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Free two years ago, 12 million now Estoril have put a price on their top scorer, and it is not a modest one. Twelve million euros. Foot Mercato report that Lazio have registered their interest in Yanis Begraoui, the 25-year-old Moroccan forward who has just finished the best season of his career in Portugal. No…

Six signings in, and the window is not shut yet Thirty-five million euros. That is what Newcastle have handed Benfica for a right-back who spent barely twelve months in Lisbon. The deal for Amar Dedic was confirmed on Tuesday morning, a straight transfer with a sell-on clause tucked in for the Portuguese club. Dedic has…

Three goals in seven minutes from Vangelis Pavlidis turned a quiet Monday night in Rio Maior into a demolition. Benfica put seven past Casa Pia and finally got their season moving.

Two weeks left, and Emery is still shopping Aston Villa have not finished. Transferfeed report that the Birmingham club have made checks on Christopher Nkunku, with the France attacking midfielder said to be on Unai Emery’s list for the closing stretch of the window. What makes it plausible is Nkunku’s own position. AC Milan have…

Nine years at Barcelona, four senior games, one plane ticket Ajax Amsterdam confirmed the arrival of Jofre Torrents late on Monday night. The 19-year-old Spanish left-back comes in from Barcelona on a four-year deal. No fee changes hands now. The whole thing is built on performance-related add-ons, and De Telegraaf puts the ceiling at a…

Rodri steps off the plane in Barcelona One man landed in Catalonia on Monday. Just one. And in Manchester, an entire midfield suddenly looked hollow. Rodri touched down in Barcelona to finish off his move. In front of the cameras he gave the Barca supporters the word they had been waiting for, calling the chance…

France joins the holdouts Fifty-five members, one vote each, and a plan almost nobody in Europe wanted. The FIFA Forward Enterprise scheme, pushed by Gianni Infantino, set off a rare public revolt at the end of July, with UEFA and several European associations raising the threat of a World Cup boycott if the Swiss-Italian president…

The silence lasted a month Rudi Garcia waited. Then he talked. Eighteen months in charge of Belgium, a World Cup that ended in the quarter-finals against Spain, a 2-1 exit, and then the door. Nothing from him after that. Until this interview with L’Equipe, where the former Marseille and Lyon coach goes back over what…

Thirty-seven years old, and a somersault Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave himself no settling-in period at all. On his first outing in Deportivo La Coruna colours, against Elche, the Gabon striker scored. Not a scruffy one either. A right-foot touch to kill the ball, then a left-footed finish across Dituro before the defence had reorganised. The Riazor,…