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Twelve years have passed since David Beckham completed his first loan move to AC Milan. The switch was unusual, but it proved that Beckham still cared deeply about the game. Read the full article here. The post Beckham at Milan: Proof he was a footballer before a superstar appeared first on Football365.com. Go to Source […]
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One quality that sets apart human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom is the inclination to look towards the future. Take football for example. The last few weeks of Champions League football have been marked by pundits falling over themselves to declare a ‘changing of the guard’. Erling Haaland has been scoring goals […]
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Manchester United have appointed John Murtough as their inaugural football director after a backroom reshuffle. Despite being linked with high-profile names such as Monchi, Edwin van der Sar, Luis Campos, Ralph Rangnick and Paul Mitchell, United have instead opted to make an in-house appointment for their new role. We’ve brought you the lowdown on Murtough, who will be hoping to make […]
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The phrase ‘rent free’ is one of the more head-bangingly inane of modern football’s lexicon. Yet how else can you describe Andrea Pirlo’s description of Park Ji-sung in his refreshingly blunt autobiography Penso Quindi Gioco (I Think Therefore I Play)? “[Sir Alex] is a man without blemish, but he ruined that purity just for a moment when […]
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Erling Haaland’s taunting of Sevilla goalkeeper Bono after he converted a second-half penalty was one of the main talking points from Borussia Dortmund‘s 5-4 aggregate win over Sevilla in the Champions League round of 16, which they completed on Tuesday night with a 2-2 draw in Germany. As the ball crossed the line, the Norwegian No.9 ran up […]
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Pepe has lifted the European Cup three times. He’s won six domestic titles and four domestic cups, as well as two Club World Cups, a slew of Super Cups and the Euros with Portugal. He’s 38. Most human beings, with that record behind them, that many games in their legs and that much money in […]
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There was no end in sight, literally or figuratively, as Michael Ngoo sped down the motorway near his London home. After leaving Liverpool in the summer of 2014, the striker had led a nomadic existence, playing for struggling lower league clubs before Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock took a chance on him. But he had only […]
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In the garage under the condominium where Zico’s family lives in Rio de Janeiro, there’s a 40-year-old Toyota, which he takes out on the odd occasion he’s in town and fancies a nostalgic spin. The car, to be more precise, is a 1981, 2.4-litre, 16-valve, 96-cv Toyota Celica, silver in colour, and, four decades on, […]
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Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland angered Sevilla players by taunting goalkeeper Bono after scoring from the penalty spot during their Champions League tie. Haaland has been in irrepressible form this season, netting 29 goals in 28 teams as Europe’s richest clubs queue up for his signature. And the Norway forward showcased the mentality that has seen […]
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There is nothing more intriguing than your club signing a Brazilian. It’s a long time since the illusion that everyone from the ‘pais do futebol’ is some sort of Zico-esque samba star wore off. Let’s face it, there are more Freds about than Neymars. But there is a glamour and appeal that lingers, a golden […]
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