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🗞️COLUMN - XAVI HERNANDEZ AND HIS BARCELONA U-TURN. It's the one that, at least at Football España, we've been waiting for. ✍️ @jcperez_ casts his incisive glare over last week's events, and asks some piercing questions👇
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Carlo Ancelotti's post-match team talk: "Proud, proud to see a match like this." "Second, I lied to you. It was not a final. This was a lie, it was a semi-final, the final we still have to play. [laughs]." "And third, listen now, tomorrow is a day off."
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Real Sociedad star Brais Mendez will miss the next 4-6 weeks after suffering a broken arm in this challenge from Villarreal's Etienne Capoue.
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BREAKING - Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu accused of corruption by Catalan police force, as per El Mundo. More follows.
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🚨Barcelona's 'untouchables' no more? The Blaugrana will be forced into a major sale this summer, and there are only a few candidates. @MatteMoretto with the inside scoop. 🗞️Subscribe to free of charge🔥 🤝Get the details here👇 @caughtoffside
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🇫🇷🎯Will #RealMadrid sell a forward to accommodate the arrival of Kylian Mbappe? 🚨 @MatteMoretto with the exclusive update 🤝 @caughtoffside 🗞For the full inside story, click here to subscribe 👇 More here on Premier League interest in Raphinha ⬇️
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🚨EXCL: #FCBarcelona given huge boost in pursuit of Cancelo Plus: -Nico Williams future - 21-year-old attracting major interest @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Click for your FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: #RealMadrid mindset after Xabi Alonso decision Alonso ignored Liverpool and Bayern, can he resist Real? @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Click for a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More on Inigo Martinez and #MUFC plans⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: Kylian #Mbappe , the Olympics and #RealMadrid @mattemoretto on the hot topic🤝 💥For a free FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing click here: Barca have midfield profile in mind, and Madrid divided on Arda Guler ⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨 🔵🔴Fresh details on summit to decide Xavi future ⚪️Real Madrid may sell player despite Ancelotti opinion @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Click for a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More details + stories below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨SAUDI INTEREST IN MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN 🚨 @mattemoretto confirms contact between Al-Ittihad and ter Stegen camp. 🗞Get exclusive updates by subscribing free here 👉 @caughtoffside 🤝 Updates on Koke, Lukaku and the latest Milan youngster impressing⬇️
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🚨EXCL: #FCBarcelona planning two exits this summer🚨 Plus: - Mikel Merino update - Atleti not pursuing defender From @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Get your FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing here: Click below for details⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨 🔵🔴Frenkie de Jong stance on Barcelona exit amid Bayern interest ⚪️Real Madrid have Nacho replacement @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Get a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing by clicking here: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: Why Barcelona think they can convince Xavi to stay Plus: -Possible exit at Real Madrid -Barca defender with low clause @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Get your FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing here: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: Joao Felix, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Lewandowski?? @mattemoretto with the latest on a thorny negotiation🤝 💥Click for a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing here: More on Alphonso Davies and Jules Kounde⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: HUGE twist in Ronald Araujo saga Plus: - Offers for Arda Guler - Guido Rodriguez not heading to Napoli right now @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Click here for your FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: Serie A playmaker dreams of Spain Plus: - Arda Guler future after snub😬 - Barcelona player to leave Europe?😯 @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Click here to get your FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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BREAKING - Barcelona have sacked their law firm for advising Lionel Messi on leaving as a free agent. More follows.
