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Not injured. Not ill. Just not on the bus. Senny Mayulu stayed in Paris on Sunday while the squad flew to Rennes. The 20-year-old midfielder had played against Lens and Aston Villa days earlier, so the fitness excuse never held up. L’Equipe report the reason is simpler and harsher: a week of training Luis Enrique…

A tournament that never got going A respiratory infection took the start of the 2026 World Cup away from Jeremy Doku. Several matches gone before he had kicked a ball. When he did get back on the pitch, the role waiting for him was not the one he plays. The 24-year-old Manchester City winger has…

One profile, and only one, since July Jean-Louis Leca has been hunting the same thing for two months. A left-footed centre-back. Nothing else will do. The Armando Obispo deal collapsed early in the summer and the hole never got filled. Foot Mercato now put RC Lens on Nathan Zeze. He is 21, 1.90m, a Nantes…

Spurs thought they had this one to themselves For weeks, Tottenham worked the Cody Gakpo file without a rival in sight. That changed on Monday. Manchester City have entered the hunt, according to Gianluca Di Marzio, and Fabrizio Romano says early contact has already taken place between City officials and the player’s camp. Gakpo is…

“I want to kick him up the backside” Gary Neville pulled no punches. The former Manchester United defender went first at Florian Wirtz. “I want to kick him up the backside!” Then he moved on to Alexander Isak. Same verdict on both men: “too nice”. And he kept coming back to the same blunt line…

The referee throws up his arms and the game stops A baby. On the pitch. A few yards from the penalty area. It happened overnight in MLS, during San Jose – Minnesota United. The match was nearing full time when the referee had to halt play. A steward stepped in, picked up the child, all…

Half a million euros knocked off the asking price Paul Pogba still cant find a buyer for his Cheshire property, so the former Manchester United midfielder has cut the price. The house has dropped from 4.56 to 4.04 million euros, a reduction of about 520,000 euros, according to the Daily Mail. It is no ordinary…

Still no out-and-out No. 9 Barcelona opened the season with a 5-0 rout at Elche. The attack is humming. Deco is still hunting a proper centre-forward before the window shuts. The reason is plain enough. None of the Catalan forwards is a true No. 9, and Hansi Flick wants another option through the middle. The…

What happened around the stadium On the pitch on Sunday, nothing went wrong for Barca. A 5-0 rout at Elche, the perfect start to the season. Outside, another story. Trouble broke out around the Martinez Valero before kick-off and a Catalan supporter was detained. The club waited until Monday to respond. When it did, it…