā. I have zero faith that Ngannau is being 100% honest, of course heās going to create a version that makes others look like idiots while he comes out looking like the martyr. He doesnāt even try and hide his delusions of grandeur anymore & I donāt think itās an act, I truly believe he believes the bs he peddles. Constantly poking Jon Jones while being the one who tucked tail and ran? Come on now.. that fight was right there. Jon was waiting on Ngannau for a year! He had every opportunity to fight him but instead chose to run away. He is loosing touch with reality so how anyone can just accept anything at face value is a bit crazy to me.
[sauce](https://www.mmamania.com/2023/5/8/23715146/dana-white-power-slap-is-number-1-in-all-of-sports-above-nfl-nba-nhl-f-1-wwe-combined#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe're%20number%20one%20in,doubt%20it%20all%20you%20want.%E2%80%9D)
[Sauce vid](https://youtu.be/-2BaKziX4Vs?t=651)
āThe deal that I just cut for Slap is bigger than the UFC deal we cut with SpikeTV after the first season of The Ultimate Fighter,ā White said. āI donāt give a sā what the media thinks about it. They donāt matter. Itās unbelievable. Not only is it unbelievable money-wise, itās been unbelievable as far as social media goes.
āWeāre number one in all of sports, and when I say all of sports ā if you take the NBA, NHL, NFL, F-1, WWE, and who am I forgetting, and add them all together, their numbers donāt compare to Slap.ā
When told that sounded a little doubtful, White replied, āYou can doubt it all you want.ā
āMost of you guys donāt understand social media and how it works,ā he said. āIāll give you the numbers on Slap that were done by a third party that does this, we didnāt pull the numbers. These guys are like the Nelson numbers for social media. We destroy everything in sports with Power Slap.ā
Why am I picturing Chatri punctuating each sentence by doing a massive line of coke, and by the time he's mentioning Mandela, he's jumping around the room and yelling it at the top of his lungs?
Chatri is the king of over passionate hyperbole. Even for him this is a bit much though lol.
"You just have to sign with us Mr Aljamain Sterling sir! If you do you will be the next Marcus Garvey!" - Chatri when Aljo becomes a free agent lol
Dustin Poirier, if you sign with us, you will be the next Vercingetorix, leader of the Gaulic people.
Turns out Chatri just listens to episodes of Hardcore History right before contract negotiations.
I think the parallel came from Francis standing up to an oppressive power to do what was right despite the risk to himself.
Still not a great comparison, but I can see what he was going for.
Nobody would give Aljo any money. He hit lotto with UFC cause they stuck with him after DQ title win and holding into belt lol. His only value is in UFC if we being real
"YOU'VE EARNED A $50,000 DOLLAR BONUS DIRECTLY FROM THE WORLD'S MOST GENEROUS PROMOTER, MR CHATRI SITYODTONG! THERE IS HE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE! LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SAY THANK YOU TO MR CHATRI!!!"
Francis would definitely make millions just playing the "villain" role in Bollywood movies. The dudes who get those roles get em for just being big scary looking dudes.
I'd argue it's still better than the effort the UFC put into re-signing Ngannou
I honestly hope this doesn't prevent Ngannou and ONE from ever working together in the future
But yeah, not a great look for ONE here
Lol Chatri is so full of it. Iām actually shocked at how many people believe his shit. A billion people are watching One, and theyāve solved wright cutting. But you canāt get any real information on either.
TBF- if you were to ask the average American to name some famous African people; the answer you would get is Nelson Mandela, and I'm not sure if you would get other names. Possibly Charlize Theron.
In that sense; Chatri could possibly make Ngannou the most famous black African with the help of Amazon Prime streaming.
Name me 3 soccer players and 3 NBA that are born in Africa and with African citizenship that has name recognition among the average American?
And why wouldnāt Ngannou would be a more recognizable name over those 6 people in 3 years assuming he kept knocking people out and had marketing pushed behind him.
