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Two games, no points, bottom Two matches. Two defeats. Bottom of Ligue 2. FC Nantes have made a dreadful start to life back in the second tier. Beaten at home by Red Star in their opener (0-1), then beaten again at Laval (2-1). No other team in the division is still pointless. And yet the…

Backing, but no free pass Rafael Leao had looked to be heading for the exit at AC Milan. The Portuguese forward is now keeping everyone guessing over his future, after insisting only recently that his focus was purely on the pitch. Ruben Amorim spoke this morning, the day after the Rossoneri beat Manchester United in…

A serious option for the Eagles Wilfried Zaha could be on his way back to Crystal Palace. According to TEAMtalk, the Eagles are seriously weighing up a move to bring back their former forward, three years after he left the club. The Ivory Coast international is 33 and has been without a contract since leaving…

An extra 15 million, just like that 75 million euros. That is the figure anyone wanting to prise Georges Mikautadze away from Villarreal now has to put on the table. The Georgian’s release clause had been set at €60m. It has now jumped to €75m for the final ten days of the transfer window, according…

An unwanted man with 9 goals in 13 games Karim Benzema arrived at Al-Hilal last February from Al-Ittihad, on a deal running until June 2027. Six months on, the Saudi press is painting him as a problem the club’s hierarchy wants off the books. The numbers do not really back that up. Nine goals and…

Nice land an experienced midfielder Axel Witsel is set to get his first taste of Ligue 1 at 37. The Belgian midfielder has reached an agreement in principle with OGC Nice, according to L’Equipe, with Foot Mercato reporting the update this afternoon. The deal is now nearing completion. Witsel has been a free agent since…

Seven new Premier League arrivals, seven projections. A few of those numbers survive the move to England. Most of them do not.

Twelve shots to two, and that was just the first half Brian Schwake guessed right. Messi went to his left, the Nashville keeper was already there, and Inter Miami’s night unravelled from that moment on. Nashville won 4-1. Andy Najar had opened the scoring in the 17th minute, heading in an Elias Saad cross for…

A lofted finish in the 89th minute Marcus Caldeira nods on a long ball. Joaquin Pereyra is suddenly through on goal inside the box. Rafael Cabral comes off his line to close the angle. The Argentine lifts it over the keeper and watches it roll into the empty net. 1-1 in Sandy, Utah, in the…