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🚨EXCL: Roberto de Zerbi latest explained🚨 @mattemoretto 🤝 Also: 🔴🔵Barca target open to move 📝17-year-old starlet contract update 💥FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing - click here: Hit this link for more⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCL: Manchester United and their Madrid trip👹 Details on Mason Greenwood's future🤝 @mattemoretto 💥Hit the link for a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing: More on Koke renewal and #AVFC interest in LaLiga target⬇️ @caughtoffside
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🚨EXCLUSIVE - Xavi renewal means tying down Barca starlet✍️ Also: 🔵🔴Decision on Xavi alternative 'seemed done' ⚪️ Modric future @mattemoretto 🤝 💥Get a FREE subscription to Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing here: More details below⬇️ @caughtoffside
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BREAK - Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign 16-year-old Marc Jurado from Barcelona. Agreement has been reached for the move, report Diario Sport. More follows. #MUFC
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Fenerbahce have begun the process of terminating Mesut Ozil's contract according to Diario AS. Hull City and Inter Miami have been mentioned as possible destinations for the German playmaker, who's fallen out with the Istanbul club's hierarchy. 🇹🇷
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Barcelona on the verge of bankruptcy: €1,173m in debt, €730m in short-term
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BREAK - Spanish FA propose that if La Liga cannot be completed: - Champions League places would go to current top four (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Real Sociedad) - Europa League places would go to Getafe, Atletico de Madrid, Athletic Club (Copa finalists). More follows.
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BREAK - #AtleticoMadrid players confirm they will accept a 70% pay cut during Spain state of emergency in order to protect the salaries of the club's 430 non-playing staff.
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Atlético de Madrid
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El primer equipo y los miembros del Comité de Dirección del club aportarán a partes iguales las cantidades necesarias para complementar el salario de 430 empleados afectados por el ERTE ➡
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Sergio Canales is close to leaving Real Betis. The 32-year-old is expected to join Mexican side Monterrey in the next few days. (Sport)
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Jude Bellingham in L'Equipe: “I admired the Birmingham players, the team that won the League Cup at Wembley. My heroes were Seb Larsson, Craig Gardner and Lee Bowyer." #BCFC #HalaMadrid
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BREAK - Joan Laporta confirms he will run for Barcelona president next year and wants Pep Guardiola to return as coach. More follows.
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2 years
Cesc Fabregas on modern managers: “They are methodologies based on a lot a automatisms, in which the manager basically tells you where you have to pass the ball in every moment. The player has to be positioned in their exact place. It’s becoming a robotic game.”
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Report from @diarioas claims Lionel Messi decided enough was enough at Barcelona after Ronald Koeman told him directly: "Your privileges here are over." More follows.
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BREAKING - Santi Cazorla back in Spain squad for the first time since 2015. More follows.
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That one reliable mate who always has gum on them. Carlo is that mate.
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Following reports of improper testing practice by the Anti-Doping Agency in Spain, Relevo have revealed that their error prevented Sergio Ramos from being sanctioned in 2018. #RealMadrid #SevillaFC
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Diego Simeone looking as tender as we've seen him in the aftermath of Argentina's victory on Sunday.
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Luis Suarez is considering an offer to return to Nacional despite his preference to stay in Europe next season ( @mundodeportivo )
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Kieran Tierney on whether the #EPL is better than #LaLiga : "Everyone knows the Prem has more money. All the clubs can buy footballers for €30m. That's the big difference. But when it comes to quality, I don't agree so much, I think La Liga has extraordinary footballers."
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BREAK - Manchester United have completed the signing of Atletico Madrid's 16-year-old striker Alejandro Garnacho on a five-year contract, Marca report. More follows.
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"European football is much more competitive than people say. The English think they have the strongest league and most spectacular league in the world, but the truth is when they come to Europe, they compete with teams with less money, but they continue to compete." - Ancelotti.
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Gavi's family were not able to attend Barcelona's LaLiga title celebrations last night, so the 18-year-old spent the evening with Pedri's.
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Patrice Evra: "Manchester City needs leaders but [Pep] Guardiola doesn't want leaders. He doesn't want personality. He's the leader. That's why when they're in trouble they don't want to step up. He builds teams like that, he can't coach people with personality."
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#ChelseaFC in advanced negotiations to sign Philippe Coutinho on loan deal, #FCBarcelona pushing for compulsory purchase option after one season #CFC
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BREAK - Lionel Messi is 90 percent likely to STAY at Barcelona next season and he could reach a final decision as early tomorrow, report Tyc Sports in Argentina. More follows.
