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Manchester United‘s Amad Diallo couldn’t hide his emotions when celebrating Marcus Rashford’s goal against Newcastle United. Diallo is regarded as one of the most promising young players in European football and joined United from Serie A side Atalanta in January. After impressing for United’s under-23s, he came off the bench for his debut in their 4-0 Europa League first-leg win over […]
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Liverpool‘s dramatic drop in form has been one of the stories of the Premier League season, with Jurgen Klopp conceding what is now obvious: they won’t be retaining their crown. After waiting 30 years for their first league title of the Premier League era, many tipped Klopp’s Reds to do it again this season. Even […]
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In Cristiano Ronaldo‘s career, chastening weeks have been few and far between. During his time at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, he has won and won and won, almost inevitably scoring on the way to victory. Ronaldo has now lifted 21 major club honours (excluding supercups) and scored over 760 goals. If those are much-repeated stats, it is because […]
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Manchester United will reportedly make a move for Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenkovic to bolster their defence this summer. According to Sky Germany, United, Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund have recently been in touch with Milenkovic’s agents regarding a summer move. We’ve compared Milenkovic’s 2020-21 Serie A stats to the corresponding Premier League figures of Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof […]
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After a scintillating start to the season, things have begun to go awry for Atletico Madrid in the last 10 days. As Diego Simeone himself admitted after Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Levante, they are going through a “moment of difficulty.” The defeat to Levante followed a draw against the same opposition mid-week – a game in hand […]
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Fernando Torres might well be remembered as a Chelsea flop, but he was only deemed a failure there because of how wonderfully brilliant he was at Liverpool. His period of superstardom didn’t last, but at least we got to see it. Read the full article here. The post An ode to LFC-era Fernando Torres, a man who could […]
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The pressure is mounting on Jose Mourinho, with five defeats from Tottenham‘s last six Premier League outings, leaving him with the worst win percentage of any of their managers since Juande Ramos. Spurs’ 2-1 defeat to West Ham was Mourinho’s 50th Premier League match in charge of the club, with fewer points taken at this stage than […]
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Manchester United pride themselves on blooding young players into the first team – but how have their youngest debutants gone on to fare at Old Trafford? Since October 1937, United have included an academy graduate in every matchday squad, a record that continues to today. We’ve taken a look back at the 15 players to have […]
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The 2020-21 season is proving to be a nightmarish parable for Barcelona, with weekly reminders of what life might be like were they a well-run football club. Just look at Lautaro Martinez‘s eye for goal at Inter Milan. On Sunday afternoon, at the same time as Barcelona could only muster a 1-1 draw at home to Cadiz, last […]
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Last Friday, ex-Chelsea and France defender Frank Leboeuf was asked in his capacity as a pundit for ESPN what he thought of Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford. Leboeuf started positively: “What I want to say about Rashford… he’s a fantastic player. I didn’t want to play against those kinds of players because they go so fast, technically unbelievable.” But […]
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