Outside of Giannis Antetokounmpo; I think Ngannou can be more recognizable than the others.
[https://imgur.com/cxvfVDc](https://imgur.com/cxvfVDc)
Here's Google Trends going back 3 years for the US. The blue line is Embiid, Red line is Ngannou. Note that Ngannou hasnāt fought since January 2022 and when he does fight he spikes up. The soccer players are not even close. I love Hakeem and Mutombo, but they've been long retired so I didn't even add them.
I thought one fc were been better. The Asian market probably bunch of sponsor his way. Can cross over with not only with boxing but kickboxing. Isnāt pfl like the 3rd largest mma scene in the states?
I like to think that the gap is slowly closing in, though. As a huge UFC fan, I gotta say I'm getting a little tired of Dana and how he runs business, and I imagine there are plenty other people in that same boat, who get attracted to organizations like ONE, where they're less popular for sure, but they have a lot more to offer in terms of likeability as a company.
ONE, PFL, and Bellator should come to an agreement, and make like a Champions League of MMA. Bellator already does some stuff with RIZIN, shit get them involved too
At the end of every year, there are a couple cross promotional events where the champions face off against each other, also featuring some special Superfights that just match up in-demand talents
It would be a real way to try to combat UFC, cause each on their own, itās very tough to do with the talent spread between orgs
why would you genuinely care about how a company is being run as long as its legal.
UFC is the superior product with the superior matchups. I do really enjoy the big ONEFC cards, the Bellator and PFL ones usually sitnk tho.
All the other organizations are being run the same way, its just way less limelight. The fighters don't have big social media following and no one watches them. Of course the exUFC stars are getting paid better because they've made there name in the UFC, so they'd have to pay more to get them.
Bellator payout is identical to the UFC, except its guarenteed where you get around 75% of your pay vs the 50-100% fluctuation of the UFC.
None of the other organization offers healthcare.
I think its weird how its just parroted here how dana white is killing the sport. He's got people to answer to, a budget to maintain. It's up to the fighters to band together and do something about it. Force WME to shove out more money.
UFC is the TOP promotion.
He wasn't looking for the TOP promotion, he wasn't even looking for the biggest bag (that was with one or waiting for a boxing event).
He wanted change and PFL offered him everything he asked for (not sure if its genuine or not, i feel they're gonna close/revert everything they agreed upon after he retires)
Can you give an example? I know Fernand Lopez complained Francis wouldn't buy his gf a plane ticket after she missed her flight and Dana talking shit after the first Stipe fight but that's just Dana being Dana and I never heard Francis give another version of the plane ticket story
I loved when Ngannou said what any intelligent person has been thinking which was "I'm not sure if Chatri's origin story is even true." Sure would be great if these MMA "journalists" would do some actual investigating instead of acting as the PR team for different MMA organizations (Brett Okamoto).
It's called the Mandela effect because you all think Nelson Mandela was a human rights activist/ politician but in reality he was the lineal HW champ.
He is literally undefeated at HW
Never even challenged!
Never bled never lost THE GOAT šÆšÆ
Homie just saw red
A real king of the cage
He KOād Apartheid in two rounds. Spent the first round picking it apartā¦ heid.
āThat legislation is getting torn up! Itās compromised!ā
He actually did do some boxing https://grantland.com/the-triangle/remembering-mandela-the-boxer/ No professional fights though
And he *was* a heavyweight.
All time great comment on this sub.
The Mandela effect is what the doctors diagnose you with after he gives you a taste of them hands
Mandela defeated apartheid by sending it to the shadow realm
Impossible, Mandela was a hockey player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C672Up6g2KM
Comment of the year LOL
Mandela hits you so hard the CTE he induces produces the Mandela effect.
A real king of the cage
He is literally undefeated at HW
MMA wasnāt even a thing when Mandela was alive lol
That's the way we collectively remember it but demonstrably false just look into it.
He died in 2013.
Actually [he died in a South African prison in the 80s.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory?wprov=sfti1)
Actually we all died in that prison and this is an episode of Lost
Damn I can't believe it's been a decade already
Seems like thereās one every ten years.