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"Greenwood is friends with Bellingham, and he advised him to come to the Spanish league." Jose Bordalas tells RadioMarca that #Bellingham played a crucial role in #Greenwood 's move to Spain. #HalaMadrid #GetafeCF
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#FCBarcelona regularly sent their top European scout to monitor #ChelseaFC teenage star Billy Gilmour - The Independent #CFC
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Thibaut Courtois said to be deeply concerned by reports that #RealMadrid will appoint either Jose Mourinho or Antonio Conte: "I left London to not have to go through something like that again."
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All 40,000 fans who attended #UCL encounter between Atalanta and Valencia last month was infected by coronavirus, the mayor of Bergamo has suggested: "It was a biological bomb."
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BREAK - Diego Costa sentenced to a 6-month jail sentence for tax crime in Spain's Hacienda trial. More follows.
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BREAKING - Roberto Martinez is the favourite to replace Ernesto Valverde as #FCBarcelona boss, report Catalan radio station RAC1. More follows.
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"He is strong, wins duels, does not lose position and gives a lot of continuity to the game with vertical passes." Garcia Pimienta, head coach at Las Palmas, is a huge fan of young Barcelona midfielder Nico Gonzalez.
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BREAKING - Marca say Champions League and Europa League will be suspended immediately with an announcement imminent. #UCL #UEL , More follows.
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Barcelona reserve goalkeeper Arnau Tenas did not like whatever Dani Carvajal said to him after the final whistle in #ElClasico . He even floored Ronald Araujo trying to get to him.
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👀 If you look very closely around the 36 second mark, you can clearly see referee Michael Oliver lobbying #RealSociedad captain Mikel Merino to re-join #NUFC .
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Sunday's victory against Real Madrid was vindication for Ronald Araujo.
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BREAKING NEWS: Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash, aged 35. #AFC #Atleti #Extremadura #RealMadrid #Benfica
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In terms of historical managerial meltdowns, this from Luis Garcia Plaza after Real Madrid's late winner against Alaves this evening will be right up there.
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Sergio Arribas was on the pitch for just 28 seconds when he scored his first goal for Real Madrid last night.
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Santi Mina has been condemned to four years in prison, after his appeal against sexual abuse charges was rejected.
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Real Madrid have added Illian Meslier to their shortlist to replace Thibaut Courtois. (Sport) #MOT #LUFC
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Atletico Madrid are interesting in signing #MCFC midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian is reportedly keen on a move to Spain.
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HUGE BREAKING - Catalan police force Los Mossos have claimed there is sufficient evidence to accuse Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu of corruption and personally benefiting from 'Barcagate' scandal, report El Mundo
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Gabriel Batistuta could not contain the emotions last night. “I am happy for Messi, for Argentina, for the whole country. I can't even talk. Everyone wanted Argentina to win and you could feel the energy."
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🗣️Jose Bordalas on Jude Bellingham's links to Mason Greenwood joining Getafe "I want to clear up a misunderstanding. I said Greenwood arrived because he spoke to Bellingham and he encouraged him. However, that's not the case. He didn't have anything to do with it, I apologise."
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Timothy Weah is one of the options that Atletico Madrid are considering to improve their attacking options this summer. (Diario AS) The 23-year-old, son of Ballon d'Or winner George Weah, currently plays for Lille in France.
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After Barcelona and Girona drew 0-0 on Monday night, Michel Sanchez asked for Sergio Busquets' shirt: "I'm grateful to him, he is one of the players that I appreciate most in the world of football and for everything he's given to Spanish football too."
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MD say that Barcelona are planning on keeping the four midfielder system next season. The ideal is that those four midfielders would be Ilkay Gundogan, Joshua Kimmich, Pedri and Frenkie de Jong. #Barca
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BREAK - Association Press ( @ap ) have received documentation from Barcelona that Lionel Messi has requested to leave the club. Messi's intentions are now official. This is a monumental day in the history of Barcelona.
