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Twenty-three goals and the clock is still ticking Cristiano Ronaldo is edging towards 1,000 career goals. He has 23 left to score, according to the count Gianni Infantino himself raised during a meeting with the Portuguese star. The clip has been doing the rounds on social media for the past few hours. Ronaldo opens with…

Four seasons, maybe five, for a player who has never left Europe Minnesota United have their striker. The club confirmed Monday that Maurice Malone is joining from SK Sturm Graz, with the 26-year-old German swapping Austria for Major League Soccer. His contract runs through 2029-2030, with a club option for a further year. That is…

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…