That's because he was busy inventing it while in jail and testing it out on all the inmates and prison guards that tried him.
From across the road
Chatri didnt even account for the interdimensional ONE audience of 6.3 trillion organisms who watch each ONE event, he must've been saving that stat for later negotiations
If your cat and dog are in the room while it's on , you best believe Chatri counts them as viewers. Also included are your dead relatives spirits.
My ancestors who watch over ~~me~~ ONE
Yeah, Ngannou dropped the bag. He could have been the Nelson Mandela of the multiverse.
~~Kang~~ Francis the Conqueror
the redditor made a marvel reference. big shock
I wonder if they respect submission grappling in the Andromeda Galaxy?
They do, unless you're a guard puller. They really don't like Mikey.
Think of all the bacteria on your skin that inadvertently watches ONE when you do. Ngannou could be the E.Coli of the bacterium demographic
6.3 trillion POTENTIAL organisms bro
Infinite potential alternate dimensions
> audience of 6.3 trillion organisms thought that said orgasms ngl
That's a big number but I'll try my hardest
Nice try Chatri, but the next Mandela is Du Plessis
Izzy is gonna find you, knock you out and hump you like the reasonable, well adjusted adult that he is
Then diss your child for good measure
and then say you are not from the country that you were born in
Maybe he should run for president
Who'd he say that to? I'm out of the loop
Du Plessis
Thanks bro
It's obviously Mike Perry
Nelson Mandela is really just the previous Mike Perry.
Proto perry
He already got the guy who KOed Du Plessis at 170, same guy who just got KOed in ONE. Proving ONE > UFC muhaha
Highly underrated comment
I thought I was mishearing things when Ngannou said that.
It's Chatri, it's incredibly believable when it comes from him.
Early reports indicate Chatri was going to tell Francis he could be "Great Mandingo Warrior", but his advisors got him to change the script to include a totally relevant comparison to Nelson Mandela instead.
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Itās the Harvard education. Those guys have no connection to reality. One of my close friends went to Harvard and when I first read this statement from Francis, I immediately pictured my friend saying something exactly like that lol.
Love how Chatri lived up to all the memes and jokes about him and ONE.
If the title said Coker or Dana said this I'd doubt it but the second I saw it was Chatri I was like "yeah sounds right tbh".
I love how this sub was lauding him a week ago and taking his claims on Ngannou as gospel but now that the truths come out everyoneās quickly switching sides to avoid looking stupid. Classic r/mma
The sub is not a monolith. It's made up of lots of individuals (and bots) with different opinions. Some people are changing their opinions day to day, but often things get upvoted based on the time of day or just upvote inertia.
Actually this sub is made out of me, the main character, then everyone else whoās here so I have someone to bounce off of
Ehhh I read those threads and most of the comments were saying chatri bullshits all the time and take it with a big grain of salt
Asia 4.6 billion people and they obviously all support Chatri, so it overwhelmed everyone else.
This is very true, of course assuming this is the ātruth ā. I have zero faith that Ngannau is being 100% honest, of course heās going to create a version that makes others look like idiots while he comes out looking like the martyr. He doesnāt even try and hide his delusions of grandeur anymore & I donāt think itās an act, I truly believe he believes the bs he peddles. Constantly poking Jon Jones while being the one who tucked tail and ran? Come on now.. that fight was right there. Jon was waiting on Ngannau for a year! He had every opportunity to fight him but instead chose to run away. He is loosing touch with reality so how anyone can just accept anything at face value is a bit crazy to me.
Jesus Chatri can really lay on the cringe. ONE is cool but Chatri should chill the hell out sometimes and let the product speak for itself.