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Real Betis are identified #LUFC 's Marc Roca as their top midfield target for this summer. Initial contact between the club and Roca's representatives has already taken place. #MOT
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#Argentina have clinched the first #Finalissima title since 1993 with a 3-0 win over Italy at Wembley 🏆🇦🇷
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Andoni Iraola is set to apply for the vacant manager's position at #CelticFC , according to Football FanCast. Iraola will leave Rayo Vallecano at the end of this month, having decided against a contract renewal.
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The kid is special. 🪄
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Shakira has left Barcelona for good. Moving to Miami with her children Milan and Sasha, she left a parting shot for Gerard Pique in her Instagram post. 'Thank you to those who taught me friendship last longer than love.'
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BREAKING - Sergio Aguero requires surgery on a knee injury and likely to miss remainder of season for #MCFC , and a serious doubt for Champions League clash v Real Madrid. More follows.
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BREAKING - #FCBarcelona face threat of elimination from the Copa del Rey after fielding Chumi - who reportedly was under a ban as a Barcelona B player - against #Levante , report El Mundo. More follows.
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Ahead of Villarreal's clash with Maccabi Haifa, Aissa Mandi and Ilias Akhomach left the Villarreal line during a minute's silence for Israeli victims during the Gaza Strip conflict. Both decided not to participate, as Palestinian victims were not honoured. #VillarrealCF
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#FCBarcelona to trigger €20m release clause of #Leganes striker Martin Braithwaite as emergency February signing, but Lega will not be able to sign a replacement
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#MCFC have set an €80m asking price for Bernardo Silva. (Marca) This has all-but ruled Barcelona out of the race to sign the Portuguese international this summer.
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Inaki Williams has overtaken Fernando Llorente for La Liga appearances and entered into Athletic's all-time top 10.
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86' Cádiz 0-2 Barcelona Game stopped. Images of Conan Ledesma, Cadiz's goalkeeper, running across the pitch with medical equipment and throwing it into the stands. Somebody in the crowd appears to be having problems. Concerned faces from the players.
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Konoplyanka on the #PremierLeague : "If I was two-and-a-half metres tall & didn’t know how to control a ball then I may have gone to England"
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Joselu told #vinijr last week that he had to improve his behaviour on the pitch, and last night it looks like he told him again.
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BREAK - Spanish FA approve clubs in La Liga and Segunda to make 5 substitutions per match (rather than 3), with a 25-man matchday squad (up from 18). There will be two breaks per match for hydration. More follows.
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Athletic Club defender Yuri Berchiche suffered a fracture fibula against Real Madrid during the last game of the 2022-23 season, following this challenge from Dani Carvajal.
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Manchester United agree to sign teenage full-back Marc Jurado this summer after he refused Barcelona contract extension
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#AFC have cooled their interest in Real Valladolid starlet Ivan Fresneda. (Relevo) There are Premier League clubs interested in signing Fresneda, who is available for €20m, but Arsenal currently aren't one of them.
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Sergio Ramos (Diario AS): “I am no longer surprised by Messi. At Barca he was used to deciding games like he did today. I'm glad he's on my team now."
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Gerard Pique has taken a beating in the press over the last 12 months, and this video of him refusing to switch seats with Frenkie de Jong will not help his public image.
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BREAKING: FIFA formally rule out possibility of playing La Liga matches in the United States: “Official games of a league must be played inside the constituency country.”
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BREAKING - Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea made anonymous €300k donation to Madrid’s health services to battle the coronavirus pandemic, but Community of Madrid president made news public #MUFC
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Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are leading the race for Josko Gvardiol ( @caughtoffside ).
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BREAKING - Manchester United are 'going with everything' in a late attempt to sign #AthleticClub forward Inaki Williams, whose contract contains an €88m release clause, report El Chiringuito. More follows. #MUFC
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Former #FCBarcelona star Ronaldinho is set to play in a prison football tournament in Paraguay for the chance to win a 16kg suckling pig
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Miley Cyrus? Big fan of Dibu Martinez.
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Fabrizio Romano has confirmed to @caughtoffside that Jude Bellingham has met with Real Madrid, but called it 'absolutely normal'. #rmalive #Bellingham
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