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[Mike Verweij] Ajax has registered Onana for the Champions League, even though he has to train with reserves. They also didn't forget to register Sébastien Haller
In a June 2019 Euro qualifier, Jordi Alba kicked Victor Claesson in the calf leading to his ACL rupturing and a year long injury. Yesterday he was matched up with Alba again and scored the winner for Sweden: "I went into Alba at one point and he really didn't like that, but I escaped a yellow card"
LEGO launches their Camp Nou set, only the second iconic stadium in their catalog after the Old Trafford set from a few years ago
[Orbinho] The worst start in Premier League history after four matches was Swindon Town with 0 points and -12 goal difference. Arsenal and Norwich meet next week and both have 0 points and -9 goal difference, so a big win for either side could see this record broken.
Raheem Sterling's reaction after the crowd starts chanting monkey noises at him during England's WC Qualifier vs. Hungary
Arturo Vidal posts a picture of Richarlison on his Instagram story and says “Who is this clown?" after Chile's 1-0 loss vs. Brazil last night
[Grealish] response to article: "This is the worst and most one sided article I’ve ever seen.. Classless? Jealous? Couldn’t wait to get out? Arrogance? How exactly? I’ve been a villa fan my whole life and still am. The thing is you don’t understand what goes on in the real football world."
[MARCA] Emerson Royal: "It hurt the way Barça handled me. It's clear when they signed me, they thought of selling me. I kept telling them my dream was to play here, but I'm not stupid. They used kind words, but they wanted me gone. I left because I didn't want to stay and be sad at a club I loved"
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Palhinha running into Connolly and penalty appeal in Portugal v Ireland.
[Sam Lee] Ferran Torres is now a striker. Sources say Pep Guardiola has helped him with his movement over the past year. Sergio Aguero did, too, offering advice on the kind of off-the-ball runs he had to make to get into Guardiola’s team.
[Martin Blackburn] ManCity and Manchester United are set to go head-to-head again next summer, for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. ManCity hope the fact Haaland has followed them since he was a boy – when his dad Alfie played for them - could prove to be a key factor.
[Arsenal] We won 4-0 against Brentford in a behind closed doors friendly at London Colney earlier today. But it was Cedric who stole the show late on, scoring a well-taken brace to add some gloss to a valuable work-out for Mikel Arteta's side.
Swiss FA confirm Xhaka is unvaccinated
Pepe grabs onto security guard while celebrating Ronaldo’s 111th goal
Virgil van Dijk suffers 'dislocated finger' while on international duty
"If you're a vice-president of UEFA, how is it possible that PSG are capable of signing Messi, Ramos, Mbappe, Neymar, Donnarumma, 9 goalkeepers and at the same time reject 200 million euro offer for a player. Where is financial fair play? Why do UEFA ignore the issue?". Boniek - "I don't know".
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