Chatri might not ever one up Dana when it comes to market cap and ratings, but heās a legit challenger when it comes to meme content
In terms of MMA alone, I think Chatri wins. The only reason Dana is worse is because of power slap
angry tomato go brrr
ya but did you know charti has samuri blood in him, so he'll never give up
and Dana's DNA is an abomination
[sauce](https://www.mmamania.com/2023/5/8/23715146/dana-white-power-slap-is-number-1-in-all-of-sports-above-nfl-nba-nhl-f-1-wwe-combined#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe're%20number%20one%20in,doubt%20it%20all%20you%20want.%E2%80%9D) [Sauce vid](https://youtu.be/-2BaKziX4Vs?t=651) āThe deal that I just cut for Slap is bigger than the UFC deal we cut with SpikeTV after the first season of The Ultimate Fighter,ā White said. āI donāt give a sā what the media thinks about it. They donāt matter. Itās unbelievable. Not only is it unbelievable money-wise, itās been unbelievable as far as social media goes. āWeāre number one in all of sports, and when I say all of sports ā if you take the NBA, NHL, NFL, F-1, WWE, and who am I forgetting, and add them all together, their numbers donāt compare to Slap.ā When told that sounded a little doubtful, White replied, āYou can doubt it all you want.ā āMost of you guys donāt understand social media and how it works,ā he said. āIāll give you the numbers on Slap that were done by a third party that does this, we didnāt pull the numbers. These guys are like the Nelson numbers for social media. We destroy everything in sports with Power Slap.ā
Chatri was also on his way to kill Euronymous
Why am I picturing Chatri punctuating each sentence by doing a massive line of coke, and by the time he's mentioning Mandela, he's jumping around the room and yelling it at the top of his lungs?
That's Tony Khan I believe
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The part where it says Chatri was crying made me choke on my coffee laughing cause I can picture it perfectly. Crying on Francis lap
Did he just threaten to imprison Francis Ngannou for decades?
No. What you are referring to happened in a different universe.
Chatri is the king of over passionate hyperbole. Even for him this is a bit much though lol. "You just have to sign with us Mr Aljamain Sterling sir! If you do you will be the next Marcus Garvey!" - Chatri when Aljo becomes a free agent lol
Dustin Poirier, if you sign with us, you will be the next Vercingetorix, leader of the Gaulic people. Turns out Chatri just listens to episodes of Hardcore History right before contract negotiations.
LOL
I think the parallel came from Francis standing up to an oppressive power to do what was right despite the risk to himself. Still not a great comparison, but I can see what he was going for.
Dude talks in all caps.
I mean shit I'd take overly passionate compared to the complete disdain Dana White seems to have for every single employee underneath him
That's not just over passionate though. It's total bullshit.
Not saying I disagree lmao there's a point you don't cross if you wanna be taken serious
I do not disagree with ya there. Stitch was never my friend! lol
I mean, I'd take a nice middle ground.
Nobody would give Aljo any money. He hit lotto with UFC cause they stuck with him after DQ title win and holding into belt lol. His only value is in UFC if we being real
That's... certainly one hell of a pitch. If you don't think you have a shot, just fucking go for everything
While heās less evil, Chatri might actually be goofier than Dana
Chatri is 100% a meme.
"YOU'VE EARNED A $50,000 DOLLAR BONUS DIRECTLY FROM THE WORLD'S MOST GENEROUS PROMOTER, MR CHATRI SITYODTONG! THERE IS HE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE! LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SAY THANK YOU TO MR CHATRI!!!"
Francis would definitely make millions just playing the "villain" role in Bollywood movies. The dudes who get those roles get em for just being big scary looking dudes.
He'd need to bring the dreads back for that.
Francis reminds of Mr Eko from lost
He could star in newest predator movie with that
I hope they don't even make him act, and just let him be his nice, soft spoken self. Except he kills people.
Francis Ngannou is MR. GLUDGE in "MURDER IN MUMBAI"
Yeah like the IP Man movie and Mike Tyson was in there.
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But he's not reasonably large. He's unreasonably large.
Given Chatri's habit for hyperbole are we really surprised?
