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Transfer window: Gignac leaves Tigres and joins Griezmann at Orlando City
Gignac leaves Tigres and joins Griezmann at Orlando City Andre-Pierre Gignac’s love affair with Tigres is coming to an end. After 10 years in Mexico, more than 220 goals in 444 games and full-blown legend status in the club’s supporters’ section, the 40-year-old striker is ready to turn the page. The CONCACAF Champions League final…
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Transfer news: Julian Alvarez is Barca’s top target, Deco made the first move
Transfer news: Barca go on the attack for Julian Alvarez, Deco meets his agent Barca are wasting no time. According to Mundo Deportivo, Deco met yesterday afternoon with Fernando Hidalgo, the agent of Julian Alvarez, in a hotel in Barcelona. It was the club’s first official move to try to sign the Atletico Madrid striker,…
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Brazil: Neymar leaves clinic with head down as 2026 World Cup comes under serious threat
2026 World Cup: Neymar a doubt as Brazil hold its breath A week ago, Santos’ medical team was playing it down. Neymar supposedly had nothing more than a calf issue, nothing serious, and was due to link up with the Brazil squad the following week. A minor scare, the kind you expect to blow over…
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Monaco sack Pocognoli as Filipe Luis chooses the Rock for his first job in Europe
Monaco have their new head coach: Filipe Luis lands on the Rock AS Monaco did not hang about. Just hours after confirming the split with Sebastien Pocognoli, the Principality club had already lined up his replacement. According to Fabrizio Romano, an agreement has been reached with Filipe Luis, 40, the former Atletico Madrid and Brazil…
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Football : Nübel returns to Munich after his Stuttgart loan, and looks set to be sold
A final goodbye after three intense seasons The curtain has come down on Alexander Nubel’s spell at Stuttgart, and it ended the right way: quietly, with no drama. No fourth loan. No late twist. Just a clean, tidy statement from the club, in the classic German style, thanking the keeper for three solid years that…
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Football: Modric nearing retirement after Milan’s season ends in failure
Luka Modric’s final act is getting closer The lights had a cruel edge on Sunday night. They swept across the tight faces, across the stands still shaking at the Meazza, before settling on a man who has seen and done it all, won it all, beaten it all. Luka Modric, now a familiar figure turned…
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Football: The takeaways from the draw between Saint-Etienne and Nice
The opening stats and the physical damage The scoreboard shows a goalless draw. Saint-Etienne are up against Nice’s senior side. Weather sensors record punishing heat. The players are running out of athletic juice. Hicham Boudaoui leaves the pitch in the fourth minute. Nice’s midfielder suffers a jaw injury. The collision involves Abdoulaye Kante. The first-half…
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Transfer battle: Gordon now Barcelona’s top target as Newcastle winger eyes Camp Nou move
Transfer battle: Barca step up push for Anthony Gordon as Liverpool and Bayern circle Barcelona have cranked up their pursuit of Anthony Gordon. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Catalan club are making serious moves to sign the Newcastle winger, 25, with the England international said to have already made clear he prefers the Barca project…
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Transfer window: Meunier goes it alone, out of contract and out of a club, the Belgian maverick starts from scratch
Meunier leaves Lille and takes charge of his own future Thomas Meunier will not be a Lille player next season. According to Fabrizio Romano, the 34-year-old Belgian right-back is set to leave at the end of his contract, with no extension agreed. The informal talks never led anywhere concrete, and he will be free to…
