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Premier League: Haaland has never needed August to warm up
A record price and a huge pick rate Erling Haaland costs £15.5m in Fantasy Premier League for the 2026-27 season. No player had ever hit that price before. The argument has rumbled on since the game opened. Do you tie up that much of your budget on one man, or spread it across the rest…
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La Liga: Simeone hits back after Alvarez abuse
An evening Alvarez spent off the pitch He didnt play. He heard every word anyway. Diego Simeone had tried to head it off before Atletico hosted Malaga at the Metropolitano. No Julian Alvarez in the matchday squad. The thinking was simple enough: spare the Argentinian from a hostile reception after Barcelona spent much of the…
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La Liga: Barca race to sort out Cancelo’s registration
Barca kick the admin machine back into gear Barcelona start the paperwork on Thursday to register their new signings with La Liga. The Catalan club want everyone available for Sunday’s trip to Elche, kick-off 21:30. According to Sport, the board are approaching the job with confidence. The difference from previous summers comes down to two…
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La Liga: Mourinho does not want Lamine Yamal
A blunt answer on the El Chiringuito set Jose Mourinho has made his call. Asked by Josep Pedrerol in the second part of his interview on El Chiringuito, Real Madrid’s new boss said no to Lamine Yamal. The question was straightforward: would he like to have Barcelona’s winger in his squad? The reply came back…
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Ligue 1: Marseille reject €8m Al-Sadd bid for Nayef Aguerd
Al-Sadd are back, and this time they came in €7m light Eight million euros. That was Al-Sadd’s number on Monday, according to Foot Mercato, and it landed on Olympique de Marseille’s desk as a straight transfer offer for Morocco international Nayef Aguerd. Marseille said no. The file has gone active again over the past few…
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Serie A: Ramos says the Milan call took him seconds to answer
Not a second’s hesitation Seventy-four million euros. That is what AC Milan handed Paris Saint-Germain for Goncalo Ramos, and it makes the Portuguese striker the most expensive signing in Rossoneri history. A few weeks on, he finally sat down with the club’s official channel to explain how the whole thing came together. It took minutes.…
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La Liga: Mourinho did not ask for Yan Diomande
140 million for a 19-year-old winger Yan Diomande joined Real Madrid this summer for 140 M€, bonuses included. That makes him the most expensive signing in the club’s history. The Ivory Coast international winger is 19 and has just one full Bundesliga season behind him: 13 goals and 10 assists in 36 matches for RB…
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La Liga: Kang-in Lee makes Griezmann’s No 7 his own on Atletico debut
Thirty minutes, one shot, one hero He did not start. Kang-in Lee came off the bench with half an hour to play at the Metropolitano on the opening night of the Liga season, and Malaga were handling everything Atletico threw at them. Organised, disciplined, unbothered. Then the South Korean took the ball, looked up, and…
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La Liga: Barcelona ready to cut Frenkie de Jong loose
437 days in the treatment room That is the running total since Barcelona paid Ajax 86M, bonuses included, to win the race for Frenkie de Jong in 2019. Paris Saint-Germain wanted him. Barcelona got him, and celebrated like they had pulled off a coup. Seven years later nobody is celebrating. The 29-year-old Dutchman, 70 caps…
