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Luka Modric’s final act is getting closer The lights had a cruel edge on Sunday night. They swept across the tight faces, across the stands still shaking at the Meazza, before settling on a man who has seen and done it all, won it all, beaten it all. Luka Modric, now a familiar figure turned…

The opening stats and the physical damage The scoreboard shows a goalless draw. Saint-Etienne are up against Nice’s senior side. Weather sensors record punishing heat. The players are running out of athletic juice. Hicham Boudaoui leaves the pitch in the fourth minute. Nice’s midfielder suffers a jaw injury. The collision involves Abdoulaye Kante. The first-half…

Transfer battle: Barca step up push for Anthony Gordon as Liverpool and Bayern circle Barcelona have cranked up their pursuit of Anthony Gordon. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Catalan club are making serious moves to sign the Newcastle winger, 25, with the England international said to have already made clear he prefers the Barca project…

Meunier leaves Lille and takes charge of his own future Thomas Meunier will not be a Lille player next season. According to Fabrizio Romano, the 34-year-old Belgian right-back is set to leave at the end of his contract, with no extension agreed. The informal talks never led anywhere concrete, and he will be free to…

Milan shake the tree, and the apples start dropping In Milan, the season is over – but the storm certainly isn’t. On Monday morning, in a statement colder than the San Siro pitch in midwinter, the club confirmed what had been coming for weeks: the end of the Massimiliano Allegri era, along with the departures…

Lionel Messi’s current condition Inter Miami have issued an official medical update on Lionel Messi. The assessment focuses on the forward. Doctors have identified general physical overload. Tests point to localised muscle fatigue in the left hamstring. Medical imaging carried out on Monday backed up that first clinical reading. The issue first surfaced during Sunday’s…

Sporting success, then a boardroom call that cuts across it all Bruno Genesio has officially left Lille. The club’s northern hierarchy issued a statement on Monday. The move brings an end to the coaching partnership. And it lands just as the numbers had started to look decent. The first team have finished third in the…

The result on the pitch and the manager’s individual record Aston Villa have won the Europa League final. The scoreboard shows 3-0 against Freiburg. Unai Emery is in charge of the English side. The Spanish coach has now claimed a fifth personal win in this exact competition. That is an all-time record for the continental…

Football: the 5 hottest derbies in world football Modern football tries to smooth everything down. Stadiums are being turned into slick, connected entertainment venues. Players are polished up into global brands, protected at every turn by PR teams. And yet the system still has a raw, stubborn flaw. A date fans circle the moment the…