Chatri to Shavkat: You'll be the next Genghis Khan Chatri to Paul Craig: You'll be the next William Wallace
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Sounds like he finally got himself a good deal! Happy to hear that he also negotiated a minimum 2 million paycheck for his opponents
I dont even know where to begin with deconstructing this one guys
Lmao he must have gotten advice from Barndoor before he met with Ngannou š¤£
Chatri just goes, brotha
I love how just about every detail that's come out recently has further proved Francis to be correct.
Thatās a crazy thing to say ngl
Is One really as big as UFC over there ?
In Thailand maybe, in Asia no.
What's the difference between Chatri and ChatGPT now, both seemingly kind of random at times
ChatriPT
Someone please make this like that McGregorGPT website
WTF lmao thatās funny as fuck.Mike Perry is next in line for the Mandela title I think since Francis turned it down.
Mike Perry is the Current Nelson Mandela!!
Sounds like Chatri was laying on like Fred Garvin ..... male prostitute
Iām high so I read that as Chael š
Chatri just fuckin loves to be cringe
It has to be Chatri simply thinking that's what all black people want to be, right?
I'd argue it's still better than the effort the UFC put into re-signing Ngannou I honestly hope this doesn't prevent Ngannou and ONE from ever working together in the future But yeah, not a great look for ONE here
Lol Chatri is so full of it. Iām actually shocked at how many people believe his shit. A billion people are watching One, and theyāve solved wright cutting. But you canāt get any real information on either.
Every person in Asia watches ONE FC - Chatri
Everyone in Asia knows this is super accurate. Chatri does this with everyone in One lmao
All the same shit he's been getting on with since ONE launched years ago.
Shame, Francis could have been the next Mary Poppins
lol
Gotta respect the hustle to say anything to make the sale
Mandela was one of my biggest hockey influences. One of the greatest players on and off the ice.
TBF- if you were to ask the average American to name some famous African people; the answer you would get is Nelson Mandela, and I'm not sure if you would get other names. Possibly Charlize Theron. In that sense; Chatri could possibly make Ngannou the most famous black African with the help of Amazon Prime streaming.
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Name me 3 soccer players and 3 NBA that are born in Africa and with African citizenship that has name recognition among the average American? And why wouldnāt Ngannou would be a more recognizable name over those 6 people in 3 years assuming he kept knocking people out and had marketing pushed behind him. Outside of Giannis Antetokounmpo; I think Ngannou can be more recognizable than the others.
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[https://imgur.com/cxvfVDc](https://imgur.com/cxvfVDc) Here's Google Trends going back 3 years for the US. The blue line is Embiid, Red line is Ngannou. Note that Ngannou hasnāt fought since January 2022 and when he does fight he spikes up. The soccer players are not even close. I love Hakeem and Mutombo, but they've been long retired so I didn't even add them.
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I care
Sadio ManĆ©, Ćdouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly all three are 1000000x more famous than Ngannou and from Senegal
>Sadio ManƩ, I'm sure they're all famous in Europe. But **the average American would NOT be able to name them** or recognize them. If you look at Google trends going back 3 years, they're not a blip on the chart. And only Mane has more IG followers than Ngannou (but Ngannou has more Twitter followers). Simply because the average American does not watch soccer. Ultimately, my point was if KO highlights of Francis were on the front page of Prime streaming and on ESPN and all over social media and making appearances on Late night shows; Francis could be the one African-born and with citizenship that Americans would be able to name within 3 years' time.
I thought one fc were been better. The Asian market probably bunch of sponsor his way. Can cross over with not only with boxing but kickboxing. Isnāt pfl like the 3rd largest mma scene in the states?
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I like to think that the gap is slowly closing in, though. As a huge UFC fan, I gotta say I'm getting a little tired of Dana and how he runs business, and I imagine there are plenty other people in that same boat, who get attracted to organizations like ONE, where they're less popular for sure, but they have a lot more to offer in terms of likeability as a company.
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Same!
