the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past day
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Virgil van Dijk signs new long-term Liverpool contract
[SPORT] Barça still owes Messi €52 million. This is part of the deferred salary that was agreed with the entire squad due to the pandemic. The club intends to pay this between this year and 2022.
[The Athletic] “We asked subscribers for their optimism levels ahead of the season”
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[Romano] EXCL. Manchester City are not giving up on Harry Kane deal. Man City board preparing a new bid for €150m - if Spurs stance will change 🔵🏴 #MCFC Tottenham have not received any new proposal for Kane yet, and want to keep him - Man City strategy is to be ready... and wait #THFC
Manchester City didn't want to be let down with Lionel Messi again after previous failed attempts. City had been working on a move for Harry Kane last year when Messi called and the club quickly shelved their plans. City's offer for Messi last year was also much more than what PSG offered this year.
Norwegian relegation candidates Brann embroiled in scandal as 12 players got drunk and brought women back to the stadium to have sex, days before an important bottom of the table fixture.
PL record of the current managers.
[Kylian Mbappé] "Welcome to Paris, Leo"
Emi Martinez: "On my first loan to Spain, I only played 6 games. I knew Arsenal wouldn't give me a chance, then to Reading on loan, to a league I didn't want. I had a newborn , I put in my head that it's going to be my last loan, I started seeing a psychologist, helped me get past my frustrations."
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[Jack Gaughan] Guardiola became fascinated by the formation of geese in flight captured on camera when reviewing drone footage of training. He notices similarities between that and how a squad should behave together.
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Dean Smith on Grealish: "We're all disappointed but we understand why he left. Aston Villa are probably 18 months behind where we needed to be to keep Jack... Once the wounds have cleared up, the fans will realise what he has done for Villa, I have no doubt he will get a good reception."
[FabrizioRomano] PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi: “We follow Financial Fair Play regulation since the day 1. Before we do anything, our financial team checks everything. We had the capacity to sign Messi for Financial Fair Play and we will always follow the rules”. 🇫🇷
[Corrigan] There are fears at Barcelona clubs will come for players like Pedri and de Jong, and whether Aguero ever plays for Barcelona now looks very unlikely
FC Midtjylland has 5 players out with Covid but UEFA still demanded the team arrive together in a bus for yesterday's home game against PSV. The team arrived separately then jumped in the bus 300 meters from the stadium and drove around the corner to arrive like UEFA wanted it. [Story in Danish]
[El Español] Barcelona to pay Messi a loyalty bonus of €39M despite not extending with the team and joining PSG