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A mate of someone close to me is a relative of someone at Utd. Someone all of you know by the way, which is why I'm not eager to mention his name on a public forum. I've seen the messages my close contact has been getting from the relative - everything I said on here was in those messages...

I'm absolutely sure it's not. They're teammates with Portugal anyway, you'd think it won't be a real issue.

I've been getting reliable inside information. This person says Utd was motivated to match City's offer to CR, to not get a large section of the fans turned against them. CR has requested to get shirt number 7 and penalties from Bruno. Utd are interested in Haaland, but he's asking GBP 1 mil...

Belgium didn't underachieve. They would've been better if both Hazard and KDB were fully fit and at their best, but that's just football. Lukaku is very good but no Lewandowski or Kane. And yeah, he has to score especially the first one of his 2 chances in the 2nd half against Italy.

I use Zero. You don't need it really, but I feel it motivates me a bit, especially towards the end of a long fast.

Yeah, I also think any type of workout will benefit you. Get some resistance bands to help you work out at home, go for walks regularly, try to get into meditating and yoga... Combine this with a good sleep hygiene and a healthy diet, and you'll give yourself a boost in dealing with feelings...

Relax dude, it was just an anecdote. What a mistake to post about it on a football forum.

Did I say this is big news? It's a fun anecdote. You wouldn't be excited if your brother told you this?

jod23 The suggestion was to be guaranteed to stay at the club if the manager gets the sack. I'm happy to pm you the name - it's not exactly big news (the player already has a role at the club and will just be a coach) and the appointment will probably barely be noticed by those who aren't...

My brother told me something funny tonight. He lives in Europe and some time ago he was out having beers with a friend. This friend is related to a famous former player (you all know him), who called my brother's friend while they were at the pub. A major club had offered him a position as a...

I really think some on here are exaggerating with their omg the Leeds guys are talking about Bielsa. Remember the City game? Pretty much every newspaper, website or podcast mentioned that it was Guardiola v Bielsa. Yet when a Leeds fan brought it up on here, he got laughed at for doing so. I'm...

That is disgraceful really from Jordi Alba.

It's painful to watch but how good were those 2 counterattacks from Newcastle corners. 5 players up against 2 Newcastle defenders for Alioski's goal. Great performance today and 3 welcome points.

Many international football writers like him. He gets spoken about a lot on quality podcasts like the Totally football show and the Guardian's football weekly. Some managers rate him very highly. On top of that, Bielsa's personality is interesting to say the least. Nobody ever said this guy...

10 men Club Brugge hitting the underside of the bar in the 90th minute. Lucky escape for Lazio who would've been knocked out had it gone in.

I think there's a big difference between a player diving when there's no contact and a player going to ground after contact. The first one is pure cheating, the second one is just sad that it has to happen, but when Sterling gets the penalty and Poveda doesn't, you can't blame players doing it...

It's been a while since I watched it but what I got from the Maradona documentary was that the some mafiosi used him and had control over him through drugs and woman.

I think England dominated the midfield (Belgium let them after having gone ahead after 10 minutes), but apart from Kane's header being cleared off the line by Lukaku, I don't remember Courtois needing to make any difficult saves. In Belgium, everybody is talking about a mature performance by...

Putting the ball in the corner and out of reach of the goalie can be harder than you make it sound though, which is exactly why players are going for variations. That was just a terrible penalty by Lookman. I don't get the impression that in general, panenkas or balls straight through the...

The European Cup wasn't that exciting, to be honest. You had good games from the QF onward, but otherwise the old Uefa Cup, with 3 teams per country, was better value. Imagine the European Cup today... These are the champions of Europe's top 16 nations: Out in the round of 16: Club Brugge...

Koeman was hired by an unpopular president, Bartomeu, who was starting his last season at the club, and who has resigned last week. The candidates for the presidential election will likely bring their own coach, and whoever was going to be coach this season knew this. On top of that, due to...

I found that hard to watch. Following the rules strictly, yes, he was technically offside, but really, him being just onside or offside out there on the left didn't give him an unfair advantage at all. Typical situation where the rule is more important than the reason why the rule is there in...

Bamford's front studs are in the ground, while his heal is on Mings' leg. There is no indication that he is deliberately trying to land on Mings. The ball is right in front him and within reach. Mings moving makes Bamford's ankle twist. It's pretty clear to see. His heel turns towards the...

ESPN FC is light entertainment, severely lacking intelligent insight but still good value if you don't take the guys that seriously. The Totally Football Show with James Richardson and Football Weekly (by the Guardian) - both are podcasts - have a much higher standard and are funnier, but for...

The British media have been repeating this to death, but really, this Belgium wasn't as good as the 2018 side (which had Courtois, Kompany, Vertonghen, Fellaini, Hazard and Mertens playing) and they outplayed England for most of the 1st half. England was definitely better the 2nd half though...

From a Belgian perspective, I thought we were a class above England in the first half, despite missing 2 of our front 3, and should've been up by more at half time. The penalty given away by Meunier was totally unnecessary and Mount's deflected shot was just unlucky. Bit disappointed with the...

It looks like Rennes is about to sign Jeremy Doku from Anderlecht, which may mean Raphinha is on his way to Leeds (depending on getting a work permit).

Yeah, definitely good things going on. The first 15 minutes were painful to watch, especially with how the team was struggling to play the ball out from the back. I think we lost the ball 4-5 times immediately after a goal kick. But coming back into the game today, after coming back against...

Highlights shows for serie a, la liga, the bundesliga, ligue 1 and the championship. What I didn't like was that you often have to wait more than a day after the game to watch the mini match. I keep hoping for a netflix for football one day, with quality reporting rather than some...

What happened with Atletico in the 2nd game, drd23 ? Barcelona has started the season in a 4231, with Busquets and de Jong as controlling midfielders and Messi as a false 9. Definitely a more suitable role for de Jong than last season. Fati has started the season really well and Coutinho is...