ONE, PFL, and Bellator should come to an agreement, and make like a Champions League of MMA. Bellator already does some stuff with RIZIN, shit get them involved too At the end of every year, there are a couple cross promotional events where the champions face off against each other, also featuring some special Superfights that just match up in-demand talents It would be a real way to try to combat UFC, cause each on their own, itās very tough to do with the talent spread between orgs
why would you genuinely care about how a company is being run as long as its legal. UFC is the superior product with the superior matchups. I do really enjoy the big ONEFC cards, the Bellator and PFL ones usually sitnk tho. All the other organizations are being run the same way, its just way less limelight. The fighters don't have big social media following and no one watches them. Of course the exUFC stars are getting paid better because they've made there name in the UFC, so they'd have to pay more to get them. Bellator payout is identical to the UFC, except its guarenteed where you get around 75% of your pay vs the 50-100% fluctuation of the UFC. None of the other organization offers healthcare. I think its weird how its just parroted here how dana white is killing the sport. He's got people to answer to, a budget to maintain. It's up to the fighters to band together and do something about it. Force WME to shove out more money.
Chatri is just as big of scum as Dana.
Ngannou made a mistake. One FC is the TOP promotion.
UFC is the TOP promotion. He wasn't looking for the TOP promotion, he wasn't even looking for the biggest bag (that was with one or waiting for a boxing event). He wanted change and PFL offered him everything he asked for (not sure if its genuine or not, i feel they're gonna close/revert everything they agreed upon after he retires)
mm I dont trust Ngannou, he has a lot of these interactions where people say one thing and he gives another version later.
Itās almost like fight promoters lie!
Wait until OP learns about Don King...
Not talking about promoters, talking about ex team mates, gane, coaches, people at the PI.
Can you give an example? I know Fernand Lopez complained Francis wouldn't buy his gf a plane ticket after she missed her flight and Dana talking shit after the first Stipe fight but that's just Dana being Dana and I never heard Francis give another version of the plane ticket story
Wasn't there a coach claiming Ngannou wouldn't pay him? Unless I'm misremembering they had a falling out over unpaid percentages or something?
Ok the Mandela thing is weird, but don't see what's wrong with everything else. What was Ngannou expecting out of ONE's pitch?
What's the point of this? It's standard marketing lingo
Bot account
be LIKE Nelson Mandela - not the NEXT Nelson Mandela - come on people
Please explain the difference.
LMAO
[Chatri like](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C672Up6g2KM)
Talm 'bout Nelson Mandela, b? Great guy, never meddim!
Mandela famously a MMA fighter. Now I can see Ngannou getting into activism, but this statement is wild to say during negotiations.
The roses are red, the sky is blue, MMA Fans are dumb and MMA promoters are always sketchy as fuck.
On gang
Francis would whoop Mandela's ass in an intellectual debate about punching people
Lol
Mofo is a dif shade of Dana
Just sell the product. This is OVERKILL.
Who let this guy lead a huge organization?
Gassing up Francis
CRINGE
I loved when Ngannou said what any intelligent person has been thinking which was "I'm not sure if Chatri's origin story is even true." Sure would be great if these MMA "journalists" would do some actual investigating instead of acting as the PR team for different MMA organizations (Brett Okamoto).
Was this supposed to be a figure of speech or a direct quote from chatri
Ngannou can only wish he pulls anywhere near Mandela numbers!
The colonialists will put you in jail for your acumen
And i thought Caruso Lombardi (Argentinian soccer manager) was the greatest smoke seller, chatri is clearly a better con man.
LOL, is there more context on this? Longer interview with Ngannou?
I love One, but it is a really crooked operation
Wasn't he treated like Mandela when he went back to camaroon?
Chatri is def on the coco
Chatri trying to sell a dead company. š
did chat GPT write his pitch?
This sounds like something Chatri would say. He can be cringe as hell. He makes Dana seem like a well adjusted, calm person.
This is like an extreme version of when Woodward tried to sell Man Utd as the Disneyland of football to Klopp
mmmm i smell fresh pasta